BACKGROUND MATERIAL

June 6, 2016, Meeting Materials

Update on Recent ST Activities/Actions

ERP Briefing: ST3 Proposed Changes

Light Rail Project Durations

LRT Operations and Maintenance Facilities

OMF comparisons Seattle

OMF cost comparison

Ridership Forecasting

Draft ST3 Financial Plan (presentation)

ST3 Public Involvement Summary

ST3 Summary of Jurisdictional and Stakeholder Comments

ST3 Project Delivery Timelines for Major ST3 Projects

Sound Move - ST2 - ST3 Planning Timelines

SM - ST2 - ST3 Final Design Timelines

SM - ST2 - ST3 Construction Timelines

ST3 Overview of ST3 Draft Narrative

Draft ST3: A Mass Transit Guide

ST3 Proposed Updated Projects and Timelines

ST3 Proposed Changes (5/26/16)

ST3 Draft Key Program/Policy Language

Innovation and Technology Fund

TOD within ST3

System Plan System Access in ST3

Draft Plan Draft Language - Sustainability, innovation, TOD, system access

Operations & Administration Committee: ST3 Draft System Plan (4/7/16)

Draft ST3 Financial Plan (5/26/16)

Draft ST3 Financial Plan (presentation)

Draft ST3 Financial Policies

ST3 Draft Plan: LRT Systemwide Assets

ST3 Draft Plan Public Involvement

Sound Transit: Report of Telephone Survey April 2016

ST3 Draft Plan: Results from Spring 2016 Comment Period

ST3 Draft Plan: Summary of Jurisdictional & Stakeholder Comments

Sound Transit 3: Agencies and Jurisdictions Draft Plan Comments

Reducing Project Delivery Times

Project Delivery (Sound Transit Board Meeting, 4/28/16)

Memo re Compliance with HCT System Planning Requirements

Sound Transit 3 Compliance with HCT System Planning Requirements - Technical Memorandum

ST3 Benefit-Cost Analysis Methodology Report

PSRC letter re ST3 BCA method (5/19/16)

Documents on Soundtransit3.org website's

Document Archive News clips (April-May 2016)


April 11 - 12, 2016, Meeting Materials

Draft System Plan Overview

ST3 Early Deliverables project template

ST3 Ridership Forecasting

System Access in ST3 Draft Plan

ST3 Access-integration costs summary

ST3 Risk Assessment

Integration with Transit Partners: King County Metro and Sound Transit

Overview of ST3 project schedules

ST3 Phase-Gate Process

ST3 Draft Plan Public Involvement Overview

ST3 Financial Plan

ST3's Environmental Context

Draft ST3 System Plan - presentation to Board, March 24, 2016

Candidate Project Evaluation Methodologies

ST3 Draft System Plan Project List

ST3 Draft Plan Map - proposed Draft

ST3 Plan Project Phasing

Near-Term Improvements

TOD within the ST3 System Plan

System Access in ST3 Draft Plan

Innovation and Technology Fund

ST3 Operations and Administration - ST3 Draft System Plan

Project Delivery - Why does it take so long to build a light rail system?

ST3 Funding Options

News articles, February - April 2016


February 8 - 9, 2016, Meeting Materials


ST3 Progress Since November 2015 ERP meeting

Value Management Consulting: Presentation on Cost Methodology

Value Management Consulting: Draft Report on Cost Methodology

Downtown Seattle Tunnel Options

Sound Move and ST2 Planned and Actual Service Hours

PSRC Population and Employment Forecasting

ST3 Ridership Forecasting

Highway Travel Times - PM Peak Map

System Access in ST3

Risk Assessment Status

ST3 Finance Plan Update

ST3 Candidate Projects presentation

Status of Developing ST3 Grant Assumptions

ST3 FAQs

ST3 Funding Options information sheet

Project Delivery information sheet

Briefing on Letter Responses

ST3 Candidate Project Scope Comments from Jurisdictions, Agencies, Organizations

ST3 Candidate Projects as of 12-04-15

News articles, Nov. 2015 - Jan. 2016


November 9-10, 2015, Meeting Materials


Sound Transit 3: Candidate Projects List Draft-Board changes

Ridership forecasting tables-sensitivity tests

Ridership: Lynnwood Link Highway Travel Time Comparison Memorandum

Ridership: Backcast Test Memorandum Lynnwood Link

Ridership: FTA comments on ridership forecast Lynnwood Link

Central Link Initial Segment and Airport Link Before and After Study

Activities Since Last Expert Review Panel Meeting

Capital Cost Estimating and Management

ST3 Contingency Management and Cost Estimate

Contingency Management Policy

Tracking and Reporting on Contingency

Cost Contingency Management - University Link Extension

Cost Performance

Cost Estimating Methodology - O&M

O&M Costs

System Integration Efforts

ST3 Project Templates Format and Evaluation Criteria

Sample ST3 Project Template - Project E-01

Sound Transit Service Delivery Second Quarter 2015

Sound Transit Ridership Report September 2015

Results for Summer 2015 Public Comment Period

Puget Sound Regional Council presentation

Ridership Forecasting presentation

Finance presentation

Dr Siim Soot employment-population graphs

Email with questions for other transit agencies' presentation

Downtown Seattle Transit Coordination presentation

See attachments to Sound Transit October 23, 2015 response to Expert Review Panel's comment letter

ERP Requirements per State Law

RCW planning requirements for HCT systems

ST3 Summary Sheet Template

Sample Blank ST3 Project Template

Jurisdiction letters

News articles

News articles2


July 13 - 14, 2015 Meeting Materials

PSRC and Regional Planning

Ridership Forecasting Methods

CTR Survey Commute to Work Flows

Existing Home-to-Work Transit Shares

Existing 80th Percentile Highway Travel Times - PM Peak Hour

ST2 Link Light Rail Travel Times

ST3 Cost Estimating Methodology - O & M

ST3: Evaluation Methodology

ST3 Financial Plan

Capital Cost Estimation Methodology

Shaping Sound Transit 3: Public Involvement June - July 2015

Where Will Sound Transit Take You Tomorrow? (brochure)

Sound Transit 3 Draft Priority Projects List

Developing Sound Transit's New System Plan: Draft Priority Project List

Project template

Overview of Materials in Notebook

Questions Raised by Dr. Siim Soot Following the May Panel Meeting

Sound Transit Resolution No. R2013-03: System Access Policy

Puget Sound Regional Council memo: Response to land use forecast questions

VISION 2040

Land Use Targets Methodology, PSRC

ST3 Transit Ridership Forecasting Methodology Report

Developing Sound Transit's New System Plan: May 2015

Is Sound Transit 3 light-rail investment worth it?

Board applauds Legislature and Governor's support for full ST3 funding authority, advances plans for November 2016 measure

Sound Transit planning heats up for light-rail expansion and public vote

ST3 Addendum to Transit Ridership Forecasting Methodology Report

ST3 Operations and Maintenance Cost Methodology Report

ST3 Evaluation Methodology Report

ST3 Capital Cost Estimating Methodology


May 4 - 5, 2015 Meeting Materials

An Amazing Ride: A History of Sound Transit

Sound Transit 2 Compliance with HCT System Planning Requirements - Technical Memorandum Options Assessment and Analysis Methods (Dec. 2008)

Sound Transit 2 Compliance with HCT System Planning Requirements - Technical Memorandum on Public Involvement and Outreach (Dec. 2008)

University Link Extension

Updating Sound Transit's Long-Range Plan

HCT Corridor Studies: Review of Corridors and Findings

2015 System Planning

Sound Transit's New System Plan: Methodologies Review by ERP

General Background


Revised Code of Washington, Chapter 81.104 High Capacity Transportation Systems

Expert Review Panel Look Ahead (tentative meeting schedule)

Sound Transit Background

Sound Transit District (map)

Sound Transit Current Service and Approved Projects (map)

Sounder Commuter Rail info sheet

Link Light Rail info sheet

ST Express Regional Bus info sheet

Sound Transit Reports and Publications

Sound Transit Planning:

ST2 Plan

Regional Transit Long-Range Plan, 2014

Long Range Plan FEIS Executive Summary

Corridor Studies

  • Lynnwood to Everett (Final Report, Presentation)
  • Ballard to Downtown Seattle (Report, Presentation)
  • Ballard to University of Washington (Ballard to University District)
  • Eastside (I-405, Eastside Rail Corridor)
  • South King County (Report, Presentation)
  • South Corridor (Federal Way to Tacoma Report, Presentation)

Sound Transit Board Presentations:

Developing Sound Transit’s New System Plan: Core Priorities (January 2015)

Developing Sound Transit’s New System Plan: Core Priorities and Review Monthly Schedule (February 2015)

Sound Transit’s New System Plan (March 2015)

Draft Conceptual System Expansion Scenarios (April 2015)