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Newsby StaffMay 14, 2014

Sound Transit to pay university $43M to move labs, offices

When the Northgate Link Extension opens in 2021, the UW campus will be served by two Sound Transit light rail stations with trains running north to Northgate and south to SeaTac airport.

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Newsby StaffMay 7, 2014

Question of the day: What is the most urgent trend affecting your operation today?

We ask transit agency leaders about economic, social and political trends impacting their operations right now.

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Newsby StaffApril 30, 2014

Sound Transit, WSDOT partner for Amtrak service improvements

Sound Transit will manage construction activities that enable WSDOT to improve speed and reliability by moving Amtrak service through Pierce County to a more direct and less congested track that Sound Transit owns near I-5 rather than along the Puget Sound shoreline.

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ArticlesMarch 27, 2014

Seattle aerial gondola system proposed

The system, which can move 1,800 passengers per hour each way, would link Seattle’s waterfront with downtown’s convention center.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 7, 2014

Seattle museum to teach kids about public transportation

The Sound Transit Station exhibit, enabled by $9,600 in funding from the transit system, welcomes kids to "drive" a replica of a Sound Transit train.

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Newsby StaffDecember 17, 2013

Wabtec to supply Sound Transit with PTC for $34M

Will provide its Interoperable Electronic Train Management System equipment and installation for 16 locomotives and 18 passenger transit cab cars as well as signal design and communications, mapping and systems integration.

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Newsby StaffNovember 27, 2013

Sound Transit's University Link projected to open early

The $1.95 billion project was made possible by more than $830 million in federal funding, including an $813 million full funding grant agreement that Sen. Patty Murray helped secure.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 3, 2013

Sound Transit receives $24M for 2 projects

The funding comes from the TIGER grant program created in 2009 to fund projects that are of regional economic importance and that help create and save jobs.

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Newsby StaffJuly 25, 2013

APTA to celebrate 9 agencies for sustainability efforts

Will be honored on July 29 at the Sustainability and Public Transportation Workshop, which is being held at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.

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Newsby StaffJuly 22, 2013

Sound Transit kicks off light rail extension process

The 8.5-mile Lynnwood Link light rail extension is estimated to carry 60,000 to 70,000 riders each weekday through one of the most congested travel corridors in the region. It is scheduled to open in 2023.

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