Countdowns: Lynnwood Link (Aug. 30, 11am); RapidRide G & restructures (Sept. 14)
Ride the bus to the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe, Aug. 22-27 and Aug. 29 – Sept. 2.
Pierce Transit will change schedules on all 27 routes on Sept. 1, two weeks before Sound Transit, Metro, Community Transit, and other Fall service changes on Sept. 14.
Sound Transit to expedite work on the At-Grade Crossing Program (pdf)
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Sound Transit has approved a new elevator for SeaTac east of Tukwila International Boulevard in Motion No. M2024-43. In a presentation to the Board’s Rider and Operations Committee (pdf) on July 18, Sound Transit staff outlined how the existing elevator experienced frequent outages and requires bus bridges to accommodate passengers to and from Angle Lake station.
Continue reading “Sound Transit Elevator & Escalator Service Going Up” | 42 commentsThe Transit Bandit rides all seven transit modes available in Seattle: water taxi, BRT (RapidRide), streetcar, bus (regular), monorail, light rail (Link), and heavy rail (Sounder). City Beautiful did the same in just over three hours back in 2021 – how fast can the Bandit do it?
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On July 18, the Seattle Design Commission met with Sound Transit to review its proposed design (pdf) for the West Seattle Link Extension‘s high bridge over the Duwamish and its landing at Pigeon Point. Although the cable-stayed bridge might end up being the most visually impressive component of the project, Sound Transit also expects to radically reshape Pigeon Point during construction of the light rail extension.
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On July 18, the Seattle Design Commission met with Sound Transit to review its proposed design (pdf) for the West Seattle Link Extension‘s high bridge over the Duwamish and its landing at Pigeon Point. Although the cable-stayed bridge design had been spotted at a station planning open house event earlier this year, this meeting and design review provides the public its first real look into ST’s preferred design for what may end up becoming a new defining feature of Seattle’s southern skyline.
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Countdowns: Lynnwood Link (Aug. 30, 11am); RapidRide G & restructures (Sept. 14)
South Lake Union Streetcar service suspended while crews address power issues
Long-awaited Snoqualmie Valley weekend bus service to begin Saturday, Aug. 17
Coming to Seattle streets: It’s not a bike, and it’s not a scooter (Seattle Times, $)
WEST SEATTLE SCENE: ‘Recreational aircraft’ in flight off Alki
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Is high-speed rail hitting the fast track in the near future? An audio interview by the 1A radio show.
We’ll have more podcasts in the future, as in our zeal for videos we’ve overlooked the growing number of audio-only episodes. I’m not sure yet whether they’ll be on Sunday or Wednesday or in a new column.
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With the full Link 2 Line across Lake Washington expected to open in the next year or two, King County Metro is considering how to best reroute the the roughly-parallel RapidRide B Line. A potential merger of Metro Route 271 and a portion of the B Line, also known as “RapidRide Candidate Corridor 3101 + 1028” was recently set as a Tier 2 priority RapidRide line connecting the U District, Downtown Bellevue, and Bellevue’s Crossroads neighborhood. The RapidRide B‘s current route (forming a backwards L between Redmond and Downtown Bellevue) would be split at the turn at Crossroads, with the other half eventually being connected to Metro Route 226.
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With the full Link 2 Line across Lake Washington expected to open in the next year or two, King County Metro is considering how to best reroute the the roughly-parallel RapidRide B Line. With RapidRide Candidate Corridor 1999, recently set as a Tier 3 priority line, King County Metro proposes a new north-south RapidRide between Redmond, Crossroads Bellevue, and South Bellevue. The current RapidRide B running an L would be split into a east-west and this north-south variant.
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Countdowns: Lynnwood Link (Aug. 30, 11am); RapidRide G & restructures (Sept. 14)
Ryan Packer via Twitter: Metro has started training runs for the RapidRide G
Metro: Coming this fall: New RapidRide G Line and more Metro bus service
Sound Transit: How to Ride and Transfer – Lynnwood Link Edition
Community Transit: Six-year plan will guide extensive bus service improvements
SDOT: Travel Tips for July 31-August 13: Construction and Major Events
Kitsap passenger-only ferry service at risk after part failure (Seattle Times, $)
New King County Metro bus operators to benefit from improved training
Sound Transit marks Sumner Station construction with groundbreaking
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