Yahoo

Seattle to help Sound Transit with multi-billion-dollar budget gap

Transportation advocates are sending a clear message to Sound Transit in the face of the agency’s multibillion-dollar budget shortfall: build the trains we were promised. “The message from voters, ...
The Urbanist

Olympia Seeks to Boost Sound Transit with Long Overdue Permit Reforms

A pair of bills advancing this week at the state legislature would finally allow Sound Transit to rise above the local ...
Yahoo

Seattle mayor urges Sound Transit prioritize dense neighborhoods amid rising costs

(The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is advocating for Sound Transit to prioritize projects that connect high-density neighborhoods amid project costs increasing 25%. Sound Transit’s ...
komonews

Seattle mayor ruffles feathers over $30B Sound Transit budget woes, priorities

SEATTLE, Wash. — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has appeared to ruffle the feathers of other regional leaders by publicly declaring that Sound Transit should prioritize light rail expansion to West ...
komonews

Seattle Mayor and King County officials speak on Sound Transit expansion delays and costs

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell addressed Sound Transit's expansion delays regarding the light rail expanding into neighborhoods, like West Seattle and Ballard, on Tuesday. Mayor Harrell, along ...
KING5

'Build the damn trains': Seattle transit advocates urge progress on light rail extensions despite massive funding gap

SEATTLE — Despite a funding shortfall amounting to tens of billions of dollars, Seattle and King County officials are rallying to press forward with light rail extension plans, particularly to Ballard ...