The $52 million contract the Seattle Dept. of Transportation had to purchase 10 new streetcars for a planned Center City Connector line hit the brakes this month, even while the department says they plan to continue with the delayed project.
In a situation few cities find themselves in, Vancouver, B.C., is exploring how to best use the extra vehicle capacity on the 1954-opened Granville Bridge.
The SkyTrain light rail cars keep showing up throughout British Columbia as TransLink adds 24 new cars in September to help handle increased service on the Expo and Millennium lines in the metro Vancouver region, while another 24 cars will grow Canada Line's service in 2020.
A Metro and TriMet-led discussion about future solutions for mass transit throughout Portland led to the concept of a tunnel under the Willamette River in downtown Portland.
Sound Transit, amidst the nation's largest light rail expansion, has put its sights on a preferred route with station locations for a 9.7-mile Tacoma Dome Extension while announcing the general contractor for the upcoming Downtown Redmond Link Extension.