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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...
Construction workers and heavy equipment at the light rail station near Microsoft's Redmond headquarters.

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...
A light rail guideway rises on the edge of the I-5 freeway trench at the 130th Street overpass in Seattle.

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...
Two Link trains at Columbia City Station in the February snow.

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,...
two trains at a station with little glass orbs sculpture overhead

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...
An inside view of the Seattle operations and maintenance facility. (Sound Transit)

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...
New elevated section of track near Northgate Station with light rail vehicle testing. (Sound Transit)

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...