TCC Light Rail Town Halls
BY TRANSPORTATION CHOICES COALITION
As many of you all learned last week, Sound Transit is facing significant cost projections for its Sound Transit 3 projects. Over the next few months, the Sound Transit Board will have to have some hard conversations about the future of light rail expansion in our region. Whether that means deferring projects, station consolidation, or pulling existing levers to find revenue, there is a lot to unpack. The Sound Transit Board will need to make tough decisions on what projects to prioritize, as well as ways to cut costs to deliver the projects promised to voters.
Transportation Choices Coalition (TCC), along with community partners, have organized a series of town halls across the region to help educate the public on what is happening with Sound Transit. These events will feature Sound Transit board members and staff - the folks who make decisions about the future of light rail - answering questions in a structured format. The events are open to all.
You can sign up and submit questions using the links below.
Where/when/who:
Eastside: Bellevue City Hall, 3/30 from 6:00-7:30 pm, featuring King County councilmember Claudia Balducci and Redmond Mayor Angela Birney (full 2-line will be open by this point)
Everett/Snohomish: Everett Station, 4/14 from 6:00-7:30 pm, featuring Snohomish County Executive Dave Sommers, Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin
Tacoma/Pierce: UW Tacoma, 4/27 from 6:30-8:00 pm, featuring Pierce County Executive Ryan Mello, Tacoma City Council Member Kristina Walker
Seattle: Still organizing this, but likely to be May 5th somewhere in downtown Seattle.
To learn more about how to advocate for light rail, check out the Build the Damn Trains campaign here.
Transportation Choices Coalition is a statewide nonprofit advocating for safe, sustainable, and equitable transportation in Washington. From better buses to safer streets for walking, biking, and rolling, we work to connect people to opportunities and each other, no matter how they get around.