From upass@u.washington.edu Mon Jul 1 11:47:14 2002 Received: from mailscan2.cac.washington.edu (mailscan2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.16]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with SMTP id g61Ikuw3039684 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 11:47:01 -0700 Received: FROM mxu1.u.washington.edu BY mailscan2.cac.washington.edu ; Mon Jul 01 11:46:56 2002 -0700 Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.06) with ESMTP id g61IkuR9019362 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 11:46:56 -0700 Received: from mailscan-out3.cac.washington.edu (mailscan-out3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.18]) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.06) with SMTP id g61IktS4011744 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 11:46:56 -0700 Received: FROM homer26.u.washington.edu BY mailscan-out3.cac.washington.edu ; Mon Jul 01 11:46:53 2002 -0700 Received: from localhost (upass@localhost) by homer26.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with ESMTP id g61Ikrdk104680 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 11:46:53 -0700 Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 11:46:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Transportation Office To: uwcommute@u.washington.edu Subject: July 4th Metro and Sound Transit Information Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Please find transit, water taxi and commuter rail information for the Fourth of July listed below. Your U-PASS is valid on anytime/any where service on Metro Transit, Sound Transit and Community Transit. Your U-PASS does not cover the fare on the water taxi. * Metro Transit and Sound Transit's bus service operate on Sunday schedules. * Metro Transit's George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line service is free all day on July 4th. The waterfront streetcar operates on a Sunday schedule on July 4th, with extra trips southbound from Pier 70 immediately after the fireworks at 10:30 PM - please proceed directly to the platform if you are using this service. * The Elliott Bay Water Taxi operates on a Saturday schedule. (Extra trips operated as necessary after 11:00 PM, July 4th, to accommodate attendees of Ivar's Fireworks Show). Regular Water Taxi fares are collected on July 4th. * Sound Transit's Sounder commuter rail service will not operate. * Metro's Pony Express Route 770 to Emerald Downs operates on July 4th. July 4th Fares * Holiday/Sunday fares are in effect on Metro routes. * Metro all-day passes and family fares are available for Metro routes only. The all-day pass, good for unlimited riding all day, is available from drivers for $2.50. The family fare allows up to four children age 17 and under to ride free with a fare-paying adult. * Regular Water Taxi fares are in effect. July 4th Metro facilities closures: * Metro's Bus Tunnel will be closed July 4th, as will Metro offices. External links to other local transportation agencies: * Community Transit http://www.commtrans.org/ * Kitsap Transit http://www.kitsaptransit.org/holiday.html * Pierce Transit http://www.ptbus.pierce.wa.us/info.htm * Sound Transit Express bus service http://www.soundtransit.org/stexpress/stexpress.htm * Sounder commuter rail service http://www.soundtransit.org/sounder/sounder.htm * Washington State Ferries http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/ Have a safe Fourth of July. ****************************************************************************** University of Washington Transportation Office Box 355212 1127 N.E. Boat Street Seattle, WA 98105-6709 (206) 543-0450 www.washington.edu/upass/ ****************************************************************************** .