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Sound Transit Reveals Big Cost Overrun for Federal Way Train Base

With maintenance base costs rising as much as $1 billion, Tacoma Dome Link could be at risk of further delay. Sound Transit has unearthed meteoric...
Chinatown-Internation District station with Union Station, where Sound Transit holds its board meetings.

Sound Transit Approves $3 Flat Fare for Link

The change hiking fares on short-distance riders and lowering them for long-distance trips will go into effect when Lynnwood Link opens in the fall. Three-dollar...
An architectural rendering shows Alaska Junction Station with pedestrian improvements on corridors like Alaska Street indicated. Landmarks like Easy Street Records are also shown.

Sound Transit Shares Station Area Concepts for West Seattle Link

The agency is seeking feedback on its initial pedestrian, bike, bus, and transit-oriented development plans near its four planned West Seattle light rail stations. Sound...

CEO Julie Timm To Resign, Adding Another Hurdle for Sound Transit

Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm will leave her post on January 12 in an abrupt departure that comes just 16 months after she took...

How Link Service Could Be Right-Sized in ST3

Splitting up the four-line, 116-mile system into smaller segments allows greater frequencies with fewer traincars. Link is in trouble. Service planning estimates widely missed the...

Flat Fare Push Shows Sound Transit Is Embracing a Self-Defeating Suburban Identity

The agency is squeezing riders who take short trips to subsidize long rides and a suburb-focused service profile. Sound Transit is poised to implement flat...

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...

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...