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- Sound Transit board approved a $6 million design budget and an $87 million retrofit for a 14-station fare-gate pilot.
- The pilot will install gates at nine Seattle stations from Northgate to International District/Chinatown and five regional stations.
- Sound Transit estimates the gates will generate $30-$32 million annual fare revenue, repaying the $87 million cost in about three years.
- Officials warned the gates could create equity barriers for low-income, youth, unhoused, and disabled riders.
