Preferred Alternative for Tacoma Link April 25th

Tacoma Link, since 2011

I have been meaning to write up a synopsis post of what happened at the Tacoma Council study session on Tuesday when they received another presentation from Sound Transit about Link Alternatives Analysis.  However, the good people at Exit133 have beaten me to it.  It's a really good post, so I'm not going to replicate it.  Take a look.

Tacoma Link Alternatives - and then there were 3

What I have instead been working on is talking to Councilmembers about the resolution that they will be coming up with in the next month on their recommendation for a preferred alignment.

I've been hammering them on two main points:

1. Regardless of which route is selected, tell Sound Transit to keep the door open for a second EIS and Engineering process for another "last-mile" extension if local funding can be found, and
2. Moving forward on a transit master plan so that Tacoma can be better positioned in the future

We have about a month before Council drafts their recommendation to Sound Transit.  Make sure to be in touch with your district Councilmember, the Mayor, and at-large Councilmembers, because they all represent your interests.

Contact the Tacoma City Council

Finally, here's a rundown of how events will play out in the next two months:

Next Steps
March 14 – Sound Transit Capital Committee Briefing
March 19 – Open House at UWT to present the corridor alternatives evaluation
March 20 – Stakeholder Roundtable to gather input
April 2 – Tacoma City Council Study Session
April 11 – Sound Transit Capital Committee
April 25 – Sound Transit Board