Sound Transit and King County Metro have teamed up this summer to offer discounted rides on our trains and buses to youth riding with an ORCA Youth card. Anyone age 6 to 18 with an ORCA Youth card can ride any Sound Transit train or bus for $1 a trip and any trip on a King County Metro bus will be .50. The fares will be effective June 17 through Labor Day. Anyone already riding with an ORCA Youth card will automatically be charged the reduced fare. So if you, or your kid, already have a ORCA Youth card, you’re good to go! If you, or your kid, don’t already have an ORCA Youth ...
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Teen freedom fares on trains and buses Sound Transit June 13, 2017
More people = more trains: Sound Transit adding longer Link trains starting next week Bruce Gray June 1, 2017Starting Monday, June 5, Sound Transit is putting more three-car light rail trains into weekday service to meet increasing demand and prepare for expected peak summer crowds.
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Next steps for light rail across I-90 Rachelle Cunningham June 6, 2017The new full-time HOV lanes on both directions of the I-90 floating bridge are open, and the center roadway is clear for Sound Transit to start construction of the East Link light rail extension from Seattle to Mercer Island, Bellevue and Redmond. As any good cook knows, it’s important to have your recipe, and all your tools and ingredients ready before you start cooking. Similarly, the early construction happening now is to prepare for the heavy work to come. So while you may not see a flurry of activity immediately on the surface of the bridge, Sound Transit’s contractor is doing ...
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Summertime, when the luggage on Link goes under your seat
Bob Wodnik
July 25, 2017
Summer is the busiest season for Link light rail trains with more tourists and visits to the ballpark and airport. But busy doesn’t have to mean uncomfortable. Following a few simple tips will make it ...
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Sound Transit in the News: Golden
Matthew Johnson
July 21, 2017
Your weekly list of Sound Transit stories. Tacoma's new Freighthouse Square train station nearly complete Sounder train to run Sunday afternoon for Mariners vs. Yankees game New pedestrian bridge ...
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Gold medal for Angle Lake Station
Galen Crawford
July 19, 2017
Sound Transit’s Angle Lake Station recently became the first light rail station in the Northwest to win Gold certification from Leadership Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), the most widely used ...
Read MoreHappy 8th birthday to Link light rail!
Bruce Gray
July 18, 2017
Today marks the eighth anniversary of the launch of Link light rail in Seattle, the culmination of more than 40 years of discussions, plans, arguments, fitful starts and stops and ultimately the catalyst ...
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We Hear You, Eastside Bus Riders
Sound Transit
July 17, 2017
By PETER ROGOFF AND ROB GANNON A version of this story also appeared as an op-ed in the Seattle Times. Major construction projects in downtown Seattle will make commuting tough for the next several ...
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Sound Transit in the News: Ch-ch-changes
Matthew Johnson
July 14, 2017
Your weekly list of Sound Transit stories. We hear you, Eastside bus commuters. Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff and King County Metro Transit GM Rob Gannon talk about the challenges and ...
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