So far this year, Sound Transit’s governing board has approved five office leases totaling $90 million, underscoring the agency’s growth as a result of ST3. […]

Can Sound Transit projects be completed early? Will ST3 car tab fees come down? What impact will the Trump administration have on funding Seattle-area infrastructure? Mike Lindblom answered your transit-related questions. […]

Transportation reporter Mike Lindblom answers your questions about the future of Sound Transit's light-rail projects, which are facing growing budget pressure from rising land values and construction costs. […]

The half-billion-dollar increase for the Sound Transit 2 Lynnwood line comes as a surprise for taxpayers, and officials will negotiate simpler designs with cities along the tracks. […]

On episode 28 of The Overcast, Traffic Lab reporters Mike Lindblom and David Gutman get nerdy with us about Sound Transit 3 and the car tab fees that fund it. […]

The state Department of Licensing is getting hit with calls from King, Pierce and Snohomish counties about increased car-tab fees that are just starting to go into effect following the passage of Sound Transit 3. […]

Sound Transit is making deals for $2.9 billion in federal loans, bond sales and grants while money is cheap. […]

Pierce County voters’ opposition to Sound Transit 3 has prompted state Sen. Steve O’Ban to propose direct elections of transit-board members. […]

Political energy, less red tape or simpler design can speed projects. So can money, say, from the federal government. Disputes about track alignments, inaccurate cost forecasts, elaborate stations or tunnels, or a recession can create delays. […]

The Puget Sound region made a big step forward in transportation and the state advanced the condition of low-wage workers. […]

Two-thirds of Seattle residents said they would prefer to make it easier to travel without a car rather than make it easier to drive. Countywide, 57 percent agree. But that transit enthusiasm falls short, in the city and in King County, for building more bike lanes. […]

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced last year that the city will develop a plan to toll city roadways, part of its efforts to reduce traffic congestion and greenhouse-gas emissions. And the state plans more toll lanes on I-405 in the coming years. […]

The streetcar lines Seattle is building make little sense as people-movers. To date they have spectacularly failed here as mass transit. But what if that's not the point? […]

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There were some delays — even a tale of a two-hour ordeal — but many readers say their first workweek of post-viaduct commuting has been unchanged and even improved. […]

The station has 150 workers on site and is set for completion in September, according to project manager Mark Pickerill. Then, after further prep and train testing, the station. along with two others on the Northgate extension, will open in 2021. […]

The project, once slated for a 2020 opening, has now been pushed back to 2025. Design and engineering, which had been finalized, will need to be redone for parts of the project. […]

We're posting live updates during the fourth commuting day since the Alaskan Way Viaduct was shut down. Seattle Times journalists are reporting from various sites around the region. […]

Dams in Washington state fell since 2013 from a B to a B-minus, still the top performing category. Roads and transit each improved from D+ to C-, the 2019 state report says. […]

As Seattle-area residents change their daily habits to try to keep the region's arteries flowing through the Highway 99 shutdown, the nerve center of the entire system sits in an unassuming office building in a leafy Shoreline office park. […]