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...

Sunday Movie: Seattle Transit Speed-run

Seattle Transit Blog 8/18 1:00A Nathan Dickey

The Transit Bandit rides all seven transit modes available in Seattle: water taxi, BRT (RapidRide), streetcar, bus (regular), monorail, light rail (Link), and heavy rail (Sounder). City Beautiful did the same in just over three hours back in 2021...

Reshaping Pigeon Point

Seattle Transit Blog 8/16 12:00A Nathan Dickey

The preferred route of the West Seattle Link Extension as presented to the Seattle Design Commission, by Sound Transit. On July 18, the Seattle Design Commission met with Sound Transit to review its...

First Look at WSLE’s High Bridge

Seattle Transit Blog 8/15 12:00A Nathan Dickey

Sound Transit s rendering of the proposed West Seattle Link Extension bridge over the Duwamish Waterway. On July 18, the Seattle Design Commission met with Sound Transit to review its proposed design...

Midweek Roundup – Open Thread 62

Seattle Transit Blog 8/14 12:00A Nathan Dickey

A 1916 photo demonstrates the long history of tunneling around the King County civic center. Construction of the tunnel from 5th Avenue to the basement of the King County Courthouse , April 21, 1916....

RapidRide Corridor 3101 + 1028 (RapidRide B + 271)

Seattle Transit Blog 8/9 12:00A Wesley Lin

A RapidRide B and Route 271 take off from Bellevue Transit Center. Photo by Bruce qu via the STB Flickr Pool . With the full Link 2 Line across Lake Washington expected to open in the next year or...

Sunday Movie: Seattle History

Seattle Transit Blog 8/4 12:00A Mike Orr

Seattle: Picture of a Young City , 1976, a collection of vintage video clips by the Seattle Engineering Department. Part 1: 1860s to 1910s. Part 2: 1920s to 1970s. This is an open thread.