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First Look at South Bellevue Station, East Link’s Temporary Terminus
Sound Transit officials opened up South Bellevue’s light rail station for a media tour Tuesday, offering a preview of what will be the southern terminus of East Link or the 2 Line — at least until...
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A Deep Dive on the 15 Corridor Upgrades in Seattle’s Draft Transportation Levy
Last week, Mayor Bruce Harrell released an initial proposal for a transportation levy that would provide eight years of dedicated funding to the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and take the...
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Op-Ed: Washington Needs Bigger Amtrak Cascades Upgrades on a Faster Timeline
WSDOT is accepting public comment until April 18 and advocates need to weigh in. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has opened a public comment period until April 18 on its...
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Mosqueda Urges Sound Transit to Modify Delridge Light Rail Route to Save...
King County Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda is pushing the Sound Transit board to take action to modify the pathways on the table for Sound Transit’s planned light rail extension to West Seattle in order...
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Seattle Moves Forward Harrison Street Reroute for Perpetually Delayed Route 8
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is moving full speed ahead with a project that could allow buses, including the infamously delayed Route 8, to bypass the most heavily congested...
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Seattle Gives Up on Bike Network Expansion Goals in Draft Transportation Levy
The draft $1.35 billion transportation levy proposal put forward early this month by Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell includes a broad array of goals for the city’s transportation system over the next eight...
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Op-Ed: Reclaiming Tacoma’s Extensive Historic Streetcar Network
With the six-month anniversary of the Hilltop extension of Tacoma’s T Line streetcar, there is much to reflect on in the few months since the opening. The T Line (then known as Tacoma Link) began...
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American transit agencies often limit themselves in the types of buses that they use, but when is it right to have three-/four-/five-door buses, double decker buses, and single and double articulate...
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East Link TOD: Housing Growth Picks Up in Downtown Bellevue Ahead of Light Rail
As Sound Transit prepares to launch the East Link Starter Line on April 27, The Urbanist will go station-by-station to look at how the neighborhoods have been changing and preparing for light rail’s...
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Transformative Pedestrian Bridge Opens at Redmond Technology Station
The City of Redmond, Microsoft, and Sound Transit cut the ribbon Monday on a highway-straddling pedestrian and bike bridge connecting the new Redmond Technology light rail station directly across both...
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