November 21, 2018 The Skanner Portland & Seattle Page 5
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King County Metro to Pause Bus Service Nov. 23 in
Remembrance of Transit Operator Mark McLaughlin
King County Metro will briefly pause all bus service at 3:20 p.m. Nov. 23, for a moment of reflection and remembrance to honor the
memory of transit operator Mark McLaughlin. McLaughlin was killed in the line of duty Nov. 27, 1998, while driving Route 359. He was
shot and his bus plunged from the Aurora Bridge at 3:20 p.m. One other passenger died, the shooter took his own life and 32 passengers
were injured. McLaughlin was 44 when he was killed. He joined Metro in 1979 and was a transit operator for 19 years. Coworkers called
him a simple, humble man, a gentle giant who was known for handing out bubblegum to his passengers.
Buses participating in the moment of remembrance will stop only where and when it is safe to do so. Buses will not pause service if
they are traveling on highways, in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel or on roadways where there is no place to safely pull over.
Metro will notify riders via transit alerts and on-board announcements in the days leading up to the moment of remembrance. In
publicizing in advance our intent to pause service, Metro also extends its appreciation to riders for respecting and supporting these
efforts and assures riders that transit service will quickly restart at the conclusion of the moment of remembrance.
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Red Line isn’t running, creates a 24-hour connection
to the airport. Line 20-Burnside/Stark, one of our two
24-hour bus lines, also connects to Line 272.
TriMet runs on special schedules on holidays, and
on Nov. 22, buses and MAX will operate on Sunday
schedules. TriMet’s Trip Planner and TransitTracker
will be updated for trips planned for Thanksgiving
Day and all other holidays.
Passengers can reach the agency’s Rider Support
team 24 hours a day via text message at 503-238-7433
and on Twitter at @trimethelp. Staff also answers
phones and will reply to your online submissions
(sent to https://support.trimet.org/hc/en-us) from
7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. seven days a week.
Seattle News Briefs
King
County
Metro
Transit
Delayed
Nov. 23
On
Nov.
23, transit service that operates through downtown
Seattle along 4th Avenue and near Westlake Center
will be rerouted or delayed due to street closures and
traffic associated with the Macy’s Holiday Parade in
the morning and the Westlake Tree Lighting in the
evening.
Metro routes 10, 11, 41, 43, 47, 49, 74, 76, 77, 111, 114,
143, 157, 158, 159, 177, 178, 179, 190, 192, 212, 214, 216,
217, 218, 219, 252, 257, 268, 301, 311, 312, 316 and Sound
Transit Express routes 522, 545 and 554 will be di-
rectly affected by these events. It is expected that
most other transit service in the downtown Seattle
area will experience schedule delays due to crowds
and traffic.
Visit Metro’s Service Advisories page (https://king-
county.gov/depts/transportation/metro/alerts-up-
dates.aspx) for complete information about revised
bus service, routing and stops for all planned events.
Transit reroute start and end times may be subject to
change.
Visit Metro’s online regional Puget Sound Trip
Planner (http://tripplanner.kingcounty.gov/) to plan
your travel, and for bus stop, schedule and other in-
formation, including predicted times at stops.
Thank you for riding and for using Metro’s ser-
vices.
Durkan Announces Seattle Will
Invest in 91 New Affordable Homes
on City-Owned Property in Uptown
Adjacent to Seattle Center
Mayor Jenny A. Durkan was joined this week by
Uptown community members, housing advocates,
labor leaders, and arts and cultural district represen-
tatives as she announced the City of Seattle will invest
approximately $6.9 million to build 91 new affordable
homes for people experiencing long-term homeless-
ness at a City-owned site adjacent to Seattle Center.
The building will be developed by Plymouth Hous-
ing following the permanent supportive housing
model and providing 91 affordable apartments for
men and women experiencing long-term homeless-
ness. All residents will have a housing case manag-
er to help provide tailored on-site services that may
include nursing and medical care, connections to
behavioral health treatment, hospice care, veterans
counseling, and money management.
In 2018, the City of Seattle has invested ap-
proximately $90 million in affordable hous-
ing. By 2021, the City expects to have more
than 2,500 new affordable homes.
The building will pilot a Community Work-
force Agreement, which help provide true
economic opportunity into underserved
communities by working with labor unions,
local governments can establish hiring stan-
dards to bring people from low-income ar-
eas, people of color, and women – populations that
are historically underrepresented in the building
trades – into the construction industry, providing ac-
cess to apprenticeships, high-wage jobs, and benefits.
The building will also include a ground floor arts
and cultural space. Path with Art will manage the
ground floor area of the building as an arts space
available to residents and Path with Art students,
as well as a community arts resource for other com-
munity-based arts organizations. Path with Art uses
creative engagement to bring dignity, awareness, and
healing to the complexities of the issues surrounding
homelessness and recovery from trauma. The City’s
Office of Housing and the Office of Arts and Culture
worked with the Uptown Arts and Culture Coali-
tion and the Uptown Community Alliance to engage
community members and stakeholders on creating a
building that would both maximize affordable hous-
ing outcomes and create opportunities for arts and
cultural uses. This project is the first time the City has
made a joint housing and arts investment as part of
the same funding award.
The Office of Housing also worked in close partner-
ship with the Labor Equity Team at the Department
of Finance and Administrative Services and the Seat-
tle Building Trades to pilot a Community Workforce
Agreement at the site.
City of Seattle Launches Free-
Floating Bike Share Plan
WHITE DANCING ELEPHANTS: White Dancing Elephants is Cha-
ya Bhuvaneswar’s debut story collection, with 16 new works
chronicling the everyday realities of diverse women of color
and the sexual harassment and racial violence they face. Bhu-
vaneswar will be joined in conversation by Reema Zaman, au-
thor of the forthcoming memoir, I Am Yours. 7:30 p.m., Powell’s
Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne.
RYAN STOA READING: In Craft Weed, Ryan Stoa examines the
history of marijuana farming in the United States and utiliz-
es an array of interviews with growers, politicians, activists,
and investors to speculate on the future of the industry in a
post-legalization landscape. Reading at 7:30 p.m., Powell’s City
of Books, 1005 W. Burnside.
Seattle Metro
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22
SEATTLE TURKEY TROT: Before you feast on turkey and stuffing,
help feed the hungry through Ballard Food Bank by running in
Seattle’s annual turkey trot. Starts at 9 a.m., Golden Gardens
Park, 8498 Seaview Pl. NW.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23
MACY’S HOLIDAY PARADE: In celebration of the 2018 holiday sea-
son, Macy’s 28th Annual Holiday Parade will step off in down-
town Seattle at 7th Avenue and Pine Street. It travels west down
Pine Street to 5th Avenue, South on 5th Avenue to University
Street, West on University to 4th Avenue, north on 4th Avenue
and ends at Macy’s when Santa leaves his sleigh and opens San-
taland. Starts at 9 a.m. and lasts approximately one hour.
FREE STATE PARK DAY: On State Parks Free Days, you can pic-
nic and play at any of the 140 Washington State Parks for free.
Please note, free days apply only to day use (not overnight
stays or rented facilities).
FRIDAY – SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23 - 25
NATIVE GIFT FAIR & ART MARKET: Find gifts for loved ones by
local Native artists and makers at this annual market. From 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., Duwamish Longhouse, 4705 W Marginal Way SW.
At Mayor Jenny A. Durkan’s direction, the Seattle
Department of Transportation (SDOT) has officially
launched its ongoing free-floating bike share pro-
gram after a successful permit pilot program. SDOT
has issued a permit to JUMP, one of three vendors
who are approved to operate their free-floating bike
share programs in Seattle. SDOT anticipates issuing
permits to Lime and Lyft in the coming weeks, giving
Seattle residents and visitors additional options for
getting around Seattle and accessing transit hubs.
Those vendors will pay a total of approximately
$1,000,000 to the City of Seattle for their annual per-
mits in 2018-2019.
Under the new permits, each vendor is permitted
6,666 bikes, which could ramp up to nearly 20,000
available bikes by Spring 2019. With their full fleet
sizes, vendors are required to make bikes avail-
able throughout Seattle and will also focus on areas
around transit hubs.
In July, at Mayor Durkan’s direction, SDOT recom-
mended to the City Council that it adopt an annually
renewable permit program, which was approved on
July 30.
Building on the success and analysis of the initial
free-floating bike share pilot program in Seattle, the
new annually renewable bike share program reflects
four key improvements, including:
1. A designated parking area program;
2. Centralized reporting tools to ensure bikes aren’t
blocking the right-of-way like sidewalks and bus
stops;
3. More focus on equity and affordability; and,
4. Fair payments by bike share companies to sup-
port the program and increase mobility.
During the bike share pilot phase, free-floating
bike share provided over two million rides. During
peak summer months like July, riders took more than
9,000 rides. Most people surveyed about using bike
share services used them before or after riding pub-
lic transportation to get to their final destinations.
Visit our resources online to learn more on Seat-
tle’s free-floating bike share programs.
