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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
An illustration of a train headed to Seattle with the great wheel and Space Needle in the background

Weekend Sounder trains: not just for sports fans

By Melanie Mayock

Coming from the north or south of Seattle and want to take your kids to the Seattle Aquarium, the International Fountains at… Read more
A graphic of a hand tapping an ORCA card on a card reader, with a Link train in the background.

New ORCA ticket system rollout continues with new card readers, ticket machines

By Scott Thompson

As many riders have noticed, crews continue installing new ORCA ticket vending machines (TVM) and card readers at stations t… Read more
Verdant art by Leo Saul Berk graces the pedestrian bridge at Overlake Village Station.

Sound Transit station art and artists featured at Bellevue Art Museum exhibition

By Sound Transit

The Bellevue Arts Museum’s Biennial on Architecture and Urban Design features Sound Transit’s public art program (… Read more
A Sounder commuter rail train heading into Seattle along the waterfront.

Help grade Sound Transit on how our service is doing

By Sound Transit

Over the past few years, Sound Transit has conducted an annual Passenger Experience Survey. To help keep our priorities … Read more