Study: Traffic is back, but trips aren’t ending up in downtown Seattle
What will it take to get people to return to downtown Seattle? It’s not like we can schedule daily Taylor Swift concerts. The latest numbers on commuting into the downtown core are not encouraging. “Going forward, maybe it’s time to reconsider our transit plans....
With Commuters Staying Home, Transit Agencies Try to Reinvent Themselves
Across the United States, transit systems that have relied for decades on office workers are scrambling to avoid financial collapse as commuters stay home. Many systems are asking their local governments for bailouts as federal pandemic relief runs dry, but they are...
Wetlands bridge adds delay and $72 million to light-rail project
Sound Transit passengers will have to wait until 2026 to ride light rail between SeaTac and Federal Way, because contractors must build a 500-foot-long bridge over unstable wetland soil. Transit staff reported Thursday that this new elevated trackway design, in a Kent...
Sound Transit extends its winning streak of premier credit, easy money
In a year of tight money, Sound Transit is poised to accept another $327 million in federal loans this week, at bargain rates most people can only dream about. The feds offered this money to the Hilltop Tacoma Link streetcar extension, the Northeast 130th Street...