Monorail Now Functionally Part of Seattle’s Public Transit System
The Seattle Monorail starts accepting ORCA cards today. This change is significant because the system had essentially operated outside of the unified local transit...
Residents Push for 2024 Opening of 130th St Link Station, Consider Zoning Changes
At a recent light rail station planning event for future Link stations at NE 130th Street NE and NE 145th Street, people crowded into...
Wide Support for High-Speed Rail at Cascadia Conference, Plus Skeptic Transpo Chair DeFazio
Yesterday, Challenge Seattle hosted a conference that demonstrated widespread support for high-speed rail among political and business leaders in Cascadia. And then there was...
NE 43rd St Will Not Be a Pedestrian Street
After a long process around what the front door of Sound Transit's University District station on NE 43rd St will look like at the...
What Cascadia High-Speed Rail Efforts Can Learn from California
On May 21st, Governor Jay Inslee passed but partially vetoed ESHB 1160. The approved provisions of ESHB 1160 appropriates funds to the Washington State...
Seattle Subway: Comment on West Seattle and Ballard Link with These Suggested Options
At long last, this is (probably) your last chance to comment on the Ballard and West Seattle Sound Transit 3 (ST3) alternatives before options...
Sound Transit Proposes 2020 Service Refinements
Sound Transit's 2020 Service Implementation Plan is now open for public comment. The plan was released last week with only three notable proposed changes...
U District Rises as Light Rail Approaches
The Northgate Link Extension will open in 2021, but the neighborhoods around the stations are already transforming. We're taking a closer look at the...