A SURVEY OF MASS TRANSIT ALTERNATIVES TO INTERSTATE 90

Attempts to complete the Interstate Highway 90 (I-90) project across Lake Washington have been frustrated by legal and public controversy. The 1973 Federal-Aid Highway act added a new policy for local officials: To withdraw an interstate segment from the nationwide Interstate System and substitute a mass transit project in the same urbanized area. The report deals with mass transit substitution alternatives to I-90. Its purpose is to respond to the desire of local officials to learn more about the available transit opportunities to assist them in a decision to withdraw and substitute, or not. This report describes five alternative concepts for transit investments to serve the region with specific project options within each alternative.

• Corporate Authors:

  Puget Sound Governmental Conference

  Puget Sound Council of Governments, 216 1st Avenue
  Seattle, WA  United States  98104

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 168 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic impacts; Federal assistance programs; Highway planning; Legal factors; Local government; Programming (Planning); Public transit; Travel demand
• Identifier Terms: Interstate Highway System
• Geographic Terms: Lake Washington; Mercer Island (Washington); Washington (State)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Law; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159393
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-WA-09-0010-77-1
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 20 1978 12:00AM