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Op-Ed: It’s Time to Imagine a Safer, More Connected Rainier Avenue

Conventional planning practices favor cars over pedestrians, precluding a future where Rainier Avenue thrives.

It’s a misty Friday night in December, and even though it’s only 6pm, the sun has been long gone. Everything is damp and dark. My nine-year-old son skips ahead of me on the sidewalk. I fight the urge to call him back and grab his hand. The sidewalk is narrow and t...

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Sunday Video: Opening Day of the Federal Way Light Rail Extension

On December 6, the long-awaited Federal Way Link Extension finally opened, bringing two new light rail stations in Kent and a new terminus in Federal Way online. The extension added 7.8 miles to the south end of Sound Transit’s system, and the agency href="https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/08/thousands-pack-trains-for-launch-of-federal-way-light-rail/" rel="noopener ugc ...

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Eliminating Second Seattle Rail Tunnel Could Save $4.5B, But With Major Impacts, Delays

This week Sound Transit board members got a deep dive on what it would take to extend light rail to Ballard without building a second rail tunnel under Downtown Seattle at the same time, a big deviation from the current plan. While href="https://www.soundtransit.org/st_sharepoint/download/sites/PRDA/ActiveDocuments/Report%20-%20Interim%20Resiliency%20-%2012-11-25.pdf" rel=...

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Sound Transit Board Closes In on Fare Gate Proposal

Some Link light rail stations could see fare gates added by the end of 2026, as the Sound Transit board turns to fare compliance infrastructure as one potential tool to fill a wide budget shortfall set to impact the agency by the early 2030s. A concept that had long been bandied about at board meetings, the idea of conducting a pilot was href="https://www.theurbanist.org/2...

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Three Councilmembers Dissent as City Approves Controversial Seattle Police Guild Contract

The Seattle City Council voted to approve a new contract with the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) on Tuesday with a 6-3 vote, signaling less unity amongst councilmembers than is typical in Seattle for police contracts. 

Councilmembers Alexis Mercedes Rinck, Eddie Lin, and Rob Saka voted against the new SPOG contract, citing lack of progress on key police a...

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