We ve also learned from other systems that trains need special devices to warn the operator if they re exceeding the speed limit and then to automatically stop the trains should they continue speeding. Sound Transit trains will have those safeguards. Standard city curbs alongside the street s median will help deter cars and trucks from crossing into the train s path. Sound Transit has already begun assembling its education program. Finally, we ve learned that most people don t forget when they have been ticketed for trespassing on train tracks or making illegal turns in front of trains.
Word spreads fast that the police are serious.
That s why Sound Transit will coordinate with police for extra enforcement when the trains start running. Moving forward Voters in 1996 agreed to tax themselves to build the Sound Transit system of Regional Express buses, Sounder commuter trains and electric Link light rail trains. The ST Express buses and Sounder commuter rail are up and running, and light rail trains will begin in 2002 in Tacoma and 2009 from Seattle to SeaTac. Throughout its design and operation, Sound Transit is using experience and innovation to build the safest system possible.