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AN ORDINANCE approving Lynnwood Link Connections public transportation service changes for King County.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The proposed Lynnwood Link Connections changes to the Metro transit department's bus transit network include revisions to bus service in the cities of Bothell, Kenmore, Lake Forest Park, Seattle, and Shoreline.
2. The proposed changes are consistent with the policy direction and priorities adopted in Ordinance 19367, enacted December 15, 2021, via which the King County council adopted the 2021 update to the King County Metro Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2021-2031 and Service Guidelines.
3. Incremental implementation of the proposed changes is consistent with the policy direction and policies approved in the Metro Service Recovery Plan by the adoption of Ordinance 19581.
4. The proposed changes reinstate or replace the fully or partially suspended service on Routes 16, 20, 28, 45, 64, 65, 67, 73, 75, 301, 303, 304, 320, 322, 345, 346, 347, 348, and 372 within the Lynnwood Link Connections project consistent with the approach identified in the Metro Service Recovery Plan.
5. In 2022 and 2023, the Metro transit department conducted public outreach concerning proposed changes to service in the north Seattle, Shoreline, and North Shore areas of King County currently provided by Routes 5, 16, 20, 28, 45, 64, 65, 67, 73, 75, 301, 302, 303, 304, 320, 322, 330, 331, 345, 346, 347, 348, and 372.
6. The proposed service changes would eliminate and replace Routes 16, 20, 64, 73, 301, 302, 304, 320, 330, 347, and 372, and reinvest savings to create new Routes 61, 72, 77, 333, and 365, and expand service on Routes 65, 303, 331, 345, and 348.
7. The proposed changes would modify the routing of Routes 28, 45, 303, 322, 345, 346, and 348.
8. Sound Transit will initially open four new light rail stations on the Link 1 Line between Northgate and Lynnwood, with a fifth station at Northeast 130th Street in Seattle to open at a...

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