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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...
An underground light rail station with a train and passengers.

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...

Amtrak Cascades Sets Timeline for Point Defiance Bypass Restart and New Trains

New trainsets and return to the Point Defiance Bypass have now made their way on to Amtrak Cascades' timetable. On November 30th, Jason Biggs...

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...
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Columbia River Crossing Freeway Project Is Back

For the second time this century, the states of Washington and Oregon are gearing up to attempt to replace the I-5 bridge over the...

Cascadia Needs New Zoning, Not New Cities

Abolishing apartment bans is how we grow as a region, not sprouting entire new cities in pasture. The Cascadia Vision 2050 report made it onto...

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...
Ballard Bridge in a up position to allow a gravel filled barge to go by.

Ballard Bridge Study Builds on Garbage Traffic Forecasts in Interbay

Earlier this month, Ray Dubicki laid out why the Ballard Interbay Regional Transportation Study (BIRT) and its accompanying Ballard Bridge Replacement Study are failures. If...