South King and Pierce County commuters get more options for taking the train to work starting Monday, September 25th. Two new roundtrips are being added between Seattle-Lakewood, bringing the total number of roundtrips in South King and Pierce Counties up to 13 per weekday. With stations in Seattle, Tukwila, Kent, Auburn, Sumner, Puyallup, Tacoma, South Tacoma and Lakewood - Sounder has become a lifeline for south sound commuters since it launched with just two round trips in 2000. Today more than 15,000 riders a day rely on Sounder to let them bypass sitting in traffic getting to and ...
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Sounder south gets better than ever with new trips starting 9/25 Sound Transit August 24, 2017
Celebrate 18 years of ST Express bus service! Bruce Gray September 19, 2017Today we thank all of our ST Express bus riders for 18 happy years of service! It was on this day in 1999 that the now-ubiquitous blue and white buses first rolled out in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties as the very first Sound Transit service. Since then, ST Express has grown to be the busiest bus system of its kind in the nation. We started with 17 routes running primarily on interstates connecting the biggest housing and job centers in the region. During their first full year of service in 2000, ST Express carried about 4.1 million riders. Since then the system has grown to 28 ...
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Name that tune: new busking areas at six light rail stations Galen Crawford September 18, 2017Sound Transit has expanded its busker program from a pilot project at the University of Washington and Capitol Hill Link light rail stations to include Beacon Hill, Mount Baker, Columbia City, Othello, Tukwila International Boulevard and Angle Lake. Busker is an English term for street performers who play for free and/or donations. During the pilot, buskers—who are often professionals, teachers and students—told Sound Transit they’d like more opportunities to perform and entertain at transit stations. According to an online survey, many transit riders find buskers a welcome ...
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Service Change weekend of Sept. 23 & 24
Matthew Johnson
September 19, 2017
Highlights of service changes effective Sept. 23, 24 and 25 include: Link light rail: No changes Tacoma Link light rail: No changes Sounder: Northline: No Changes Southline: New trips added. More ...
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Sound Transit in the News: Special Event Trains Coming
Matthew Johnson
September 15, 2017
Seattle Transit Blog writes up our July ridership report. Short version: Link is still growing fast. We'll be running special Sounder service for the Seahawks Home Opener. Seattle weekend traffic: Lots ...
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Link is the best way to UW Football
Sound Transit
September 7, 2017
It's UW football time again! With the station literally steps from Husky Stadium, Link light rail is the best way to get to and from one of the greatest college football settings in the country. No traffic ...
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Design-build: A creative way to expedite the Federal Way Link Extension
Galen Crawford
August 25, 2017
Sound Transit continues offering opportunities for community members to inform the design-build process with ideas about how the Federal Way Link Extension project should look and feel.
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Lynnwood Link will cost more, take six additional months
Sound Transit
August 24, 2017
The economic boom has benefited our region in many ways. At Sound Transit, the boom has boosted revenue and given voters the confidence to invest in new transit infrastructure. But that growth also ...
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Dig it: Bellevue light rail tunnel update
Bruce Gray
August 11, 2017
Sound Transit contractors began mining the new light rail tunnel under downtown Bellevue in February. They started at roughly Main Street and 112th Avenue Northeast and are about 500 feet into their 2000 ...
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