Tag: east link

August 23, 2019

Upcoming weekend Link closures a good chance to try biking + Last chance to take station access survey

In order to complete work necessary to connect the existing light rail line to the under-construction East Link line, Sound Transit will not operate trains between Capitol Hill and Sodo Stations for three upcoming weekends: October 12-13, October 26-27, and November 9-10. There will be a free bus serving the stations during the closure, but…
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tagged: connect 2020, east link, sound transit
June 21, 2017

Sound Transit settlement could help fund safe Mercer Island bike/walk station access

Mercer Island’s decision to sue Sound Transit and WSDOT in large part over HOV lane access on I-90 did not make the island a lot friends among people across the region who worried the lawsuit could delay and add costs to East Link light rail service. But after dropping some serious city cash on the…
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tagged: east link, mercer island, mercer island station, sound transit
October 24, 2016

Judkins Park Station is a golden opportunity to improve Rainier Ave, I-90 Trail transit access

The design for Judkins Park Station is getting closer to final, and Sound Transit wants feedback from people who bike. So get to their open house 5 – 7 p.m. Tuesday (tomorrow) at the nearby Northwest African American Museum. With the I-90 Trail essentially leading straight into the station, biking will be one of the…
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tagged: 23rd ave, east link, I-90 trail, judkins park, rainier ave
September 9, 2014

Redmond will fund Overlake Village bike/walk bridge

The City of Redmond and Sound Transit have come to a funding agreement over how to build a new biking and walking bridge over SR 520 as part of the East Link light rail station at Overlake Village. The bridge could cut a mile out of walking and biking trips for commuters and nearby residents…
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tagged: east link, overlake village, redmond, sound transit
July 29, 2014

Help make sure Judkins Park Link Station has adequate bike parking, access

Sound Transit is hosting an open house Thursday to discuss updated plans for the North Rainier/Judkins Park East Link Station, the only new Seattle station on the Eastside-bound light rail line scheduled to open in 2023. Among the vital details for station planning is secure bicycle parking and improved bicycle access for both the Rainier…
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tagged: 23rd ave, east link, judkins park, rainier ave, sound transit
December 2, 2013

Microsoft offers to fund walk/bike bridge over 520 near Overlake Transit Center

Microsoft will fund a walking and biking bridge over Highway 520, connecting the western part of their campus and the 520 Trail to the future location of the Overlake light rail station. The software giant has agreed to contribute $33.3 million dollars toward station-related work, the majority of it going to the biking and walking…
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tagged: east link, microsoft, overlake, overlake station, redmond