Seattle is building light rail like it’s 1999

Decades ago, the Pacific Northwest city launched a multibillion-dollar transit building boom. Now the new lines and stations ...
KGW8

'Build the damn trains': Seattle transit advocates urge progress on light rail extensions despite massive funding gap

SEATTLE — Despite a funding shortfall amounting to tens of billions of dollars, Seattle and King County officials are rallying to press forward with light rail extension plans, particularly to Ballard ...
KING5

Sound Transit eyes game-changing expansion with 8 new light rail miles

SEATTLE — Seattle is set to make transportation history with the very first light rail vehicle on the Interstate 90 floating bridge. "If I look a little tired it's just because we were out late last ...
The Spokesman-Review

Seattle light rail makes history with test run across I-90 floating bridge

Under a nearly full moon and the gaze of giddy rail fans, Sound Transit accomplished a necessary feat, by running an electric-powered railcar across the I-90 floating bridge. The first trip, completed ...
KING5

Officials weigh major change to long-planned West Seattle light rail

SEATTLE — Sound Transit is weighing a major change to the long-planned West Seattle light rail extension, announcing Tuesday night that it is considering eliminating the proposed Avalon Station in an ...
Seattle Times

Seattle light rail makes history with test run across I-90 floating bridge

Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public ...