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Councilmembers raise Sound Transit service and operations concerns amid closures and OMF constraints
5454565 · July 23, 2025
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Councilmembers urged Sound Transit to run more trains during major highway closures and discussed how limited operations-and-maintenance capacity and technical challenges constrain service expansion.
Councilmembers questioned Sound Transit service levels during recent highway closures and described technical and operational constraints that limit frequency. After an I-5 closure this past weekend, councilmembers said light-rail trains were crowded and riders waited 12 to 15 minutes between trains; Councilmember Rivera urged Sound Transit to run more trains during major roadway…
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