SEATTLE—Today, Sound Transit announced a new design for the SODO segment of the West Seattle Link Extension project that will reduce property and construction impacts while decreasing costs and risks for the project. This announcement is the latest victory following 18 months of technical coordination between Sound Transit and City… [ Keep reading ]
New proposal will boost transit service with 100,000 more trips a year and double the number of free ORCA passes. Mayor Katie B. Wilson unveiled her latest effort today to increase transit service for Seattleites with a renewal of the Seattle Transit Measure. If approved by the City Council and voters, the measure would fund 280,000 King County Metro bus trips a year and 22,000 free ORCA transit passes for qualified lower-income residents over the next ten years. “The Seattle… [ Keep reading ]
“When I came into office, Sound Transit was eliminating projects, searching for billions of dollars of savings, and there was not a clear pathway to keep things moving on key Seattle projects. After six months of public mobilization and hard work by my team and many others, today we finally have a plan to deliver… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Mayor Katie B. Wilson and King County Executive Girmay Zahilay announced a plan today to build Graham Street Station as promised. First proposed and approved by Seattle voters in 1999, the station was deferred twice and is poised for a third delay in Sound Transit’s current update to the ST3… [ Keep reading ]
Mayor Katie B. Wilson announced two executive orders at her transition team meeting this morning: one which will accelerate the expansion of emergency shelter and affordable housing, and other which will establish a bus lane along Denny Way. “Today I am taking immediate action to address our homelessness crisis and improve mobility on a key transit corridor,” said Mayor Katie B. Wilson. “First, I am ordering immediate steps to expand emergency… [ Keep reading ]
