1. First Hill Streetcar Project Update
Capitol Hill Community Council
January 21, 2010

2. Project Background & Purpose
• Replaces First Hill Light Rail Station
• Funded as Part of ST2 Ballot Measure
• Primary purpose is to connect light rail trips from the
north and south to the jobs and services of First Hill

3. Regional Transit
Context

4. 1996 Sound Move Plan:
First Hill Link Light Rail Tunnel Station

5. Streetcars as Urban
Circulators
• Easy On/Easy Off
(Low Floor, Wide Doors)

6. Streetcars as Urban
Circulators
• Easy On/Easy Off
(Low Floor, Wide Doors)
• Ride Quality

7. Streetcars as Urban
Circulators
• Easy On/Easy Off
(Low Floor, Wide Doors)
• Ride Quality
• Fixed Route

8. Streetcars as Urban
Circulators
• Easy On/Easy Off
(Low Floor, Wide Doors)
• Ride Quality
• Fixed Route
• Compatibility with
Urban Neigborhoods
(Small, Quiet, Predictable)

9. Interlocal Agreement
• ST provides up to $132.78 M
Capital Funding
• ST funds Operations &
Maintenance
• City Responsible for Design &
Construction
• Alignment Approval: City Council

11. Two-Way Broadway

13. Two-Way Broadway with Park Loop

17. Boren/Seneca

18. Broadway/12th Avenue Couplet

19. Broadway/Boylston/Seneca

20. Alignment Asessment
• Capital & Operating • Bike Integration
Costs • Urban Design
• Streetcar Travel Time Opportunities
• Ridership Potential • Economic
• Utilities/Construction Development
Impacts Potential
• Traffic/Parking
Revisions

21. Public
Involvement
Life-of-Project
• Plan Will be Submitted
to Council,
Sound Transit
Alignment Assessment Phase
• Open Houses: December • Community Councils
February • Bike & Ped Boards
March • Targeted Outreach
• Website
•

22. Next Steps
• Additional Alignment Analysis
• Ongoing Public Involvement
• Transportation Committe Briefings
(March)
• Mayor’s Alignment Recommendation
• Alignment Resolution for Council
Action (April)

23. Two-Way Broadway: Provisions for Future Extension

24. Two-Way Broadway with Park Loop: Provisions for Future
Extension