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Friday, January 22, 2016. Long delayed; Seattleâ€™s First Hill Streetcar will start service Saturday. Rides on the 2.5-mile route will be free over the weekend. This streetcar is near the end of the line in Pioneer Square on S. Jackson Street.

July 18, 2019 at 4:06 pm

Seattle pays $1.55 million to bicyclist thrown under bus by streetcar track in 2015

Daniel Ahrendt's leg and pelvis were broken during the crash on South Jackson Street west of 12th Avenue South. He nearly died from blood loss,...

The 2023 Sound Transit Link Light Rail line is well underway crossing from Seattle to Mercer Island into downtown Bellevue toward Overlake. This is just one of the novel views of a bridge that underscores how long and tough these projects can be. This one is three years late. The cantilevered train bridge goes over westbound I-90 — it’s partly built and to some drivers, looks like it could topple or fall. Looking southwest, shot Thursday, June 19, 2019.
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July 8, 2019 at 6:00 am

Could Sound Transit build light rail faster? It wouldn’t be easy.

Typical light-rail construction schedules of five to 10 years can’t be compressed much, and planning and engineering in the Seattle area take just as long....

UPDATE ON BERTHA–TUNNEL BORING MACHINE – SEATTLE – 091814
Workers at the entrance to the Highway 99 tunnel are installing steel ReBar and building forms to create a corbel that will support a concrete ledge and the northbound road deck.

We take a look at what work is progressing on the Highway 99 tunnel and it’s stuck tunnel boring machine called Bertha.

June 27, 2019 at 5:42 pm

Judge imposes sanctions on Seattle tunnel builders for losing pipe pieces and journal evidence

Contractors who built Seattle's new Highway 99 tunnel are suing the state over $500 million in cost overruns caused when the tunnel-boring machine Bertha stalled...

King County Metro has decided to make a major purchase of battery-powered electric buses, following a successful test of a few vehicles on Bellevue-area routes last year. The buses, like this one headed to Crossroads, connects to an overhead docking device that recharges their batteries in about 10 minutes at the Eastgate Transit Center. The charging pod, on the top of the rear of the bus, automatically lowers to charge the buses batteries.
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June 26, 2019 at 5:04 pm

Coming to South King County: battery-powered buses and a big new base

King County Metro Transit says it will increase its fleet by 625 battery-powered electric buses over the next 20 years and house them in Tukwila...

Exterior shot of a new Siemens railcar shot during a press conference Wednesday, June 19, 2019. The railcar arrived in Sodo for inspection and testing this spring. The railcar, which was built in Sacramento, CA, will go to the tracks in early 2020. The middle section of the new trains are much roomier and passengers will be able to pass by others who are seated more easily. There are also two racks for bikes on each train, as opposed to only one on the current trains. 210630 (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

June 19, 2019 at 5:36 pm

Sound Transit shows off its new, roomier light-rail cars. They’ll go into service next year. VIEW

Sound Transit leaders and executives from Siemens Industry recently displayed the first of 40 railcars to arrive before service to Northgate Station begins in 2021.

Bullet holes still can be seen in the glass exterior of the Van Asselt Community Center near the New Holly neighborhood of South Seattle Sunday, June 16, 2019. Shots were fired in the parking lot of the community center the previous Saturday night but no injuries were reported. The community center is across the street from the Seattle Police Department’s South Precinct. Members of the King of Glory Worldwide Ministries church were just starting to show up for their Sunday services, which are normally held in the building. 210600

June 16, 2019 at 2:02 pm

Bullets hit South Seattle rec center in parking-lot shootout

The building is one block from the South Precinct of the police department. Two windows were boarded and three showed bullet holes Sunday, as park...

June 12, 2019 at 6:15 pm

Transit alert: Sound Transit’s light-rail line shuts down briefly Wednesday afternoon

Riders have been tweeting photos of crowded stations or people leaving the downtown transit tunnel, to catch buses on the streets.

Rush hour traffic, traveling northbound on Highway 99 from West Seattle, gets clogged as they approach the south portal of the tunnel on Monday May 13, 2019. Traffic volumes are about the same as they were on the old viaduct. 210243

June 12, 2019 at 6:06 pm

Highway 99 tunnel users won’t have to pay tolls until sometime this fall

The Highway 99 tunnel under downtown Seattle opened on Feb. 4. WSDOT, the state transportation agency, planned to begin tolling the tunnel in July, but...

The view of Aurora Avenue looking north as runners participate in the 2018 St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle Marathon & 1/2 Marathon, Sunday, June 10, 2018, in Seattle. 206563

June 8, 2019 at 6:00 am

Seattle traffic alert: Your guide to street closures for Sunday’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon

The annual St. Jude Rock 'n' Roll Marathon will move through downtown and North Seattle streets Sunday, causing widespread lane closures and a full northbound...

Southbound rush hour traffic clogs the Aurora Bridge with commuters on Monday May 13, 2019. Most cars are exiting Highway 99 to downtown Seattle before entering into the tunnel. 210243

May 31, 2019 at 6:00 am

Summer of lane closures on Aurora Bridge starts this weekend

The first of 10 weekend closures goes from 7 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday, reducing traffic to one lane in each direction. On Sunday,...