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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.

Updated:  January 26, 2006

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