Bellevue College Transit Hub with Gondola

Seattle Transit Blog 3/10 2:00A Martin Pagel

Currently most bus lines on the eastside are radiating from the Bellevue Transit Center. With the growth of Bellevue College and with the city s efforts to make the campus more transit friendly, Metro...

Sunday Movie: Excessive Studies

Seattle Transit Blog 3/9 2:00A Mike Orr

Why it takes so long to build transit, studies edition. (RMTransit) This is an open thread.

Redmond Link Stations and Walkability

Seattle Transit Blog 3/7 12:00A Wesley Lin

This article will provide a brief overview of Redmond s Link stations walkability and bikeability. It s a followup to our Redmond Station Areas article a year ago. In the Starter Line segment that...

Ridership Patterns for King County Metro Route 160

Seattle Transit Blog 3/6 12:00A Michael Smith

King County Metro route 160 travels inbound from Auburn Transit Center to Renton Transit Center, via Kent and Benson Hill. Outbound trips travel in the reverse direction. In January 2025, Route 160...

Midweek Roundup: Dog Bus

Seattle Transit Blog 3/5 12:00A Nathan Dickey

66 days until the Downtown Redmond Link Extension opens . Transportation: Trump Officials Delay Expected Approval Date for West Seattle Light Rail as part of the administration s chaotic efforts to cut spending (The Urbanist) Sound Transit has a...

SODO guideway construction

Seattle Transit Blog 3/3 4:47A Martin Pagel

At last week s Sound Transit Board meeting, Sound Transit s West Seattle project manager Brad Owen showed the extend of the guideway from the SODO station along the Spokane viaduct, across Highway 99...

Sunday Movies: Utrecht & Cable-Stayed Bridges

Seattle Transit Blog 3/2 12:00A Mike Orr

A tale of two cities: Utrecht and Fake London (Ontario, Canada). (Not Just Bikes) Both were walkable streetcar towns before cars, both went in a car-oriented direction in the mid 20th century. But in the 1990s Utrecht changed course and is now a...

Ballard Light Rail At-Grade

Seattle Transit Blog 2/28 12:00A Wesley Lin

Originally around 2013, the Ballard Link Extension was envisioned as an at-grade alternative. Transit advocates and others pushed for complete grade separation for faster speed and reliability. Sound...

Issaquah Gondola

Seattle Transit Blog 2/27 12:00A Martin Pagel

As Issaquah continues to grow, traffic has become a challenge. With I-90 running through the city and with major elevation differences between west and east, the few arteries are getting clogged. Now...

Midweek Roundup: State of the City

Seattle Transit Blog 2/26 12:00A Nathan Dickey

Note: the site recently experienced downtime due to a clerical error, and is slowly coming back online. Apologies for the inconvenience. Management. 73 days until the Downtown Redmond Link Extension opens . Sounder Alert: Sound Transit sent an...

Ridership Patterns for RapidRide F Line

Seattle Transit Blog 2/24 12:00A Michael Smith

King County Metro’s RapidRide F Line travels inbound (westbound) from Renton to Burien, via the Westfield Southcenter mall and Tukwila International Boulevard Station. Outbound (eastbound) trips...

Sunday Movies: Upgrading BRT to Rail

Seattle Transit Blog 2/23 2:00A Mike Orr

Bogotá is upgrading three of its high-quality TransMilenio BRT lines to an elevated metro line . (TheB1M) It s expected to open in 2028, with 1 million daily passengers. Here s a map: Source:...

Weekend Link Disruptions Extended

Seattle Transit Blog 2/22 12:00A Nathan Dickey

Sound Transit s guide to the bus shuttle that will run between Capitol Hill and SODO Stations in upcoming service disruptions. As planned late last year , Link service has been disrupted for several...

Federal Way Link Stations and Walkability

Seattle Transit Blog 2/21 12:00A Wesley Lin

Edit, 11:40am, February 21: Sound Transit provided an newer map of the Federal Way Station area, reflecting a design change moving the bus terminal to be directly adjacent to the light rail station. The article has been updated with this...

Sound Transit CEO Selection

Seattle Transit Blog 2/20 12:00A Martin Pagel

The Seattle Times recently reported that the Board selected 5 candidates for consideration from 60 applicants. After Julie Timm left, Goran Sparrman stepped in as Interim CEO, but he plans to retire on May 15th. A year ago, Sound Transit hired...