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Seattle’s $170 Million Wager to Reduce Light Rail Construction Impacts on Westlake Avenue

Light rail is coming to South Lake Union, but the path to get there is certainly fraught and contentious. Mayor Bruce Harrell backed a...
A light rail train in SoDo passes under highway overpasses and enters an intersection.

Sound Transit Decreases Link Frequencies to 20 Minutes Through August 20 for Repair Work

Reliability issues caused the switch to longer headways for the remainder of the SoDo maintenance project. Sound Transit is the midst of maintenance work in...

High School Students Rely on Public Transit

Hi there! My name is Nathan Kang, and I am a rising senior at the Overlake School in Redmond. I have a passion for...

Sunday Video: How Austerity Is Ruining Sound Transit 3

In 2016, a regional transit expansion measure, Sound Transit 3, comfortably passed with the strongest support in Seattle. Seven years on, planning is still...
The outfield bleachers at T Mobile Park with the skyline and blue skies in the background.

Good Urbanism, not Event Surges and Quick Fixes Will Spur Downtown Recovery

This month, Seattle has hosted some of its biggest events of the summer and local pundits are busy writing the first draft of history....

Late Summer ‘Future Ready’ Maintenance Leads to Link Service Disruptions

Light rail won't operate between SoDo and Capitol Hill on August 12 and 13, with a service gap bus bridge instead. A series of...
Looking towards the stations site clustered near the Denny and Westlake intersection with shiny highrises on all sides.

Harrell Changes Course Again Backs ‘Shifted North’ Denny Station

The Sound Transit Board approved Harrell's motion to make Shifted North the preferred alternative. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell put his weight behind the "Shifted North"...

Harrell Reverses Course, Backs Westlake Avenue Option for Denny Station

The move appeases advocates who fought to save a critical South Lake Union light rail station on Harrison Street that would have been cut. Transit...