Results tagged “bus routes” from Belltowner

The City Council is delaying the vote for Seattle's new proposed streetcars. Councilwoman Sally Clark calls streetcars "a useful part of the whole transportation system." But after she scheduled a vote on her resolution in the council's Transportation Committee Tuesday City Councilwoman Jan Drago called off a vote, delaying it until later this year as a new round of questions was raised. This may put off voting for the 4 streetcar lines that would cost an estimated $685 million until after the November election.

While some neighborhoods seem keen on the idea, The Belltown Business Association is happy with just Metro service, much of it in the free zone anyway, so why would we want a streetcar that would charge fares?

I agree that things seem to be working just fine with the Metro service. What do you think?

Great news for bus commuters. Many bus routes in Ballard, Belltown, Capitol Hill, Fremont, Madison Park, Mount Baker, Queen Anne, the University District and Wallingford will be arriving more frequently starting this week. Every 15 minutes or less! And even better, buses on Routes 3 and 4 between downtown Seattle, First Hill, and the Central Area will arrive every eight minutes or less during weekday daytime hours. Hallelujah. There's nothing more obnoxious than arriving only seconds late for your bus and having to wait an entire half hour or more for the next one.

Riders will also notice increased service on the following bus routes: 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 14, 26, 28 and 44.

Click here for more information.

Lately I've been putting off buying gas until my gas gauge is well over the red zone. You know why? Because gas is stupid expensive these days and I cringe everytime I have to buy more. Unfortunately, today I pushed my luck and ran out of gas. With only moments of juice left in the car, I managed to get it to a parking spot in time. I threw my hands up in the air, and grabbed the nearest bus.

"There's no doubt that the high gas prices are motivating people to change their travel behavior," said APTA president William W. Millar. "More and more people have decided that taking public transportation is the quickest way to beat the high gas prices."says the American Public Transportation Association.

Many Belltowners work in the area and have the luxury of walking to work, but there are plenty of us that commute. Some of us are forced to fill our gas tanks up to 2 times a week. It costs the average person 50 bucks to fill their tank, so when you add things up, driving is becoming quite the expense these days!

Save yourself a buck and the Earth at the same time. Go here to check out Belltown bus routes.