Transportation
Councilmember Phillips celebrates a milestone in building Seattle's light rail line by helping tie down the first rail of Central Link.
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With the Central Puget Sound Region expected to gain another 1.2 million people in the next 25 years, we can't afford to wait to plan our transportation future.
Providing commuters with alternatives to the single occupancy car commute can help maximize our transportation system and provide choices to fit people's lifestyles. King County's Metro Transit, vanpool program and regional trail network help provide some of these choices. In 2006, 103 million people rode on Metro buses.
I serve on the board of Sound Transit, a regional transportation agency that is building a network of express buses, commuter rail, light rail, and capital projects like park and ride lots, transit centers and direct access ramps. To date, Sound Transit has moved 60 million people. After some early setbacks, construction on Central Link Light Rail connecting downtown Seattle to Sea-Tac Airport is underway and proceeding on-time and on-budget. The line will open in 2009. A light rail extension to the University of Washington will be completed in 2016.
In 2008, voters approved a 15-year, $17.9 billion expansion of light rail, bus, and commuter train service. Work on these projects is underway.
Statement from County Councilmember Larry Phillips on the passage of Proposition 1
Council approves agreements to increase bus service during Viaduct construction
Performance audit of Metro Transit ordered by King County Council
Light Rail Expansion Package Advances
Metro Transit, city of Seattle team up to increase transit service
More bus service on major routes throughout the county thanks to new transit partnerships
Leftover Monorail money will benefit Ballard and West Seattle transit
"Rail corridor on the right track"
Phillips Re-appointed to Sound Transit Board
Archived Articles:
- Council adopts agreement to enable South Lake Union Streetcar to roll
- Phillips applauds Sound Transit on "Going Greener"
- Transit partnership to increase bus service to Children's Hospital
- County Council creates King County Ferry District to enable operation of local waterborne transit
- Sound Transit adds BNSF corridor rail study to ST2 package
- Phillips and Constantine Add Study of Light Rail to Ballard and West Seattle to ST2
- "Transit Now is driven by results," Seattle P-I op-ed by Larry Philips and Julia Patterson
- Statement from County Council Chair Larry Phillips on Voter Approval of "Transit Now"
- Phillips Praises Sound Transit's Advancement of Transit Solution for First Hill
Council Approval of County-City Trolley Barn Plan "Opens View of Olympics for Decades to Come "
- Council Calls for Dedication of the Front Seat in all Metro Transit Buses in Honor of Rosa Parks
- Phillips Asks Sound Transit to Study Ballard Rail Connection
- Phillips wants Study of Ballard Commuter Rail Station
- Council Committee to Discuss Southwest Airlines Proposal Council Committee to Discuss Southwest Airlines Proposal
- Sound Transit to Explore Less Risky Rail Connection to First Hill
- Councilmembers Vow Taxpayers Should Not Pay for Cost to Provide Any Commercial Passenger Service at King County International Airport
- Phillips: New County-City Trolley Barn Plan Clears Way for Olympic Sculpture Park
- Phillips Calls for 520 Design that Accommodates Access to Light Rail
- Councilmembers Applaud Decision Placing North Link on 12th Avenue
- Council asks voters for their preference of tax source
for congestion relief transportation projects
- Phillips Praises Sound Transit Decision on Route for North Link Extension
- Phillips Praises Sound Transit Recommendation on Route for North Link Extension
- Phillips: I-776 Leaves Transportation Projects on the Side of the Road
- Council Hears that Regional Transit System is Already Increasing Transportation Mobility
- Preservation of Services, Transportation Solutions Highlight King County's State Legislative Agenda
- Phillips Joins Sound Transit Board
- Metropolitan King County Council Honors Flexcar
Proclamation Recognizes Flexcar's Impact on Mobility Options for King County
- Read my Seattle Times OpEd:
" Getting the most bang for our transportation bucks "
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