[Transit] We did it! Route “47” is saved!

[Katie Wilson]

Looks good to me! If there’s no objection I can send this note this afternoon.

> On Feb 8, 2024, at 8:17 PM, Wes Mills <wesmills at wesmills.com> wrote:
> 
> Here’s an attempt:
> 
> “We have seen Metro’s final service proposal that is being submitted to council, and are happy to note the path of the soon-to-be-former 47 will be served once more.  TRU [Do we call ourselves TRU or ’the transit riders union’ the first time? -ed] is pleased Metro was able to incorporate feedback from us and other groups, as well as rider needs in order to restore important service to this area of the city.  Thank you for your consideration and the effort you put into making this service change a good one.  We look forward to working with Metro to enhance and restore service, both routes and frequency, as Metro’s recovery continues!"
> 
> I am going for “you did great (for giving us what we asked for) but we will be continually pushing for more once you have the employees to support it."
> 
> Also, I like Dave’s idea of putting up “thank you, Metro, the 47 3 is back!” flyers.  I don’t want to antagonize any other groups, though, by making it look like we’re taking sole credit.  But I agree that we deserve credit and shouldn’t let a good thing go to “waste”.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 8, 2024, at 17:29, Katie Wilson wrote:
>> Woohoo! If anyone wanted to draft up a few sentences thanking Metro for listening to us and other transit riders and doing the right thing, I can send it to Michelle Allison and everyone else we sent our letter to.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 8, 2024, at 4:47 PM, Jo Claxton <msjoclaxton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Awesome Wes! Thanks for the update 👐🎉
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Feb 8, 2024, 10:48 AM Wes Mills <wesmills at wesmills.com <mailto:wesmills at wesmills.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/metro/travel-options/bus/rapidride/g-line
>>> 
>>> Metro is going forward with “option B”, which would officially retire the route 47 number as a standalone entity but also extend some trips of the route 3 to cover this area.  (These trips on the 3 are currently the “downtown only” ones that are roughly every half hour from 7a to 7p.)
>>> 
>>> We got back what we had pre-pandemic.  That’s a good thing.  Now the area can be part of the broader network and not lose its service “forever” without a peep.
>>> 
>>> Thank you to everyone who commented and worked in support!
>>> 
>>> Wes
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