Yes, it's a fairly good solution, and especially for a city like Seattle, where the transit system is almost exclusively buses and electric trolleybuses. Since the tunnel runs directly under 3rd Avenue, a major street and bus corridor, it acts effectively as an additional street through downtown with very high capacity, especially during rush hours, when headways between buses and trains can be only a few seconds.
This a amazing. It solves the problem that I have been thinking of since I went to collage. I was taking a coarse in city planning and was trying to design a system that would incorporate an existing rail system that went underground with a non-rail system that could use the streets as well. This would work for most cities where the density decreases as you get further away from the ctr of town. This would be perfect for cities like Los Angelis.
@Lukelr Yes, in 2016 when University LINK light rail opens from the north end of the tunnel, (at what is now the Pine Street Stub Tunnel, currently where northbound Central LINK trains cross over and reverse direction to start southbound runs) headways will decrease (more trains more often) and the signalling system will be train-only, not bus and train as it currently is. So yes, short answer: in 2016 the tunnel will become rail-only. It's anyone's guess what will happen to Convention Place
Next month, March 2019, the buses are being totally kicked out of the tunnel, and the tunnel will be light rail exclusive. So this footage is like a time capsule. :)
trains of Chicagoland and beyond when I went to seattle the train I went on was saying this is the train to seatac airport station yours says this is the train to takwila international blvd station
Now here me out, what if we replaced those buses with Teslas? Genius!
Yes, it's a fairly good solution, and especially for a city like Seattle, where the transit system is almost exclusively buses and electric trolleybuses. Since the tunnel runs directly under 3rd Avenue, a major street and bus corridor, it acts effectively as an additional street through downtown with very high capacity, especially during rush hours, when headways between buses and trains can be only a few seconds.
I just want to trend this video to those Elon worshippers. And I want the viewers to do the same thing.
This a amazing.
It solves the problem that I have been thinking of since I went to collage.
I was taking a coarse in city planning and was trying to design a system that would
incorporate an existing rail system that went underground with a non-rail system that could use the streets as well.
This would work for most cities where the density decreases as you get further away from the ctr of town.
This would be perfect for cities like Los Angelis.
@Lukelr Yes, in 2016 when University LINK light rail opens from the north end of the tunnel, (at what is now the Pine Street Stub Tunnel, currently where northbound Central LINK trains cross over and reverse direction to start southbound runs) headways will decrease (more trains more often) and the signalling system will be train-only, not bus and train as it currently is. So yes, short answer: in 2016 the tunnel will become rail-only. It's anyone's guess what will happen to Convention Place
nobody could have guessed what happened to convention place :(
Next month, March 2019, the buses are being totally kicked out of the tunnel, and the tunnel will be light rail exclusive. So this footage is like a time capsule. :)
But the trolleybuses and trams there are still present...
Or in September 2023, the light rail will totally be kicked out of the tunnel, making the tunnel bus exclusive.
@@samuraiMOURS That will not be happening lol
But, eventually the busses will be phased out of these tunnels, right?
trains of Chicagoland and beyond when I went to seattle the train I went on was saying this is the train to seatac airport station yours says this is the train to takwila international blvd station