Tag: Sound Transit

September 21, 2021

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Friday it had provided a packages of loans worth up to $3.84 billion to the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) for six projects in Washington State. The Transportation Infrastructure Finance […]

July 24, 2019

Seattle’s Sound Transit is one step closer to the first-in-the-world achievement of operating light rail on a floating bridge as construction crews install the innovative track bridges that will enable light rail vehicles to transition onto the floating bridge, and […]

August 28, 2018

More than 6.3 million people rode Sound Transit’s Link light rail trains during the second quarter of 2018, a gain of 6.2% compared to the same period last year. Overall, 23 million riders hopped aboard Sound Transit trains and buses, […]

July 30, 2018

Seattle’s Sound Transit Board approved expansion of its parking permit program by providing a reserved parking option for solo drivers at its highest-demand transit facilities. Beginning in October, the permit program will offer weekday commuters driving alone to selected stations […]

February 22, 2018

Siemens was selected to provide the power infrastructure for Seattle’s latest expansion — the Northgate and East Link lines — of the Seattle Sound Transit light rail system. Siemens will supply 13 traction power substations (TPSS), two medium voltage substations […]

July 17, 2017

Seattle Sound Transit’s newest light rail facility earned Leadership Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its use of sustainable practices in the design and construction of the Angle Lake Station, which opened in the […]

May 2, 2017

Seattle’s Sound Transit board of directors approved an order for 30 additional light rail vehicles from Siemens. The added vehicles, scheduled to arrive no later than 18 months after final delivery of a previous order placed last fall, will support […]

February 22, 2017

Nearly forty-three million people rode Seattle’s Sound Transit trains and buses in 2016, a 23.1% system-wide increase over 2015. Link light rail ridership surged 65.8% with the opening of new stations serving Capitol Hill, the University of Washington, and Angle […]

September 14, 2016

November 8 will be an important Election Day as $200 billion in public transportation ballot initiatives are at stake. Thirty-one communities, counties, and states are asking voters to pass public transit ballot measures that will help to create a future […]