|
Feature |
What Voters Approved
in Ten-Year Plan,
as of November
1996 |
What
Sound Transit is Delivering,
as of Summer 2008 |
| Name of
Main Project |
Electric Light Rail
Starter System -- majority portion of
Sound Move plan |
Central Link Light Rail -- still the majority portion of Sound Move,
one year away from opening |
| Extent
of taxation |
Sound Transit promised voters the option to roll back taxes in 2006 |
Sound Transit in 2004 won lawsuit against taxpayers to collect taxes
forever; Prop 1 in 2007 attempted to double taxes. |
| Total capital cost, year of expenditure dollars |
$2.3 billion |
About $6 billion for the first 21 miles |
| Schedule for completing
Light Rail Starter System |
10 Years |
At least
20 years |
| Begin passenger service |
2006 over
the full 21 miles |
Scheduled
for 2009 for the first 15 miles |
| End-to-end length |
21 miles with option for 3 more miles to Northgate
if more funding obtained |
15 miles
under construction; 3 miles awaiting Federal funding; 3 miles unfunded
and shifted to Phase 2 |
| Northern terminus
on opening day |
University District
at
NE 45th Street |
Downtown Seattle's Westlake Center |
| Southern terminus
on opening day |
Park & Ride lot south of Airport at S 200th St. |
Park & Ride lot north of Airport in Tukwila;
Sea-Tac Airport
6 months later |
| Intermediate stations |
15 |
11 under construction |
| Daily boardings in 2020 |
127,600 |
45,000
for the segment funded and under construction |
| Authorized, unfunded extensions remaining |
University District
to Northgate |
Airport to S 200th
and
Westlake to Husky Stadium and Husky Stadium to Northgate |
| Mix buses with trains in Downtown Tunnel? |
Yes at first, then No |
Back to Yes |
| Close Bus Tunnel during construction? |
No, by using existing track installed in late 1980s |
Yes,
closed for two years to replace existing track |
| Peak period
service on opening day |
6 cars claimed in error, later corrected to 4 cars |
2 cars
(like a double length street trolley) |
| Average train speed |
25 to 35 mph |
26 mph, end to end |
| Estimated completion date of extensions |
A few years beyond 2006 |
Estimated now as 2018 |
| Comprehensive performance audits through independent
audit services |
Promised annually by Sound Transit |
As reported by State Auditor, never conducted by Sound Transit |
