Project updates
Like many agencies nationwide that are balancing transit operations and mega-project capital expansions, Sound Transit faces rapidly escalating costs in nearly every area of its work.
The “Enterprise Initiative” is Sound Transit’s comprehensive effort aimed at delivering the maximum benefits of ST3 within available financial resources. As part of this effort, the Sound Transit Board is evaluating different approaches to updating the ST3 System Plan in summer 2026, which may include new ways to build, phase, or sequence projects.
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Overview
Sound Transit is partnering with the City of Tacoma to build a better-connected network so more people can walk, roll, bike and take transit to South Tacoma Station and connect to neighborhood destinations. The City of Tacoma will build some of these improvements. You can learn more about the City of Tacoma-led improvements here. All improvements will be complete by 2030.
Sound Transit's Sounder train service gives Pierce County residents a dependable, traffic-free commute to and from Seattle. Seven round-trip trains run every weekday between Lakewood and Seattle. A smooth, comfy, Wi-Fi-enabled trip from South Tacoma Station to Seattle's King Street Station takes about 70 minutes.