Articles about sound transit

Microsoft and partners open major new pedestrian bridge to span campus and transportation needs

People on foot, riding bicycles, and even those cruising on electric skateboards crisscrossed over a busy highway between Microsoft’s old… Read More

Amazon commits $100M to help build affordable housing near Seattle-area light rail stations

Amazon is committing $100 million to help create up to 1,200 affordable housing units across the Puget Sound region as… Read More

Check out some of the tech and engineering that will enable trains to cross a Seattle floating bridge

It’s already a pretty cool engineering marvel that the Seattle region has floating bridges carrying cars, buses and bikes across… Read More

Uber offers discounts to commuters traveling by light rail in Seattle area

Uber, Sound Transit, and Seattle-area cities are partnering to encourage more commuters to use Link light rail in conjunction with… Read More

Tech Moves: Jeff Bezos picks new top advisor; Glowforge adds Amazon hardware vet; and more

Jeff Bezos has a new “shadow.” According to his LinkedIn bio, former VP of Kindle Jeffrey Helbling has taken over… Read More

Impact Hub closing Bellevue co-working and event space due to Sound Transit light rail construction

Impact Hub will close its Bellevue co-working and event space next week as Sound Transit prepares to take over the building for… Read More

Sound Transit in talks with Amazon to place package delivery hubs at Seattle-area rail stations

Here’s one way for Amazon to reduce package delivery times: decrease the number of places drivers have to go. Traffic… Read More

Trump’s pick for transportation secretary plays it safe on Seattle transit spending

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, held back from a commitment to continue supporting transit projects that… Read More

Sound Transit riders can use cell phones in Seattle tunnels as phased rollout of service begins

Because almost no one can be caught waiting for anything these days without passing the time on their smartphone, those… Read More

Sound Transit’s train on track, U-District one step closer to being ideal tech hub

The University District is one step closer to becoming a more attractive tech hub. Sound Transit announced this week that… Read More

Sound Transit adding tunnel cell service in 2016

Sound Transit is making it easier than ever to annoy your fellow passengers with tunnel cell service. On Friday, Sound… Read More

Seattle ties for eighth nationally in tech-enabled transportation options

A new report places Seattle in the top ten U.S. cities with innovative transportation options. The report, released by the Washington Public… Read More

A bridge to Xbox: Microsoft to fund $33M project connecting employees to light rail

Microsoft will pay more than $33 million to fund a project that includes a pedestrian and bicycle bridge across state… Read More

FareBot tracks your public transit card history, raises privacy issues

Your ORCA card probably contains a lot more publicly accesible information than you think. Crosscut is out today with a story… Read More