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...
Metro Flex’s Mixed Bag of Reviews May Impact Its Future
In March, King County Metro launched Metro Flex, an on-demand neighborhood van transit service. With a handy app, users can book rides to destinations...
Amtrak Cascades Launching Two More Daily Seattle-Portland Trips on December 11
Two new daily roundtrips on Amtrak Cascades between Seattle and Portland will start on Monday, December 11. The extra trips will help fill out...
A Guide to Transit-Oriented Running in Seattle
Great transit can open up a city for runners of all abilities.
Transit is a marginal consideration, if it's one at all, for most runners....
How Will Sound Transit Manage Future Service Disruptions with Two Overlapping Lines?
With another "Future Ready" maintenance project coming down the pike in January, it raises a big question for the future: What should riders expect...
Route 40 Bus Upgrades Reach Full Design, Despite Business Pushback
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has reached full design on a set of upgrades to Route 40, one of the city's busiest crosstown...
Is Sound Transit Closing In on Fare Gates for Link and Sounder?
An agency report obtained by The Urbanist lays out three key scenarios to implement fare gates with the goal of driving up fare compliance...
Sound Transit Moving Forward on Purchase of 10 More Link Cars
Sound Transit is moving ahead on purchase of 10 more Link cars to buy back some system capacity being stretched and thinned out by...