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Following the failed Forward Thrust initiatives, Metro Transit was created in 1972 to oversee a countywide bus network, and plan for a future rail system. [14] In the early 1980s, Metro Transit and the Puget Sound Council of Governments (PSCOG) explored light rail and busway concepts to serve the region, [15] ultimately choosing to build a downtown transit tunnel that would be convertible from ...
The initial, 14-mile-long (23 km) segment of Central Link (now the 1 Line) with 12 stations was opened from Seattle to Tukwila on July 18, 2009, and was later extended 1.7 miles (2.7 km) to the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport on December 19, 2009.
The city's streetcar system was expanded and electrified, growing to 125 miles (201 km) by 1912 and serving outlying areas while feeding into the Seattle–Tacoma Interurban. [3] The streetcar and cable car network was gradually replaced with motor buses, with the final streetcar leaving service on June 11, 1938.
By around 1912 the city boasted 125 miles of streetcar trackage [1] (much of it electrified) and almost 30 streetcar lines as well as an electric interurban rail connection to Seattle. Tacoma also had a simple cable car loop running from South 11th and 'A' St. to what is known now as Martin Luther King Jr. Way, down South 13th St. back to 11th ...
Columbia City station is a light rail station located in Seattle, Washington.It is situated between the Othello and Mount Baker stations on the 1 Line, which runs from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport to Downtown Seattle and the University of Washington as part of the Link light rail system.
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A Tacoma resident flashes a smile while riding his scooter through the newly named Dr. W. Joye Hardiman Park on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024 in Tacoma, WA. Fast-forward to a couple summers ago.
A familiar hotel name at the corner of South 21st Street and South C Street in Tacoma is set to undergo a revamp under a new brand. Permit filings with the city of Tacoma dated May 8 show the ...