Transit

Ridehailing Fee and Megablock Proceeds Fund Infrastructure Boost in 2020 Budget

The Seattle City Council passed next year's budget Monday and added a flurry of amendments making the Mayor's budget more progressive and heed advocates...

Why Transit Riders Are Joining The Suit Against Tim Eyman’s Initiative 976

We’re joining the lawsuit against Initiative 976. Along with the disability rights group Washington ADAPT and the Northwest-based clean energy economy nonprofit Climate Solutions, Seattle...

Sound Transit Nixes ‘Red Line’ Brand, Offering New System Naming Opportunity

Just over a week ago, Sound Transit’s Chief Executive Officer, Peter Rogoff, announced that his agency would reverse course on branding of the light...
High speed train models like this were on display at the Cascadia Rail Summit. (Credit: Doug Trumm)

Cascadia’s Courtship of High-Speed Rail

Early this month, a group of more than 100 rail industry professionals and local politicians met on the Microsoft campus to discuss the future...
Pacific Central Station in Vancouver is the port of entry for Amtrak Cascades trips. (Photo by Nkocharh, Wikimedia Commons)

Amtrak Cascades Could Get Customs Preclearance in Canada Shaving At Least 10 Minutes Off...

Amtrak is hoping to improve service from Vancouver, British Columbia for its Amtrak Cascades service. At a briefing Wednesday, Ron Pate of the Washington...

Following the Money: The Case of Prop CC and I-976

It is often said in American society that money talks, and this statement often seems doubly true when applied to politics. So what does...
Route 44 heads through downtown Ballard on Market Street on a fall evening. (Photo by Doug Trumm))

Route 44 Upgrade Pursues Elusive High-Quality Crosstown Service

Route 44 is a workhorse, but it's far from a racehorse. 9,300 daily riders pack themselves into the lumbering beast of burden and suffer...
The new and improved Olympia Transit Center is expected to open soon. (Credit: Intercity Transit)

Intercity Transit Considering Going Fare-Free in Thurston County

A fare-free system could be headed to Thurston County. Intercity Transit will consider a demonstration project for a five-year fare-free bus network, which could...