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A bike rider using an on-demand smart bike locker.

Park and ride: New secure bike parking lockers headed to a station near you!

By Bruce Gray

Good news for people who want to combine bikes and transit but don’t want to bring their bikes on board busy trains. Soun… Read more
Riders pour through one of the Northgate Station entrances that features a giant "Welcome" matt on a sunny October day.

2021: The year in pictures

By Bruce Gray

As we wrap up our second year of COVID and head into 2022 with another wave of variant-driven news and uncertainty, we at Th… Read more
A link light rail train being pushed along the tracks just east of the Bellevue Downtown Station at night.

Fresh pics: Trains rolling (slowly) on the Eastside!

By Bruce Gray

Link light rail trains are now arriving at stations in Bellevue and the Eastside.     Marking another … Read more
Roosevelt neighborhood activist Jim O'Halloran smiles for a photo at Roosevelt Station

Making connections: Roosevelt Station advocate to celebrate almost 20 years of work

By Bruce Gray

Roosevelt neighborhood leader Jim O'Halloran didn't pour the concrete at the bottom of Roosevelt Station, but in his own way… Read more
Some of the 1,578 floating slabs awaiting delivery to the tunnels beneath the University of Washington

World-class engineering under ground keeps trains quiet on UW campus above

By Bruce Gray

For decades the University of Washington has been home to world-class engineering and groundbreaking innovation. Startin… Read more