Dow Constantine Makes Case for Fourth Term Built on Coalition Building Chops
King County Executive Dow Constantine is seeking a fourth term. His campaign war chest is vast and slate of endorsements is impressive, but for...
Sound Transit Gets New Trains Ahead of Northgate Link’s October 2nd Debut
The more you look at the new Link train’s face, the harder it is to discern exactly what emotion it’s trying to express. Is...
Sound Transit 3’s Affordability Gap Shrinks to $7.9 Billion, So What’s Next?
In some encouraging news yesterday, Sound Transit shared an updated financial outlook for Sound Transit 3 (ST3). Revised projections show that the program affordability...
ST3: How to Get the Best Value Amid a Budget Crunch
With an $11.5 billion funding crunch and cost escalations in the Sound Transit 3 program, it’s clear that some cutbacks and delays may be...
Sound Transit Updates Station Wayfinding and Seattle Implements New Street Wayfinding
As the Puget Sound Region comes out of a year's-long pandemic hibernation, local agencies are hard at work improving the wayfinding system for people...
How To Build a Faster, Better Everett Link
Since the creation of the Sound Transit in 1996, taxpayers of the Snohomish County subarea have had the least realized transit benefit for the...
Shelving Parking Plans Would Help Keep ST3 Transit on Schedule
Parking is a huge billion-dollar capital outlay in Sound Transit's capital expansion program. Delaying construction of parking as part of new transit projects could...
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...