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Second Avenue in Downtown Seattle. (Photo by author)

PSRC Finalizes $538.5 Million in Emergency Transit Funding Allocations

Federal emergency pass-through funding is heading to local transit agencies in the Puget Sound. The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) Executive Board finalized the...

Let’s Build a New West Seattle Bridge That Carries Light Rail Too

Yesterday, West Seattle got more bad news as the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced the West Seattle Bridge would be closed for at...

Alphanumeric Lines Will Replace Colors and Names of Sound Transit Services

Light rail is not the only thing getting a rebrand by Sound Transit next year. In an announcement on Thursday, the transit agency outlined...
Rides board a Route 512 bus in Lynnwood.

Snohomish County Bus-to-Link Service Restructure Centered On Northgate Station

Community Transit and Sound Transit have a revised service restructure proposal oriented around future Link light rail service at Northgate, which is slated to...

CARES Act Provides Puget Sound Transit Agencies $554.8 Million in Emergency Funding

Transit agencies and riders alike in the Puget Sound can breath a sigh of relief, now that the federal government is providing emergency funding...

Imagining a Better Route 44 Corridor

Route 44 is Seattle's busiest crosstown bus and the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has a plan to roll out some bus lanes and...

Route 40: From Workhorse to Racehorse?

King County Metro's third busiest bus route doesn't have fancy RapidRide branding. You'll often see it (sometimes represented by some of the oldest buses...

Perfecting Issaquah Light Rail

Among all the Link light rail extensions unleashed by Sound Transit 3 (ST3) lurks a weakest link: the Purple Line to Issaquah. But we...