Sound Transit depends on a skilled regional workforce to build your regional transit system. Approximately 25 percent of the construction workforce on our projects across the region comes from Pierce County, where we will extend Tacoma Link light rail to the Hilltop neighborhood by 2022 and bring regional light rail from Federal Way to the Tacoma Dome by 2030. If you are interested in construction career opportunities, Sound Transit is hosting a free job fair Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 6-8 p.m. at the Evergreen State College Tacoma Campus. The event will feature prime contractors, ...
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Make construction career connections with Sound Transit in Tacoma Sound Transit October 10, 2018
Buses on shoulder mean faster transit trips on I-5 southbound from Lynnwood Rachelle Cunningham October 1, 2018It’s not your imagination – if you use our region’s congested highways, travel times are increasing, even if you’re riding the bus. Over the past five years, the speed of ST Express buses throughout the region has slowed by 12 percent. And it’s only going to get worse. Sound Transit expects ST Express travel speed to decrease by another 11 percent by 2022. This symptom of our fast-growing population makes Sound Transit’s coming light rail expansions critical to the region. Light rail can not only move vastly greater numbers of people—a single train can hold up to 800—but ...
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East Link work moves into Seattle, Rainier Avenue South roadwork ahead Bruce Gray October 15, 2018Rainier Avenue at I-90 closed for up to three weekends Now that the Rainier Freeway stop on I-90 has closed, construction at the site of the future Judkins Park Station is ramping up. To construct the future station entrances at Rainier Avenue, crews demolished a portion of the westbound I-90 lanes above Rainier Avenue. Upcoming work may require intermittent lane closures on Rainier Avenue South in the area for utility relocations. The existing pedestrian bridge will remain and will connect the future station entrances on the east and west side of Rainier Avenue. The work is part of ...
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Sounder South track work part of regular maintenance every seven years
Sound Transit
October 8, 2018
Starting Monday October 8 and continuing through mid-November, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) crews will be replacing the wood railroad ties beneath rail switches their tracks between King ...
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For the record: Link repairs in Tukwila Oct. 5-7
Sound Transit
October 4, 2018
At Sound Transit we take maintenance very seriously. Twice a week, maintenance staff walk or ride portions of the Link tracks performing visual inspections of the rails, ties and other infrastructure. On ...
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Celebrating Latinx Heritage: inside Sound Transit
Bruce Gray
October 2, 2018
As Sound Transit celebrates the 50th annual National Hispanic Heritage Month, or Latinx Month, we meet Sound Transit’s Senior System Safety & Assurance Specialist, Cristina Fonseca. It’s the latest ...
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For the record: Kirkland bus rapid transit stop is one piece of an integrated system
Sound Transit
September 26, 2018
In 2024, people living and working in communities north, east and south of Lake Washington will have a new transit alternative to sitting in crippling traffic around these rapidly growing areas. Sound ...
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Seahawks by train: New stop for Sounder fans coming from the south
Sound Transit
September 17, 2018
Head's up Seahawks fans taking Sounder to the Seahawks from the south - your trains will arrive and depart from a new platform even closer to CenturyLink field! Now more than ever, Sounder is the best way ...
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Service Change Sep. 22-24: Changes ahead for I-90 ST Express bus routes
Matthew Johnson
September 11, 2018
Rainier Freeway Station Closure On September 22 the Rainier Freeway Station will close for 5 years as Sound Transit contractors build the new East Link light light rail Judkins Park Station opening in ...
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