Sound Transit Board Greenlights Fare Enforcement Reform Pilot and Lowers Sounder Fares
On Thursday, the Sound Transit Board of Directors met for their final time in 2020. The meeting closed the year by taking up big...
Sound Transit Temporarily Cutting Back Link Services in Response to Ill Staff
Sound Transit is running up against staffing challenges due to the pandemic, which has led the agency to temporarily cut back light rail and...
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...