THURSDAY: Sound Transit Board to consider 'guiding principles' for potentially plan-changing Enterprise Initiative

Sound Transit Plans Major Program Reset Tackling 30- to 40-Billion-Dollar Shortfall » The Urbanist

The Sound Transit board Thursday adopted a set of principles intended to solve financial issues that threaten to derail transit projects across the region, in the wake of new estimates that put the agency’s long-term financial shortfall at anywhere from 30 to 40 billion dollars. The work ahead represents what is likely to be the most important 18 months for Sound Transit since the early 2000s, when the fledgling regional transit system was rescu…

Sound Transit confronts staggering $20-25 billion shortfall, launches "Enterprise Initiative" to secure ST3 future

Sound Transit confronts staggering $20-25 billion shortfall, launches "Enterprise Initiative" to secure ST3 future Off patr Thu, 08/28/2025

THURSDAY: Sound Transit Board to consider 'guiding principles' for potentially plan-changing Enterprise Initiative

When Sound Transit board members gather for their monthly meeting Thursday afternoon, one item on the agenda is of particular interest to those tracking the West Seattle light-rail plan: Another update on the in-development Enterprise Initiative. As we reported a month ago, this is now the name for the package of policies that ST expects will help it reshape ST3 next year, into something more affordable. That could mean changes for the West Seat…