Tag: sound transit
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Wilburton Station is destined to be a major bike/transit hub of the Eastside
To celebrate Sound Transit’s 2 Line opening over the weekend, my kid and I biked across the 520 Bridge to a station that seems destined to play a special role in connecting biking and transit on Eastside. The newly-opened Wilburton Station is basically part of the EasTrail. The connection for trail users is seamless, easy…
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Watch: New Overlake Village bike/walk bridge over SR 520 opens
A bike/walk bridge connecting the 520 Trail to Sound Transit’s upcoming Overlake Village Station is now open. Hanoch at Best Side Cycling filmed a bike tour of the bridge, including its interesting forest illusion artwork by Leo Saul Berk. The $10.4 million bridge connects directly to the 520 Trail on its northwest end, and a…
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How to bike downtown during the emergency Link service disruption
Link light rail trains will only be running through the downtown transit tunnel every 32 minutes during a period starting now and lasting an estimated two weeks, Sound Transit announced Thursday evening. Mike Lindblom at the Seattle Times reported that the construction crew working on the Pine Street rebuild damaged the lid over Westlake Station…
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Some thoughts on the Chinatown-International District Station planning debate
Seattle Bike Blog is not where people usually go to read about light rail station placement debates. But as a Seattle resident who cheers for both an affordable and thriving International District as well as the best transit service we can create, it’s been tough to watch the conversation about station planning for the second…
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Trails near Judkins Park Station will get lights
Trail connections to the under-construction Judkins Park light rail station will get lighting as the city and Sound Transit work to improve station access conditions before it opens in … uh … well, at some point. Judkins Park Station is the only new Seattle station on the East Link line, and it could be one…
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