Starting next Saturday, Feb. 5, King County Metro Transit is making changes to about two dozen bus routes that pass through downtown Seattle. The changes, Metro says, are designed to keep people moving during the long-term construction along the Seattle waterfront and SODO area.
Riders of the 16 bus, which runs through Wallingford, will leave downtown Seattle from a new bus stop at the Colman Ferry Dock on Alaskan Way south of Marion Street.
Metro is also introducing color coding for the myriad routes that travel along 3rd Avenue downtown. See more about this here; click on “Major changes to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Avenue bus service in downtown Seattle,” then click “Third Avenue.” The route will serve the blue/green northbound bus stops on 3rd Ave north of Pine St and south of James, Madison and Union streets.
The 26 route is changing too for busses heading north out of downtown. The boarding areas have been moved to the alternate zones. Southbound still drops you off where it always has.