Transportation

When It Rains, It Pours Americano

Bear with me for a moment here. Imagine you’re playing Super Mario World. You’ve just conquered the Forest of Illusion, but have yet to reach the Valley of Bowser. You find yourself in a wondrous place called Chocolate Island, where, true to its name, there’s chocolate at every turn. What’s more, the land is inhabited by wonderful creatures, such as the bounding, fire-breathing triceratops. I mean, a triceratops is awesome enough, but ONE THAT SHOOTS FIRE? That’s almost too awesome to…

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Bus revisions include Wallingford routes

Beginning Saturday, October 2, Metro riders will see a few changes made to some of the bus routes in the neighborhood.  We’ve listed below those services added and discontinued to the most frequently used routes.  Check Metro’s website for a full list of service changes if you don’t see your route listed here. Routes with added service: Route 5 On weekdays, two trips will be added each day to improve service frequency from downtown Seattle to Greenwood Ave N & N…

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Family Fourth Road Closures

It can sure be a blast to live in Lower Wallingford on the Fourth of July.  It can also be a serious pain in the ass if you're trying to move through the lower 'hood by car.   We visited the Family Fourth website for traffic info, and here's what we came up with based on this year's website & last year's instructions from the city. Beginning at noon on Sunday, July 4th, areas north of Gas Work Park will be restricted…

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Let The I-5 Noise Abatement Begin!

With any luck, southeast Wallingford may have its wish granted for less noise from the I-5 Express Lanes overhead--at least that's WSDOT's goal as it begins its I-5 Ship Canal Noise Study; but don't break out the bubbly to celebrate just yet.  The study involves installing 700 noise absorbing panels on the ceiling of the Express Lanes over the south end of the Ship Canal Bridge, and they'll be monitoring the noise levels for three years for their effectiveness before securing…

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Major changes to King County Metro

Our local public transit system is making some major changes in 2010. Along with the usual fare increase (its $0.25 this time), they're also switching everything over to the new ORCA card system. I ordered mine and added a PugetPass online. It was fairly straightforward. If you usually use transit passes, you'll need to get one of these new cards (unless you get them from your work - they'll take care of it for you). Get one before Feb. 1st -…

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