Tuesday, September 02, 2008
All But the Train
Back when I first ran for the council, I was commuting by bus to and from Seattle. I sure don't miss that commute. Some folks don't have much of a choice but to make that trip. There are a lot of jobs in Seattle. And so we're delighted to hear of the opening of the new Lakewood commuter station and parking garage. No, there's still no train yet, but it will offer 600 parking spaces and a new bus route, the 599, to get people to the train. Read more about the 599 and this station at the Sound Transit site.The grand opening will be 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20. You've probably seen the darn thing going up and know where it is, but if not, the address is 11424 Pacific Highway SW, across from Lakewood Ford.
And this, says Sound Transit, is what the station will look like when the train starts running. Given the reliability of predictions, I don't think we need even bother printing the latest projection.
