Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 6 to 7:30 p.m.
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Explore car-free adventure with Transit Trekker and Washington Trails Association. Learn tools, tips, and tricks for planning your own car-free outings and get the scoop on some of the best transit treks near and far — as far as Alaska. Hosted by the King County Library System Kenmore branch.
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When my friend and fellow transportation advocate Jason Rock pointed me to this recent OpEd in the Seattle newspaper bemoaning the pilot timed entry system that Mt. Rainier National Park rolled out this year to manage the parks ever-increasing car traffic, I had a few things to say. Jason, our friend and trailblazing nondriver advocate Anna Zivarts, and I drafted an Op Ed in response, and it just dropped in The Urbanist. Take a look. Be sure to check out the video excerpt from a PBS documentary that explains why the Puyallup Tribe is pushing for the renaming of the mountain.
The park service took public comment on the timed-entry pilot in the fall and I suspect a lot of the public asked for transit access to the park. So I’ll be keeping an eye out for any developments as a result of the public comment process and updating here. Stay tuned.
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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.
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.
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
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