Recent Event Highlights: Seattle light rail line debuts, PACING "LINK' LIGHT RAIL FROM RYAN WAY TO BEACON HILL STATION NB SEATTLE, WA. HDV 1080i, Seattle light rail preview for Murray, Nickels, Mayor Greg Nickels Invites You to the Opening of Seattle Light Rail, After decades, light-rail trains run in Seattle, Seattle Light Rail, and 50 more...
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...(AP) - A new light rail line is set to debut in Seattle. The 13.9-mile Link route between downtown Seattle and the south Seattle suburb of Tukwila opens Saturday. Free rides are being offered Saturday and Sunday. Sound Transit officials have been planning...
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WBAY-TV
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http://www.wbay.com/global/story.asp?s=10748420
PACING "LINK' LIGHT RAIL FROM RYAN WAY TO BEACON HILL STATION NB SEATTLE, WA. HDV 1080
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...– U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels are set for a preview ride Friday afternoon on Seattle's new Link light rail line. Both are scheduled to speak at the Westlake Station in the downtown area, the northern end of the 13.9-mile Sound Transit...
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The Olympian
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theolympian-Northwest/~3/5wqT2rFatDY/913215.html
Mayor Greg Nickels, candidate endorsed by Washington Conservation Voters for reelection, invites you along with all supporters and all members of the community to the opening of Seattle Light Rail on Saturday, July 18.
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...very excited about it," said Nicole Von Suhr, 43, an emergency room physician who lives a few blocks from a new light rail station in south Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood. She said she looks forward to taking it to the airport and downtown. Officials...
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KansasCity.com
http://www.kansascity.com/440/story/1326611.html
Almost in service. July 18th
On today's test run of Sound Transit's new Seattle light rail system, I had the chance to ask King County Executive candidates Larry Phillips and Dow Constantine which one supports light rail more.
Sound Transit organized a test ride of the new light rail for local online media in advance of its official opening on July 18, 2009. This is footage out the window from between the Othello and Tukwila stations.
Seattle's new light rail leaving from Pioneer Sq / ID.
It's due to open soon. This is the first time I've seen it running in the tunnel. Exciting! Ok, not so much.
Sound Transit conducted tests this morning on light rail trains in the Seattle transit tunnel. Light rail trains will not carry any passangers until July 18th.
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...-- A Sound Transit light-rail train and a vehicle collided Monday afternoon in Seattle. The car was T-boned in the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Way South and South Myrtle Street. Chopper 7 over the scene showed medics removing the driver out of the...
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KIRO
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http://www.kirotv.com/news/19898405/detail.html
Seattle light rail in Westlake station
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...could shorten the gap between Rainier and MLK. Maxwell suggests visitors from North Seattle could bike to the Westlake light-rail station, bypass hectic Downtown and Sodo via train, then get on their bikes again to travel around Rainier Valley. Seward Park...
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The Seattle Times
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009396059_stcolumbiacity29m.html?syndication=rss
ST Sound Transit Light Rail At Rainier Beach Station, Seattle, WA. (Testing)
ST Light Rail At ML King Way S & S Henderson St. Seattle, WA. (Tesing)
Spotted the new light rail trains this morning!
This video was uploaded from an Android phone.
SoundTransit light rail operation will begin service between Tukwila and Westlake on July 18, 2009. Great news for the Puget Sound area. This video is a test train in operation on June 19, 2009. The camera here is the Kodak Zi6 in full HD. Enjoy.
NB & SB Sound Transit Light Rail Testing At S. Walden Street & ML King Way S. Seattle, WA Passenger Service Starts 18 July, 2009. ST The 18th & !9th Will Give Free Rides Between Westlake Tunnel Station (Downtown Seattle) & Tukwila Station At S.154th St & Tulwila International Blvd. Note In The Background You See The Train Coming Down A Grade. This Grade Is Just East Of The ML Station & The Beacon Hill Tunnel.
Sound Transit Light Rail Testing SB & NB At Sodo Station/ Lander St. Seattle, WA
A Link Light Rail test train in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel at Pioneer Square Station
A Link Light Rail test train in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel at Pioneer Square Station
The last of the 'blue wall' being removed from around the Beacon Hill Light Rail Station. The wall was put up to protect the community from construction noise but it's been a big ugly divider for many years. I suspect we will miss it a little but if feels like we have been given our sky back.
rail, Sound Transit asked Seattle area high school students to develop short films that educated their peers about staying safe around Link light rail. This piece is a humorous look at ways students can cope with putting their cell phones away while crossing train tracks. Featuring: Krystal Irons, Trong Nguyen, Myraki-Ayana, Kevon Swarka Special Thanks: Michelle Green, Susana Flores, A'yana Carrol ... "Link light rail safety" "Sound Transit" "Seattle light rail" "Link light rail" "Train Safety" ...
This piece demonstrates the importance of train safety while harkening back to the era of silent films. As part of Sound Transit's safety outreach for Link light rail, Sound Transit asked Seattle area high school students to develop short films that educated their peers about staying safe around Link light rail. Featuring: Sasa Titialii, Brandy McLin, TaPri Nelthrope, Jaamon Echols Special Thanks: Brooke Linesfky ... "Link light rail safety" "Sound Transit" "Seattle light rail" "Rainier High ...
An medley of video clips showing Sound Transit Link light rail testing in the Rainier Valley on Martin Luther King Jr Way S. They are arranged in no particular order. All the clips were taken on March 27, 2009, Enjoy!
Link Light Rail testing in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel continues in preparation for launch day, July 18. This is Westlake Station. In the background, a busker plays some music for transit patrons.
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...proponents likely will point to ridership numbers, convenient service and commute times. For example, Seattle's Link light rail line will run 20 hours a day with trains arriving every 7½ minutes during peak periods and every 10-15 minutes at other times. In...
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The Columbian
http://columbian.com/article/20090605/OPINION02/706059967/-1/OPINION
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...July 18, when Sound Transit light rail begins, with Stadium Station just three blocks east of center field. A Sound Transit light-rail train heads north toward downtown Seattle as it cruises through Stadium Station. The boarding platform sits between the northbound...
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The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009284443_ststadium01m.html?syndication=rss
Catch a glimpse of LINK Light Rail opening soon, Downtown Seattle from the Spokane Freeway off ramp, Lander to the International District Tunnel Station. This is on a New Flyer Hybrid, which was packed full from the airport stop to downtown.
A Link light rail train in testing, heading south, arrives and departs Westlake Station in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009: Sound Transit begins testing light rail trains in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel. Trains will be arriving every 10 minutes or less, all day, from 5 am to 1 am. Link opens to the public this July 18th. Entry into the tunnel is controlled at this staging area with signals that keep buses and trains from running into each other.
The first Link light rail train to share the tunnel with buses during operating hours departs Pioneer Square station in Downtown Seattle.
A Link Light Rail test train pulls into the Southbound Westlake Station platform as buses stop at the Northbound platform on Monday May 20th, 2009. This was the first day of testing while the tunnel was open to the public. The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel is the only underground transit system in the world with both trains and buses stopping at the same stations. Sorry about the video quality, all I had on me was a phone!
Sound Transit and Metro began testing Link Light Trail trains in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel during tunnel operating hours on Monday May 20th, 2009. This video shows one of the first trains leaving International District Station. Sorry about the video quality, all I had on me was a phone!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009: Sound Transit begins testing light rail trains in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel. Trains will be arriving every 10 minutes or less, all day, from 5 am to 1 am. Link opens to the public this July 18th.
Sound Transit's light-rail train service will begin carrying passengers in mid-July 2009. Today, May 20th, 2009, trains began real-time testing by running through the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel with Metro buses.
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...and new park-and-ride lots. Mass transit has been a source of fierce political wrangling in the Seattle area since light rail was first proposed in a set of bond issues called Forward Thrust in 1967. The transit component drew a 50.8 percent yes vote, well...
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The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009090848_apwasoundtransit3rdldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
The light rail testing along MLK Way Opening July of 2009 (to Tukwila only) to the airport Dec of 2009. Now testing in the Rainier area, Tukwila area, SODO and soon the Beacon Hill area (Dec 2008).
Sound Transit and King County Metro did testing with buses and light rail sharing the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel.
Sound Transit and King County Metro did testing with buses and light rail sharing the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel. This is what a 5-minute headway for Link light rail feels like.
On Jan. 31, 2009 Sound Transit installed the Pedestrian Bridge for the Link light rail station at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The new light rail station will open for service by December 2009.
A little after 9:00 this morning (3/2/09) I went by and they were digging up the closed section of Lander St. with a backhoe. About half an hour later there were lots of sirens and commotion. Apparently the backhoe hit a gas line. By the time I went to check it out, two people had been taken to the hospital. The video doesn't show a lot, but if you know the neighborhood, you can see how wide the blocked area was. I talked to the King 5 reporter on the scene off camera, so here's a link their ...
My bus passed the train as it was making a practice run.
Take a peak into the Seattle Light Rail. Opening July of 2009 (to Tukwila only) to the airport Dec of 2009. Now testing in the Rainier area, Tukwila area, SODO and soon the Beacon Hill area (Dec 2008).
Media opportunity to test ride the new Seattle to Tukwilla light rail line. This video was shot by KOMO-TV.
Take a peak into the Seattle Light Rail. Opening July of 2009 (to Tukwila only) to the airport Dec of 2009. Now testing in the Rainier area, Tukwila area, SODO and soon the Beacon Hill area (Dec 2008).
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Aubrey Davis of Mercer Island is former chairman of the Washington State Transportation Commission.
It's time to build light rail to the Eastside.
The debate over whether we should invest in more highways, buses or trains has gone on long enough and
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The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008122642_lightrailop19.html?syndication=rss
The light rail has been under construction for the last five years. Today was the first time I had a chance to look at one of those behemoth pillars. It really is a wondrous accomplishment in both ingenuity and construction.
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