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Old 04-10-2021, 09:17 AM
 
Location: Seattle
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Article link here: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sea...oct-2/%3famp=1

“Sound Transit’s new U District, Roosevelt and Northgate stations will open Oct. 2, agency leaders announced Friday.

The $1.9 billion, mostly tunneled extension is expected to add 45,000 daily passengers, who can travel from Northgate Station to downtown’s Westlake Station in 14 minutes.

The NHL Kraken hockey-team headquarters and ice rinks that are being developed at Northgate and a walk-bike bridge across Interstate 5 to North Seattle College should attract train riders. King County Metro Transit will increase bus trips to the three stations in a service change this fall.

The grand opening comes later than the September target set by Sound Transit. Agency staff attribute the delay to COVID-19 related construction disruptions. An Oct. 2 start date is also more manageable because there’s not a Huskies football game that Saturday, said spokesman John Gallagher.

Officials have yet to determine what celebrations will occur in the stations Oct. 2, but parties were held in 2009 and 2016 grand openings.”
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Old 04-10-2021, 09:30 AM
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Yay! It seems like it's been forever and yet just yesterday since implementation of the light rail network began.
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Old 04-11-2021, 10:02 AM
 
Location: Seattle
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I'm stoked to be able to reach U District and Roosevelt/Greenlake on the train. Also can't wait for Bellevue Square eventually...!
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Old 04-11-2021, 10:13 AM
 
Location: Seattle, WA
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I'm stoked to be able to reach U District and Roosevelt/Greenlake on the train. Also can't wait for Bellevue Square eventually...!
Just saw Kemper Freeman wearing a mask and walking outside Cactus yesterday. He seemed in good spirit and vigor.
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Old 04-11-2021, 11:52 AM
 
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Once the Bellevue and Redmond stations open in 2023/24, it is going to be a game changer for Seattle metro area..
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Old 04-11-2021, 12:08 PM
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Just saw Kemper Freeman wearing a mask and walking outside Cactus yesterday. He seemed in good spirit and vigor.
I chuckled at this and have to assume it is tongue in cheek, since Kemper Freeman mounted such vigorous opposition against light rail service to the Eastside. It merits mention since otherwise the joke would go right over the heads of most C-Ders.
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Old 04-11-2021, 05:44 PM
 
Location: Seattle, WA
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Yes, tongue in cheek. Though I really was surprised that he looked to be in such good spirits since all his businesses on Bellevue Way had a very tough year with the closures and vandalism. Foot traffic even today seems to be less than half of peak levels. Freeman was also a Trump donor, and likely dislikes the current direction of the country.
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Old 04-11-2021, 09:39 PM
 
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Just saw Kemper Freeman wearing a mask and walking outside Cactus yesterday. He seemed in good spirit and vigor.
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Freeman, the patron saint of hatred for public transit. Think how many years he fought light rail to Bellevue with that ridiculous lawsuit. How he must hate the idea of the East Link Extension. Excellent!
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Old 04-12-2021, 11:05 AM
 
Location: Seattle
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I can't wait to bring my seattle riff-raff over to his domain.
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