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Redmond Downtown Transit Center and TOD

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• Redmond Downtown Transit Center
• Transit-oriented development

The King County Department of Transportation, the City of Redmond (www.redmond.gov), and Sound Transit (www.soundtransit.org) are jointly developing a new Redmond Downtown Transit Center with an adjacent transit-oriented development (TOD). The new transit center is located at the site of the existing bus transfer facility, while the TOD will be built on Metro’s Redmond Downtown Park-and-Ride Lot. The Transit Center is scheduled to open in early 2008.

Redmond Downtown Transit Center

The Redmond Downtown Transit Center project consists of modifications to NE 83rd Street between 161st Avenue NE and 164th Avenue NE. Improvements will increase transit passenger loading capacity, expand the bus loop north of NE 83rd Street to improve transit operations, and add bus layover capacity to the loop. Planned features include custom architectural transit passenger shelters and a streetscape design that complements the existing City of Redmond Skate Park.

The new transit center will improve safety by providing continuous sidewalks on both sides of NE 83rd Street. Other improvements will include more visible pedestrian crossings, better site distances for buses using the turnaround, and fewer vehicle/bus/pedestrian conflicts due to removing the middle park-and-ride driveway. The addition of off-street layover space and the transit turnaround will significantly improve transit efficiency. These two elements allow King County Metro Transit to invest service hours in carrying passengers instead of “deadheading” empty buses to satellite layover locations.

The transit center will support the development of NE 83rd Street as a pedestrian-friendly local street in downtown Redmond that is integrated into the surrounding neighborhood.

Transit-oriented development

The City of Redmond’s Downtown Transportation Master Plan for public transportation investments is designed to help facilitate full development of the downtown urban center. Key to this concept is a TOD design district that will provide regulatory guidelines and implementation strategies appropriate for land uses that support transit. The community’s vision for downtown embraces a mix of residential, employment, retail, and recreational opportunities. The future of downtown Redmond is envisioned as an urban neighborhood where people can live and work, and where automobile use is an option, not a requirement.

With the city’s input, the King County Department of Transportation has planned for future transit-oriented development of the 4.8-acre Metro Transit park-and-ride lot. The TOD will include maintaining Metro’s existing 386 park-and-ride stalls on the site. The county has selected a development partner to develop a mixed-use housing project.

The TOD is scheduled to begin construction in fall 2007, with construction of the garage to take place in 2008-2009.

Last update: November 19, 2007