<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Thanks, Wes! Hopefully it’s mostly a misunderstanding and these seniors aren’t about to lose their bus service. :( Any chance you’d be able to give Debra a call today to chat and ask about the meeting with Metro? (I’m also happy to do this if you prefer, just let me know!)<div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Aug 8, 2024, at 11:34 AM, Wes Mills <wesmills@wesmills.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I’ve not heard that the 12 is going away. It is being changed as part of the RapidRide G service changes. Instead of going up and down most of Madison to get to 19th and Interlaken Park, it will use the Pike/Pine corridor and ride on Madison for a short bit.<br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">From what I’ve heard—mostly through<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://x.com/typewriteralley/status/1820989455580459125">Ryan Packer’s reporting</a>—the 12 is getting an infrastructure upgrade to add a short bit of wire at eastbound Pine and Madison so the 12 can go back to being a trolley route sometime in 2025 or 2026.<br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I’m on call so there is a slim chance I’ll get paged, but I am otherwise free at 2pm tomorrow.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On Thu, Aug 8, 2024, at 11:22, Katie Wilson wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Hi BATS,<br></div><div><br></div><div>See below— has anyone been tracking the plans to delete Route 12, and is anyone available to attend a meeting (I assume virtual?) with Metro and Debra tomorrow at 2pm?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!<br></div><div>Katie<br></div><div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:<br></div><div><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kshama Sawant <kshamavsawant@gmail.com></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Urgent: Seniors very concerned about Route 12</b></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;">August 8, 2024 at 11:04:50 AM PDT</span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;">Emily McArthur <emily.mcarthur206@gmail.com>, Adam Ziemkowski <a.ziemkowski@gmail.com>, Katie Wilson <katie@transitriders.org>, "contact@transitriders.org" <contact@transitriders.org></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Transit Riders Union members,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Hope you all are doing well.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I am writing on behalf of Debra (Debbie) Green, a senior resident I've known for several years, and whom I ran into a couple of days ago. Debbie informed me that she and dozens of other working-class seniors and retirees are extremely concerned about the fate of the King County Metro Route 12. They have heard that Metro is about to end the route.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Most immediately, Debra wondered if anyone from TRU could accompany her at a meeting she is supposed to have with KC Metro on this topic tomorrow, August 9th, at 2:00PM.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I would greatly appreciate it if you could call Debra at 206.726.0216. I am not aware of the status of Route 12, and don't have details, but I certainly am opposed to ending the route.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you all so much.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,<br></div><div>Kshama<br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>Transit mailing list<br></div><div><a href="mailto:Transit@transitriders.org">Transit@transitriders.org</a><br></div><div><a href="http://lists.transitriders.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/transit">http://lists.transitriders.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/transit</a><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">Transit mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="mailto:Transit@transitriders.org" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Transit@transitriders.org</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://lists.transitriders.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/transit" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">http://lists.transitriders.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/transit</a></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>