Faced with a $6.5 billion shortfall from pandemic-shrunk tax and bond forecasts, the Sound Transit Board Thursday approved a “realignment plan” that will delay many of its transit projects for years while preserving a handful of new lines and stations. … Continue reading
Guaranteed basic income for 16,000 Seattle families. A new income tax to fund a new housing Public Development Authority. An expansion of emergency rental assistance. Juicing federal dollars for all their worth. These were just a few of the solutions … Continue reading
Seattle’s longest running crisis is homelessness, with the city issuing a state of emergency back in 2015. King County’s annual point-in-time count continued to show a persistent homelessness crisis last year with 11,751 individuals experiencing homelessness on one night in … Continue reading
Your hopes of taking light rail from Capitol Hill to visit friends in Ballard and West Seattle are going to be even more expensive. Sound Transit officials have unveiled new cost estimates for the “Sound Transit 3” package of projects … Continue reading
Four years ago on Election Night, CHS readers went to bed with excitement about the strong showings for Pramila Jayapal, Nicole Macri, and Sound Transit 3 — and worries from the just before midnight concession of Hillary Clinton in her … Continue reading
The Seattle City Council Monday afternoon will vote on approving the new, higher budget for the Madison Bus Rapid Transit project. In August, CHS reported on the upward revisions in local spending on the project needed to meet recommendations as … Continue reading
The City of Seattle says changes to its plans to build the 2.3-mile, 10-station Madison Bus Rapid Transit route have passed a key assessment and the project is now in line for tens of millions in federal funding. The Federal … Continue reading
Any hope of a First Hill light rail station being part of Sound Transit 3 appears to have been left in the dust after deliberation by the transportation agency’s Elected Leadership Group Thursday afternoon. CHS reported here on hopes from … Continue reading
Capitol Hill Station celebrates its two-year anniversary this week. First Hill is still waiting. The First Hill Improvement Association remains determined to get a light rail station built in the heart of its neighborhood — though Sound Transit cancelled a … Continue reading
You will have to wait a few more years for that RapidRide G bus. Service now isn’t expected to begin on the bus-focused transformation of the Madison corridor until 2021. Planners presented the latest update on the project to create … Continue reading
