New ORCA Card System Launches May 16 with Weekend Fare Holiday for Transit Riders
Although the preparations have been many years in the making, May 16th will represent the start of a new era for Puget Sound transit...
Sound Transit CEO Lays Out Approach to Second Seattle Rail Tunnel
Before moving ahead with building a second Downtown Seattle light rail tunnel as planned, Sound Transit is taking a second look at putting a third line in the existing tunnel instead. Doing so would entail some major tradeoffs, which the agency intends to fully lay out in its study.
Vote for Seattle’s Worst Intersection: 2019 (Round 3)
The competition is down to the elite eight of extremely objectionable intersections.
In Northeast Seattle, the two 5-way intersections advanced. Those two intersections each include...
Connect 2020 Light Rail Service Disruptions Coming in January
Light rail disruptions in Downtown Seattle are only a few weeks away. Sound Transit plans to begins construction work near International District/Chinatown Station in...
Feet First to Host Webinar on the Transportation Funding Crisis Friday, May 29th
The Covid-19 pandemic has upended transit as we know it, devastated transportation budgets, and imperiled planned infrastructure upgrades. The advocacy organization Feet First is...
More Chinatown Station Ideas Floated as Sound Transit Meanders toward Decision
Will the station be shallow, deep, or somewhere between? On Fourth or Fifth Avenue? Or skip Chinatown and Midtown altogether for a Pioneer Square...
Northgate Link Under Budget and On Schedule, Sound Transit Reports
Construction on the Northgate Link extension is moving ahead on-time and under budget. Sound Transit reports that the project is about $52 million under...
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...








