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The Legislative Building is viewed through a light morning fog, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., on opening day of the Washington Legislature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW101

January 28, 2020 at 6:00 am

Washington lawmakers have another plan to cut Sound Transit car-tab taxes

The bill would change the formula used to calculate Sound Transit car-tab taxes, offering a modest break for vehicle owners in areas of King, Snohomish... Updated 8:31 am

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January 23, 2020 at 3:18 pm

Sound Transit renames University Street Station as Union Street/Symphony Station

The change is meant to eliminate confusion among light-rail passengers visiting Seattle who sometimes hop out at the downtown site thinking they're near the University...

As the Kaleetan ferry from Bremerton prepares to leave Colman dock and head back to Bremerton, the Puyallup ferry from Bainbridge Island (at left) waits to pull in to the slip. During construction on the Colman dock, ferries share one slip where they load and unload cars and passengers shot Thursday, January 16, 2020. Ferry ridership declined last year. One reason is all the disruption at Colman Dock as it is being rebuilt. 212695

January 20, 2020 at 6:00 am

Washington State Ferries ridership drops in 2019 from snow, construction and other ferry options VIEW

Washington State Ferries tallied 23.9 million passengers, down about 800,000 from 2018. The ridership decrease was the first in seven years.

January 16, 2020 at 5:12 pm

Sound Transit’s University Street Station is getting a new name. Here’s what’s proposed

The name change would coincide with a three-station extension to Northgate and increased train capacity, scheduled for September 2021.

The Legislative Building is shown Monday, March 25, 2019, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. House Democrats unveiled a two-year state budget proposal Monday that seeks $1.4 billion in new revenue, including a new capital gains tax on the sale of high-value stocks and bonds. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW101

January 15, 2020 at 6:00 am

Car-tab fallout dominates as transportation leaders return to Olympia

Despite an ongoing legal challenge attempting to undo Initiative 976, state lawmakers returned to Olympia this week pledging to write a transportation budget as if...

Tracks veer left in a tunnel that heads to the Northgate station, shot from the station platform level of Sound Transit’s Link Light Rail Roosevelt Station during a media briefing and site tour Tuesday, December 10, 2019. Construction began on the station in November of 2016 and is now almost entirely complete. Remaining work at the station is focused on installing electrical and communications systems. Service on Northgate Link is scheduled to start in September of 2021. The Roosevelt Station is one of three stations for the 4.3 mile Northgate Link extension and the first to be substantially complete. Once open, 30,000 boardings from the Roosevelt station are expected each day. The station is located at 12th Avenue NE and NE 65th in Seattle.

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January 9, 2020 at 6:35 pm

Support grows to add a N.E. 130th Street light-rail station in North Seattle quicker than planned

Voters approved the station in the 2016 ST3 tax-increase measure, but not to open until 2031. That's seven years after the Lynnwood extension, where the...

Monday, December 30, 2019. Sound Transit’s Pioneer Square Station where The agency’s “Connect 2020” project runs from Saturday, Jan. 4 until Sunday, March 10, when an estimated 30,000 daily riders will need to either change trains at Pioneer Square Station or get out there. 212519

January 2, 2020 at 6:00 am

Light-rail riders can expect more crowded, less frequent trains as downtown track construction begins

The construction will tie new light-rail tracks to Bellevue into the mainline at International District/Chinatown Station. The Eastside line will open in 2023.

December 19, 2019 at 6:34 pm

Sound Transit to Washington state Legislature: Let’s reduce car-tab taxes

Sound Transit bases its car-tab tax on a depreciation schedule that inflates some car values up to 40 percent higher than the market rate, outraging...

Sound Transit Director Peter Rogoff speaks during a press conference about the city’s response to the big winter storm at the Seattle Office of Emergency Management Monday February 11, 2019. King County Executive Dow Constantine is to the left and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan to the right. 209306

December 19, 2019 at 6:00 am

Sound Transit’s CEO nominated for an ‘excellent’ rating and $6,000 bonus, despite some problems

CEO Peter Rogoff also will get a 4% annual raise, boosting his 2020 salary to $385,000.

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Passengers disembark from their first ride ever aboard Sound Transit’s Link Light Rail train. They were at the Othello Station in Seattle. Sound Transit Link Light Rail’s line opened Saturday, starting with a ribbon cutting at the Mt. Baker station with Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and Tukwila Mayor Jim Haggerton. Train rides through all of the stations wer open free to the public starting at 10 and ending at 8. Hours for free travel Sunday will be 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

December 16, 2019 at 6:06 pm

Feds say they’ll grant $790M for Federal Way light-rail extension

The dollars to build light-rail from Angle Lake Station in SeaTac to Federal Way are nearly in the bag, after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)...

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