Munich vs ST3

Seattle Transit Blog 10/3 12:00A Martin Pagel

When the ST3 measure was approved by voters in 2016, Sound Transit had only some rough ideas about how to deliver the promised transit improvements. Cost estimates were done based on comparable...

Midweek Roundup: Bridging Gaps

Seattle Transit Blog 10/2 12:00A Nathan Dickey

An aerial photograph of Salmon Bay in 1950, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons . Note the Northern Pacific bascule bridge crossing near 8th Avenue W; this bridge was demolished in 1979 with dynamite ....

News Roundup: See Track? Think Train!

Seattle Transit Blog 9/24 12:00A Nathan Dickey

Item 4017 , Seattle Municipal Archives . 7th & Virginia, looking northwest up 7th Ave across Westlake. April 25, 1930. Compare with today . Transit Updates: Sound Transit: Sept. 23-29 is See Track?...

RapidRide J Line – Final Design and Recap

Seattle Transit Blog 9/23 12:00A Wesley Lin

SDOT recently announced RapidRide J Line construction will start in October , with service planned to launch in 2027. RapidRide J will travel from downtown Seattle to University District via Eastlake...

Weekend Movie: San Francisco Transit Center

Seattle Transit Blog 9/21 3:15A Mike Orr

CityBeautiful explores San Francisco s new transit center for MUNI and regional buses, and in the future Caltrain and high-speed rail. It s located south of Market and has a rooftop park reminiscent of New York s High Line. This is an open thread.

First Week, Part 3

Seattle Transit Blog 9/20 2:01A Mike Orr

It s the seventh day of the restructure, and Link had power outages this week. How are things today? Mini news roundup: What happened to RapidRide G this week and how is Metro fixing it? (Ryan Packer, The Urbanist) How to deal with cost overruns...

West Seattle Link Costs Keep Climbing

Seattle Transit Blog 9/19 12:00A Nathan Dickey

A rendering of the West Seattle Link Extension s planned cable-stayed bridge over the Duwamish. (Sound Transit) Last week, Sound Transit released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for...

Rhine-Ruhr Railways

Seattle Transit Blog 9/2 12:00A Martin Pagel

In this video Reece Martin (RMTransit) talks about the rail network in Germany s northwestern megaopolis along the Rhine and Ruhr rivers, which is similar in size and population to the Los Angeles region. The region is split into two...

Sunday Movie: Lynnwood Link Looking East

Seattle Transit Blog 9/1 12:00A Mike Orr

Time-lapse view from Lynnwood Link s eastern window going northbound on opening day. Video by Trip Clips. Thanks to Sam for referring this video to us. The STB staff are collecting their thoughts on the opening, working on other articles, dealing...

Lynnwood Link Festivities

Seattle Transit Blog 8/29 7:39A Nathan Dickey

Lynnwood Link Extension Real-Time Arrival Signs. Photo by Sherwin Lee. Tomorrow, Sound Transit will officially open the Lynnwood Link Extension , the latest northward expansion of the Link 1 Line....

Sunday Double Feature: Federal Way Link Flyover & Transit Decarbonization

Seattle Transit Blog 8/25 12:55A Nathan Dickey

A 5-minute drone (sUAS) flyover of the Federal Way Link Extension construction progress in May, southward from Angle Lake to Federal Way. Some observations with timestamps: 0:02: The path of the SR-509 Completion Project , one of two highway...

RapidRide Corridor 1052 (Route 181)

Seattle Transit Blog 8/23 1:00A Wesley Lin

Metro 181 bus at Federal Way by Amaryah Johnson 1996, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons King County Corridor 1052, a potential rapidride conversion of Route 181 currently travels from Federal Way via...

RapidRide Corridor 1056 (Route 165)

Seattle Transit Blog 8/22 1:00A Wesley Lin

Route 165 Bus by Qu Ma from CPTDB wiki King County Metro Corridor 1056, a potential RapidRide conversion of Route 165 traveling between Kent Des Moines Station , Downtown Kent, and Green River College...

Midweek Roundup – Open Thread 63

Seattle Transit Blog 8/21 12:00A Nathan Dickey

Map of Traffic Flow in the City of Seattle, 1925. Courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives, item #2045 . Note plans for highway (SR99) between Echo Lake and Everett; proposals for a highway tunnel...

Sound Transit Elevator & Escalator Service Going Up

Seattle Transit Blog 8/20 1:00A Wesley Lin

Existing SeaTac Link station elevator Existing and proposed second SeaTac Link station elevator from Contract for Second SeaTac Elevator presentation Sound Transit has approved a new elevator for...