User:SounderBruce/Sandbox/Tacoma Link


 * Original station names
 * South 9th (Theater District)
 * South 13th/15th (Convention Center)
 * South 19th (Union Station)
 * South 25th & Pacific (South 25th)
 * Tacoma Dome

=Tacoma Link=

Hilltop

 * History
 * 2011: Corridors for expansion identified
 * 2014-02: Preferred alignment identified by ST Board
 * 2018-11-19: Groundbreaking
 * Utility and street work begins

Tacoma Community College

 * ST3
 * Extension to Tacoma Community College by 2039
 * 4.4 miles, $450 million
 * Early concepts from 2005

Other proposals

 * 2005: West and east options
 * Heritage streetcar proposal?
 * 2007: Tacoma network plan
 * 2008: ST2 includes funds for Hilltop extension (chosen in 2013)
 * Early ST2 proposal to convert into Central Link?

Proposed relocation

 * To be moved 2 blocks north to S 7th Street (near Old City Hall) for Link expansion

Description

 * Nearby
 * Theaters (operated by Broadway Center for the Performing Arts), located on S 9th: Pantages and Rialto
 * Old City Hall
 * Broadway Farmers Market


 * Statistics (within 0.5 miles)
 * Population: 6,285
 * Jobs: 12,392

Station layout

 * Art (theater-themed)
 * Theater lights above shelter
 * Fold-up seats
 * "Night Magic" and "Handbills"