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Sound Transit & the Environment

As we plan and provide high capacity transit for the Central Puget Sound region, Sound Transit is committed to the protection of the environment for present and future generations.  We work to integrate the following principles into our daily business practices:

  • Avoiding environmental degradation by minimizing releases, preventing pollution and conserving resources;
  • Continual improvement of environmental performance through innovation and self-assessment;
  • Restoration through mitigation, corrective action and monitoring; and
  • Increasing awareness of the environmental benefits of transit through education of our employees, the public, and our transit partners.

Environmental Mitigation

Sound Transit has identified environmental mitigation as a key principle of its environmental policy. Learn more here>>>

Innovations

Sound Transit embraces the use of innovations to build projects and provide services that are more environmentally friendly. Learn more here>>>

Initiatives

Learn about the Environmental and Sustainability Management System and other Sound Transit environmental initiatives here>>>

 

Check back as we continue to add links to environmental studies and additional information related to our projects and services. You may also subscribe to this page using our subscription service.

 

For more information: 

Environmental Management General and ESMS (Environmental and Sustainability Management System)

Perry Weinberg, Environmental Compliance Manager: 206-689-4931.

 

Link Light Rail Environmental Management

James Irish, Environmental Manager Link Light Rail: 206-398-5140.

 

ESA, Permitting, Wetland Mitigation

Chris Townsend, Senior Environmental Planner: 206-398-5135.

 

HazMat, Real Estate Due Diligence

Mark Menard, Senior Environmental Analyst: 206-398-5227.

 

NEPA/SEPA, Tribal Coordination, Capital Projects Environmental Liaison

Steve Kennedy, Senior Environmental Planner: 206-398-5302.

 

 

  

Latest Environmental Documents

Kirkland Transit Center Enhancement Project

On January 30, 2008, Sound Transit withdrew the SEPA Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) for the Kirkland Transit Center Enhancement Project. In response to comments received on the DNS issued on January 16, additional environmental analysis will be conducted focusing on noise effects of the project. Please see the attachment below, which was sent to all recipients of the DNS, for additional information.

DNS Withdrawal Notice >>>

Sound Transit issued a Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). The date of issue was January 16, 2008. Sound Transit prepared a SEPA Environmental Checklist (see link below) which evaluated the environmental effects of the proposed improvements at the existing Kirkland Transit Center in downtown Kirkland. The proposed project will improve the speed and reliability of existing routes serving the Transit Center. The project does not propose to increase bus service at the Transit Center. The proposed project intends to: correct the operational deficiencies in the facility, such as inadequate curb space; improve operational and service efficiency via expanded bus bays (to allow more simultaneous bus movements) and a new traffic signal at 3rd Street and Kirkland Avenue; and improve the safety and comfort of pedestrians and transit riders using the transit center. Questions on the SEPA environmental process can be directed to Steve Kennedy, Senior Environmental Planner, Sound Transit, at (206) 398-5302, or steven.kennedy@soundtransit.org

SEPA Environmental Checklist (pdf, 5.9 mb)

As a result of concerns expressed by citizens over existing noise levels, Sound Transit monitored and prepared a detailed noise study in response to citizens concerns.  Here is a summary of the noise study: Noise Study Summary (pdf, 924 kb)

 

 

 

East Link Environmental Scoping Information Report (.pdf)
East Link is a proposed extension of the Central Link Light Rail Transit system, with its corridor consisting of approximately 19-miles between downtown Seattle, Bellevue and Redmond via I-90 and Mercer Island.. This report describes the scoping process and the proposed scope of the EIS. Click here>>> for complete East Link project information. 

 

 

 

On April 7, 2006, Sound Transit and the Federal Transit Administration issued the North Link Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) (.pdf) to the 1999 Central Link Final EIS on the light rail transit project running from Downtown Seattle to Northgate.  The Final SEIS evaluates the environmental impacts of alternative route alignments and station locations from Downtown Seattle to Northgate.

 

 

 


SEPA Addendum to the Final EIS for the Lakewood-to-Tacoma Commuter Rail and SR512 Park-and-Ride Expansion Project (.pdf, 1.4 MB)
Letter to SEPA Addendum Recipients (.pdf, 270 KB)

Sound Transit is issuing an Addendum under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), which describes the environmental effects of revisions to the proposed commuter rail alignment between D and M Streets in Tacoma for the Lakewood-to-Tacoma commuter rail project.  This is an addendum to the Sound Transit Lakewood-to-Tacoma Commuter Rail and SR-512 Park-and-Ride Expansion Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) published in May 2002. 


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