Sunday Video: American Transit Needs Help
Reece Martin at RM Transit dives into the many challenges that American transit is facing right now. Chief among them is the inability to...
Sound Transit Unveils Pierce County Express Bus Service Reductions
Riders heading between Tacoma, Puyallup, Federal Way, and Seattle will see fewer trips and some route revisions due to an operator shortage starting this...
First Avenue Streetcar Cost Estimates Soar to $410 Million
A new consultant report on the long-planned streetcar shows costs up 43% with several new project elements now assumed necessary.
Connecting Seattle's two existing streetcar...
Saint Petersburg Metro Offers Architectural Lessons for American Transit
Transit conveys culture as its conveys passengers. The former Russian capital provides some lessons on how the Seattle region could do better.
Seattle has begun...
Op-Ed: Restore Capitol Hill’s Route 47 to Serve Rider Needs and Climate Goals
A fundamental tenet of public transit is “a rider cannot ride a bus that does not exist.” We ask our transit to do a...
Sound Transit Taps Transportation Veteran Goran Sparrman As Interim CEO
Twice picked as interim SDOT director, Sparrman hopes to right the ship at Sound Transit.
The Sound Transit Board of Directors is tapping transportation industry...
Sunday Video: What’s Better Than Open Loop Payments For Transit?
As transit agencies modernize their fare payment systems, digital payment methods are becoming more widespread. Many transit agencies are allowing use of open loop...
Constantine Appoints Zahilay, Birney, and Strauss to Sound Transit Board
This afternoon, King County Executive Dow Constantine unveiled three new appointments to the Sound Transit Board of Directors: King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay, Redmond...