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...
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...
Sound Transit Doubles Down on Flat Link Fares, Queuing Up 30% Hike for Most...
Agency leaders argued simple fares are better, even if it meant much steeper fares for short trips.
Sound Transit is queuing up a major fare...
Light Rail Tunnel Maintenance to Disrupt Service Starting in January
'Future Ready' repairs will disrupt light rail service from January 13 to February 4, but Sound Transit is trying a new strategy to reduce...
Public Mostly Opposed to Flat Link Fares as Sound Transit Forges Ahead
The fare structure for Link light rail ticketing could be headed toward changes, but data collected so far strongly indicates sticking to the distance-based...