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February 2012 Service Change
Please note the following changes made the weekend of February 18-19:
Route 510: Five afternoon trips added and schedule adjustments
Route 511: Two morning trips added and schedule adjustments
Route 513: Minor schedule adjustments to make better connections with Everett Transit
Route 522: Minor weekend schedule adjustments
Route 532: Schedule adjustments
Route 540: Minor schedule adjustments
Route 542: Minor schedule adjustments
Route 554: Stop change in downtown Seattle
Route 560: Significant schedule adjustments; more trips running between Burien and West Seattle
Route 566: Significant schedule adjustments
February - June 2012 transit guide >
Stay Alert & Be Smart
Small electronic devices are a favorite of thieves targeting riders. Transit police, security guards and fare enforcement officers regularly patrol the trains and platforms, but please stay alert when using cell phones or other small electronics on Link and buses.
Good advice for riders: watch a PSA by the New York Police Department >>
More about Sound Transit safety & security >>
2012 Service Implementation Plan
Each year, a draft Service Implementation Plan (SIP) is prepared by Sound Transit's Service Planning Department to guide the delivery of ST Express bus, Sounder commuter rail and Link light rail services. The Draft SIP describes service and revisions proposed for the upcoming budget year, together with preliminary proposals and financial estimates for the subsequent five-year period.
Now we're asking for public comments. Join us at an upcomping public meeting, or read the plan and provide feedback online. Complete details on our Service planning page >
Transit on the SR 520 bridge: Ride the bus, skip the toll!
ST Express buses make frequent trips every weekday across the SR 520 and I-90 bridges-even more during morning and afternoon rush hours. When you ride the bus, you don't have to pay the new SR 520 toll!
Buses are a toll-free, stress-free alternative to driving across Lake Washington. Learn more about taking transit on 520 >
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Transit Guide
Route map and schedule book available for download. Schedules effective February-June 2012.
510 takes Nutcracker from student to stage
A bus can take you nearly anywhere. For Andrew Bartee, who dances as The Nutcracker in the Pacific Northwest Ballet's beloved production, ST Express route 510 is the vehicle that helped him on the road to career success.
Andrew joined the Route 510 bus brigade at age 14, when his class schedule at PNB's ballet school in downtown Seattle became more intense. When the school day ended at North Middle School, he boarded the bus at Everett Station, just under a mile away.
"I encourage people to ride the bus all the time," he said. "It's a lot easier than you think."
Commute time on the bus was dedicated to homework so that once he arrived at ballet class, all his focus could be on dance. As a regular 510 rider, he also made a few commuter friends along the way.
Andrew joined the professional ballet company in 2008. In this year's production of the Stowell/Sendak Nutcracker, he dances the physically demanding scene where The Nutcracker duels the King of Mice.
Pacific Northwest Ballet's Stowell/Sendak Nutcracker runs through Dec. 27 in Seattle. Find tickets at www.pnb.org and your best transit match to get there at www.soundtransit.org.