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Sound Transit Express
Sound Transit Express (ST Express) is a network of regional express buses, operated by the multi-county transit agency, Sound Transit. The routes connect major regional hubs throughout 53 cities in three counties (King, Pierce, and Snohomish) in the Puget Sound region. Sound Transit Express ranks first in the nation in the number of commuter bus passengers carried and in vehicle miles driven. The first nine routes and 114 buses began carrying passengers on September 19, 1999. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . Unlike a typical transit bus, Sound Transit Express routes typically make limited stops as they travel longer distances on the freeways. Most routes operate seven days a week, with runs throughout the day. Where available, buses use transit-only lanes, high-occupancy vehicle lanes, high-occupancy toll lanes, express lanes, bus bypass shoulders, and direct access ramps to speed travel times. While Sound Transit oversees, plans, and fun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountlake Terrace Station
Mountlake Terrace station is a bus station and light rail station in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, U.S. It is served by the 1 Line (Sound Transit), 1 Line of Sound Transit's Link light rail system. The elevated light rail Metro station, station was built as part of the Lynnwood Link Extension from 2019 to 2024. It opened on August 30, 2024. Location Mountlake Terrace station is located adjacent east of Interstate 5 in Washington, Interstate 5 near its interchange with 236th Street Southwest. It is west of Mountlake Terrace's city center. History Community Transit opened a 400-stall park and ride lot at Interstate 5 and 236th Street Southwest on April 12, 1983. It was initially served by Community Transit and King County Metro commuter service, until the latter dropped service to Snohomish County in June 1989. The new lot regularly reached capacity beginning in the 1990s and was supplemented with leased spaces at three nearby churches to provide overflow parking. Plans for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bus Lane
A bus lane or bus-only lane is a lane restricted to buses, generally to speed up public transport that would be otherwise held up by traffic congestion. The related term busway describes a roadway completely dedicated for use by buses, whilst bus gate describes a short bus lane often used as a short cut for public transport. Bus lanes are a key component of a high-quality bus corridor (QBC) and bus rapid transit (BRT) network, improving bus travel speeds and reliability by reducing delay caused by other traffic. A dedicated bus lane may occupy only part of a roadway which also has lanes serving general automotive traffic; in contrast to a transit mall which is a pedestrianized roadway also served by transit. History The first bus lane is often erroneously attributed to Chicago, where in 1939 Sheridan Road was installed with reversible lanes north of Foster Avenue. The setup consisted of three-lanes towards the peak direction (south in the morning; north in the evening), and on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cascadia College
Cascadia College is a Public college, public community college in Bothell, Washington, on a shared campus with the University of Washington Bothell. Established in 2000, Cascadia was built to serve the cities of Bothell, Woodinville, Washington, Woodinville, Kirkland, Washington, Kirkland, Kenmore, Washington, Kenmore, Duvall, Washington, Duvall, Carnation, Washington, Carnation, Sammamish, Washington, Sammamish, Redmond, Washington, Redmond and other smaller communities within the greater Seattle area. Cascadia offers two-year associate degrees, three bachelor's degree programs, continuing education courses, and professional and technical training. Cascadia is Higher education accreditation in the United States, accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. History Historically created by legislative mandate, Cascadia Community College hired its first staff and faculty in 1999. These individuals numbered less than a dozen and handled all administrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Washington, Bothell
A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The first universities in Europe were established by Catholic monks. The University of Bologna (), Italy, which was founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *being a high degree-awarding institute. *using the word (which was coined at its foundation). *having independence from the ecclesiastic schools and issuing secular as well as non-secular degrees (with teaching conducted by both clergy and non-clergy): grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law and notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde''A History of the University in Europe: Volume 1, Universities in the Midd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roosevelt Station (Sound Transit)
Roosevelt station is a light rail station located in the Roosevelt, Seattle, Roosevelt neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is served by the 1 Line (Sound Transit), 1 Line of Sound Transit's Link light rail system, which continues north to Northgate station (Sound Transit), Northgate station and south to Downtown Seattle and SeaTac, Washington, SeaTac. The underground station consists of a single island platform connected to the surface via a mezzanine and two entrances along 12th Avenue Northeast at Northeast 65th and 67th streets. Construction on the Northgate extension was approved by voters in a 2008 ballot measure and began in 2012. Two tunnel boring machines used to build the light rail tunnels arrived at Roosevelt station in 2015, on their way between Northgate, Seattle, Northgate and the University District, Seattle, University District. The station opened on October 2, 2021. Location Roosevelt station is located on the west side of 12th Avenue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everett Station
Everett Station is a train station serving the city of Everett, Washington, United States. The station has been served by ''Amtrak Cascades, Cascades'' and ''Empire Builder'' since opening in 2002, replacing an earlier station near the Port of Everett. The four-story building also houses social service programs and is the center of a complex that includes parking lots and a large bus station used primarily by Community Transit, Everett Transit, and Sound Transit Express. The station has served as the northern terminus of the Sounder Line N, Sounder N Line since 2003 and the Swift Blue Line since 2009. It consists of two side platforms, one serving Amtrak and the other serving Sounder commuter rail, Sounder commuter rail, commuter trains. Everett Station also functions as a park and ride, with 1,067 short-term parking spaces located in lots around the station after it was expanded by Sound Transit in 2009. Services Everett Station is served by six daily Amtrak trains: f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 5 In Washington
Interstate 5 (I-5) is an Interstate Highway System, Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States that serves as the region's primary north–south route. It spans across the state of Washington (state), Washington, from the Oregon state border at Vancouver, Washington, Vancouver, through the Puget Sound region, to the Canada–United States border, Canadian border at Blaine, Washington, Blaine. Within the Seattle metropolitan area, the freeway connects the cities of Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma, Seattle, and Everett, Washington, Everett. I-5 is the only interstate to traverse the whole state from north to south and is Washington's busiest highway, with an average of 274,000 vehicles traveling on it through Downtown Seattle on a typical day. The segment in Downtown Seattle is also among the widest freeways in the United States, at 13 lanes, and includes a set of Local–express lanes, express lanes that reversible lane, reverse direction depending on time of the da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
545 Eastbound At Montlake (5140048599)
__NOTOC__ Year 545 ( DXLV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 545 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Emperor Justinian I sends Narses, Byzantine general, to the rulers of the Heruli, to recruit troops for the campaigns in Italy and Syria. Europe * Gothic War: King Totila establishes his military base at Tivoli (Central Italy), and prepares a campaign to reconquer the region of Latium. * The monastery of Clonmacnoise is founded in Ireland by Ciarán Mac a tSaor on the River Shannon (approximate date). Asia * Yangwon becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo. Persia * King Khosrau I signs a five year truce with the Byzantine Empire, but war continues to ravage the Caucasus region, especially in Armenia. By topic Religion * The Synod of Brefi is held at Llandde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ORCA Card
The ORCA card (standing for One Regional Card for All) is a contactless smart card, contactless, Stored-value card, stored-value smart card system for public transit in the Puget Sound region of Washington (state), Washington, United States. The card is valid on most transit systems in the Seattle metropolitan area, including Sound Transit, local bus agencies, Washington State Ferries, the King County Water Taxi, and Kitsap Fast Ferries. It was launched in 2009 and is managed by the Central Puget Sound Regional Fare Coordination Project, a board composed of local transit agencies. The card is able to be loaded with "e-purse" value, similar to a debit card, and monthly passes. Cards are sold and reloaded at participating grocery stores, customer service centers, and ticket vending machines at transit stations. ORCA cards offer free transfer (public transit), transfers between transit systems within a two-hour window. In 2018, the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transdev
Transdev, formerly Veolia Transdev, is a France-based international private-sector company which operates public transport. It has operations in 17 countries and territories as of November 2020. Transdev was formed on 3 April 2011 via the merger of Veolia Transport and Transdev S.A., being initially equally owned by Veolia Environnement and Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC), the former soon announced plans to divest its holding in the business. Early priorities of Transdev were to largely focus upon its four core markets (France, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States) while disposing of its less profitable ventures based in most other countries to consolidate. At the time of merger, Transdev operated in 27 countries to varying extents. During January 2019, Veolia sold on its remaining 30% shareholding in Transdev to the Rethmann Group; the company has since integrated some of its subsidiaries with those of Transdev. History Transdev was formed through the mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subcontractor
A subcontractor is a person or business which undertakes to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract, and a subcontract is a contract which assigns part of an existing contract to a subcontractor. A general contractor, prime contractor or main contractor may hire subcontractors to perform specific tasks as part of an overall project to reduce costs or to mitigate project risks. In employing subcontractors, the general contractor hopes to receive the same or better service than the general contractor could have provided by itself, at lower overall risk. The European Union has recognised the need to make provision for sub-contracting in its rules on public procurement, as arrangements for sub-contracting can support the EU's drive to involve more small and medium-sized undertakings in the provision of goods and services for the public sector. Definition United States public acquisition regulations contain a number of distinct definitions of "subcontract" an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bus Bypass Shoulder
A shoulder (American English), hard shoulder (British English) or breakdown lane (Australian English) is an emergency stopping lane by the verge on the outer side of a road or motorway. Many wider freeways, or expressways elsewhere have shoulders on both sides of each directional carriageway—in the median, as well as at the outer edges of the road, for additional safety. Shoulders are not intended for use by through traffic, although there are exceptions. Purpose Shoulders have multiple uses, including: * Emergency vehicles such as ambulances, fire trucks and police cars may use the shoulder to bypass traffic congestion in some countries. * In the event of an emergency or breakdown, a motorist can pull into the shoulder to get out of the flow of traffic and obtain a greater degree of safety. * Active traffic management, used on busy multi-lane roads, may allow 'hard shoulder running' by general traffic at reduced speeds during periods of high traffic volumes. * In some plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
