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Automated Trains Could Propel ST4 and Lower Energy Costs

This article is the second in a two-part series about designing a new rail network for Seattle and its surrounding areas. You can read...

Snohomish County Light Rail Planning Turns Toward Housing

Approaching the halfway mark of their Fall 2020 Light Rail Communities workshop, Snohomish County has opened up part two of the workshop to address...

Take Part in New West Seattle and Ballard Link Light Rail Open House

Ahead of their mid-2021 release and comment period of the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions' Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Sound Transit has...

ST4 Should Focus Rail in Densest Areas

Urban subways serving dense neighborhoods should be the future of Seattle transit Transit ridership has been falling for years now. Ever since peaking in 2014,...

Light Rail Expansion Is Exactly What Our Region Needs Post-Covid

An idea is going around, particularly in conservative circles, that the Covid pandemic fundamentally changes transportation needs and behooves Seattle to cancel its transit...

Replace Don’t Repair the West Seattle Bridge (and Add Rail)

The West Seattle Bridge was just 36-years-young when it cracked, sagged, and threatened to collapse, adding another layer of pollution to the already highly...

Sound Transit Launches 130th Street Light Rail Station Open House

On October 12th, Sound Transit began their online open house for the 130th Street light rail station's design. Approved by voters in 2016, this...
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Sound Transit Prepares to Unpause Nine Project Actions and Moves to Surplus Angle Lake...

On Thursday, the Sound Transit Board of Directors met to decide on the fate of more than a dozen paused capital project actions. Nine...