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Reminds me of an inside joke we had at WMATA. “We could run a hell if a railroad if we didn’t have those pesky riders messing things up.” ST needs to figure out how to deliver things more cost effectively. Not save money through cutting scope.
So we definitely have to be doing this for west seattle, right?
February 17, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Reminds me of an inside joke we had at WMATA. “We could run a hell if a railroad if we didn’t have those pesky riders messing things up.” ST needs to figure out how to deliver things more cost effectively. Not save money through cutting scope.
A good start but we have a long way to go.
I had to increase the y-axis by 45% to get Sound Transit Ballard and West Seattle in the chart.
Original chart from Transit Cost Project
Lower cost = more transit
I had to increase the y-axis by 45% to get Sound Transit Ballard and West Seattle in the chart.
Original chart from Transit Cost Project
Lower cost = more transit
February 13, 2026 at 12:33 AM
A good start but we have a long way to go.
I had to increase the y-axis by 45% to get Sound Transit Ballard and West Seattle in the chart.
Original chart from Transit Cost Project
Lower cost = more transit
I had to increase the y-axis by 45% to get Sound Transit Ballard and West Seattle in the chart.
Original chart from Transit Cost Project
Lower cost = more transit
We need a constitutional amendment that prohibits the president from pardoning crimes committed during their administration. Post haste
January 24, 2026 at 9:54 PM
We need a constitutional amendment that prohibits the president from pardoning crimes committed during their administration. Post haste
akin to proposing 50-yr mortgages to improve housing affordability without addressing zoning / permitting. Obscures underlying issues driving ST3 costs up. It will increase total costs and make future expansion less affordable. @sound-transit.bsky.social
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Sound Transit Seeks Hail Mary Financial Tool to Complete ST3 Buildout » The Urbanist
# With creative tools needed to get the entire Sound Transit 3 network across the finish line as planned, Sound Transit is turning to the idea of 75-year bonds. If the Washington State Legislature OKs...
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January 21, 2026 at 5:12 PM
akin to proposing 50-yr mortgages to improve housing affordability without addressing zoning / permitting. Obscures underlying issues driving ST3 costs up. It will increase total costs and make future expansion less affordable. @sound-transit.bsky.social
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Former SDOT Director Scott Kubly weighs in on the issue of the second downtown light rail tunnel, which is set to be front-and-center at today's Sound Transit board meeting.
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Op-Ed: Defer Seattle’s Second Downtown Rail Tunnel to Save ST3 » The Urbanist
# Tabling a second light rail tunnel through Downtown Seattle and redesigning Ballard Link to use the existing tunnel could save $4.5 billion, and Sound Transit has been too quick to dismiss the idea,...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Former SDOT Director Scott Kubly weighs in on the issue of the second downtown light rail tunnel, which is set to be front-and-center at today's Sound Transit board meeting.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/18/o...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/18/o...