News & Updates
Federal Way could get light rail this fall, before Eastside crossing
07/10/2025
In a schedule flip sure to please south-end travelers, Sound Transit will accelerate the start of Federal Way light rail service to this fall, pushing it ahead of the Seattle-Bellevue crossing over Lake Washington expected in early 2026.
Sound Transit starts testing light rail cars on I-90 floating bridge
05/22/2025
A test train is pushed across the I-90 floating bridge from Mercer Island to Seattle on Wedneday. It marks the first of a series of tests to be conducted before the Link light rail line opens next year to connect the Eastside and Seattle.
Sound Transit’s looming money crunch prompts a request in Olympia
04/09/2025
Sound Transit, short on money to reach promised destinations in West Seattle, Ballard and Everett, might eventually borrow billions of dollars that need not be fully repaid until the 22nd century.
Dow Constantine named Sound Transit CEO at ‘success or failure moment’
03/27/2025
Even though it seemed a foregone conclusion to some that Dow Constantine would be named the new CEO of Sound Transit, the King County executive didn’t see it as slam dunk.