The inauguration of revenue service on Northgate Link marks the end of the work to deliver the original Sound Move plan approved by voters in 1996, which called for an initial light rail line running from SeaTac to Northgate.
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Ready for Northgate Link to be open? Get an advance look inside the new Line 1 stations
If you’d like to take a peek inside the U District, Roosevelt, and Northgate Stations ahead of the Saturday, October 2nd 2021 opening, we’ve put together three photo galleries showcasing each one.
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Sound Transit will get a new CEO next year: Peter Rogoff to depart in 2022, agency says
In an early evening press release, Board Chair Kent Keel said that Rogoff will remain as CEO until mid-2022 and then hand over duties to a yet-to-be-announced successor that the board hopes to find through a national search.
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Link’s arrival in Northgate is a good reminder that Seattle voters are keen on getting more neighborhoods connected to light rail
76% of likely August 2021 Seattle voters surveyed support a new transit funding measure to connect more urban villages in the Emerald City with Link light rail, while a mere 19% are opposed.
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President Joe Biden touches down in Boise; visits National Interagency Fire Center
Today, Joe Biden made his first official visit to Cascadia as President of the United States of America, landing in Boise, Idaho to visit the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), which is located adjacent to Boise Air Teminal/Gowen Field.
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Joe Biden will make his first stop as President in the Pacific Northwest next week
The President will be making a stop in Boise, Idaho at the National Interagency Fire Center as part of an western swing that will also include a stop in Denver, Colorado.
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Seattle voters eager for I‑5 to be modernized with seismic, accessibility improvements
Despite I‑5’s importance to Seattle, Washington, and the Pacific Northwest, it is falling apart. Decades of heavy use and inadequate maintenance have left the highway in increasingly bad shape. Voters in Seattle are enthusiastic about taking action to fix these problems.
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NPI’s July 2021 survey of Seattle voters found deep support for JumpStart revenue plan
67% of Seattle voters support Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda’s JumpStart revenue ordinance, with 27% opposed and 6% not sure. That’s a margin of well over two-to-one.
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Three new Seattle light rail stations will soon be here: Northgate Link opens in one month
University District, Roosevelt, and Northgate Stations will join the region’s growing high capacity transit system on October 2nd, 2021.
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Will Democrats unite to defend good deeds of the Biden-Harris administration, or snipe while Republicans fire their guns?
Progressive and partially conservative Democrats are split on how quickly to approve infrastructure. The Republicans are directing their fire at the priorities included in the budget reconciliation process. Can Democrats unite to wage a strong front in the midterms?
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
A momentous day: U.S. Senate gives final approval to bipartisan infrastructure bill
Bipartisan legislation to invest serious money in tackling America’s persistent infrastructure deficit has won final approval, with more than a dozen Republicans crossing the aisle to deliver a lopsided margin of victory for President Joe Biden’s top legislative priority.
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A huge majority of Seattle voters say they’d support a funding measure to speed up ST3
71% of respondents to our July 2021 survey of the Seattle electorate — all likely 2021 Seattle voters — told us that they would support a new transit funding measure, while 24% said they would be opposed. 5% said they were not sure.
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As police reform laws take effect, Republicans dust off their old fearmongering playbook
The Republican political strategy in this Washington is straightforward. Try to negatively define the Democrats’ legislative agenda and deploy fear to turn voters against the Evergreen State’s current governing political party.
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Bipartisan infrastructure bill advances in U.S. Senate, but still faces hurdles to passage
The compromise legislation, which has the support of the White House, is being hailed by the Biden-Harris administration as a groundbreaking set of investments in everything from bridges and broadband to mass transit and water pipes.