Sound Transit plans, builds and operates express bus, light rail and commuter train services. It serve the urban areas of King, Pierce and Snohomish counties.
The selection of the route and station locations for the extension authorizes the project to move forward into the final design phase and establishes the project definition for...
To improve police visibility in the Sound Transit system, a seven-police officer bike team will be patrolling stations and transit spaces within the Sound Transit service area...
The mission of the Equity in Infrastructure Pledge is to build generational wealth and reduce the racial wealth gap by improving public infrastructure contracting practices to...
The King County Sheriff’s Office made four arrests on Aug. 16 as part of Operation Safe Transit, which was launched May 1 as a pilot program to make transit safer along 3rd Ave...
LEED certification provides Sound Transit independent verification of sustainable design two months ahead of the opening of the Lynnwood Link Extension on Aug. 30.
In the first of a two-part series, the relationship between vehicle and track design is examined to understand how the affiliation can mitigate vibration and noise on rail transit...
If the proposed changes are adopted by the King County Council, initial upgrades to the King County Metro bus network will begin with the Aug. 31 service change alongside the...
The five transit agencies in Washington State and Oregon that commissioned the first-of-its-kind study are putting mitigation recommendations into practice to keep riders and ...
The study found fentanyl and methamphetamine on board numerous transit vehicles, but the positive samples contained small amounts that are unlikely to cause acute medical conditions...
Your weekly update features BART's Fleet of the Future, rabbittransit's driver recruitment campaign, Valley Metro Bus Rodeo, Sound Transit's Northgate Link Extension and a behind...
The cutterhead measures 21 ½ feet in diameter. Sound Transit’s tunneling contractor JCM Northlink will spend the next few weeks removing the 600-ton, 333-foot long machine from...
The Final EIS responds to comments on the 2021 and 2023 Draft EIS documents, provides a detailed look at project benefits and potential impacts and mitigation measures that would...
The first phase of the new program will see fare ambassadors test several methods of platform inspections before the Aug. 30 opening of the 1 Line expansion to Lynnwood.
The new position created by Sound Transit will help lead the development of the agency’s concurrent projects quickly and effectively and bring forth ways to accelerate project...
The agency expects 10 cars to be fitted with the seat inserts by mid-March as part of a new three-month pilot to improve seating on Link light-rail vehicles.
Among the steps the agency is proposing are increased storage capacity for trains, which allows for more frequent service during peak hours, and alternative bus service between...
GoodMaps uses a riders’ phone camera to detect their location with an accuracy of up to two inches and allows riders to receive voice, visual or haptic signal instructions to ...