Sound Transit brand guidelines
Sound Transit provides an open brand guidelines hub on its public website with asset downloads, typography rules, and detailed style standards.
Freedam's take — I like how Sound Transit integrates its brand toolkit directly into its main civic website. Rather than tucking everything into a private portal, the agency publishes straightforward web pages covering logos, colors, and typography, alongside downloadable assets. I appreciate how practical the collateral gets, offering manuals for construction signs and presentation display boards. They also clearly distinguish type usage between internal agency communications and public passenger outreach. It feels like a functional, transparent working hub for regional transit partners.
Details
- Type
- Guidelines
- Access
- Public
- Source
- soundtransit.org
- Industry
- Public sector, Transport & logistics
- Capabilities
- Guidelines, Asset browsing, Search, Downloads, Templates
- Tags
- typography, signage & wayfinding, logo usage, asset downloads, pdf downloads, accessibility
- Added
- Last checked
What I noticed
- The typography guidelines assign Arial for agency and employee communications, while specifying Akzidenz for marketing, rider, and outreach materials.12
- The site provides direct download links for logo files in horizontal and vertical formats across RGB PNG and CMYK EPS archives.3456
- The style guides page includes specialized PDF documents covering system expansion communications, passenger communications, and accessible materials.789
- Templates include resources for physical display boards and a construction sign design manual.101112
Numbers refer to the screenshots above.
What I could not see
- Could not inspect the full content of downloadable PDF manuals such as the brand guidelines or accessibility guide without downloading them.
- Could not view full page content for several sections listed in navigation, including Photography, Maps, and Social media.
Ideas to borrow
- Distributing specific project guides, such as a construction sign manual alongside passenger communication standards, ensures contractors and partners follow brand rules on real-world infrastructure.
Reviewed on 18 September 2026. Request a correction · I built this