Draft Plan Inches Toward Modest Upzones around 130th and 148th Street Link Stations
Urbanists have been hoping that arrival of light rail to North Seattle would transform single-family sprawl oriented around I-5 and a 160-acre publicly-owned golf...
Sound Transit Previews Conceptual Framework to Help Determine Fate of ST3 Projects
How Sound Transit will realign its capital expansion program to address an $11.5 billion affordability gap through 2041 still remains uncharted. But agency staff...
Concerns Persist Over Safe Access to Judkins Park Light Rail Station
Set to open in 2023, the Judkins Park light rail station will connect thousands of Seattleites to the growing Link light rail network. The future station,...
Sound Transit Weighs ST3 Delay and Revenue Options in New Scenarios
Sound Transit boardmembers got a preview of Sound Transit 3 (ST3) realignment scenarios on Thursday. Agency staff walked through four examples of capital program...
Light Rail and Bus Base Projects See Cost Increases as Sound Transit Whittles Down...
Project cost increases are hitting most of the Sound Transit capital expansion portfolio with few exceptions. Agency staff briefed boardmembers last week with deeper...
Sound Transit Confident of September Northgate Link Opening, Despite Schedule Risks
The critical window for light rail vehicle (LRV) burn-in and testing is still tight for Sound Transit's Northgate Link extension. Any further loss of...
ST 2040: A Shovel-Ready Vision for Seattle and Sound Transit
The climate crisis is an accelerating problem--while President Joe Biden has re-entered the United States in the Paris Climate Accords, temperatures are still rising,...
Sound Transit Plans Paid Parking Program as it Builds Another 8,000 Stalls
Despite the pandemic-induced decline in parking demand at regional transit facilities, Sound Transit is still expanding parking and developing new tools to manage it....