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Article: McGinn wants to expand light rail.(News)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- September 17, 2009
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Byline: Mike Lindblom; Seattle Times transportation reporter
Seattle mayoral candidate Mike McGinn promises to seek a public vote by 2011 on a new light-rail line for the western side of the city -- Ballard, Interbay, Queen Anne, Belltown, downtown, West Seattle, maybe Fremont, too.
His announcement Wednesday helps answer the question of how people could travel to and past downtown, if McGinn were to thwart the state's plan for a new Highway 99 tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
He gave no cost estimate, and said car-tab or sales taxes might be in the mix.
A west-side line should be similar in speed and capacity to the Sound ...