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The bottom line of a new index unveiled today by the American Public Transportation Association: there’s never been a better time to climb aboard mass transit.

The Sound Transit Board unanimously approved placing a 15-year mass transit package on the November ballot at its Thursday meeting.

Sound Transit’s Sounder commuter rail posted a 31 percent gain in ridership during the last three months ending June 30 compared to the same period last year.

Today Sound Transit officials kicked off a major safety education program aimed at keeping the public safe and sound around Link light rail as the system moves into its next phase of testing for service in 2009.

Sound Transit’s Sounder commuter rail posted a 31 percent gain in ridership during the last three months ending June 30 compared to the same period last year.

The top three governing officials of the Sound Transit board today announced their support for putting a mass transit ballot measure on the November ballot.

The Sound Transit Board today discussed a new 15-year option for expanding mass transit. The new option heeds the call for further light rail extensions while delivering a series of significant Sounder commuter rail and ST Express regional bus service expansions between 2009 and 2023.

The United States Senate Appropriations Committee today approved a funding bill for FY 2009 that includes $128.8 million in Sound Transit light rail funding, the full amount proposed by Sen. Patty Murray, chair of the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee.

This month, Sound Transit and the BNSF Railway Company will reach the milestone of substantial completion on a project to improve 40 miles of track between Seattle and Tacoma, which will allow Sound Transit to begin running two additional round trip trains between Tacoma and Seattle later this fall.

Tacoma Link will offer extended service hours during the Tall Ships Festival this weekend along the Thea Foss waterway in downtown Tacoma.

The Sound Transit Board today heard the public’s latest input on expanding the region’s mass transit system.

Sound Transit’s Canyon Park Freeway Station recently was honored by the local chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers as an outstanding example of transportation and development engineering.

Sound Transit’s Canyon Park Freeway Station recently was honored by the local chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers as an outstanding example of transportation and development engineering.

To demonstrate how easy it is to use transit, local agencies are urging residents to park their cars and ride public transportation on June 19, National Dump the Pump Day.

Within about 15 years of completion, new mass transit expansion options currently undergoing public review would pay off with quantifiable public benefits that exceed the costs of building them.

Sound Transit – the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority – is recruiting for citizen volunteers to fill vacancies on its Citizen Oversight Panel, an independent body that is part of Sound Transit’s commitment to public accountability.

Today Sound Transit broke ground on the Everett Station expansion project, which will add more than 500 new parking spaces there.

Starting Saturday, Snohomish County commuters will enjoy a brand-new commuting option—Sounder commuter rail service to Mukilteo.

Sound Transit officials today made the final connections joining more than 14 miles of continuous light rail tracks.

Public input provided over the next month on options for expanding the mass transit system will help determine how far and how soon the region’s mass transit system expands.