BELLEVUE, Wash. — Sound Transit has opened its long-awaited Cross Lake Connection Saturday, linking the Eastside with Seattle by light rail for the first time. The project marks a historic milestone ...

“That relationship is one of the greatest blessings and most important things in my life,” Common told podcast host Samantha Chatman in 2025 about what he’s built with fellow Oscar winner and partner, ...

From extended services to revived lines, we round some of the most exciting new and upcoming rail trips to take across the country in 2026 and beyond. Denver's Union Station dates back to 1910s. The ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s High-Speed Rail project is right on track — to becoming an even bigger epic waste of taxpayer money. The state is preparing to shell out a record-breaking $537 million to a key ...

Mechanical injection systems rely entirely on engine driven components to meter, pressurize, and time fuel delivery. In these engines, a mechanical injection pump is driven by the engine's gear train ...

I purchased Amtrak's USA Rail Pass, which allowed me to take 10 trips for $499. Although I thought the pass was a great value, there are a few things I wish I knew ahead of time. For example, long ...

It’s not easy to run a train across a floating bridge. To extend light rail service across the mile-long stretch of Lake Washington that separates downtown Seattle from Mercer Island, engineers ...

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. Reading it now, Paine’s words are a kind of portal back to the ...

State Sen. Dave Cortese is backing policy priorities put forward by the project’s CEO. A top California lawmaker is pushing for an independent review of proposed changes to state law ahead of a ...

The Common Fans discuss the biggest news of the week: the announcement that two year starting quarterback Dylan Raiola will be entering the transfer portal. They also discuss what it means for 2026, ...

Thomas Paine published “Common Sense” in 1776 as an argument for independence. Americans across the political spectrum have been citing it ever since. By Joseph Rezek Joseph Rezek is an associate ...