Sound Transit
Schindler Looks To Get US$23-Million Sound Transit Contract Bump
Schindler, the vertical-transportation (VT) service provider for Seattle's Sound Transit light rail system, will likely see a five-year, US$30-million contract with the agency upped by US$23 million, The Urbanist reports....
Broken Escalators and Elevators Plague Seattle Light Rail Stations
In downtown Seattle, out-of-service elevators and escalators are causing issues for riders, Kiro 7 News reports. The latest outage inventory records three broken elevators and seven inoperable escalators across at...
Seattle Sound Transit: Some Escalator Failures Due to Misuse
Passenger misuse is at the root of a large portion of escalator malfunctions within the Sound Transit (ST) light rail system in Seattle, MyNorthwest reports, citing a presentation ST Vertical...
Escalators Out At Multiple Seattle Transit Stations
Sound Transit, Seattle’s public-transportation system, is being hit by escalator breakdowns at multiple stations, 770KTTH says. The report found there were broken escalators during the opening weeks of light rail station in...
Broken VT In Downtown Seattle Transit Stations An Issue
A dozen escalators and one elevator in the four downtown stations of the Seattle transit tunnel remained broken as of the first week of July, Mass Transit reports. When 2021 began, 28...
Seattle Sound Transit to Add Smart Sensors to VT
In Seattle, new Sound Transit trains have recently been put into service with futuristic lights around the doors and windows where the lights change color to indicate different stages of...
