Question: Richard Eadie wants to know if the bus tunnel in downtown Seattle is on track to reopen in September.
Answer: Sound Transit spokesman Geof Patrick says work to reconfigure the tunnel to carry both buses and a light rail line is on schedule. The train tracks already have been installed, and crews are working on other things such as lighting.
Metro Deputy General Manager Jim Jacobson said the bus agency and the city plan to keep the traffic plan for the tunnel closure in effect for at least a year... the city and Metro want to continue evaluating them, given that work on the viaduct -- regardless of which option is chosen -- is expected to snarl downtown traffic.
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But there was this April 1 post by Roger Pence in the Balanced Transportation for Seattle group:
As rail traffic increases in the downtown transit tunnel, bus traffic will decrease. The buses will go upstairs. As we have seen over the last 18 months, that should not have a negative effect on surface traffic
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Last I heard, Pence is a Sound Transit community outreach staffer. Left hand, meet right hand. Why exactly is Sound Transit resisting the regional transportation commission bill? Maybe ST and Metro (and Pence and Patrick) ought to share notes; a lot of unpleasantness, as well as SB-5803, could be avoided.
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