Sound Transit's schedule of public events for September 20-26

Saturday, September 20 and Sunday, September 21

Puyallup Fair Special ST Express service
There's no better way to "Do the Puyallup" - and get a coupon for $2 off fair admission - than by riding special ST Express bus service on Saturdays and Sundays, September 6-7, 13-14 and 20-21. ST Express Route 599 Seattle/Kent - Puyallup Fair will depart every hour from downtown Seattle and the Kent-Des Moines Park-and-Ride between 8:15 a.m. and 10:15 p.m. Return buses will depart every hour from the fair's Blue Gate between 9:40 a.m. and 10:40 p.m. ST Express Route 589 Auburn - Puyallup Fair will depart every 30 minutes from the Auburn Park-and-Ride between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. Return buses depart from the fair's Blue Gate every half hour between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. (Please see www.soundtransit.org for detailed route and schedule information.)

Tuesday, September 23

Sound Transit will hold a public hearing to obtain feedback on Tacoma Link paratransit service.

10 a.m.-1 p.m. ST Citizens' Accessibility Advisory Committee meeting
Union Station, Sound Transit Board Room
401 S. Jackson St., Seattle

The Citizens' Accessibility Advisory Committee, which was established by Sound Transit to review plans and programs and advise the agency about accessibility issues, will hold its regular monthly meeting.

Wednesday, September 24

10 a.m. Dedication - Interim Issaquah Highlands Park-and-Ride Lot
Interim Issaquah Highlands Park-and-Ride Lot
9th Avenue NE at NE Park Drive, Issaquah

Sound Transit, Port Blakely Communities, the City of Issaquah and King County Metro will dedicate an interim park-and-ride lot providing a convenient location for residents of the Issaquah Highlands and Sammamish Plateau to leave their vehicles and catch newly added ST Express Route 554 service to downtown Seattle on weekdays.

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sound Transit Performance Audit Committee meeting
Union Station, Concourse Room
401 S. Jackson St., Seattle

Meeting agendas, motions and staff reports are available at Board Meetings.

Thursday, September 25

9 a.m.-2 p.m. Tacoma Farmers Market information booth
Broadway Street, Tacoma
Staff will provide information about Sound Transit services.

2-4 p.m. Sound Transit Board meeting
Union Station, Sound Transit Board Room
401 S. Jackson St., Seattle

Meeting agendas, motions and staff reports are available at Board Meetings.

Friday, September 26

2 p.m. Sounder Tacoma Dome Concourse and Station Dedication
Tacoma Dome Station
Sounder concourse and platform (located at Freighthouse Square)
430 East 25th St., Tacoma

The public and news media are invited to join Sen. Patty Murray and Sound Transit Board members and staff in dedicating the Sounder Tacoma Dome concourse and station. With the completion of the station, there's nowhere in the region where the multi-modal future of transportation is more visible. Tacoma Dome Station brings together Sounder commuter rail, Tacoma Link light rail, ST Express buses, Pierce Transit buses, Greyhound bus service, and nearby Amtrak inter-city rail service at a single location with a 2,400-stall park-and-ride facility.

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