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Light-rail 'vision' elevated track would run along I-405 Seattle Times Sound Transit and Bellevue leaders will meet Thursday to discuss light-rail route issues. Voters in 2008 approved the $2.8 billion route from Seattle's ... and more »

Would new 520 plan kill carpooling on the bridge? Seattle Post Intelligencer Sound Transit plans to extend its light-rail line from downtown to the University of Washington by 2016 and to Bellevue on the Interstate Bridge 90 by 2020. ... and more »

There are lots of ways to look at the Highway 520 bridge issues. Most, though, seem to have a good deal to do with geography.

That became clearer than ever after several Seattle political leaders, including Mayor Mike McGinn and House Speaker Frank Chopp, raised objections at a Monday news conference to the current state plans for rebuilding the Highway 520 bridge.

A KING 5 News poll found that among city residents with an opinion on the design, 46 percent agree with the mayor and other critics that, with the state expanding the bridge from ...

Richard Kress doesn't often use the deck at his Bellevue home because of noise from nearby Highway 520. He and others living near busy roadways have a lot riding on a 1.3-mile stretch of Interstate 405 in South Bellevue, where "quiet pavement" is being tested.

Lawmaker: 'We're not going back' on 520 bridge design Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) As the system is contemplated now, however, he said there isn't enough capacity at Sound Transit's University of Washington rail station and grades into ... and more »

Neighborhood groups seek car limit for new 520 bridge Seattle Times Sound Transit last week worked out a deal to lease the express lanes of I-90 for its east-west train corridor. Transit managers contend that it would be ... and more »

Two polls in the last two days have demonstrated dramatically different levels of support for a proposed $241 million tax increase to replace the downtown waterfront seawall. One, produced by McGinn’s longtime campaign consultant and pollster, Bill Broadhead, and paid for by McGinn himself, says that voters support the mesaure by 70 percent. The other, produced by independent pollster SurveyUSA in collaboration with KING-5 TV, shows support of just 53 percent, seven points short of the 60 percent needed to pass a bond measure in Seattle.

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Gov. Chris Gregoire today said the federal high-speed rail money for Washington will provide 6,500 jobs in the state. "These are going to be family wage jobs, up and down our biggest transportation corridor in our state," Gregoire told reporters. Officials learned Wednesday the state will get $590 million in stimulus funds (read the story here). They [...]

Washington to get $590 million for high-speed rail improvements

Let's be more clear. This money is not to build a high-speed rail system between Portland and Seattle. This money is only to help Amtrak reach better on-time performance. And Amtrak trains are already highly subsidized, losing an average of $37 per passenger.

WPC completed a 30 page study on the government's supposed attempt to build HSR. Here are the ...