Identify opportunities for housing, shopping, and open spaces to create affordable, livable neighborhoods around new stations. Through our programs and services, we meet people where they are and help neighbors develop a stronger sense of place, build closer ties, and engage with their community and city government. The northern most stop is Westlake Center. Our transportation network must give people real transportation choices, fight climate change, make our communities healthier and safer, connect people wherever they need to go - including to opportunities like jobs, school, and training. See all Service alerts. In 2036, the light rail will further extend to Everett, with travel time between the Snohomish County suburb and downtown Seattle cut down to a mere hour. There has always been a vision to expand it further south to serve communities like High Point, Westwood, Highland Park, White Center, and Burien. More than doubling the length of Tacoma Link. University Link University Link, currently under construction, will extend light rail from Westlake Station in downtown Seattle to Capitol Hill and the University of Washington. This was the cheapest option when going to downtown Seattle from the airport. Seattle's new light rail system is by far the most expensive in the US, at $179 million per mile, since it includes extensive tunneling in poor soil conditions, elevated sections, and stations as deep as 180 feet (55 m) below ground level. It takes a lot of planning and community involvement to make sure we're responding to community needs as we grow. Redmond is preparing for the arrival of four light rail stations: Overlake Village and Redmond Technology Stations in 2023, and the Southeast Redmond and Downtown Redmond Stations in 2024. The Tacoma Dome Station would also be served by commuter rail and a regional light rail line continuing north to Federal Way, Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, and Seattle. The new light rail lines and transit tunnel under Downtown, South Lake Union and Seattle Center/Uptown comprise the largest transit investment in our city's history. To help guide City decisions, we created these guiding principles and objectives. This results in costs more typical of subways or rapid transit systems than light rail. Phone: (206) 684-0464 Link light rail. Guiding Principles Survey Results Summary 8.28.2020 (WORD) (PDF), April - June 2020 Quarterly Report-out (WORD) (PDF), January - March 2020 Quarterly Report-out (WORD)  (PDF), January + February 2020 Community Conversation Summaries. Sign up for our newsletter to stay informed about how you can share your thoughts. Establish priorities to inform project permitting. Improving station connections and adding parking. Columbia, Maryland 1,201 contributions 190 helpful votes. Office of Planning and Community Development, Sand Point Naval Air Station Landmark District, High Point Juneau Community Garden and Market Garden, New Holly Rockery Community Garden and Market Garden, Kaiser Permanente (formerly Group Health), Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Campus, Martin Luther King (MLK) Elementary School, Alcohol Impact Area Information and Updates, Sound Transit light rail expansion in Seattle, Early Community Outreach for Design Review, Early Community Outreach for Design Review Calendar, Submit an Event for Early Community Outreach for Design Review, Learn more at the City of Seattle vaccination page, April - June 2020 Quarterly Report-out (WORD), January - March 2020 Quarterly Report-out, 600 4th Avenue, 4th Floor, Seattle, WA , 98104. Sound Transit picked an elevated line as the preferred option for the West Seattle and Ballard light rail extensions – if it doesn’t get third-party funds. The Board and Committees are meeting via Webex, which you can join from each meeting’s calendar event. Sign up to receive updates about light rail expansion in Seattle. Future light rail extensions will use "Line 3" (magenta) and "Line 4" (purple), alongside new names for Sounder and bus rapid transit services. Pay special attention to reduce or avoid impacts to communities of color whose neighborhoods often bear the burden of large infrastructure projects. The Racial Equity Toolkit lays out a process and a set of questions to guide the development, implementation and evaluation of policies, initiatives, programs, and budget issues to address the impacts on racial equity. Connecting the Eastside with reliable light rail. Map of all the Central Link Light Rail Stations. Adding two stations to the Sounder south line. Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Connecting Snohomish County jobs and housing. With voter approval in 1996, 2008 and 2016, Sound Transit is building the most ambitious transit expansion in the country, with new service opening every few ye When completely finished, the East Link light rail will extend 14 miles from downtown Seattle to Mercer Island, and downtown Bellevue to the Overlake area of … General Rider Inquiriesmain@soundtransit.org1-888-889-6368, TTY Relay 711, This…, Puyallup Station Parking and Access Improvements, Office of Civil Rights, Equity and Inclusion, Sound Transit partners for "Love My Puyallup" celebration, Closure of Interurban Trail for Lynnwood Link Extension, 60th Ave West closed for night work and girder placement, Fresh pics: Light rail rising in South King County, Fresh pics: Test trains rolling to Northgate, Tacoma Dome Link Extension Fall 2020 station design concepts. Plan walking, biking, and bus improvements to help you get to stations. We're building welcoming stations with public art and sustainable design, so they become attractive destinations for people to live, work, shop and easily connect. Our region and transit system are growing rapidly.