Why Flatten Fares?
King County Metro Transit has recommended a $2.75 flat fare across its network. King County Executive Dow Constantine has endorsed the proposal and asked...
RAISE Grants Move Away From Road Expansion, But Not In Seattle Metro
Last week, the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced 166 projects that have been selected to receive $2.2 billion dollars in Federal funding through...
Community Transit Selects Swift Blue Line Extension Alignment
Community Transit has settled on a fairly streamlined and direct route for the Swift Blue Line extension south of Aurora Village Transit Center to...
Peter Rogoff Departing Sound Transit Leadership in Early 2022
Sound Transit's Chief Executive Officer Peter Rogoff will be departing from the agency by the end of May 2022. In a surprising turn, the...
Metro Looks Toward Post-Pandemic Recovery, But Thorny Service Changes Could Be Ahead
How King County Metro will restore bus service as the pandemic recedes will be a hotly contested issue. Metro offered a window into the...
Next Rounds of ‘Future Ready’ Sound Transit Fixes Promise Less Disruption
Sound Transit has additional Future Ready maintenance and repair projects teed up for this year and next. In a briefing, agency staff outlined planned...
The Streetcar Symphony
Nothing stops the chorus of a city’s urban dance than a parking garage or surface lot. In the booming age of Seattle’s downtown core,...
Sunday Video: How Elevated Rail Makes Cities Better
In North America, modern rail transit usually avoids conventional elevated lines in dense cities and even suburbs. Reece Martin of RMTransit discusses what makes elevated rail so good.