Transit

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More Ways Than One

Downtown Seattle is more than a central business district. It is a neighborhood 88,000 people call home. This neighborhood has the highest concentration of...

Everett Transit Rethinks Its Future, But Is It Time For A Merger?

Everett has struggled for years to provide a basic city-operated transit system under the banner of Everett Transit. Due to declining sales tax revenues...
Route 40 briefly uses Market Street to connect to 24th Avenue NW, sharing a stop with Route 44. (Photo by author)

Seattle Planning Scaled Back Benefit District Transit Boost, with Car Tabs Blocked

Transportation funding is in serious peril due to a perfect storm, but there could be help on the horizon. The storm started in November...

Sound Transit Shores Up Tacoma Link Budget and Receives TOD Code Grant

Sound Transit has allocated additional funding to the Tacoma Link extension project to shore up the budget. Costs have primarily risen from unforeseen right-of-way...

Sound Transit Capital Program Realignment Process Slowed Down to Mid-2021

The Sound Transit Board of Directors are punting on a realignment program of capital expansion projects for at least a year, allowing current projects...

AAWA: All Aboard Washington Responds to East-West Passenger Rail Study

All Aboard Washington (AAWA) is pleased that the Feasibility of an East-West Intercity Passenger Rail System for Washington State (East-West) study previewed on Tuesday...

Study Finds Limited New East-West Washington Passenger Rail Line Could Generate Substantial Ridership

On Tuesday, the Washington State Joint Transportation Committee (WSJTC) and its consultants presented findings to state legislators on the east-west intercity passenger rail study....

Deeper Transit Cuts Loom as Metro Faces Serious Financial Constraints in 2021 and 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic has been very disruptive to transit, forcing agencies to vastly change operational practices and slash service while seeing ridership fall off...