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Applications due this week to serve on Metro sounding boards Metro is recruiting members for community advisory panels to provide advice on three large transit projects. The deadlines for applications are this week for the following: Ballard-Interbay – Metro in consultation with the city of Seattle, is planning new bus rapid transit service called RapidRide for the Ballard-Interbay-Uptown Queen Anne corridor. A community advisory panel is needed to advise Metro about RapidRide routing, stop locations and other matters. Applications are due by Friday, Aug. 1. Southeast Seattle – Bus service changes are coming in 2009 to neighborhoods in Southeast Seattle and Skyway/West Hill in conjunction with the debut of Link light rail service next summer. A sounding board of community members is needed to focus on possible changes for southeast Seattle and Skyway/West Hill. The application deadline is Thursday, July 31. Southwest King County – The third advisory group will focus on bus service changes for the Tukwila, Highline, and SeaTac areas affected both by the coming of light rail service and Metro’s RapidRide line on Pacific Highway South. The application deadline for this group is also Thursday, July 31.
More information about all the projects is available on
Metro Online.
Metro is teaming up with
Seafair to provide special shuttle service on Saturday and Sunday to the
Seafair hydro races on Lake Washington.
The shuttles will operate approximately every 15 minutes from both locations on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, shuttle service starts around 7 a.m. On Sunday, it starts around 6 a.m. The roundtrip fare is $5, and will be collected by Seafair staff when you board. There will be no Metro special service to the pits from either location on Friday. Blue Angels roar back to town; watch for I-90 bridge closures
With a roar through the air and a flash in the skies, the U.S. Navy Blue
Angels are back at King
County International Airport at Boeing Field (KCIA) to take part in
this weekend’s Seafair Airshow.
As in past years, the Blue Angel pilots and support crew will make time in their busy schedules to talk to students enrolled at the Aviation High School and in KCIA’s “Opportunity Skyway” program. These visits help put a face to the students’ aviation studies. The Blue Angels arrived early this year, and will practice that Thursday and Friday over the hydro racecourse on Lake Washington south of Interstate 90. The big Seafair Airshow is set for 1:30 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 2 and 3.
Motorists and bus passengers should note that the Interstate 90 floating
bridge will be closed for the practice and show during the following
times: •Friday, Aug. 1 – 12:45 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. – with express lanes closed from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
•Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 2 & 3 – 12:45 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. – with
express lanes closed from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A great time was had by aviation and history buffs alike Friday and
Saturday, as King County International Airport at Boeing Field
celebrated its 80th anniversary.
Hundreds of people turned out on Saturday to visit the airport, check out the displays, and watch teams of people try to pull a 767 cargo plane across the tarmac. |
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