News Story

September 11, 2024

Sound Transit has launched a public engagement period for the Tacoma Dome Access Improvements project. The public is being asked to help prioritize potential improvements to enhance access to existing and future transit for people walking, biking, rolling or driving to the station, which provides Sounder train, T Line and ST Express bus service and Amtrak and intercity bus service. Link light rail service to the area is currently under study. The Tacoma Dome Link Extension Draft Environmental Impact Statement is expected by the end of the year or early 2025.

The online open house will provide information on potential improvements reflecting collaboration with the City of Tacoma. These include:

• A surface parking lot with up to 300 stalls
• Puyallup Avenue corridor improvements, such as sidewalk and curb ramp upgrades, intersection improvements and bicycle facilities
• East D Street/East McKinley Way bicycle and pedestrian improvements
• Pacific Avenue pedestrian safety and accessibility improvements
• And other station-area and railroad-crossing improvements

Interested members of the public should weigh in with the survey at this link. (website also accessible in Spanish, Khmer, Korean and Russian), where more information on the proposed improvements is available.

The Sound Transit proposals, coordinated closely with the City of Tacoma, are planned to be selected by the Sound Transit Board in 2025 and completed by 2032.