Mayor wants vote on Ballard-West Seattle light rail
Back during the Mayoral elections, now Mayor Mike McGinn brought up the idea of a Ballard-West Seattle light rail line. According to Seattlest, McGinn is hoping for a public vote in August or November...
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Mayor Mike McGinn has said all along that he would like to see a light rail line from Ballard to downtown and West Seattle. Now he’s proposing that Seattle build the transit system on its own with...
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Ballard man wants light rail on 2012 ballot
When the $60 car tabs initiative was defeated, it seemed that Ballard may never get light rail. In the failed initiative, Mayor Mike McGinn had set aside money to study the alternative transportation....
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ST3 Plan Update: Ballard may receive grade separated light rail…in 19 years
Sound Transit released changes to the ST3 Draft Plan yesterday, which includes some updates on the Ballard transit plans. After listening to feedback from about 35,000 surveys, updates were made which...
View ArticleSound Transit board unanimously approves ST3 updates
As the My Ballard team reported last week, many readers are aware of the updated ST3 plan that may bring, among many other things, grade separated light rail to Ballard three years earlier than...
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Mayor Durkan signs agreement for ‘expedited’ Ballard light rail
Ballard’s light rail project initially was slated for completion in 2038. But under a new Sound Transit partnership agreement signed by Mayor Durkan today — which we previewed last week — the target...
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What could light rail look like in Ballard?
With Sound Transit’s expansion plans for Ballard and West Seattle gaining steam, one reader of the West Seattle Blog whipped up some UNOFFICIAL renderings of what elevated light rail could look like in...
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Sound Transit holding first ‘open house’ for Ballard light rail on Feb. 15
Ballard light rail is arguably the biggest development project planned for the neighborhood since the construction of the Ballard Locks and the Ballard Bridge. And now Sound Transit is ready to start...
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