Cracked tiles mean light rail in Rainier Valley will run less often this summer
The ceramic platform tiles are breaking prematurely, Patrick said, after just 13 years. The adhesives beneath are failing. Water seeps in, water freezes and water thaws, further prying the tiles from concrete base…This isn’t the first tile failure blamed on weather...
Seattle’s most dangerous light-rail stretch — and how to make it safer
“Based on the severity and probability, the risk of collision between pedestrians and LRVs [light-rail vehicles] along the MLK corridor presents an ‘undesirable’ hazard,” says a 2019 analysis by Metro safety administrators, prompted by a spike in crashes. That...
Concrete track supports on I-90 floating bridge create new worry for Sound Transit
By Mike Lindblom Sound Transit has discovered another construction problem with its future Seattle-to-Bellevue light-rail extension, this time on the I-90 floating bridge deck. Inspections in late March found three concrete track supports where material had flaked...
Paying a Sound Transit fare is fair by Bruce Dammeier and Cassie Franklin
by Pierce County Exec. Bruce Dammeier and Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin Public transit is meant to provide a cost-effective way for people to get from one place to another. It is not intended to serve as lodging or a safe haven to use illicit drugs or alcohol....