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WEB4 days ago · Approved by voters in 2008 in the Sound Transit 2 ballot measure, the expansion opens four new stations along 8.7 miles of (mostly) elevated track between Northgate and Lynnwood. From extending north from Northgate, the new stations are named “Shoreline South/148th”, “Shoreline North/185th”, “Mountlake Terrace”, and “Lynnwood City ...
First Week, Part 3 – Seattle Transit Blog
WEB2 days ago · How to deal with cost overruns in light rail extensions? (Stephen Fesler, The Urbanist) Sound Transit executive commitee grapples with West Seattle Link and its costs. Open threads, the Friday edition, commentary that tells the agencies and governments where to go. This is an open thread.
Metro Update on Ridership Recovery and Service Planning
WEBMay 20, 2024 · On May 15, King County Metro staff briefed the County Council’s Regional Transit Committee, (presentation pdf download here) focusing on ridership trends and the agency’s capacity to return to 100% of planned service.. Ridership Trends. First, the good news: Metro ridership continued to grow across almost all modes between 2022 and 2023; Water Taxi service ridership was similar.
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WEBSeptember 14, 2024 by Mike Orr. Widespread bus restructures begin today (September 14) on King County Metro, Sound Transit, and Community Transit around the new Lynnwood Link extension and RapidRide G line. On Monday the long-awaited bus ramps on highway 520 open in Montlake. Pierce Transit and Everett Transit had …
East Link Connections: bus changes in the south subarea
WEBSeptember 17, 2021 by Alex Kvenvolden. Bus changes proposed for Renton, Newcastle, Factoria, and Eastgate. With the East Link Connections project underway, Sound Transit and Metro have presented their first service proposals as part of the East Link Connections survey. The opening of East Link will be a huge event, and will transform what ...
Getting ready for big changes to regional transit
WEBDec 27, 2021 · Getting ready for big changes to regional transit. With 2021 coming to a close, our region has set sail on a major, exciting, one-in-a-generation opportunity to restructure and reform our transit network thanks to billions in capital investments. In 2008, regional voters approved Sound Transit 2 (ST2), and these investments are now bearing ...
Transit ridership is slowly recovering – Seattle Transit Blog
WEBJun 13, 2022 · Transit ridership is slowly recovering. June 13, 2022 by Sherwin Lee. From the Sound Transit ridership dashboard. Last month, Metro reported an average weekday ridership exceeding 200,000 boardings. This is a mark that hasn’t been seen since the pandemic started, with the exception of last October (which …
Via to Transit is expanding – Seattle Transit Blog
WEBAug 11, 2021 · Via to Transit is expanding. Via to Transit, which debuted in 2019 as an on-demand Link shuttle to better connect to Link areas where bus service is limited or not available, is getting a major expansion on Tuesday, August 10th, 2021. From 2020 to now, Via to Transit only had three service areas, one for Othello, Rainier Beach, and Tukwila Intl ...
Weekend open thread: The system we could have had
WEBMay 7, 2022 · Seattle would have been under similar political constraints (particularly at the Federal level) and societal biases & priorities as BART, WMATA, and MARTA, so I would expect a similar system to be built. I’m not as pessimistic as tacomee, but a system built in 70s/80s would have been heavy on freeway alignments and large surface parking lots.
Link work to impact service through early next year
WEBJun 1, 2022 · Peter Lewis / Flickr. Sound Transit is marketing a slate of service impacts from 2-Line (East Link) construction and 1-Line maintenance as a “Future Ready” program. Starting next month and stretching into Q1 of 2023, existing 1-Line service will undergo intermittent periods of reduced longer headways and …