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Seattle Hiring Small Army of Planners for Sound Transit 3 Work

A quiet change to the spending categories in Seattle's dedicated transit funding measure mean that the City of Seattle will be able to hire dozens of staff to work on different aspects of Sound Transit planning.
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Two Months of 1 Line Maintenance Disruptions Start January 4

The first few months of the year are bringing 1 Line service disruptions that could hit unprepared riders hard. Here's everything you need to know.

Sunday Video: Can Trains Save Seattle?

City Beautiful's urbanism content creator, Dave Amos, recently visited the Seattle area to explore future transit-oriented development sites and the planning that is going...
A train pulls into Mount Baker station with the downtown Seattle skyline in the distance.

Link Light Rail Smashes Ridership Record in October

October is the first month that the Link light rail system has topped three million rides in Sound Transit history.
A southbound train departs with an apartment building in the background. A man rolls a bike on the platform and security guards stand around.

Op-Ed: State Must Reform Sound Transit to Keep Expansion on Track

Sound Transit’s governance structure and limited organizational powers cause project delay, inflated costs, and lower quality service. The Washington State Legislature should audit and reform the agency to get it back on track.
A light rail train in SoDo passes under highway overpasses and enters an intersection.

Sound Transit Delays Link Repairs, Schedules New Disruptions in Early 2025

Sound Transit is delaying repair work that had been planned December 7 and 8, but expanding its maintenance work and service disruption schedule in January and February.

Sound Transit Boardmembers Push for More Ambitious Rainier Valley Safety Plan

Sound Transit plans to make a series of spot improvements over the next few years intended to improve safety at its at-grade stations in the Rainier Valley. But multiple board members are pushing the agency to think much bigger.

Sound Transit Study Bolsters Case Against CID Station at Fourth Avenue

A third-party consultant told the Sound Transit board this week that the Fourth Avenue station option in Chinatown is "not reasonably constructible," due to lengthy construction timelines and a laundry list of risks that come with construction next to a BNSF rail line.