We keep rolling, we keep building
Transit helps connect us to each other, to essential services and to job and educational opportunities. The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us how important all those connections are.
Through this difficult year, Sound Transit kept our trains and buses running, helping deliver essential workers to front-line jobs.
On track for 2024
We're almost tripling the light rail system with 28 new stations in every part of the region in just the next four years starting with service to Northgate this year. Just as transit construction fueled our recovery from the Great Recession of 2008-2009, building light rail is employing thousands of workers, who in turn help support even more local retail and service jobs in our communities.
Explore transit projects in your area
Pierce County
Under construction, on schedule
- Hilltop Tacoma Link extension connects downtown Tacoma to medical facilities via the Stadium and Hilltop neighborhoods.
- New Puyallup Station garage provides more parking and better access.
May be delayed from their original schedules, phased, or scaled back
- Tacoma Dome Link Extension: Tacoma to Sea-Tac Airport via Fife in 35 minutes.
- New Sumner Stationgarage provides more parking and better access.
- South Tacoma and Lakewood stations access improved.
- Expansion projects serves more Sounder riders.
- Two new Sounder stations built south of Lakewood.
South King County
Under construction, on schedule
- Federal Way Link Extension: Federal Way to Sea-Tac Airport in 15 minutes.
May be delayed from their original schedules, phased, or scaled back
- Tacoma Dome Link Extension: with station in South Federal Way.
- OMF South: critical facility to maintain and store new Link trains.
- New station on the existing Link line at Boeing Access Road.
- New Kent Station garage provides more parking and better access.
- New Auburn Station garage provides more parking and better access.
- Expansion projects serve more Sounder riders.
- Stride I-405 south: Burien to Bellevue in about 40 minutes.
- SR 162: Bus speed and reliability improvements.
Snohomish County
Under construction, on schedule
- Lynnwood Link Extension: Lynnwood to downtown Seattle in 33 minutes.
May be delayed from their original schedules, phased, or scaled back
- Everett Link Extension: Everett to downtown Seattle in 60 minutes.
- Stride I-405 north: Lynnwood to Bellevue in about 33 minutes
- More parking options, better access to Edmonds and Mukilteo stations.
Seattle Area
Under construction, on schedule
- Northgate Link Extension: Northgate to downtown Seattle in 14 minutes.
- East Link Extension: UW to Microsoft campus in 41 minutes.
- Lynnwood Link Extension: Shoreline South/148th to Sounders game in 24 minutes.
May be delayed from their original schedules, phased, or scaled back
- West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions: West Seattle Junction to SODO in 8 minutes.
- West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions: Ballard to Westlake in 11 minutes with new light rail tunnel downtown.
- New station on the Link line under construction at NE 130th.
- New station on the existing Link line at South Graham Street.
- Stride SR 522: Bothell to Shoreline South/148th Link Station in about 22 minutes.
- Partner support: Additional contribution for King County Metro's RapidRide C&D capital improvements to boost service to West Seattle and Ballard in advance of light rail.
Eastside
Under construction, on schedule
- East Link Extension: Downtown Bellevue to Huskies game in 31 minutes.
- Downtown Redmond Link Extension: Downtown Bellevue to Marymoor Park in 15 minutes.
- OMF East: critical facility to maintain and store new Link vehicles.
May be delayed from their original schedules, phased, or scaled back
- South Kirkland to Issaquah in about 25 minutes.
- Stride I-405 north: Lynnwood to Bellevue in 33 minutes.
- Stride I-405 south: Burien to Bellevue in about 40 minutes.
- Stride SR 522: Bothell to Shoreline South/148th Link Station in about 22 minutes.
- North Sammamish park-and-ride.
Advancing equity
Throughout 2020, the movement for racial justice focused the spotlight on embedded racist policies and practices. At Sound Transit, we're planning, building and operating public transit that provides equitable access to housing, education, medical facilities and job opportunities for all.
We are advancing equity by:
- Making land used for transit construction available for affordable housing development
- Exploring more equitable and effective fare enforcement
- Offering reduced fares for people with lower incomes, over the age of 65, and with different abilities
- Supporting riders of all abilities, including with free travel training to help people with disabilities and seniors move about independently using public transportation.