Editing Sound Transit (section)

===Artwork===

The [[public art]] program for Sound Transit, named STart, was established in 1998 to allocate [[percent for art|one percent]] of the local construction budget for artwork.<ref name="DJC-Artwork">{{cite news |last=Porter |first=Lynn |date=April 23, 2015 |title=Sound Transit art program helps pull commuters out of their daily grind |url=https://www.djc.com/news/co/12076902.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |accessdate=December 15, 2024}}</ref> By 2022, the agency's collection of artwork had grown to 170 permanent pieces—including murals, paintings, and large sculptures.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kiley |first=Brendan |date=December 9, 2022 |title=Public art in Seattle's light rail stations has a deeper backstory than you'd think |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/public-art-in-seattles-light-rail-stations-has-a-deeper-backstory-than-youd-think/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219094638/https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/public-art-in-seattles-light-rail-stations-has-a-deeper-backstory-than-youd-think/ |archive-date=2024-12-19 |accessdate=December 15, 2024 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> STart expenditures were estimated at $54{{nbsp}}million from 1998 to 2023.<ref name="Times-Art2020">{{cite news |last=Lindblom |first=Mike |date=September 1, 2020 |title=Sound Transit repairs Federal Way murals the agency says were slashed in acts of racism |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/sound-transit-repairs-federal-way-murals-the-agency-says-were-slashed-in-acts-of-racism/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226051806/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/sound-transit-repairs-federal-way-murals-the-agency-says-were-slashed-in-acts-of-racism/ |archive-date=2024-12-26 |accessdate=December 15, 2024 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The program also includes temporary commissions for fences that surround construction sites.<ref name="DJC-Artwork"/><ref name="Times-Art2020"/> Sound Transit sponsors [[busking|buskers]] to perform music at its light rail stations in Seattle and donated space at [[Angle Lake station]] for an all-ages music venue in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last=Yamamoto |first=Alan |date=July 6, 2023 |title=Sounds of the Sound: Welcoming new locations for buskers! |url=https://www.soundtransit.org/blog/platform/sounds-sound-welcoming-new-locations-buskers |work=The Platform |publisher=Sound Transit |accessdate=December 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ahmad |first=Nimra |date=October 24, 2023 |title=All-ages music venue to open at the Angle Lake light-rail station |url=https://www.cascadepbs.org/culture/2023/10/all-ages-music-venue-open-angle-lake-light-rail-station |publisher=[[Cascade PBS News]] |accessdate=December 15, 2024}}</ref>