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Sound Transit Releases Report on Eastside Expansion Options

As reported in today's Seattle PI, Sound Transit has released their analysis of future transit for the East King County. The Sound Transit website includes both a summary and a detailed version of the report. We are currently studying the report and hope to get a full analysis completed within the next few days.

Stay tuned, and if you have any thoughts please leave a comment below.

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ST - I-90 High Capacity Analysis Report by cmaglaque on 3/31/05	Reply
When you look at all the scenario assessments in the document, all-in-all monorail compares well side-by-side with LRT. The real problem lies with the technical issues that have been identified in the report, some of them that should be reviewed in more detail. The key questions seem to be: 1) the delta on driver-operated LRT vs. automated Monorail ridership (48K vs. 30K) - how was this arrived at? 2) the delta on driver-operated LRT vs. automated Monorail operational costs seems low - how were these arrived at? 3) anyway you cut it, Hitachi or Bombardier, you end up single supplier. This is certainly an issue within the industry - no doubt about it. However, potentially questionable given that transit vehicle manufacturing is heavy machinery low-volume affair - you don't exactly have hundreds of thousands of them coming off the line everyday. Set vehicle design requirements and operational envelopes, if any of the vehicle manufacturers are at a competitive disadvantage, you'd be surprised how quickly they come up with a solution. moreover, have them go head to head with LRT in a bid, you'll see just how creative they become. Take RAV for example. Even though a Bombardier team had a distinct competitive advantage going in with Linear Induction LRT, they did not win - there was plenty of competition. 4) future parts supplier. this one is a red-herring. despite a common track gauge, there are plenty of other vehicle interfaces/proprietary technologies that force supplier lock-in. As well, replacement vehicles can be built to specification by numerous suppliers. Again, the RAV for example, Bombardier had a distinct competitive advantage, but their team didn't prevail. 5) here's the most troubling conclusion: why is the Green Line not built to accomodate interlining with additional monorail routes? if this statement is correct, folks at the SMP have got some 'splainin' to do. Is this because of the 90' stations? 6) the vehicle envelopes don't look quite right - about 2' on the 'high' side. who has the WASHDOT consultant worked with - either of the vehicle manufacturers 7) before making broad claims about steel beams prototypes or ruling out concrete guideways, again who has the WASHDOT consultant worked with - either of the vehicle manufacturers who've worked with plenty of steel beams, either of the leading civil teams who've built plent of concrete beams? these are some reasonable questions that the report needs to answer before folks go casting the monorail option to the side.

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