Jan 28, 2025 · Last year, Seattle voters approved the Transportation Levy, which will spend $1.55 billion on transportation projects over the next 8 years, averaging $193.75 million each year.Yesterday, SDOT announced its delivery plan for 2025, in which it expects to spend $174.8 million across the 11 Levy program areas.The plan notes that a major focus this year will be developing new programs outlined in ...

Jan 30, 2025 · At the future Marymoor Village Station this morning, Sound Transit announced the Downtown Redmond Link Extension will open on May 10, 2025. The opening will extend the 2 Line by 3.4 miles from its current terminus at the Redmond Technology Station to Downtown Redmond, with a stop near Marymoor Park south of the intersection of State Route 520 and Redmond Way.

4 days ago · Last year, Seattle voters approved the Transportation Levy, which will spend $1.55 billion on transportation projects over the next 8 years, averaging $193.75 million each year.Last week, SDOT announced its delivery plan for 2025, in which it expects to spend $174.8 million across the 11 Levy program areas.The plan notes that a major focus this year will be developing new programs outlined in ...

Dec 31, 2024 · This year saw a handful of new writers join STB’s staff and a few excellent serial posts sparking good discussion. In the transit world, we saw the opening of the RapidRide G Line, the Link 2 Line Starter Line, the Lynnwood Link Extension, bus restructures in King and Snohomish Counties, and continued rebound in ridership from the lows of 2020.

Jan 24, 2025 · Route 165 Project Planning and Design Construction and Completion Metro Led Route 181 Project Planning and Design Construction and Completion Metro Led Below the article will describe some of the projects in the budget reports, emphasizing those with the greatest potential impact, those of special ...

Dec 30, 2024 · Seattle Now & Then reviews the history of the Bon Marche’s Christmas Train display. Transit & Streets: The bus lanes on Aurora will be enforced 24/7 while WSDOT works on repaving I-5 from Downtown to Northgate from 2025-2027 (The Urbanist); Bus operator and writer Nathan Vass comments on the killing of Shawn Yim and transit safety (The Urbanist). ). Meanwhile, the Seattle Times ($) details ...

Nov 13, 2024 · Transit & Streets: RapidRide G Bus Ridership Starts Strong and Is Trending Upward (The Urbanist); Seattle Police Department Updates Its Emergency Driving Policy (PubliCola); Rob Saka Pushes to Decommission the South Lake Union Streetcar (The Urbanist); also on Puget Sound Business Journal, paywall passable with a …

Oct 18, 2024 · Transit: Metro Matters: Metro’s first battery-electric base to be named Tukwila The Platform: Sound Transit Police bike unit boosts system safety with increased visibility and flexibility The Platform: Making it easier to take the S Line; Sound Transit summarizes five station access and parking projects under way at Sounder South Line stations. The Seattle Times ($): Why trains are 2 minutes ...

Sep 16, 2024 · So many homeless people yet so many jobs. Even worse, we have jobless people living on welfare (basically our tax dollars that could be going towards better transit and competitive labor wages), and “work at home” people making minimal contributions but earning huge salaries from tech companies.

Aug 21, 2024 · Countdowns: Lynnwood Link (Aug. 30, 11am); RapidRide G & restructures (Sept. 14) Transit Updates: Get ready for your first light rail moment, Lynnwood. Sound Transit plans meet cute for transit newbies. Ride the bus to the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe, Aug. 22-27 and Aug. 29 – Sept. 2.. Pierce Transit will change schedules on all 27 routes on Sept. 1, two weeks before Sound Transit, Metro ...