Light Rail

City Council members, a congressman — even a U.S. senator — gathered Monday to celebrate the start of a new light rail project that will one day speed…

As the president's proposed budget ripples through various sectors of Washington state, one question that arises is what potential cuts to transportation…

As cities like Shoreline prepare for more development around future light-rail stations, there may be an opportunity to use technology to help navigate…

Light rail is the core of Sound Transit 3, the regional transportation plan on the ballot in three Puget Sound counties.The 62 miles of new rail make up…

The wait for light rail often feels a long way off. So long, that some voters who will make a choice about the latest plan wonder if they will ever get to…

King County Executive Dow Constantine used his State of the County address to make a pitch for a massive expansion of public transportation. A…

Two eagerly-awaited light rail stations open in Seattle on Saturday: one on Capitol Hill and the other at the University of Washington. This is the…

Sound Transit's light rail line will soon be carrying passengers to the University of Washington. The agency says service to UW and Capitol Hill will…

Sound Transit says it reached another milestone in construction of a light rail line through Seattle on Wednesday when a tunnel boring machine reached the…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-956346.mp3The giant digging machines that will bore twin tunnels from Husky Stadium to…