Sound Transit is preparing for the 33-mile Link extension over the next three years with a plan called “Future Ready,” which also encompasses plans to ensure the existing operations are in top condition.
continues construction for maintaining and expanding light rail operations, riders are advised to prepare for “intermittent periods of less frequent service and replacement bus service” beginning this summer.
“We need to ensure that our system is ready for the major expansions ahead,” said Sound Transit Interim CEO Brooke Belman in a prepared statement. “These projects will impact far fewer riders now than if we delayed them until after further expansions open. While the disruptions that this work will cause are unavoidable, we will work hard to minimize the impact on service to our riders. The end result will be a safe and improved system ready for our next phase of growth.
During Oct. 21-23 and Nov. 11-13, train frequencies will again be reduced to 20 minutes in each direction until 11 p.m., due to work in the downtown Seattle transit tunnel. A bus shuttle will be available from 11 p.m. until the end of service to connect passengers between Capitol Hill and SODO stations.
The Sound Transit expansion project continues to move forward despite CEO Peter Rogoff’s decision to step down earlier this week.“We as staff knew we were setting ourselves on an ambitious path, but in the years that followed 2016, as we sought to both complete ST-2 and launch the fullness of ST-3, we came to understand that our plans weren’t just ambitious, but they, in fact, were a little bit audacious,” Rogoff said in the front of the Sound Transit board.
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