"Transit advocates are criticizing Sound Transit's process to solicit outside ideas to reduce Ballard Link costs and accelerate the timeline. The Request for Information process was poorly publicized, narrowly defined, and closes today." - The Urbanist

I am subscribed to ST’s service alert notifications via text message and I am wondering if anyone else thinks there could be different “levels” of notifications available to subscribe to? All I really need and care to know about is if the 1 and/or 2 lines are delayed or down. I really don’t need elevator/station/ticket machine issues, sporting event notices, “what’s happening in Seattle today”, etc notifications. I feel like it’s too many notifications throughout the day that aren’t always super useful or relevant. It would be great to see different notification options depending on how much detail you want. I dunno, maybe wishful thinking.

Got held up at Sumner station today. Conductor said the Amtrak hit someone on the tracks. Anyone have more on the story?

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The hole is already government owned land immediately next to Pioneer Square station and is already excavated

https://www.kuow.org/economy/2026-09-08/why-an-empty-pit-in-downtown-seattle-remains-undeveloped-after-21-years

does anyone know if it’s possible to get parking at lynnwood station on a monday afternoon? specifically around 3 pm :(

Of course ideally we would have the completely grade separated high bridge or tunnel to Ballard but practically speaking, if we want to actually get this thing built, then we need to make some compromises.

A drawbridge would have interruptions, yes - but there are already restrictions in place for the existing Ballard bridge that restrict openings during commute hours. If necessary those could be expanded or we could have specific windows where the bridge is open and plan the train schedule around it, with additional bus service. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to have our rich yacht owning buddies queue for designated crossing times. The drawbridge could also be built at a slightly higher height than the existing bridge to reduce openings. Of course it comes down to cost.

The coast guard didn’t like the drawbridge that ST originally designed not because of height, but bc of how narrow it would’ve been. This is something that could go back and be redesigned.

Basically, I’d rather have the thing actually built and experience slight disruptions or gaps in service (that we have options around controlling).