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While most people looking at the sky today are hoping to see fireworks, I prefer to look at overhead trolleybus wires. The map below outlines the location of all trolleybus wires in Seattle. This ...
TACOMA, Wash. — Small business owners are insisting that Sound Transit doesn’t need to force them out to build a new Link Light Rail station in Tacoma. The historic Freighthouse Square could become a ...
The adoption of a locally preferred alternative allows Metro to fully advance design work while seeking federal funding.
Mayor Bruce Harrell joined King County Executive Shannon Braddock and transportation leaders yesterday to sign legislation ...
Sound Transit Board's unanimous decision may displace 43 businesses for new Tacoma Dome Link station, impacting local economy ...
About a 1.7 mile stretch from 4th Ave will be closed from S Washington Street in Pioneer Square to the Seattle Center for the parade, according to the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT).
A two-lane northbound closure on the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge will clog Seattle traffic this weekend, at the same time emergency track repairs will cancel light rail trains through downtown.
This weekend, Sound Transit will suspend 1 Line service between Capitol Hill and SODO stations in Seattle for repairs. Instead, on June 21 and 22, buses will replace trains between the two. The ...
SEATTLE — Seattle Police Department officers are investigating a "violent stabbing" that occurred in the Queen Anne neighborhood early Thursday morning. At 4:33 a.m., patrol officers responded ...
The start of summer will bring a weekend of transit challenges in Seattle as emergency repairs will shut down downtown light rail service starting Saturday. Sound Transit says to expect reduced ...
Earlier in this series, I examined some proposals that Pop-Up Metro has made for new passenger rail starts: West Chester, Pa. (a historic town west of Philadelphia that had trains until 1986), ...
For more ad-hoc navigation, you have to use a system map. King County Metro’s maps are much improved. If you’re venturing out of Seattle, the Sound Transit system map isn’t perfect but at least ...