Picture This!
What's
new this week in transportation
New 'Inside
Transportation' cable TV program debuts
Metro Transit General Manager Rick Walsh (left) and Community Relations Supervisor Betty Gulledge-Bennett (center) are among the
first guests to be interviewed by host Heather Follings on "Inside
Transportation," a new King County Civic Television program now airing on CTV. See an alternate on-set photo with Follings and Steve Johnston, King County's "Gee-Man" [enlarged
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Tune in at various times
throughout the week for a new half-hour program on King County Civic Television that is designed to help you understand and better use the transportation options available to
you.
"Inside Transportation" is hosted by Heather Follings of Metro Transit's Commute Trip Reduction office. Guests on the premiere episode are:
- Maria Van Horn from Road Services and
Road Use Investigator Kerry Taniguchi, talking about the "Walk Smart" child pedestrian safety campaign. They offer tips to parents on teaching their kids to
stop, look and listen for traffic; not dart from between parked cars;
and how to make them more visible to traffic through the use of
reflective tape and stickers on clothes and backpacks.
- Metro Transit General Manager Rick Walsh and Betty Gulledge-Bennett,
KCDOT community relations supervisor, on what it takes to change bus
routes and schedules. Walsh also talks about the expansion of bus
service, especially on the Eastside, that was implemented in the most
recent service change in September.
- Steve Johnston, King County's "Gee-Man" and
former Seattle Times columnist, on access to transportation services by
people with disabilities. His most recent column can be
read here.
The show airs at various
unscheduled times during the week. You can
request that it be shown for you by contacting
CTV at (206) 296-0300 or emailing them at
ctv@metrokc.gov.
Thanks for watching and please let us know what you think
about this program, or if you have suggestions for what you'd like
to see on future programs. "Inside Transportation" is a presentation of the King County Department of Transportation Public Affairs Unit.
CTV can be viewed on:
AT&T Cable Services -- Channel 22 in most
areas of King County
Millennium Digital Media -- Channel 72 or 80
in downtown Seattle and lower Queen Anne.
The taped inserts seen in the show can also be viewed online as
streaming videos by clicking on the links below
[If you do not have a viewer defined for RAM-formatted files, please
download the RealPlayer
software]:
- A short video on the
Metro Transit Service Change, with a
rare look behind the scenes at how route and schedule changes are
planned and implemented.
Related links
"Inside
Transportation" Web page
CTV -- King County Civic
Television
"Walk Smart" videos
Metro
Transit Service Change video
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