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A bike rider using an on-demand smart bike locker.

Park and ride: New secure bike parking lockers headed to a station near you!

By Bruce Gray

Good news for people who want to combine bikes and transit but don’t want to bring their bikes on board busy trains. Soun… Read more
A graphic of a hand tapping an ORCA card on a card reader, with a Link train in the background.

New ORCA ticket system rollout continues with new card readers, ticket machines

By Scott Thompson

As many riders have noticed, crews continue installing new ORCA ticket vending machines (TVM) and card readers at stations t… Read more
Verdant art by Leo Saul Berk graces the pedestrian bridge at Overlake Village Station.

Sound Transit station art and artists featured at Bellevue Art Museum exhibition

By Sound Transit

The Bellevue Arts Museum’s Biennial on Architecture and Urban Design features Sound Transit’s public art program (… Read more
Allen Card sits in the operator cab of a Link train.

Saying 'thank you' on Transit Driver Appreciation Day

By Katie Metzger

Today, Sound Transit joins other transit agencies in recognizing Transit Driver Appreciation Day.  This special… Read more
Riders pour out of a train at the Roosevelt Station platform

How Sound Transit is responding to lessons from the November 26, 2021, major Link service disruption

By Sound Transit

Following the Apple Cup football game on November 26, a period when Link trains should have uneventfully whisked riders to t… Read more