Transportation

Walk, Bike, Ride Challenge

Once again ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it's time for Seattle Department of Transportation's (SDOT's) summer Walk Bike Ride Challenge, a friendly neighborhood competition where you have a chance to win the following fabulous prizes simply by switching at least two car trips per week to walking, biking or transit: ·         An electric bike from Electric Bikes Northwest ·         An overnight stay at Pan Pacific Hotel in South Lake Union ·         A Zipcar 1-year membership & 5+ hours of driving credit ·         $100 Nordstrom gift card (courtesy of Commute Seattle) ·         $100 REI gift card ·         $100…

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Transit Corridor on 45th

I spent one long, cold year living in Minnesota, where the locals joke that there are only two seasons: Winter and Road Construction. Lately, I’ve been feeling like the same could be said here in Seattle, especially when I try to navigate 45th Street (which, like any good Wallingfordian, I avoid as often as possible). To find out the purpose of the construction on 45th, I contacted SDOT’s Jeff Bender, who helpfully explained the project. The construction along 45th is part…

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Metro: No plans to eliminate Route 26

Looks like Wallingfordians took Metro up on it's offer to "Have a Say" regarding its proposed system-wide restructure. You may recall, there were many advocates who wanted Metro to keep Route 26. Now, with a new round of changes to the proposal, King County Metro has decided the following: Routes 26, 28X, 31, 40 (now numbered as Route 20), 48X, 355X, and the Water Taxi shuttles operated by the King County Ferry District (Routes 773 and 775) were previously included as…

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Update on the future of Route 26

Email subscribers to King County Metro's bulletins received an update on Wednesday about a meeting that's scheduled for next Tuesday, January 10: "The Metropolitan King County Council’s Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee will continue its discussion about Metro Transit’s recommended service changes for June 2012." A copy of that email appears below. If you scroll down to the "Background" part of the email, you'll notice that Routes 26 and 26x aren't mentioned among the routes affected by the service change in June.…

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Protest may cause traffic delays around UW

If you commute using the 520 and the Montlake Bridge, your afternoon trip home today may be a little more hellish than usual. A protest is planned at UW (Thursday, November 17) beginning at 4:30pm. We received a tip with an email from an unidentified source that read, "Organizers have put the word out that large groups of protesters are planning to block the Montlake Bridge and potentially State Route 520, disrupting traffic and transit beginning around 4:15 pm." But after…

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Metro Meeting at QFC – Take Two

Well, I can honestly say that your feedback about Metro dissing Wallingford actually did have some impact----at least enough to warrant having another info table (this time, manned) at QFC. Here's what Linda Thielke from King County Department of Transportation wrote today: As many of you have reported, Metro was supposed to have had an info table at the Wallingford QFC last Sunday to talk with people about proposed bus changes for 2012. Unfortunately, we had a scheduling problem and couldn’t…

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Metro disses Wallingford

You may recall that Metro was supposed to have an "information table" at the QFC on 45th from 4-6pm Sunday.  Reader Ju wrote to let us know that the event was, shall we say... unspectacular.  Here's what Ju had to say yesterday: Hi Wallyhood, According to http://metro.kingcounty.gov/have-a-say/calendar.html, KC Metro was going to have an "information table" at the Wallingford QFC today from 4-6pm with information about proposed changes to the bus system in 2012, including eliminating the route 26. By the…

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