sound transit 2 (st2) was part of a joint ballot measure with the regional transportation investment district entitled roads and transit, which was presented to snohomish, king, and pierce county voters on november 6, 2007. sound transit 2 would have made a number of mass transit related improvements, as well as a series of highway improvements. these changes included almost in new light rail lines, four new parking garages, two new sounder stations, a streetcar line connecting first hill, capitol hill, and the international district, a transit center in bothell, and two expansion studies, one for studying rapid transit across the sr-520 floating bridge and the other studying the use of the woodinville subdivision between renton and woodinville. the ballot measure was defeated by voters.