Light rail to roll this year in Seattle

Light rail to roll this year in Seattle

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Story Published: Jan 5, 2009 at 8:11 AM PDT

Story Updated: Jan 5, 2009 at 3:55 PM PDT

By Associated Press

SEATTLE (AP) - Sound Transit plans to open its light rail line between Seattle and Tukwila in July with an extension to Sea-Tac Airport by the end of the year.

The agency also plans to break ground this month on a three-mile link from downtown Seattle to the University of Washington.

And thanks to voter approval in November, the light rail line next will be expanded east to Redmond, north to Lynnwood and south to Federal Way.

Now transit authorities are deciding fares. They have proposed a system based on distance. The maximum cost of a ticket from downtown to the airport would be $2.75.

The agency plans four hearings in the next month to take public comment on the fares, including whether to charge for rides in the downtown Seattle transit tunnel.

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