Transit Alert – Ride transit to weekend hiking and community activities; expect some reroutes & delays due to planned events and construction; text your stop ID to 62550

Some King County area transit service will be affected by community and construction
events and activities this weekend.

Transit reroute start and end times, routing, and other details may be subject to change.
Use regularly published timetables, allow plenty of travel time and expect possible
delays.

Even when it is affected by traffic, construction, temporary reroutes or delays, riding
transit and Link Light rail are still a great ways to get around our community and to most
local events and activities, where there is usually congestion and limited parking.

Text for departures
At - or on your way to - your stop, text your transit stop ID to 62550 to find out when the
next transit service is scheduled or predicted at your stop.

Weekend highlights
SR-99 southbound between Battery St & Spokane St
From Friday evening, October 12 at 9:00 PM, through Monday morning, October 15 at
5:00 AM, transit service that travels south along SR-99 between Battery St and
Spokane St will be rerouted off of the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Northbound service will not
be affected.

WSDOT’s ‘Revive I-5’ weekend lane restrictions
Buses traveling on northbound I-5 between Martin Luther King Jr Way S and Olive Way
may be delayed or rerouted due to lane reductions associated with Washington State
Department of Transportation’s Revive I-5 project.

Transit riders should expect service delays on surface streets adjacent to this section of
the I-5 corridor.  I-5 buses may be rerouted to surface streets, causing delays, but no
changes to bus stops served.

Rainier Avenue at I-90 will be closed for up to three weekends in October
Metro routes 7 and 106 will be rerouted in both directions off of Rainier Av S between S
Massachusetts St and S Jackson St, and may be delayed due to construction of
Judkins Park Station for the Sound Transit East Link expansion.

Trailhead Direct – seasonal weekend service to hiking trails
The 2018 season for Trailhead Direct will end at the end of service on Sunday, October
28.
Three Trailhead Direct routes provide service to the Issaquah Alps, Mount Si & Mt
Teneriffe, and Mailbox Peak trailheads.

Riding Trailhead Direct requires payment of a regular Metro fare in both directions with
cash, ORCA or the Transit GO mobile app.

Hike safely. Take plenty of water; let someone know where you are going, and be
aware that cell service availability may be limited.

Sign up for Trailhead Direct service advisories under the ‘Metro Community
Connections’ category, or check for updates before you go.

Saturday, October 13
Puget Sound Heart Walk
On Saturday, October 13, from 7:00 to 11:00 AM, Metro routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11,
13, 24, 26, 28, 33, 40, 47, 49, 62, 70, 131, 132, the RapidRide C, D & E lines, and
Sound Transit Express routes 522, 545 and 554 will be rerouted in the Belltown and
downtown Seattle areas during the Puget Sound Heart Walk.

Sunday, October 14
Dawg Dash
On Sunday, October 14, from the start of service until 11:00 AM, Metro routes 32, 43,
44, 48, 49, 67, 70, 75, 271 and 372 will be rerouted off the University of Washington
campus and a portion of 15th Av NE during the Dawg Dash event.

Construction
Known planned construction-related impacts to transit service are posted in Metro’s
online Service Advisories table and sent to Transit Alert subscribers.  It’s a good idea to
sign up for Transit Alerts or otherwise check for a service advisory before you travel.

Additional information
Visit Metro’s website for complete information about Metro and regional transportation
services.

See Metro’s Service Advisories page for information about revised Metro bus service,
routing and stops for most planned events.

Sign up for Transit Alerts or check for a service advisory before you travel.

Use Metro’s online or mobile regional Puget Sound Trip Planner to plan your travel, and
for information about bus stops, schedules, predicted times at stops and other
information.

Use Metro’s text for departures tool. Text your transit stop ID to 62550 to find out when
the next transit service is scheduled or predicted at your stop.

Visit the King County Water Taxi site for information about regular and holiday Water
Taxi operation.

Visit the Community Transit, Pierce Transit, Sound Transit or Washington State
Ferries websites for information about services provided by Metro’s regional transit
partners.

For non-transit traffic or other local updates, check media sources,
follow @seattledot or visit
 - https://twitter.com/seattledot
 - https://twitter.com/SeattlePD    
or other relevant sites.

Thank you for riding and for using Metro’s services.