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City of Tukwila: Background Report for the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan Update <br />Transportation Analysis and 2030 Improvement Recommendations <br />May 2012 <br />PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES <br />In January 2009, Tukwila completed an extensive study of the CityÓs pedestrian and bicycle systems and <br />summarized the findings in Walk and Roll, which is the CityÓs non-motorized transportation plan. Based <br />Figure 4 <br />on the data in the Walk and Roll plan, displays the existing pedestrian and bicycle facilities <br />1 <br />Figure 5 <br />along arterial streets in Tukwila and shows the CityÓs designated bicycle friendly routes. The <br />City has recommended a comprehensive network of bicycle friendly routes, but only a small portion of <br />those routes currently have facilities such as bike lanes. As capital improvement projects occur along <br />these routes, the City plans to incorporate bike lanes. Sidewalks exist along most arterials, but there are <br />some gaps, especially outside of Southcenter, the CityÓs urban center. Some arterials have paved <br />shoulders rather than sidewalks. Many residential neighborhoods have gaps between pedestrian <br />facilities. In some areas, the existing pedestrian and bicycle facilities do not meet current City standards. <br />Figure 4 <br />However, these non-standard areas are not shown on . <br />TRANSIT <br />Figure 6 <br />Transit service in the City of Tukwila is provided by King Count <br />depicts transit routes and facilities within the study area. <br />Sound Transit <br />Sound TransitÓs Link light rail line has one station within Tukwila located on International Boulevard and <br />Southcenter Boulevard/S 154th Street near the SR 518 interchange. Trains currently operate between the <br />Sea-Tac Airport station and Westlake Station in Downtown Seattle. Trains run from approximately 5 AM <br />to 1 AM Monday through Saturday and 6 AM to midnight on Sundays and holidays. Headways are shown <br />Table 1 <br />in . <br />TABLE 1 – SOUND TRANSIT LINK LIGHT RAIL HEADWAYS <br />Weekdays Weekends & Holidays <br />Time Headway in Minutes Time Headway in Minutes <br />5:00 AM Î 6:00 AM <br />5:00 AM Î 6:00 AM 15 15 <br />(Saturday only) <br />6:00 AM Î 8:30 AM 7.5 6:00 AM Î 8:00 AM 15 <br />8:30 AM Î 3:00 PM 10 8:00 AM Î 10:00 PM 10 <br />3:00 PM Î 6:30 PM 7.5 10:00 PM Î midnight 15 <br />Midnight Î 1:00 AM <br />6:30 PM Î 10:00 PM 10 15 <br />(Saturday only) <br />10:00 PM Î 1:00 AM 15 <br />Sound Transit, 2010. <br />Sound Transit also runs the Sounder commuter train between Tacoma and Everett on weekdays. The <br />train stops at the Tukwila Station located at S Longacres Way just east of W Valley Highway and south of <br />I-405. The current station is temporary and will be replaced with a larger station in the future. Seven trains <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />The Walk and Roll plan considered streets other than arterials; however Figure 4 focuses only on the facilities present on the <br /> <br />arterial street system. <br /> 9 <br /> <br /> <br />