Sound Transit: 2002 Accomplishments

Sounder Commuter Rail Service

Sounder schedules Sunday runs to Mariners games, special service to the Puyallup Fair, and service to Sunday Seahawks games.
Sounder maintains an average on-time rating of 95 percent. Sounder carries more than 670,000 riders and more than 1.3 million riders since service started in 2000.
The Kent and Auburn garages both open ahead of schedule.
A third train is added to the schedule, which now includes a middle morning train from Tacoma to Seattle and an earlier afternoon train from Seattle back to Tacoma.

By the end of 2002, all of the planned 19 ST Express Bus routes are in operation. The last two routes called for in Phase I of Sound Move begin service in September 2002.
Construction is completed on the Overlake Transit Center/Park-and-Ride Lot and the Bellevue Transit Center Stage II.
The Lynnwood SR-99 HOV lanes project is completed.
Construction begins on the Bellevue HOV Direct Access project, starting with the SE 8th Street interchange.

Progress continues on the design of various contract packages for the Central Link light rail Initial Segment.
Key third party interlocal agreements are completed and approved by the Sound Transit Board, including agreements with King County for use of the E-3 Busway, the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel for joint operations and the Community Development Fund (CDF) funding.
Work on the Tacoma Link trackway and stations continues and the traction power substation is installed.
The Tacoma Link maintenance base construction is completed.
Tacoma Light rail vehicles arrive and testing begins.