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Allen Card sits in the operator cab of a Link train.

Celebrating Transit Worker Appreciation Day

By Julie Timm

Julie Timm is the CEO of Sound Transit. Being a transit worker isn’t easy. Day in and day out, through all kinds of weath… Read more
Photo of Cedar Crossing TOD, next door to Roosevelt Station

New vibrant, affordable apartments open next to Roosevelt Station

By Katie Metzger

Affordable housing near transit can transform communities and change lives.  For Cedar Crossing residents Sofia Guia… Read more
Five people wearing yellow vests and hard hats stand in a line on a construction site.

Celebrating the workforce of the future on Labor Day

By Katie Metzger

When you’re starting out in the construction trades, it’s not about how much you know, but how hard you try to learn it.&nbs… 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
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Water by train - your Link to staying cool in Seattle

By Bruce Gray

Like many of you, we’ve been watching the weather and dreading another heat blob headed our way.

This one doesn't… Read more