http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/12/a-photojourney-nine-stories-underground-in-the-university-district-station Comments On: A Photojourney: Nine Stories Underground, in the University District Station by Kelly O en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by iviola]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:17:21 -0800 The Stranger
"preparing to descend 900 feet down into the belly button of the earth"

As pointed out by a commenter on seattletransitblog.com, that number is way off. It's about 9 stories down (about 120 feet or so). (By comparison, the Beacon Hill station platform is about 160 feet deep.)
Posted by stinkbug]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:53:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by stinkbug]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:25:17 -0800 The Stranger
"U District Station" is the name of the station that will be at 45th and Brooklyn. Originally the Link people were going to call it "Brooklyn Station" but there was a big stink over that name and thankfully residents convinced them to change it to U District Station. (Some people weren't happy with the change though - too them it's too close in sound to "University Street Station", but supposedly University Street Station may be renamed in a few years.

"University of Washington Station" is the one featured in these photos.

Also..., saying "The U-District station will be Sound Transit's terminus for five years, as work on Northgate station continues" implies that they're just waiting for the Northgate station to be completed. That ignores the Roosevelt and U District stations (and all the tunneling between the stations). Since Northgate will be elevated, it's possible that station will be completed before the other two, but I haven't really looked at the scheduling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Link


Posted by stinkbug]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:20:23 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:58:51 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:57:42 -0800 The Stranger Posted by onion]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:34:15 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Dr_Awesome]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:18:30 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Joe Szilagyi]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:27:20 -0800 The Stranger
In five years you'll be able to get to Brooklyn Station, which is nice, but it's not on campus, either.

It seems clear that UW didn't want useful light rail to campus, but why they didn't want it I cannot guess. Maybe the same reason there are virtually no bicycle facilities on campus?

It's unfixable, though.


Posted by stinky]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:23:54 -0800 The Stranger Posted by gloomy gus]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:20:53 -0800 The Stranger http://www.flickr.com/photos/startsoundt…
Posted by Michael of the Green]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:04:01 -0800 The Stranger Posted by gloomy gus]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:52:16 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Shane P.]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:46:20 -0800 The Stranger
Great post, though. I'm always interested in seeing more details of this underground shit being constructed.

Posted by beef rallard]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:29:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by TVDinner]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:41:50 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Michael H.]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:02:18 -0800 The Stranger
while this station is a positive step and should be there, it's too bad that we combined the expense of a subway (with massive underground station, and tunnel) with the limited limitations of partly at grade (slower trains, as they run in the street; limited capacity as they can't be as long as subway trains; capacity so limited the tunnel capacity is maxed out with the line going north, and we can't add any other lines into that tunnel.....precluding a real system).

oh wait, you can't criticize any transit prpoject we must bow down and adulate all decisions, like sounder north, woo hoo!
Posted by what limitations? what mudslides?]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:36:51 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:15:48 -0800 The Stranger Boarding estimates?


Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:39:45 -0800 The Stranger