Transit

Sound Transit Begins Replacing Aging Escalators, Starting with Chinatown Station

Elevators and escalators at the Chinatown station will all be new by 2026 following phased replacements. Sound Transit officials have approved the first phase of...

Map Of The Week: Seattle Subway Vision Map

Seattle Subway, a local grassroots transit advocacy group, has a new regional vision map out that charts where they think future light rail lines...

Sound Transit Is In Search of Yet Another South Lake Union Station Location

On Thursday, the Sound Transit System Expansion Committee will receive an update on the Denny and South Lake Union stations, two stations on the...

State May Finally Allow Cities to Use Camera Enforcement to Unclog Transit and Intersections

Automated camera enforcement of motorists blocking intersections, transit-only lanes, bus stops, intersections, and even emergency vehicle entries and exits could finally come to Washington....
A person loading a bike on a Sound Transit bus, a Route 535 headed to Lynnwood.

Refining I-405 BRT, Sound Transit Seeks Input on Station Access and Amenities

Bus rapid transit (BRT) will stretch from Lynnwood to Burien via I-405 by 2024. It's the larger of two major BRT projects planned to...
BNSF Railways track heading into Downtown Seattle from Interbay. (Credit: Doug Trumm)

Washington’s Draft State Rail Plan Presents Foggy But Modest Future

Washington's long-awaited draft state rail plan update has been released. Due out in 2019, the draft finally surfaced last week from the Washington State Department...

New Eyman Initiative Seeks To Stall Transportation Investments Statewide And Kill ST3

Washington's perennial anti-tax troll Tim Eyman is back, fresh off of his failure to hurl another initiative (I-1550) across the finish line and reeling...

Sound Transit Preps 2024 Budget Updates Facing a Strained Financial Plan

Sound Transit is in the midst of its budget season when agency policymakers decide on priorities for next year and manage the agency's long-term...