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Sound Transit Board Backs Last-Minute Proposal to Skip Chinatown and Midtown Stations

The 4th Avenue Shallow and Shallower and Midtown station options remain in contention, but with Mayor Harrell warning against "false hope." In a marathon five-hour...
A trolley bus heading down 15th Ave E in Seattle

Sparse Frequencies Limit Potential of Metro’s Proposed RapidRide G Bus Reshuffle

RapidRide G Line will have lots of capacity during the day, but evenings and connections get dicey. Next year, the Seattle Department of Transportation...

Metro is Accepting Comments on Coming Capitol Hill Bus Service Changes

If you travel around Capitol Hill, the Central District, and Madison Valley, you've likely seen construction on E Madison Street in preparation for King...

It Is Time For Sound Transit’s Board of Directors Meeting

How to watch and comment at today's system expansion discussion. After a lot of discussion and plenty of competing visions, it is time to hear...

Let’s Try to be Optimistic for Once, Seattle

Any frequent reader of The Urbanist knows that we have a long and painstakingly catalogued list of gripes with Seattle. From the completely avoidable...

What We Know About Sound Transit’s Alternatives to a Chinatown Station

It ain't much, but that's all the Board's going on too. This week, the Sound Transit Board of Directors will be deciding on preferred Ballard...

The Legislative Budget Season Begins in Olympia

WALeg Wednesday starts eyeing up the looming disagreements as the legislative session moves to finances. In This Digest: Important Bills At A Glance Weekly Focus: A First...

Sound Transit Reviews Fare Ambassadors and Preps Fare Box Reforms

Sound Transit's approach to fares continues to evolve. Earlier this month, agency staff provided a review of the relatively nascent fare ambassador program and...