Month: July 2025

Local Transit News:

• Did you attend the FIFA Club World Cup games in Seattle in June? Sound Transit wants to hear from you (Sound Transit)
• New Bus Only Lanes coming as part of Route 40 Project (King County Metro). Additional coverage by The Urbanist.
• Fancy new Amtrak trains are coming to the PNW (OregonLive.com)
• Yesterday, the gas tax in WA increased for the first time since 2012. WA’s tax ($0.554/gallon) is now #3 behind PA (57.6 cents) and CA (61.2 cents). (The Seattle Times, $)
• Kitsap Transit is kicking off public process for a new Fast Ferry Terminal on the Seattle waterfront (Kitsap Transit)
• On Thursday, the Sound Transit Board will consider a motion to direct the CEO to allow dogs on leashes on transit vehicles (Sound Transit). Coverage last month by The Urbanist.
• SDOT has launched public facing dashboards to show crash data, road segment counts, and intersection counts (SDOT).

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This is a hypothetical redesign of King County Metro’s transit service in the Seattle area, with smaller changes to Sound Transit service, meant to enhance riders’ ability to reach destinations throughout the city whatever the time of day. Within the city’s borders, every stop is served by at least one route with 15-minute or better headways, 24 hours per day, seven days per week. This improves riders’ ability to move through Seattle by an average of 26.9% on weekdays, with greater increases on weekends.

The resultant network and schedule is viewable in this basic viewer¹.

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