Entries from Cascadia Prospectus tagged with 'KING COUNTY'


WashDOT's Paula Hammond: Tolled Express Lanes Key

Corridor-length Approach Is Favored; I-405/SR 167 Seen As Model Reporter Newspapers covers East and South King County, and has produced a lengthy special section - also available online - delving into the region's surface transportation challenges. In an in interview...

Gregoire: Tolling "Very Likely" For New Deep Bored Tunnel

In an interview with Ross Reynolds on KUOW-FM - MP3 audio file here - Washington Governor Chris Gregoire said it was "very likely" that tolling would be applied to the new deep bored tunnel planned to replace the seismically vulnerable...

Low-wake Passenger-only Ferry Plans Advance In Kitsap

The Kitsap Sun has the scoop on plans for a pilot project to build, and test with riders, a prototype passenger-only ferry for Puget Sound. The Sun's editorial board sums things up thusly: If all goes as planned, work will...

"Get On Board With Eastside Commuter Rail"

"Get on board with Eastside commuter rail," urges the Everett Herald in a Sunday editorial following two community forums on the policy initiative last week, in which Cascadia Center previewed a new 501c4 non-profit - the Eastside TRailway Partnership -...

Private Solutions to a Public Mess

At least that's what I call our transportation situation--"mess". And the mess now has a glimmer of hope of untangling itself, thanks to private companies that see potential in self-financed commuter rail. Let's review a bit of history. Trolley lines...

Who'll Be The Deciders.....On Puget Sound Transportation?

Look for a vigorous public debate soon - involving state lawmakers, Gov. Chris Gregoire and a multitude of opinionators - about regional transportation governance for the central Puget Sound region of Snohomish, King, Pierce and Kitsap counties. The aim behind...

One Step Closer To Eastside Commuter Rail

The action taken by the Port of Seattle yesterday in moving forward with purchase of the BNSF rail line east of Lake Washington is an extremely important milestone for the future of rails and trails on the Eastside. The new...

King County To Launch New Passenger-Only Ferry Plan

The Seattle region is blessed with a tremendous natural endowment which doubles as a crucial piece of transportation infrastructure - Puget Sound. State and Pierce County car ferries already ply the Sound, as do a mix of public and commercial,...



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