Overlake Transit Center/NE 40th

Description

The Overlake Transit Facility at Northeast 40th Street, which opened in February 2002, is the result of a partnership between Sound Transit, King County Metro Transit, the City of Redmond, and the Microsoft Corporation. It is a local and regional transit hub, providing a park-and-ride lot with 209 parking spaces, and a convenient transfer site for riders using buses operated by Sound Transit and Metro and for private shuttle services operated by employers in the Overlake area. It will be a major transit access point in the Overlake/Redmond community.

Public art has been integrated into the project and is functional as well as artistic. The main element is a circular compass design that serves as an east-west orientation line for pedestrians

The Microsoft Shuttle Operations Building was completed in July 2002. The Rider Services Building housing customer information, a bike station, the Greater Redmond Transportation Management Association, a Redmond police outpost, a concessionaire and driver restrooms were completed April 2003. The buildings have monitors that display real-time bus arrival information.

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Project Facts

Location:  

Northeast 40th Street and 156th Avenue Northeast
 
Sound Transit Budget:  

$11.1 million
 
Planning Partners:  

Sound Transit
City or Redmond
Metro
Microsoft Corporation
Federal Transit Administration
Greater Redmond Transportation Management Association
WA State Department of Transportation

 
Consultants and Contractors:  

Engineering/Design: HNTB
Construction:
Wilder Construction, basic project
Howard S. Wright, Shuttle Operations Building
Bayley Construction, Rider Services Building
 
Project Timeline:  

Project start: Fall 1997
Transit center/park-and-ride lot: opened February 2002
Shuttle operations building: opened summer 2002
Rider service building: opened April 2003

 

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