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Council hosts
transportation forum on Monday
From
the Alaskan Way Viaduct to regional transit service, the challenge of
moving people and products around King County is a top priority for both
state and local governments. The first King County Council Town Hall
Meeting of 2006 will bring those transportation leaders together for a
roundtable forum on Monday, Jan. 30.
The Town Hall will be held in the Aerospace Machinists Industrial
District Lodge #751, 9125 15th Place S., in the South Park neighborhood
of Seattle. The public is invited to meet face-to-face with council
members at an informal reception starting at 9:30 a.m. The Town Hall
will begin at 10 a.m.
Comment on changes
to South King County bus service
King
County Metro Transit wants to hear from passengers about proposed
changes to bus service in South King County, and is hosting five public
meetings to gather input.
The changes could affect routes: 150, 151, 152, 154, 160, 163, 167, 168,
173, 185, 186, 912 and
915.
The meetings will be held:
● Thursday, Jan. 26 from 5-8 p.m. in the Auburn City Hall Council
Chambers, 25 W. Main St., Auburn;
● Tuesday, Jan. 31 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Kent Campus of Green
River Community College, 417 W. Ramsey Way, Room 237 (Kent
Station), Kent;
● Tuesday, Jan. 31 from 5-8 p.m. at the Kent Campus of Green River
Community College, 417 W. Ramsey Way, Room 237 (Kent Station),
Kent;
● Wednesday, Feb. 1 from 7-8:30 p.m. (Route 173 change only) at the
Calvary Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 2415 South 320th St.,
Federal Way; and
● Wednesday, Feb. 15 from 7-8:30 p.m. (Route 167 change only) in the
Renton High School Commons, 400 South Second St., Renton
For those who can’t attend any of the public open houses in January and
February, Metro has posted a questionnaire online for feedback about
South County service. That questionnaire was also mailed to 125,000 area
households. More detailed information about the proposed changes are
included on the website and in the mailing. Also, people can call the
message line at (206) 684-1146 to record comments.
Comments are due by: Wednesday, Feb. 8 on the Route 173 proposal;
Friday, Feb. 10 on the Auburn-Kent-Tukwila proposals; and Friday, Feb.
17 on the Route 167 proposal.
Metro loves the
Seahawks, and Seahawk fans love Metro
The
Seattle Seahawks are moving onto Detroit for Super Bowl XL, but for 12
pre-season, regular and post-season home games they were ours and fans
turned out in the hundreds of thousands to watch them win. While the
Seahawks racked up the yards, Metro was racking up the miles on the road
to the Super Bowl.
Many of those fans rode to Qwest Field on a Metro Transit’s Seahawks
Shuttle. During the 2005 season, Metro transported 56,739 fans to the
game on the shuttles. And, that number does not include the thousands
who took regular bus service to the home games. For the 2005 regular
season games, the shuttles averaged about 250 more riders per game this
year over last.
The shuttle service provided this season was the same as previous
seasons except that the Downtown Transit Tunnel was not available after
late September. Knowing that, Metro made pre-season adjustments to
create new pick-up and drop-off points, and the park-and-ride shuttle
service ran without any disruptions.
The successful transportation scheme continued into the playoffs for the
Jan. 14 game against the Redskins and the Jan. 22 conference
championship win over the Panthers. Metro is proud of the role its
buses, drivers, and supervisors played in making the 12th Man such a big
part of the Hawks success this year. |