Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority District

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public transit service district special purpose taxing district

The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority District is the multi-county taxing and service area in Washington State within which Sound Transit plans, funds, and operates regional bus, light rail, and commuter rail services.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority	2
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority District canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10032534 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority District
Context triple: [Sound Transit, jurisdiction, Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority District]

A. Kitsap Transit
Kitsap Transit is a public transportation agency serving Kitsap County, Washington, providing bus, ferry, and related transit services in the region.
B. Metro Transit
Metro Transit is the public transportation agency serving the St. Louis metropolitan area with bus, light rail, and paratransit services.
C. Metro Transit
Metro Transit is the primary public transportation agency for the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, operating buses, light rail, and commuter rail services.
D. King County Metro services
King County Metro services are the primary public bus and transit routes operating throughout King County, Washington, including connections to major hubs like International District/Chinatown Station in Seattle.
E. Everett Transit
Everett Transit is the public bus transportation agency serving the city of Everett in Washington State.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority District
Target entity description: The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority District is the multi-county taxing and service area in Washington State within which Sound Transit plans, funds, and operates regional bus, light rail, and commuter rail services.

A. Kitsap Transit
Kitsap Transit is a public transportation agency serving Kitsap County, Washington, providing bus, ferry, and related transit services in the region.
B. Metro Transit
Metro Transit is the public transportation agency serving the St. Louis metropolitan area with bus, light rail, and paratransit services.
C. Metro Transit
Metro Transit is the primary public transportation agency for the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, operating buses, light rail, and commuter rail services.
D. King County Metro services
King County Metro services are the primary public bus and transit routes operating throughout King County, Washington, including connections to major hubs like International District/Chinatown Station in Seattle.
E. Everett Transit
Everett Transit is the public bus transportation agency serving the city of Everett in Washington State.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public transit service district ⓘ special purpose taxing district ⓘ
contains	King County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierce County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Snohomish County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdFor	regional high-capacity transit ⓘ
funds	regional transit capital projects ⓘ regional transit operations ⓘ
governingBody	Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ Sound Transit NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	RTA District NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBoundaryDefinedBy	participating cities and unincorporated areas within King County ⓘ participating cities and unincorporated areas within Pierce County ⓘ participating cities and unincorporated areas within Snohomish County ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Revised Code of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	political subdivision of Washington State ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Puget Sound region NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington State
overseenBy	Sound Transit Board of Directors NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Puget Sound metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to fund regional transit services ⓘ to operate regional transit services ⓘ to plan regional transit services ⓘ
regionServed	Everett metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ Seattle metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ Tacoma metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceAreaOf	Sound Transit NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceBrand	Link light rail NERFINISHED ⓘ Sound Transit Express NERFINISHED ⓘ Sounder commuter rail NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceType	commuter rail service ⓘ light rail service ⓘ regional bus service ⓘ
state	Washington ⓘ
taxingAuthorityFor	Sound Transit NERFINISHED ⓘ
taxType	motor vehicle excise tax ⓘ property tax (limited areas) ⓘ sales and use tax ⓘ
transitModeSupported	bus ⓘ commuter rail ⓘ light rail ⓘ
transportationFocus	high-capacity transit ⓘ public transit ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ST → jurisdiction → Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority District ⓘ

subject surface form: Sound Transit

Sound Transit 2 → planningAgency → Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority District ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority

Sound Transit 2 → legalNameOfAgency → Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority District ⓘ