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A driverless shuttle carries passengers at the University of Michigan, Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Two driverless shuttles will begin operating at the university this fall. The tall, airy, 15-passenger shuttles will carry students and staff in a two-mile loop on campus roads alongside regular traffic. The shuttle will be free and insured by the university. The electric shuttles are made by French startup NAVYA, which has deployed 25 shuttles worldwide since last year and is operating them on campuses in Australia and Japan. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

June 15, 2018 at 6:00 am

Bellevue wants to know: Would you take a driverless shuttle to work?

From a driverless shuttle pilot project that they hope to launch later this year, to a whole network of autonomous vans that is still years...

June 12, 2018 at 6:00 am

Northgate affordable-housing project off track, likely won’t be ready when light rail arrives

King County Metro decided to restart the months-long process of finding a developer for the project, which will be built on what are now county-owned...

As passengers take an escalator at left, a metro bus pulls into the Convention Place Station in Seattle near the Washington State Convention Center Monday, March 26, 2018.

June 11, 2018 at 9:13 am

King County Metro paying bus drivers another $8.3 million for time spent on safety checks, paperwork

A total of 3,728 full-time and part-time operators will get between $500 and $3,708 each, for tasks performed from April 2015 to March 2018, said...

Riders get off the monorail cruises after it arrives at the Seattle Center Tuesday, September 26, 2017.

June 5, 2018 at 4:29 pm

Station expansions can double Seattle monorail capacity, new report says

Monorail executives say the projects could boost the capacity to 6,000 riders per hour each direction, because faster loading would help trains to depart every...

A monorail driver prepares to leave Westlake Center for the Seattle Center Tuesday, May 22, 2018.

May 28, 2018 at 6:00 am

Seattle Center wants to boost monorail capacity for future hockey game-goers VIEW

If Elvis were alive, he might ride the monorail to a Seattle hockey game in 2020 — if they build a nicer Westlake Station.

Construction workers stand on one of the columns leading up to the area (at right, not in photo) where the Sound Transit Link Light rail station will be built. Workers continue work at the Northgate Station in Seattle’s Northgate neighborhood Thursday, January 18, 2018. Once the station is completed, it will take five minutes to get to the University District station, seven to get to Husky Stadium, 14 to get to Westlake/Downtown and 47 to get to the airport.

The upper boarding platform is done and the overall station work is unoffically halfway through – for the 2021 scheduled opening. The elevated station will span 103rd Ave. Passengers will access light rail from a central platform which will be constructed between two guideways, and a bridge will connect Northgate mall. Station construction will be complete in early 2020 and the station will open in 2021. A nearby parking garage will have four levels of parking providing approximately 445 parking spaces with surface parking at the roof level for Northgate mall. The parking structure will be complete in late summer 2018.

May 24, 2018 at 4:33 pm

Construction cost increases create new risks for Northgate-Lynnwood light-rail line

Transit-board members voted unanimously Thursday to establish a $3.2 billion budget and a tentative opening date of July 17, 2024.

May 22, 2018 at 2:12 pm

Traveler alert: Ferry repaired, but leave early for Taylor Swift concert

Another vessel will be brought in soon, but Washington State Ferries said travelers should consider using the Seattle-Bremerton or Edmonds-Kingston ferry lines.

According to KING-5 news, this is the location, near highway 520 and NE 148th overpass in Bellevue, where a worker fell to his death early Tuesday morning, May 22, 2018.
Photo taken May 22, 2018. 206401

May 22, 2018 at 7:08 am

Worker dies in fall at Sound Transit light-rail construction site in Bellevue

The man was working on a column when he fell 30 feet, according to Sound Transit.

May 18, 2018 at 6:00 am

Seattle’s transportation department struggles with rising costs, unkept promises

SDOT says it can’t deliver on promises made by its massive 2015 construction levy, called Move Seattle. The department also is dealing with an over-budget...

Tim Eyman looks on from the gallery during a hearing on the legality of his latest anti-tax measure in King County Superior Court Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, in Seattle. Judge William Downing said that he intends to rule Thursday on the legality of Initiative 1366, approved by voters in November, which would cut the state sales tax by a penny unless the Legislature puts a tax-limiting constitutional amendment on the fall ballot. Opponents sued, saying the initiative violates the rule that initiatives be limited to a single subject. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

May 9, 2018 at 3:43 pm

Tim Eyman loans $100,000 to initiative effort that would reinstate $30 car tabs

Tim Eyman has loaned $100,000 of his own money to his latest initiative to cut car-tab taxes, and pledged $400,000 more. Eyman hopes to be...

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