Reform implication · 3 cases
Sound Transit governance
The Sound Transit board hires the CEO, and some board members have themselves been eligible candidates. Cost-reporting conventions on ST3 have also fragmented across baselines. Reform addresses both: structural conflict screening and standardized cost reporting.
- In August 2025, Sound Transit released new "bottom-up" cost estimates for the major construction projects in Sound Transit's third mass-transit package (ST3), the regional transit expansion voters approved in 2016. The revised numbers…Structural failureMisuse of public resources
- On March 24, 2025, Sound Transit's board named then-King County Executive Dow Constantine as its preferred CEO candidate. He was formally appointed on March 27, 2025. Constantine had served on the Sound Transit board for 16 years in his…Conflict of interestStructural failure
- When voters approved Sound Transit's third mass-transit package (ST3) in 2016, the West Seattle Link Extension was projected to cost approximately $2.7 billion. The estimate grew steadily through 2024 and 2025.Structural failure