Escalating Costs Could Push Sound Transit to Reconsider Two Infill Stations
Long promised and approved by voters in 2016, the cost to build two deferred light rail stations in Seattle and Tukwila has jumped by more than two-thirds in just a few short years. The two projects are likely to be put under a microscope along with the big-ticket ST3 rail extensions.
Action Alert: Save Sound Transit Funding
HB 2201, a bill devised to cut $2.3 billion dollars from the Sound Transit 3 (ST3) budget, has reared its ugly head again. Though...
The Urbanist Podcast: The Human Side of Transit with Author and Artist Nathan Vass
Nathan Vass has been sharing his observations as a bus driver with The Urbanist for nine years. From the first conversation chronicles and desaturated...
King County Unveils Concepts for Ballot Measure Focused on Regional Bus Service
The King County Council unveiled some transit investment concepts for a countywide ballot measure at its full council meeting yesterday. The measure could jumpstart...
Seattle Will Provide Free Transit to All Public High School Students
All public high school students in Seattle will receive free transit passes under a plan to encourage transit ridership both in the immediate and...
Sound Transit Pitches Large Fare Increases for Many Express Bus Riders
Sound Transit staff is moving forward with an effort to restructure adult fares on ST Express bus service. Billed as "fare simplification," the changes...
Sound Transit Assesses Budget Damage and Which Projects to Unfreeze
On Thursday, the Sound Transit Board of Directors received a briefing on specific paused capital project actions which could become unfrozen if approved this...
Sound Transit 3 Program Realignment Begins at Board Workshop
On Thursday, the Sound Transit Board began the Sound Transit 3 program realignment process with a workshop that centered on a briefing by agency...