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photo: ST Route 550 in the tunnel

The wait is over - After a two-year closure, the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel is finally open. It has been retrofitted for light rail train service, and lighting and security features have also been upgraded. See what transit leaders and riders have to say about being back in the tunnel.

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Gridlock avoided - The predictions included gridlock and long commutes. But when the WSDOT closed northbound lanes of I-5 in August, commuters made their way around the roadwork hopping on Metro buses and flocking to the Elliott Bay Water Taxi.

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 Photo: Water Taxi passengers.

Photo: Ron Sims addresses APTA conference.
 		 The green lead - King County Executive Ron Sims calls global warming 'no less than a threat to humanity'. It was that message and more that national transit leaders took away from APTA's 2007 Sustainability and Public Transportation Workshop, hosted by Metro and Sound Transit.

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The future of clean and green - They might look a little funny, but you might be driving one sooner or later. As part of the Clean Vehicles Now! conference, transit leaders test drove some cutting-edge clean vehicles, and announced a new 'Green Fleet Initiative'.

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 Photo:Clean vehicles.

photo: Sample of porous concrete
 		 When it rains, it PORES! - For the first time ever, the King County Roads Division used a new type of porous concrete at the intersection of Military Road and 272nd, near Kent. The concrete allows stormwater directly into the ground easing the volume of water in treatment facilities.

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For sale by owner - It's not every day that a bridge is up for sale. But when King County replaces the Mt. Si Bridge, it will sell the existing structure that's been spanning the middle-fork Snoqualmie and White Rivers for a combined 93 years.

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 Photo: Mt. Si Bridge.

Inside Transportation is 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.

You may request this program be shown for you by contacting KCTV at 206-296-0300 or e-mailing the staff at kctv@kingcounty.gov.  KCTV airs on the following channels:

  • Comcast Cable Services/Millennium Digital Media - Channel 22.

 
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