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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Passing on for your information.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Transit Alert Route 255 is revised to serve the University of Washington Link light rail station<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><a name="gd_top"></a></td><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span></tr></table><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span><p><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Beginning Saturday, March 21, Metro Route 255 </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial terminal",serif'><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDAzMjEuMTkwOTU2NTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2tpbmdjb3VudHkuZ292L2RlcHRzL3RyYW5zcG9ydGF0aW9uL21ldHJvL3NjaGVkdWxlcy1tYXBzL3NlcnZpY2UtY2hhbmdlLmFzcHgifQ.l4mbvwwO8GFu3z3itICKBJog8-QJ6gAqstmhdU4SnW8/br/76450331136-l"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>is revised</span></a></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> to operate between the Totem Lake Transit Center and the University of Washington Link light rail station.</span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><u><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#23221F'>Background & process<br></span></u><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#23221F'>With growing traffic congestion in downtown Seattle and on the freeways feeding downtown, Route 255 service has become slower and less reliable.</span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#23221F'>Link light rail provides a fast, frequent and reliable alternative between UW Station and downtown Seattle. By shortening Route 255, the savings are being reinvested to improve service frequency to at least every 15 minutes all day, seven days a week until about 10:00 PM. </span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#23221F'>Metro and other agencies arrived at these revisions and net service improvements after extensive community involvement over the past year.</span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><u><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#23221F'>Routing & schedule revisions</span></u><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#23221F'> <br><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDAzMjEuMTkwOTU2NTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21ldHJvLmtpbmdjb3VudHkuZ292L2FsZXJ0cy9wZGYvU0EtcnQyNTUtc2VydmljZS1yZXZpc2lvbi1tYXIyMS11Zm4ucGRmIn0.3dAcZtBHQnzcd9ahykV-ni4xsFW6NILOdXx-TMXC6KE/br/76450331136-l" target="_blank">Route 255 has been shortened</a> to connect with Link light rail at University of Washington Station and will no longer directly serve downtown Seattle.</span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#23221F'>On the Eastside, all trips begin and end at the Totem Lake Transit Center, no longer serving the Kingsgate neighborhood.</span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#23221F'>Weekday service is from 5:00 AM to 12:00 Midnight, operating at least every 15 minutes between 6:00 AM and 10:00 PM.</span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#23221F'>Weekend service is from 6:00 AM to 12:00 Midnight, every 15 minutes between 8:00 AM and 10:00 PM </span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#23221F'>Route 255 serves the Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, Kingsgate, South Kirkland, and Evergreen Point park and ride lots.</span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><u><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>UW Station<br></span></u><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#23221F'>At UW Station, riders of Route 255, and Sound Transit routes 541 and 542 from the Eastside exit at new Bay 4, northbound on Montlake Blvd NE. </span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Heading toward Totem Lake, Route 255 serves Bay 3, southbound on Montlake Blvd. </span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Riders heading into and out of the Link station are always encouraged to use designated pedestrian walkways. </span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><u><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>March 21 & 22 – Connect 2020 service exceptions<br></span></u><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>On Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22, Link light rail service </span><span lang=EN><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDAzMjEuMTkwOTU2NTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21ldHJvLmtpbmdjb3VudHkuZ292L2FsZXJ0cy9wZGYvYzIwMjAtMjAtbGlua3NodXR0bGUtd2Vla2VuZC1kc3R0LWNsb3N1cmVzLW1hci0yMDIwLnBkZiJ9.NxeatxmOo10AEZq5Ec2gx3Kc_coBhCBlO9VYG0Dfl6w/br/76450331136-l"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>will not operate</span></a></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> between Capitol Hill and Stadium Stations in downtown Seattle during the last of Sound Transit’s Connect 2020 construction work.</span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Route 255 riders heading toward downtown Seattle can transfer to Link at UW Station, then to a Link shuttle bus at Capitol Hill Station, or to ST Route 545 on SR 520 at Evergreen Point Station, to continue into downtown Seattle. </span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Heading toward Totem Lake from downtown Seattle, Route 255 riders may board the northbound Link shuttle bus at the </span><span lang=EN><a 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