Update on Paid Link Parking in Mt. Baker 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am

Diamond Parking Lot at Mt. Baker Station Soon after Central Link opened, Martin identified a few paid parking lots near Link stations. With Sound Transit experimenting with paid parking at its own lo...

The Costs of Not Building the Turn-Back Track in a Tunnel Station Further North 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm

Pioneer Square Station by architecturegeek At its meeting of July 25, 2013, the Sound Transit Board approved a pair of contracts for engineering studies to design a turn-back track at International D...

Sunday Open Thread: ‘Electric’ Trains 25 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm

Sound Transit Board Meeting: I-90 HOV Lanes and ULink Progress Draft 24 Aug 2013 | 08:35 pm

After commiserating happily about Tacoma Link’s anniversary, the Sound Transit (ST) board yesterday afternoon focused primarily on status reports. Ongoing project status briefs focused on two main pro...

Hertz joins the Car-Sharing mix in Seattle 23 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm

via Tumblr http://bit.ly/159J0IH by pds209 First there was Zipcar*, offering a membership-based car sharing service with cars distributed throughout the city.  Then came Car2Go, as a one-way, park-mo...

Special Sounder Service this Weekend 22 Aug 2013 | 11:40 pm

Zargoman/Flickr In a departure from the normal routine of providing weekend Sounder service only to mid-day Seahawks, Sounders, and Mariners games, Sound Transit has announced a special free Sounder ...

Thoughts on Deviations and Walking 22 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm

Eastgate Park and Ride (Stacy Osterman/Flickr) Whenever we talk about removing bus network inefficiencies, deviations are almost always a big part of the discussion. It’s a mathematic no-brainer that...

News Roundup: From a Landfill 21 Aug 2013 | 11:39 pm

Sound Transit Amazon makes a cycle track happen. Richard Conlin’s blog — quickly becoming a must-read — updates us on planning for Rainier Station. I wrote about this subject over a year ago. Amtra...

WSDOT Announces Start of Mudslide Prevention Work 21 Aug 2013 | 07:39 pm

Photo by AvgeekJoe Earlier this week, WSDOT announced that work has finally commenced on mudslide prevention efforts along the BNSF tracks between Seattle and Everett. Last winter’s record-setting mu...

Car2Go Member Appreciation Event Tomorrow 20 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm

Smart Fortwo: Car2Go Configuration by Atomic Taco To celebrate Car2Go’s smashing success in Seattle, going from nonexistent last November to the largest fleet in North America (and 3rd largest in the...