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The Urgency of Getting Light Rail Expansion Right

Our region’s employers see transportation as one of the most important things to get right for our community’s long-term health and success. Giving people...

Harrell Reverses Course, Backs Westlake Avenue Option for Denny Station

The move appeases advocates who fought to save a critical South Lake Union light rail station on Harrison Street that would have been cut. Transit...
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How to Rescue South Bellevue Station from Suburban Asphyxiation

From a transit-oriented development perspective, in the nearly $3.7 billion East Link light rail extension, the most shameful station area, by far, is around...
A dark light rail platform at SeaTac Airport during a service disruption.

Sound Transit Delays Rollout of Real-Time Arrival System for Trains

It's looking like an October launch for real-time Link arrivals -- after a hectic month of maintenance-related service disruptions. One lament Link light rail riders...
Trees have their fall colors near the track pulling into Downtown Lynnwood Station.

Build Light Rail In-Road Instead of Demolishing Housing, Balducci Urges Sound Transit

However agency leaders displayed hesitancy to inconvenience cars to build transit more efficiently. On Thursday, the Sound Transit Board pressed the agency's heads of corridor...

New Sound Transit CEO Supports Exploring Eastside-only Light Rail, Shares Thoughts on Fare-Free Transit

Although she's only been on the job for six weeks, newly-hired Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm already has been put in the spotlight for...

East Link TOD: Three Bellevue Stations Sitting Out the Development Wave

East Main, South Bellevue, and Wilburton Station are the clear laggards along the 2 Line where development activity has been sparse. A pending zoning update offers a lot of hope for Wilburton, a little for East Main, and none for South Bellevue.
A light rail train approaches a station where a string quartet plays.

Tacoma Link’s Theater District Station Reaches the End of the Line

Tacoma has a major extension of Sound Transit’s T Line streetcar to look forward to over the coming year: the Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension...