[Transit] Termination of Bus 20 Route

[Wes Mills]

That’s the same thing I’ve heard from Metro people.  Apparently the south end of the 20, past Northgate, is sparsely ridden and has been sparsely ridden as far back as it being the 26.  So in our current era of “not enough drivers”, Metro can’t swing it.

I’m one of the people who is cheesed off about us cutting service, especially since we seem to keep cutting bus service in, around, and through Northgate when we do a train station opening.  Essentially the ask is “do you want the 61” (the Lake City Fred Meyer to Greenwood Fred Meyer via Northgate route that we *should* have gotten at the Northgate Link opening) or “do you want the 20."

I wish we would keep the 20 on the route map so we could add frequency later, which would induce people to ride it more.  But Metro seems unwilling or unable to do that.

I’ll read over their letter when I get home tonight.  Are they asking us to sign on as well?

On Sun, Jul 7, 2024, at 11:52, Dave Schuldt wrote:
> Low ridership at least on the south end from what I’ve seen.  Some of the service can be covered by the 45 & 62 with a longer walk.
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> Dave Schuldt
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>> On Jul 7, 2024, at 11:35 AM, Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org> wrote:
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>> Just in. Any thoughts?
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>>> Begin forwarded message:
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>>> *From: *James W Little <littlejamesw at hey.com>
>>> *Subject: **Termination of Bus 20 Route*
>>> *Date: *July 6, 2024 at 11:48:44 PM PDT
>>> *To: *contact at transitriders.org
>>> 
>>> Hello TRU,
>>> 
>>> I'm one of several neighbors who are dismayed that KC Metro is cancelling the #20 Bus Route and not continuing service to the south half of the route from Northgate to U-District west of I-5 through Licton Springs, Green Lake and East Wallingford.  We've reached out to Seattle City Council Members and King County Council Members without any resolution.  We've contacted KC Metro leadership and requested a meeting but they've not responded to our request.  Our last hurrah is to contact KC Executive Dow Constantine in hopes that he can reverse the harm that will result if this bus service is not replaced.  *HERE* <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BzdGNi9TF6f2T31YdYudq9mbAIHcQJcbMFLx9VvPjQo/edit?usp=sharing> is our draft letter to Constantine.  We would appreciate any suggestions that you might have on our letter or on strategy.  
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> 
>>> Jim Little
>>> Neighbors Helping To Save Local Bus Service
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