RapidRide K Line Speed and Reliability Improvements PSRC Regional Federal Transit Administration Competition grant
COMING IN 2025
What will Regional FTA funding do? What is RapidRide K Line? $6,000,000 in Regional Federal Transit King County Metro is developing RapidRide K Line to Administration (FTA) grant funding will allow serve the fast-growing communities between Totem Lake, Metro to build transit speed and reliability downtown Kirkland, downtown Bellevue, and Eastgate. projects in Bellevue and Kirkland, including the RapidRide K Line will serve a variety of regional destinations, Bellevue Downtown, Kirkland Totem Lake, and including service providers and community organizations, proposed Downtown Kirkland regional growth major employers in the medical, technology, and aerospace centers. The RapidRide K Line project connects industries, and higher education institutions. five regional transit hubs: Totem Lake, Kirkland, As Eastside communities continue to grow and develop, South Kirkland, Bellevue, and Eastgate, and will Metro strives to provide and support better, more reliable connect more people to Sound Transit’s East service to riders. RapidRide K Line will also provide area Link light rail, I-405 Stride bus rapid transit, residents faster and easier access to regional destinations RapidRide B Line, and local and regional bus by linking to other high capacity transit such as RapidRide B service. Line, Sound Transit East Link light rail, and I-405 Stride bus Improving bus speed and reliability is key rapid transit. to achieving travel time benefits; improving on-time reliability; and safer, more convenient What problem does RapidRide K Line solve? access to destinations and transit centers for Right now, congestion in the project corridor and the parallel the entire RapidRide K Line route. Metro has I-405 corridor has a significant impact on transit speed and developed a preliminary list of speed and reliability. Routes 239, 255, 250, and 271 which currently reliability projects, including: serve Bellevue and Kirkland, are among the busiest Metro routes in east King County. With tremendous growth Transit signal priority anticipated over the next two decades in both population Signal timing optimization and employment, Bellevue and Kirkland are expected to see Bus queue jumps increased transportation demand within and between the cities and their regional centers. RapidRide K Line will help Bus-only lanes to meet increased demand for high frequency transit service, Traffic channelization improvements serve areas experiencing high population and employment growth, improve transit speed and reliability, and reduce congestion and greenhouse gas emissions. RapidRide K Line by the numbers
jobs served by minutes of trip 159,000 the corridor 13-25 reduction (goal) increase in regional centers riders each connected 4,200 weekday by 2026 2 (+1 proposed) Benefits to Centers Corridor Overview apOverview map Housing and employment – RapidRide K Line will serve some of the fastest growing areas in the region, To Lynnwood with significant growth forecasts for downtown Legend irkland Totem Bellevue, downtown Kirkland, and Totem Lake. 522 Corridor Overview ap ake regional Access – RapidRide K Line will improve access growth center and mobility for nonmotorized travelers to major To Lynnwood Future Totem La e destinations, including the Village at Totem Lake, the RapidRide K Line Legend Transit Center 522 EvergreenHealth Medical Center, Overlake Medical Center, Bellevue College, and the Eastrail regional trail NE 116th St isting Future corridor.Totem La e RapidRide B Line Ave NE 124th RapidRide K Line BenefitsTransit Center to multiple user types – RapidRide K Line NE 116th St isting will help meet the travel needs of many commuters and 124th Ave NE 124th Future ast Lin St Market RapidRide B Line residents. General purpose, truck freight, car/vanpool, light rail Kirkland and rideshare modes will benefit from improved traffic
Future ast Lin operations St Market and signal timing. It will bring a significant light rail Kirkland Future I- Bus investment in access infrastructure for people walking, Rapid Transit rolling, and biking to RapidRide K Line stations. Kir land Future I- Bus Transit Rapid Transit Regional connections – RapidRide K Line will Transit Center Center better connect two important regional growth and Transit Center Kir land employment centers, and the region as a whole. It will Proposed Transit Centeralso serve the proposed downtown Kirkland regional 108th Ave NE 108th