Scoping a Light Rail Service Restructure for Downtown Tacoma
This is the first of a two-part series where I'll review the Downtown Tacoma transit network and evaluate it for potential improvements and efficiencies...
A Plan for Addressing Transit Equity In Tacoma
A 0.1% sales tax for transit in Tacoma would boost bus service hours, fund system improvements.
As it stands Tacoma, the second largest...
South Sound Asks For The Tacoma Dome Link Extension
For the South Sound, extension of regional Link light rail to Tacoma in 2030 will be a crowning achievement of work first envisioned in...
Pierce Transit Weighs Bus Lane Options for Pacific Avenue BRT
Pierce Transit's Pacific Avenue High Capacity Transit Study is in full swing. After over a year of studying the conditions of the corridor and two...
Fewer, Better Routes In Pierce Transit Restructure
To date, the pace of local transit service restoration in Tacoma-Pierce County following the Great Recession has been a slow crawl, expanding at roughly...
ST3 Draft Plan Serves Tacoma With Light Rail In 2033, 2041
The Sound Transit 3 Draft Plan is out for public comment (please take the survey). The following analysis and commentary puts this plan in perspective...
Tacoma’s Mayor Outlines City’s ST3 Priorities
On January 21st, Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland outlined to Sound Transit Board Chair Dow Constantine what Tacoma’s top 3 project priorities are for Sound...