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Meetings start this week on proposed Eastside bus service changes
 King County Metro Transit is
looking for feedback on a series of ideas for changing bus service for a
large area of the Eastside. In the past few weeks, more than 160,000
households received a mailer from Metro about the proposed changes.
Details are also available online.
Comments and feedback can be returned by email to
barbara.demichele@metrokc.gov, or phoned in at (206) 684-1146.
You can also attend one of the upcoming drop-in meetings:
-Tuesday, April 25 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Information table at Bellevue Transit Center
-Wednesday, April 26 from 5:30-8 p.m.
Drop-in open house at new Redmond City Hall
-Thursday, April 27 from 5:30-8 p.m.
Drop-in open house at new Bellevue City Hall
-Saturday, April 29 from 10 a.m. to noon
Information table at Duvall Safeway on Main Street
-Wednesday, May 3 from 5:30-8 p.m.
Drop-in open house at Kirkland Senior Center
-Saturday, May 6 from noon to 3 p.m.
Information table at Crossroads Mall in Bellevue
Elliott Bay Water Taxi sets
sail next week
 The Elliott Bay Water Taxi will be sailing again in 2006. Service is
scheduled to begin Monday, May 1, and run through the end of September.
Metro’s Water Taxi service across Seattle’s Elliott Bay will operate
seven days a week, between Pier 55 at the foot of Spring Street on the
downtown Seattle waterfront to Seacrest Dock in West Seattle. The
crossing time between Pier 55 and Seacrest is approximately 12 minutes.
Again this year, there will be a free West Seattle shuttle (DART Route
773) that connects the dock at Seacrest Marina Park to Alki, the Admiral
District, and the West Seattle Junction.
The Water Taxi fare is $3 for anyone over the age of 5. Also accepted
for full fare on the Water Taxi are: PugetPasses; Saturday/Sunday Day
passes; Regional Reduced Fare Permits with a valid monthly or annual
fare sticker; FlexPasses; Metro ACCESS passes; Vanpool passes; and
Visitor Passes. Passengers with a valid Metro transfer pay just $1.
See Metro Online for more
information about the Water Taxi, including the daily schedule.
White Center celebrates new
sidewalks
 The White Center community celebrated the completion of an important
sidewalk project last week that is laying a foundation to create a more
walkable and vibrant neighborhood.
The sidewalk improvement is a component of King County's White Center
Community Enhancement Initiative announced last fall. The initiative
includes nearly $15 million to create a more pedestrian-friendly
environment for residents, encourage private commercial and residential
investment, and increase public safety.
The sidewalks were built by the
King County Road Services
Division. They incorporate artistic metal inlays designed by the
Teen Creating Tomorrow Youth Council in partnership with a professional
artist. The metal inlays were selected by the teens to represent the
diversity of the White Center community and include the word “welcome”
in over 45 languages and art pieces that look like coins from throughout
the world.
More information on the
White Center Community
Enhancement Initiative is available online.
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