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Newsby StaffJanuary 10, 2018

HDR lands Sound Transit light rail extension contract

Sound Transit’s board of directors authorized a contract with HDR’s team to provide planning, preliminary engineering, environmental, and public involvement services for the Tacoma Dome Link Extension project.

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Newsby StaffNovember 22, 2017

Sound Transit light rail ridership up 26%

The ridership gains within our region are very significant in contrast to recent ridership reductions in many other regions, with Sound Transit services seeing some of the strongest growth in the nation.

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Newsby StaffNovember 20, 2017

Sound Transit adding 5 more Brookville Equipment Corp. LRVs

The new cars will begin arriving in the third quarter of 2020 and complete delivery by the first quarter of 2021.

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Newsby StaffNovember 1, 2017

Sound Transit floating bridge tech for light rail wins award

Light rail vehicles will travel across the Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge over Lake Washington. It will be the first light rail line in the world to operate on a floating bridge.

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Newsby StaffOctober 23, 2017

Seattle Union Station's 'Great Hall' honors former Sound Transit CEO

Past and current Board members joined agency staff this week to honor former Sound Transit CEO Joni Earl by naming the Great Hall of the agency’s historic Union Station headquarters the Joni Earl Great Hall.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2017

Sound Transit moves forward with 2 key light rail extensions

Also in a related action, the board executed a $24.4 million consultant contract with HNTB Corp. to begin project development services.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 6, 2017

Sound Transit, Uber partner to encourage public transit usage

Beginning on Tuesday, Uber riders traveling to or from eight light rail stations south of downtown Seattle who enter the promo code in their app will now receive $3.50 off their UberX or UberPOOL trip.

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Newsby StaffAugust 28, 2017

Sound Transit bus, rail ridership continues growth

Link light rail drove the increase, growing 14.5% as more riders used the University Link stations at Capitol Hill and Husky Stadium for a top choice to get around.

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Newsby StaffAugust 17, 2017

STV, Mott MacDonald JV lands Sound Transit light rail extension contracts

The team will perform systems construction management services for the $3.7 billion East Link Extension, a 14-mile-long extension, and the $1.9 billion 4.3-mile Northgate Link Extension between the University of Washington at Husky Stadium, the University District, and the Northgate neighborhood.

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Newsby StaffJuly 14, 2017

Sound Transit station achieves LEED Gold certification

The agency will pursue LEED Silver status for its future Operations and Maintenance Facility on the Eastside, and plans to pursue LEED certification for applicable stations and facilities that will serve future light rail extensions to West Seattle, Ballard and other cities.

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