Seattle Mayor Proposes Streetcar Line

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels hopes new streetcar line will support new bio-tech campus

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January 21, 2003, 1:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Seattle leaders and developers want to connect an area near Lake Union to downtown with a tram using the Portland Streetcar model of low-cost track construction that would be partially funded through a local improvement district. Seattle has hired members of the team that built the Portland streetcar. The city hopes a rail line will support new office development. "We think by linking the neighborhood via the streetcar to Westlake Center -- location for the bus tunnel, monorail and Sound Transit -- that we will greatly improve mobility for workers and for residents."

Thanks to Adam Krom

FULL STORY: Nickels names desire: streetcar to South Lake Union

Monday, January 13, 2003 in The Seattle Times

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