r/soundtransit

The Sound Transit website says Q3 2026 and a user posted a rumor of a potential opening before the World Cup a few months ago.

I‘m not so dialed in to the future public transit plans, so if this comes off uninformed it’s because I am, haha.

I ended up transferring from the link to the monorail today so that I could go to a doctor‘s appointment. It was really convenient for me and faster than the bus since the monorail comes so frequently during the day. Is there a reason that they havent considered expanding the monorail further into Queen Anne? It’s not very large, I know, but it seems similarly sized to the buses I’ve ridden.

Issaquah keeps stacking up W’s for getting light rail. Buried inside the article is a frustrating revelation: despite Ballard being fully phased, Seattle still hasn’t gone as far as Issaquah (and Redmond before them) in reforms to accelerate construction by approving full self permitting for Sound Transit. This should be the top priority for transit policy in the city of Seattle.

This might be the dumbest article I've ever read. It advocates for scrapping the light rail, and replacing it with, wait for it, high speed driverless buses. Yup. You read that right. High-speed driverless electric buses.

Jesus Christ. It's literally the Onion in non-satirical form.

Even though it is far from perfect, I'm ever grateful that our local Puget Sound transit agencies (both large and small) make this possible. Really great to see other people actually using these routes as well.

Got to the station today at 7:45am, and the garage was full, but there were plenty of permit parking spaces available. OK, I am happy to pay for the day since I only commute downtown a couple of times a month.

However, when selecting a station at which to buy a one-day permit, both Lynnwood and MLT are missing from the list; only Shoreline North & South and Northgate are available. Thinking that maybe the daily spots are gone, I tried to the SOV option, but again not available.

The signs at Lynnwood with the QR code about parking are still out, and the ST personnel at the station didn’t have any information.

Westbound trains approaching Overlake have been reduced to 20mph due to pedestrians not waiting for the warning lights to stop and/or trains to clear the crossing, resulting in a few near misses since the crosslake opening.

It should not affect the schedule.

Trying to figure out if I'm going crazy or noticing something. Do the light rail trains slightly adjust their height to meet the platform when they arrive at a station?

Building WSLE first is a risky move because it is the lowest value of the ST3 lines in terms of ridership, spine, and utility on an incomplete ST3. Cost overruns and delays would push Everett, Tacoma and Ballard lines years further.

- Sound Transit does not have a strong track record for being on budget and on time. They are a poorly managed and governed organization and there is no indication that will change.

- Duwamish Waterway pathway is tricky and costly

- WSLE is banking on federal funding that is not likely to come from the current administration.

Cost overruns equates to years of additional delays of other ST3 lines.

The delays have a compounding effect since delays would impact DSST2 which until built makes WSLE a stub line.

Again I’m scratching my head why in the world are they building this line first.