Seattle Times: New data shows remote work surges, transit use collapses among workers in downtown Seattle
A bus pulls into the boarding/drop-off area at the Mountlake Terrace Freeway Station, adjacent to the Mountlake Terrace Transit Center. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times) In 2019, before the COVID pandemic, nearly half of downtown commuters took transit to work,...
Empty trains, deserted stations cost taxpayers billions. Will BART, VTA and Caltrain riders ever return?
A lone commuter waiting for a train. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Once bustling stations that catered to tech commuters now resemble hushed mausoleums Here’s a transit board member — San Jose’s Mayor speaking of the VTA light rail network —...
KIRO: Sound Transit failed to perform crucial safety checks before Apple Cup incident, CEO says
No one was seriously injured. That’s about the only good thing you can say about the list of mistakes Sound Transit made leading up to the emergency inside the University of Washington light rail tunnel after the Apple Cup in November, from the mouth of Sound Transit...