

Other improvements planned this year are: The agents will cover stations 16 hours a day, answering questions, giving directions and helping riders as needed. A station agent has been at the SeaTac/Airport station for several years and at Sounder Stations since that service started. Station agents will be introduced at the Northgate and Westlake stations as part of a 1-year pilot program. The Sound Transit and Community Transit Boards of Directors will approve the final proposal in the summer of 2020.Increased security isn’t the only improvement Sound Transit has planned. The agencies will consider the feedback they receive to refine the plan, which they will present to the public in the spring of 2020. Select outreach events are listed on the online open house webpage. 31, 2019.Ĭommunity Transit and Sound Transit will also conduct in-person outreach at locations throughout Snohomish County.

The public is invited to learn more about the Link Connections: Northgate bus restructure project and provide comments via an online open house through Dec. Find out more on Metro’s North Link Connections webpage. Metro expects to invite public feedback on concepts for change in January 2020. Changes to service may occur in North Seattle, U-District, Shoreline, Bothell, Kenmore, Lake Forest Park and Woodinville. King County Metro Transit will change bus service to connect to new Link stations. The shorter, more reliable bus trips would run more often as a result, including more midday and afternoon service.Ĭommunity Transit 400 series buses serving downtown Seattle would continue service unchanged, as would the Sound Transit Sounder train service between Everett and Seattle. Community Transit routes 810, 821, 855, 860, 871 and 880 that currently run to the University of Washington campus would connect to Link at Northgate instead.The shorter, more reliable bus trips would run more often as a result, including more midday and weekend service. Sound Transit Express routes 510, 511, 512 and 513 that currently run between Snohomish County and downtown Seattle would connect to Link at Northgate instead.Potential changes to Snohomish County bus service include: Travel time on Link from Northgate to the U District is expected to take six minutes Northgate to downtown Seattle will take 14 minutes. Link light-rail trains will depart Northgate every six minutes during peak hours. The agencies are requesting feedback on a draft plan to connect some commuter routes to the Link Red Line at the new Northgate Station when it opens in 2021. Community Transit and Sound Transit are considering bus service changes to connect riders with fast, reliable service to the University of Washington and downtown Seattle as Link light rail expands north toward Snohomish County.
