12 Facts About Sound Transit

Sound Transit, officially the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, is a public transit agency serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U S state of Washington.

Sound Transit was created in 1993 by King, Pierce and Snohomish counties to build a regional rapid transit system.

Sound Transit is independent of local transit agencies and is governed by an eighteen-member Board of Directors made up of elected officials from member jurisdictions and the Secretary of Transportation.

Sound Transit operates three transit services across the Seattle metropolitan area: the Link light rail system in Seattle and Tacoma; the Sounder commuter rail system from Everett to Lakewood, via Seattle; and the Sound Transit Express bus system across the three counties.

Sounder is the regional commuter rail service managed by Sound Transit and has two lines that intersect at King Street Station in Downtown Seattle.

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Sound Transit Express is a network of 28 limited-stop express bus routes providing regional service to cities in all three counties, primarily using a network of high-occupancy vehicle lanes on state-maintained freeways.

Sound Transit has 802 full-time employees as of 2017 and is headquartered at Union Station in Seattle.

The chief executive officer of Sound Transit is Peter Rogoff, formerly the Federal Transit Administrator from 2009 to 2014.

Sound Transit is governed by a board of directors with 18 members who are appointed based on their positions in regional and local governments.

Predecessor to Sound Transit was a 1995 ballot measure that was rejected by voters because of its $6.

Sound Transit 3 was a ballot measure that was approved by voters during the November 2016 elections in King, Pierce, and Snohomish in Washington.

The plan funds Sound Transit Express bus routes, adds three bus rapid transit lines and expands Sounder commuter rail with longer trains, potentially better frequency and two additional stations in Tillicum and DuPont.