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Shuttle to hydro races, watch for bridge closures
Metro is teaming up with
Seafair to provide special shuttle
service to the Seafair hydro races this weekend on Lake Washington.
The shuttles will operate from both locations on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, the shuttles will leave for the pits around 7 a.m. On Sunday, they start around 6 a.m. The roundtrip fare is $3, and will be collected by Seafair staff in the parking lots when you board. Also, on Friday there will be shuttle service from the Oxbow Lot to the hydro pits for all the preliminary action. See Metro Online for all the details on hydro shuttle service. The Seafair Airshow will be held in conjunction with the hydro races, which will cause some traffic disruptions this week on Interstate 90 for motorists and bus passengers. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will begin arriving on Wednesday, and practice Thursday and Friday over the course on Lake Washington south of Interstate 90. The big Seafair Airshow is set for 1:30 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. During the practices and performances, the floating bridge will be closed to traffic. All I-90 buses will be rerouted to State Route 520 during the closures. The bridge will be closed – eastbound and westbound, mainline and express lanes – between Interstate 5 in Seattle to Island Crest Way on Mercer Island at the following times:
• Thursday, Aug. 2: 9:45 a.m. – noon, and 1:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Just when you thought the culminating week of Seafair couldn’t be more
jam-packed, you realize there are several Mariners baseball games this
week at Safeco Field.
Avoid the traffic hassles, and head for the ballgame on a Metro bus. For regular service to the game, Metro’s convenient online Trip Planner allows you to easily research which routes provide the best connection from your home or office to the ballpark. A premium service between the ballpark and several outlying park-and-ride lots operates after weeknight games and both before and after weekend games. It is not available for weekday games that begin before 5 p.m. The fare for special buses is $3 each way. Detailed information for all Mariners service is available on Metro Online. Or, call (206) 553-3000 (voice) or (206) 684-1739 (TTY). Metro co-hosts national transportation workshop
National leaders in public transportation and environmental
sustainability are gathered in Seattle this week, as King County Metro
Transit and Sound Transit co-host the American Public Transportation
Association’s
(APTA) third annual Sustainability and Public
Transportation Workshop.
KCIA operations staff assisted McChord by hosting several troop departures and arrivals. Approximately 400 troops left Boeing Field for Kuwait, and another 150 troops touched down there to arrive home from Iraq. |
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