Transportation

Sound Transit Reviews Fare Ambassadors and Preps Fare Box Reforms

Sound Transit's approach to fares continues to evolve. Earlier this month, agency staff provided a review of the relatively nascent fare ambassador program and...
Jackson Street with two pedestrians crossing at 5th Avenue next to the protected bike lane. The Chinatown station is in the background.

Sound Transit is Not Ready for Its Big Chinatown Station Decision

At a public meeting on Thursday afternoon, the Sound Transit Board of Directors intend to select preferred station locations for the light rail system's...
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Seattle Requests Federal Help in Planning “Low-Emission Neighborhoods”

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has officially requested funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation to figure out how to plan and fund...

Exploring Destinations on the New RapidRide H

The latest addition to King County's RapidRide network brings speedier transit travel between Downtown, Delridge, White Center, and Burien. King County Metro officially launched service...

Sunday Video: Seattle Needs an Epic Transit Hub

RMTransit returns to Seattle to talk about our light rail expansion and our potential to screw it up. Specifically, there is the imminent possibility...
A red and yellow RapidRide bus waits at a stop at an off-street transit center

Metro Launches the H Line, its First RapidRide Line in Nine Years

This weekend King County Metro starts service on the RapidRide H line, running between Downtown Seattle and Burien. The seventh RapidRide line and the...

What You Don’t Understand About Seattle’s Light Rail Expansion May Doom the System

There is no spine. There is no Ballard to West Seattle extension. There is no one coming to save us. By 2042, Seattle should have...

Next Rounds of ‘Future Ready’ Sound Transit Fixes Promise Less Disruption

Sound Transit has additional Future Ready maintenance and repair projects teed up for this year and next. In a briefing, agency staff outlined planned...