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Next spring you will see more double-decker buses on the freeway, as Sound Transit adds 32 more double decker buses to its Snohomish county fleet.
"We're able to carry more people on some of our most popular and crowded routes with the same number of buses and drivers – that's a big victory for thousands of riders every day," said Sound Transit Board Chair and King County Executive Dow Constantine.
Production of the buses is scheduled to begin in November 2016 with delivery expected to begin in April 2017. By late 2018 Sound Transit expects to operate double decker buses on all its Snohomish County-based routes.
The double decker buses will be limited to Snohomish County routes because Community Transit has experience maintaining and operating them following the launch of their "Double Tall" service in 2011. Sound Transit contracts with Community Transit to operate its Snohomish County-based routes.
Sound Transit is also reserving an option to purchase 43 more double decker buses in the future, making the entire Snohomish County fleet double deckers.
Huh... a transit option that doesn't require demolishing 1000+ old trees and hundreds of homes.
ReplyDeleteSound Transit must be trying to drum up some positive press in light of their slimy move to appoint dunce Tim Eyman to all three CON committees for the ST3 measure. https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/