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A small beach on the forested shoreline of Lake Washington, with a few old trees fallen along the beach that reach into the lake.

First event of 2025 — Travel Talk at the Redmond library

Back by popular demand, I am partnering with Move Redmond to reprise Travel Talk: Car-Free Adventure on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 1 p.m. at the Redmond Branch of the King County Library System. Register to attend here.

Public libraries have a lot in common with public transit, with both offering incalculable value to communities and lives. So I am always pleased to be invited to speak at them. I’ll be sharing tips for planning your own transit treks and as well as highlighting some transit treks you can do near and far.

The library is located at NE 85th St & 160th Ave NE in Redmond.

Take Transit

Directly to the library: Sound Transit routes 542 and 545 and King County Metro Rapid Ride B stop right outside the library or across 160th, depending on which direction you are traveling.

Short walk to the library: Redmond Transit Center is about a 7-minute walk away and is served by all the above routes plus King County Metro routes 221 and 250.

Ride Your Bike or Roll

The library is very easy to reach via the Sammamish River Trail by leaving the main trail when you come up on Redmond City Hall — just head past city hall and keep an eye out for the library on the right. There are some bike racks right at the entrance, and one each along each side of NE 85th near the intersection with 160th Ave, and more at the Wells Fargo across from the library on 160th.

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Header image is a small beach along Lake Washington in Saint Edward State Park, Kenmore, WA

Wooden sign for the North Trail of Saint Edward State Park with an arrow pointing to the right

Event! Travel Talk at the Redmond library

Dicey weather conditions postponed our January planned Travel Talk. We now have a new date!

Public libraries have a lot in common with public transit, with both offering incalculable value to communities and lives. So I am thrilled that my first speaking event combines both. In collaboration with Move Redmond, I’ll be highlighting Redmond-adjacent transit treks as well as sharing ideas for some epic transit trekking adventures farther afield.

Join me on March 6 at the Redmond branch of the King County Library System from 6-7:30 p.m., with the option to attend remotely.

Register to attend here.

The library is located at NE 85th St & 160th Ave NE in Redmond.

Take Transit

Directly to the library: Sound Transit routes 542 and 545 and King County Metro routes 930 and Rapid Ride B stop right outside the library or across 160th, depending on which direction you are traveling.

Short walk to the library: Redmond Transit Center is about a 7-minute walk away and is served by all the above routes plus King County Metro routes 221, 224, 250.

Some schedule considerations:

King County Metro route 930’s last departure from Redmond Transit Center is at 7:38 p.m., so you may want to plan to leave the event a few minutes early to make the bus.
While King County Metro 224 serves Redmond Transit Center, its last departure is at 7 p.m., so you’ll want to plan accordingly.

Ride Your Bike or Roll

Header image is a trail sign at Saint Edward State Park, Kenmore, WA

Graphic with a bus and image of a waterside park. The text explains that King County Metro runs 7 days a week from Redmond Technology Station to St. Edward State Park. The closest stop to the park is 153rd Places and Juanita Drive NE.

For Ride Transit Month I Talked to Move Redmond

Move Redmond advocates for multimodal transportation in Redmond. As part of their Ride Transit Month coverage, I talked to them about Transit Trekker. I also provided a few tips on easy transit trips that can be done from Redmond. You can read all about it in their June newsletter, here. Especially note the clear, friendly graphic treatments they created to highlight the trip itineraries I offered.

Redmond and the eastside in general could use much better local transit service, IMO. That said — Redmond has great access to multi-use trails in the form of the Sammamish River Trail, the soon-to-be re-opened East Lake Sammamish Trail, the developing Eastrail network, and — with a lift from King County Metro route 224 to Duvall — the Snoqualmie Valley Trail, which will connect you to the Palouse to Cascades Trail. That last one you can ride all the way to the WA-ID border from about May to October — hundreds of miles taking in the Cascades, eastern WA semi-desert, and the Palouse. As I write that, I am amazed and grateful all over again to live in a region rich with stunning rail trails. My e-bike is in the shop awaiting repairs (and an e$timate) and I think I’m going to be planning a quick venture along the Palouse to Cascades Trail via the eastside very soon……

The featured image in this post is used with permission of Move Redmond.