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Seattle Times: Sound Transit report pinpoints cause of the Apple Cup train stall

Seattle Times: Sound Transit report pinpoints cause of the Apple Cup train stall

by Smarter Transit | Feb 24, 2022 | Front Page, News

Riders balance on a ledge, leaning out to look for an oncoming train, while walking back to the University of Washington Station… (Photo courtesy Daniel Heppner)  The weight of a fully loaded light-rail train triggered the post-Apple Cup stall Nov. 26, when...
Seattle Times: Sound Transit fares on ‘unsustainable’ trajectory, CEO warns

Seattle Times: Sound Transit fares on ‘unsustainable’ trajectory, CEO warns

by Smarter Transit | Feb 1, 2022 | Front Page, News

Revenue from fares on Sound Transit buses and trains has cratered in recent years as operating costs climb, creating a “financially unsustainable” trajectory for the regional transit agency, CEO Peter Rogoff told board members Thursday.   Depressed ridership because...
Seattle Times: Sound Transit’s downtown Seattle tunnel would bring riders 145 feet below the street

Seattle Times: Sound Transit’s downtown Seattle tunnel would bring riders 145 feet below the street

by Smarter Transit | Feb 1, 2022 | Front Page, News

Mark Nowlin/Seattle Times If Sound Transit manages to build a second light-rail tunnel through downtown Seattle, passengers would use elevators, escalators or stairs to descend as deep as 145 feet to catch a train. That new 3.3-mile central-city tunnel would be the...
Opinion: Accountability is Missing for Sound Transit  – Maggie Fimia

Opinion: Accountability is Missing for Sound Transit – Maggie Fimia

by Smarter Transit | Feb 1, 2022 | Front Page, News

Here’s part of the famous “Paint is Cheap” speech by the head of the Federal Transit Agency in 2010: “Riders often want rail – but you can entice diehard rail riders onto a “special” bus, sometimes by just painting the bus a different color than the...
Seattle Times: Apple Cup light-rail stall shows Sound Transit’s communication strategy needs to grow up

Seattle Times: Apple Cup light-rail stall shows Sound Transit’s communication strategy needs to grow up

by Smarter Transit | Dec 6, 2021 | Front Page, News

Riders balance on a ledge, leaning out to look for an oncoming train, while walking back to the University of Washington Station… (Photo courtesy Daniel Heppner)  Sound Transit acknowledges what was clear to hundreds of people stuck in the Nov. 26 Apple Cup...
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