Two-way Mercer St. in South Lake Union is part of the multi-part tax package which
also includes a tax on employers and a tax on pay parking lots.

Uptowners will need to keep an eye on how and when the Bridging the Gap Transportation Levy dollars are spent.

County voters (that’s us too) just went for a tenth of a cent sales tax increase to fund Transit Now enhanced bus services. We’re told that we can expect more frequent and more on-time buses from Uptown/Queen Anne to Downtown via the #1 route and to Capital Hill via #8. The big item for us is the Bus Rapid Transit route replacing the #15/18 with bigger buses (if you can imagine that) running more frequently and more on-time. New, fancy bus stops are part of the 15/18 route deal. The new 15/18 service will probably go through downtown on 3rd, not congested 1st Ave. We’re told to expect that by ’09.

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