Welch: Sound Transit’s $34 billion shell game: It’s time to stop the train
Sound Transit’s board just voted 16-2 to keep the Everett Link Extension on schedule. Cue the press releases. Cue Everett’s mayor talking about ‘shared prosperity’ and ‘transformational change.’ Now cue the question nobody on that board answered: how do you close a...
Seattle light rail inches closer to installing fare gates
Following a few steps behind other big-city agencies, Sound Transit’s governing board on Thursday kicked off a project to build fare gates within four years. Members voted unanimously to budget $6 million for design contracts and public outreach, while allowing CEO...
Transit ridership trends are dismal but regional plans are oblivious
During the recent World Cup soccer matches in Seattle Sound Transit touted a jump in light rail ridership. That increase, though temporary, was a bit of good news. However, major sporting events that draw hundreds of thousands of visitors to downtown Seattle are rare....
Seattle light rail train derailment leads to suspended service, alternate routes
An overnight train derailment, only the second known derailment during Sound Transit light rail passenger service, has suspended service on two lines: the 1 Line from Capitol Hill station to SODO station and 2 Line from Capitol Hill station to Judkins Park station. ...