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Streets around U District Station in Seattle are re-opening. Sound Transit The streets around the U District Station for Link light rail are reopening to the public starting today, a milestone in the progress of construction for the Northgate Link extension. Brooklyn Avenue will open to traffic and pedestrians today, while NE 43rd Street is opening today to pedestrian traffic. “The street openings are yet another sign of how close we are getting to the opening of the Northgate Link extension,” said Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff. “Sound Transit thanks the businesses and residents of th...

Light Rail 2021: Nuria Fernandez Tops Line-up Light Rail 2021: Nuria Fernandez Tops Line-up Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor Nuria Fernandez, Acting Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, will headline Light Rail 2021, to be held virtually April 22 by Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures. Peter Rogoff, CEO of Sound Transit Developed for transportation professionals in planning, operations, civil engineering, signaling and vehicle engineering, Light Rail 2021 will feature a comprehensive review of the specialized...

Light rail disruptions coming every weekend in April Ballasted track installed east of the Mercer Island station. (Sound Transit/Flickr) Sound Transit is about to tie in the power and signal systems for the light rail expansion to the Eastside, but to do it, the agency needs to shut down service through downtown Seattle. April is going to be a very busy month for Sound Transit contractors working on the East Link extension. They will be connecting the new line to Bellevue to the existing system. “During this work, Link will need to stop running between Sodo and Capitol Hill for five consecu...

× Washington to get billions of dollars for schools, transit and cities as COVID-19 relief bill clears Congress By Joseph O’Sullivan and Jim Brunner, The Seattle Times Published: March 11, 2021, 3:11pm Share: OLYMPIA — Dollars for COVID-19 vaccinations and contact-tracing. Relief for K-12 schools. Child-care funding. Rental and mortgage assistance. Aid to state and local governments. Help for transit. Wednesday’s approval in the U.S. House of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package will channel billions of dollars to Washington state as schools, businesses, governme...

Could Sound Transit push a head tax to make up deficit? Sounder evening commute at Tukwila Station on May 28, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Sound Transit) Sound Transit is staring down a more than $11 billion budget shortfall, thanks to the global pandemic and resulting recession. The board is looking at every option to find the money, including a potential employer head tax. I will get to that head tax in a moment because it’s most likely the final option for the board, but let me set the stage for you. Sound Transit is hurting for financing, despite the $54 billion approved under ST3.