This week, Sound Transit launched a survey to solicit public input on the Sounder South Strategic Plan, created in early 2020, which prioritized longer trains to provide more capacity during peak commute periods.

Since then, travel patterns have changed with the increase of hybrid and remote work.

With this survey, the public is being asked whether they prefer new trips, such as on weekends, evenings or midday, rather than longer trains.

The survey results, along with research on travel patterns and ridership estimating, will help inform Sound Transit’s discussions with BNSF Railway, which owns most of the tracks Sounder runs on.

Survey participants will be entered for a chance to win two tickets to the Nov. 12 Seahawks game versus the Commanders, a $100 gift card (five available) or Sound Transit swag bags (10 available).

The survey can be found here:

soundersouth.participate.online

It is available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Somali, Russian and Ukrainian.

Additionally, information on the survey and Sounder S Line service in general will be available at the following times and places:

Sept. 28, 6-8 p.m. Sumner High School football game
Sept. 30, 2-7 p.m. Southcenter Mall
Oct. 7, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Puyallup Farmers Market
Oct. 11, 2 – 6:30 p.m. Seattle King Street Station
Oct. 14, 12 – 5 p.m. Tacoma LatinX Festival at Tacoma Armory
Oct. 14, 12 – 3 p.m. Lakewood Truck and Tractor Day at Fort Steilacoom Park
Oct. 19, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Broadway Farmers Market in Tacoma
Oct. 21, 2 – 5 p.m. Harvest Fest at STAR Center in Tacoma
Oct. 24, 3 – 6:30 p.m. Sumner Station platform
Oct. 28, 1 – 5 p.m. Auburn Halloween Harvest Festival at Les Gove Park
Oct. 28, 2 – 5 p.m. Kent Street of Treats

Sound Transit’s Sounder S Line train service provides a dependable, traffic-free trip between Seattle and Tacoma and Lakewood. Thirteen round-trip trains run every weekday between Tacoma and Seattle, including seven round trips that also serve South Tacoma and Lakewood. Sounder S Line makes interim stops in Puyallup, Sumner, Auburn, Kent and Tukwila.