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 Inside Transportation on
King County
Civic Television (KCTV)
Inside Transportation for
May 2005
Inside Transportation is a
half-hour program designed to help you understand how the King County Department of Transportation serves the public and how to take advantage of the transportation options available to you. It is a presentation
of the King County Department of Transportation Public Affairs Unit. "Inside Transportation" airs on King County Civic Television (KCTV) Tuesday nights at 5 p.m., Wednesday
nights at 7 p.m., and various other times during the week.
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Tunnel to close
– On September 24th of this year, 2005, the Downtown Seattle
Transit Tunnel will close for up to two years so it can be retrofitted and
upgraded for use by both buses and light rail trains. That means there’s
going to be some changes downtown to accommodate the bus traffic that is
moving from underground, up to surface streets while the tunnel is closed.
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Planning for the
closure
– King County Metro Transit General Manager Kevin Desmond talks about the
work that has gone into planning for the tunnel closure and gives details of the
big picture about what Metro and Sound Transit are trying to accomplish.
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Taking it to the streets
– So where will the buses go when the downtown transit tunnel closes?
There are currently 21 bus routes from Federal way to the Snohomish County line
that use the downtown tunnel. Metro Transportation Engineer Liz Krenzel briefs
us on the new surface street corridors that will accommodate these buses. |
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Under construction –
There are some physical changes that have to be made in the tunnel to
accommodate the light rail trains, plus all the systems in the tunnel are at
least 15 years old. With the changes in technology and materials we’ve seen
in the last 15 years, and since the tunnel is going to be closed anyway,
this is the ideal time to upgrade the tunnel systems. |
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You can
request this program be shown for you by contacting
KCTV at 206-296-0300 or e-mailing them at
kctv@metrokc.gov. You can
view KCTV on these channels:
- Comcast Cable
Services — Channel 22 in most areas of King County
- Millennium Digital Media — Channel 72 or 80 in downtown Seattle and lower Queen Anne.
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