This will be the first time light rail trains will run across a floating bridge. The East Link will run on the central lane of the I-90 floating bridge over Lake Washington. The first phase of the East Link will be completed in 2023, connecting Seattle to Bellevue, then in 2024, the remaining portion of the line will open extending from Bellevue to Redmond. The $3.7 billion project adds 10 stations between the International District station and the Redmond Technology Station. In addition to providing congestion-free service, beginning in 2019, Link light rail trains will operate on 100 percent clean energy, further reducing regional carbon dioxide emissions.Ĭome 2023-24, riders will be able to use the East Link light rail extension, connecting Seattle to the Eastside’s biggest population centers. The increased ridership can be attributed to the new stations that opened in 2016: University of Washington, Capitol Hill, and Angle Lake. The weekday average reached about 71,000 riders, up 8.3 percent from the year before. Link ridership was up 9.3 percent from Q4 2016 to Q4 2017. This or an alternate mix of tax reductions could cut total agency tax collections in half.Over the coming years new light rail, bus transit, and commuter rail stations will open, connecting riders throughout the region.
Within seven years of completing ST3, Sound Transit and an independent advisor, Piper Jaffray & Co., have calculated that the entire ST3 tax increase could be eliminated, along with approximately 11 percent of the sales taxes currently supporting ST2 and Sound Move. The Sound Transit 3 Plan obligates the Board to roll back taxes to the level required for permanent operations and maintenance following completion of transit projects, unless a future ballot measure directs otherwise.Existing Sound Transit taxes: $8.6 billion.ST3 would increase these local taxes: Sales tax increase of 0.5 percent, or 50 cents on a $100 purchase License tabs (MVET) increase of 0.8%, or $80 annually on a $10,000 vehicle Property tax increase of 25 cents for each $1,000 of assessed valuation, or $100 annually for a house assessed at $400,000.
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