Tacoma Streetcar Stakeholders Group

The City of Tacoma, Pierce Transit and Sound Transit partnered to host a group of community stakeholders to discuss the possible alignments of streecars that would extend Sound Transit's LINK line in downtown Tacoma. The stakeholder group met from July 2010 through the end of December 2010, culminating in a final report that was presented to the Tacoma City Council on March 29, 2011.

Final report

• Tacoma Link Expansion presentation, March 29, 2011 (1 MB PDF)
• Tacoma Link Expansion Final Report, March 29, 2011

If you would like to submit comments regarding Streetcars in Tacoma, e-mail  AOHanlon@cityoftacoma.org.

Stakeholder group members

• Andrew Austin (Transportation Choices Coalition) 
• Jennifer Burley (University of Washington Tacoma) 
• Eric Crittendon (New Tacoma Neighborhood Council) 
• Ryan Dicks (Pierce County)
• Judee Encinias (DaVita) 
• Chris Green (Economic Development Board to Tacoma-Pierce County) 
• Tilinda Grote (South Tacoma Neighborhood Council) 
• Phyllis Harrison (The Art Stop / LeRoy Jewelers) 
• Jesse Hart (Eastside Neighborhood Council) 
• Rollie Herman (Westpac Marine / Hillside Development Council) 
• Cheryl Jones (Allen Renaissance / MLK District) 
• Chelsea Levy (Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce) 
• Mark Martinez (Pierce County Building and Construction Trades Council) 
• Evette Mason (Port of Tacoma) 
• Whitney Rhodes (Downtown Merchant's Group) 
• Hope Roberts (MultiCare) 
• Lois Stark (Metro Parks / Tacoma Area Commission on Disabilities) 
• Michael Mirra (Tacoma Housing Authority) 
• Chad Wright (Marine View Ventures)

Meeting materials

• Sept 20, 2010 materials
  - Tacoma Link Extension Feasability Study from March 2004 (PDF)
  - Tacoma Link Stakeholder Group (PDF)
  - Tacoma Streetcar Feasability Analysis - May Final (PDF)
  - Tacoma Link Stakeholder Group expansion background info, with notes (PDF)
  - Stakeholders meeting #3 2007 work (PDF)
  - Regional Transit Long-range Plan Map (adopted by Sound Transit on July 7, 2005)
  - Issue Paper S. 6: Potential Tacoma Link Extension - East (prepared for Sound Transit by Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. in March 2005)
  - Issue Paper S. 3: HCT System Development Issues in the South Corridor (prepared for Sound Transit in March 2005)
  - Issue Paper S. 1: Tacoma Link Integration with Central Link (prepared for Sound Transit by Parsons Brickerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. in March 2005)
  - Issue Paper S. 4: Potential Tacoma Link Extension - West (prepared for Sound Transit by Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. in March 2005)
  
• Streetcars Objective Activity for Aug. 23 meeting (PDF format)
• July 26, 2010 - Opening PowerPoint (PDF format), Bus Tour area maps (PDF format)

Background materials

• High-resolution maps (14 MB PDF)
• City Council briefing handout (PDF)

E-mail contact for this page: Rob McNair-Huff