6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (953+ words) This is the kind of situation transportation resilience is intended to address. Although the term can sound technical, its central question is straightforward: When something goes wrong, can people still get where they need to go? Physical strength, however, is…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (416+ words) Although a relatively recent change in state law is set to provide some upgrades, those changes are set to stop well short of the promise of full multimodal access. Instead, WSDOT will only install a bike lane south of 84th Street…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (543+ words) The combined headways of the two lines gives riders frequent service between Lynnwood and the International District, with trains arriving every four to five minutes. Sound Transit has pledged to keep riders abreast of opening festivities on its Pinehurst website,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (533+ words) SDOT's study was part of its Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program. It looked at the early 1900s-era S Jackson Street bridge between Third and Fourth Avenue – known as Bridge 7 – and another smaller bridge to the east in front of Union…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (433+ words) Under the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) plan, the main corridor along Pike Place will only experience "soft closures" on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, with the hours vehicles are restricted slightly tightened up to 11am to 4pm. Soft closures mean access is…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (542+ words) On Thursday, the Sound Transit Board of Directors approved the creation of a fare gate retrofit program set to use $6 million that has been queued up to design a gate pilot at 14 high-ridership Link stations. Those design and planning funds…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (564+ words) The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has put its signature on the draft environmental analysis for Sound Transit's Everett Link project, which would extend light rail 16 miles north from Lynnwood. Board Vice Chair Ryan Mello shared the news at the Sound…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (916+ words) After a snag-free stretch setting ridership records during the World Cup, Sound Transit has had a few big service hiccups in the past month and a half, with a derailment on August 1 topping the list. A roof hatch issue on…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (498+ words) The new routes comes at the cost of losing a one-seat-ride directly to the heart of the UW campus from Lake Forest Park, Kenmore and Bothell. In addition, issues have been raised about the loss of bus frequencies along Bothell…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (743+ words) On Thursday afternoon, Mayor Katie Wilson and Seattle City Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck made the trip up to Denny Way to paint a bus lane for Route 8 at a major bottleneck near I-5. The move will fulfill a pledge Wilson made…...