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Seattle Department of Transportation
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- Type
- Transit authority — City of Seattle transportation department; owner of the Seattle Streetcar, which King County Metro operates
- Market · Region
- United States · Washington
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Track & civil, Electrification, Digital operations
Owns two Seattle Streetcar lines, 3.8 miles total, and paused Culture Connector link.
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Owns and manages the two Seattle Streetcar lines — the 2.5-mile, ten-stop First Hill Line and the 1.3-mile, seven-stop South Lake Union Line — and holds the design and cost baseline for the Culture Connector, the 1.27-mile downtown link between them that has been paused since June 2020.
- Type
- Transit authority — City of Seattle transportation department; owner of the Seattle Streetcar, which King County Metro operates
- Where
- Washington · Seattle
- Programmes
- FTA Capital Investment Grants
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Track & civil, Electrification, Digital operations
Structure
- operated by King County Metro — Operator of the South Lake Union and First Hill streetcar lines under an interlocal agreement (active)
- Contract detail and values (1)In the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (2)
- ● Seattle Department of Transportation · Delivery Assessment - Center City Connector, Executive Summary, 31 October 2023 (published 2023-10-31 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Seattle Department of Transportation · Transit Program — Seattle Streetcar ownership and King County Metro operation; Seattle Transportation Levy transit corridors funding (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Culture Connector streetcar South Lake Union | Planned | $100–500m |
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- Procurement structure
- Published contacts (4)
- Award history (3)
- Entry path
- Portals (3)
Full detail withheld: 5 fields. In the United States edition · See a fully open example
8 sources · all primary
- ● Seattle Department of Transportation · Seattle Department of Transportation — Culture Connector project page (the former Center City Connector path at /transit-program/center-city-connector returns HTTP 301 to this URL) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Seattle Department of Transportation · Delivery Assessment - Center City Connector, Executive Summary, 31 October 2023 (published 2023-10-31 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Seattle Department of Transportation · Seattle Streetcar — First Hill Line and South Lake Union Line (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Seattle Department of Transportation · Transit Program — Seattle Streetcar ownership and King County Metro operation; Seattle Transportation Levy transit corridors funding (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● City of Seattle, Finance and Administrative Services · Purchasing and Contracting — procurement portal, bid opportunities and contracting desks (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● City of Seattle, Finance and Administrative Services · Purchasing and Contracting contacts — public works and job order contracting administration mailboxes (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● City of Seattle · City of Seattle Procurement Portal (OpenGov) — active solicitations, read 14 September 2026 (published 2026-09-14 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-23, City of Seattle Project Administration Agreement Amendment and Task Orders for the West Seattle Link Extension, Ballard Link Extension, Graham Street Infill Station and Boeing Access Road Infill Station projects (published 2026-07-23 · checked 2026-09-14)
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