Picture This!
What's
new this week in transportation
Metro opens new season of special service 
Artwork for the cover of the 2001 "Take Metro
to the Ball Game" brochure [enlarged view:
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With the return of baseball to SAFECO Field, Metro
opens a new season of special service for special events, starting with
express bus service between Seattle Mariners home games and Metro park-and-ride lots in north, south and east King County.
The Mariners special service operates in both
directions for all weekend and holiday games, and post-game only for
weekday evening games that start after 5 p.m. There is no extra
service for six weekday afternoon games that start before 5 p.m.; on
those days fans should use regular bus service or share rides.
Fare on the special limited-stop service is $2.50
per person, cash only, each way. Passes and transfers are not accepted. On
Sundays only, seniors ride for $1 cash each way. At all times, children
aged 5 and younger ride free. Go to Metro Online for full details on
Mariners
special service and a map of post-game
boarding locations. You can also call (206) 553-3000 (voice) or
(206) 684-1739 (TTY).
Metro also provides plenty of regularly scheduled bus service to or near
SAFECO Field. Any bus that travels along First or Fourth Avenues South or
the Metro Busway stops within easy walking distance of the ballpark.
Sound Transit will also operate one Sounder train
for Sunday games with 1:35 p.m. start times. The Sounder train will serve
the Tacoma Dome, Puyallup, Sumner, Auburn, Kent and Tukwila
stations. For full details see Sounder
special service.
Metro leads the nation in providing the most-used
special service to sports events, based on surveys with other
agencies. Metro set a single weekend record last August when
special shuttles carried more than 75,000 people to Seahawks football at Husky Stadium, the hydroplane races on Lake Washington, and U.S. Navy ships docked in Elliott Bay--despite the emergency closure of one lane of the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge because of tugboat damage.
And Metro has more special service coming up this spring:
- Emerald Downs racetrack: Same weekend service as last year starting
April 21
- Northwest Folklife Festival: Shuttles between Seattle Center and downtown, and
between Seattle Center
and Northgate, over the Memorial Day weekend
Related links
Metro Online Mariners
special service 2001
Sound Transit Sounder
Rail
Mariners "Home Run Service"
Seattle Mariners
Web site
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