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Park-and-Ride lot expansion

As many weekday commuters know, park-and-ride spaces in King County are getting tougher to find.  But there’s good news ahead for commuters vying for spaces at busy park-and-ride lots such as Eastgate. [Enlarged view, 126 KB]

To meet the growing demand for more park-and-ride spaces, King County Executive Sims this week announced a regional three-year effort to bring 6,420 new spaces to park-and-ride lots all across the county.  The Executive was up early Wednesday morning to greet commuters at one of King County’s busiest park-and-ride lots, the Eastgate lot, and talk directly with them about those plans. He and Metro staff passed out questionnaires and asked commuters to share their thoughts about the kinds of improvements they would like to see to make their daily trip run more smoothly.  

If you didn’t have an opportunity to talk with the Executive and Metro staff during one of these visits, you can share your comments about the Northgate and Eastgate Park-and-Ride lots on-line. 

The Executive will also greet commuters at 3 other Park-and-Rides next month.

Thursday, March 8^th, 7:00 a.m.        
Star Lake Park-and-Ride 
27015 26^th Avenue South, Kent     

Tuesday, March 13^th, 7:00 a.m.
Issaquah Park-and-Ride
1050 17^th Avenue Northwest, Issaquah

Thursday, March 15th, 6:00 a.m. 
Northgate Transit Center and Park-and-Ride lot
10200 1^st Avenue Northeast, Seattle

Related links

"More places to park, then ride," by George Foster, Seattle P-I, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2001
"'Major' park-and-ride boost planned," Daily Journal of Commerce, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2001
King County Executive's Park-and-Rides Initiative
"Major transit Park-and-Ride expansion planned for King County," news release, Feb. 26, 2001
King County DOT Park and Ride lot information
Eastgate Park and Ride expansion project
Eastgate Park and Ride project e-mail subscriptions

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