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King County Metro Transit and Sound Transit want to hear from you about potential bus service changes

Changes are being considered for the following areas:

• Bellevue
• Kirkland
• Redmond
• Juanita
• Finn Hill
• Kingsgate
• Woodinville
• Duvall

King County Metro and Sound Transit are working together to propose potential changes to bus service in Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Juanita, Finn Hill, Kingsgate, Woodinville and Duvall. These changes, which will be phased in as resources allow, include new service in some areas and changes to existing routes. Some service might be shifted to under-served areas. Your comments will help Metro and Sound Transit decide which, if any, of these changes to make.

In this newsletter, you will find:

• descriptions of the potential changes;
• maps showing the potential changes;
• the reasons behind each potential change;

• changes to routes 222, 230, 232, 233, 234, 236, 238, 249, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 257, 265, 271, 272, 311, 540, 545, and 935;
• new routes 221, 224, 227, 235, 248 and 644;
• replacement of routes 225, 229, and 926 with new service; and
• discontinuation of routes 220, 237, 243, 247, 250, 256, 260, 261 266, 277, 291, and 922.
• No changes are being considered for routes 240, 242, 245, 268, 269, 280, 306, 312, 342, 522, 554, 555, 556, 560, 564, 565, and 921.

The comment period is over, thank you for your comments.

• Public meetings schedule
• Why make changes?
• Letter from Kevin Desmond, General Manager, King County Metro Transit
• Chart: How new service might replace current service
• Bellevue and Redmond connections via Overlake, East Bellevue, and NE 8th Street and map 1-Option A; map 2-Option B
• Northup Way revised service options and map 3-Option A; map 4-Option B
• Kirkland service and map 5
• Sound Transit service and the Kirkland-Redmond-Duvall network and map 6; map 7
• Factoria-Overlake-Redmond service and map 8
• I-405 North peak-only services and map 9
• Discontinued peak-only routes
• Potential service changes: Route frequency span
• Online Questionnaire
• Coming in June, New Route 644 and map 10

Drop in at an open house or stop by an information table to share your ideas with Metro Transit planners.

Information Table
Tuesday, April 25, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Bellevue Transit Center
108th Avenue NE & NE 6th Street in Bellevue

Served by routes 220, 222, 230, 232, 233, 234, 237, 240, 243, 249, 253, 261, 271, 342, 530, 532, 535, 555, 555, 556, 560, 564, 565, 630, 921

Open House
Wednesday, April 26, 5:30 to 8 p.m.
new Redmond City Hall, foyer
15670 NE 85th St., Redmond
Also featuring City of Redmond transportation plans.

Served by routes 220, 230, 232, 249, 250, 251, 253, 254, 265, 266, 291, 540, 545, 922 and 929

Open House
Thursday, April 27, 5:30 to 8 p.m.
new Bellevue City Hall, IE-108
450 110th Ave. NE, Bellevue
Also featuring City of Bellevue transportation plans.

Served by routes 220, 222, 230, 232, 233, 234, 237, 240, 243, 249, 253, 261, 271, 342, 530, 532, 535, 555, 555, 556, 560, 564, 565, 630, 921

Information Table
Saturday, April 29, 10 a.m. to noon
Duvall Safeway Food & Drug
14020 Main St., Duvall

Open House
Wednesday, May 3, 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Kirkland Senior Center
352 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland
Also featuring City of Kirkland transportation plans.

Served by routes 230, 234, 236, 238, 245, 251, 254, 255 and 540

Information Table
Saturday, May 6, noon to 3 p.m.
Crossroads Mall at Bellevue, Market Stage
15600 NE 8th St., Bellevue

Served by routes 230, 245 and 253

Produced by Community Relations,
King County Department of Transportation
April 2006

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