Eastern end of Metro’s Route 30 must change on nights and weekends

The path followed on nights and weekends by Metro’s Route 30 must change at the route’s eastern end.

On evenings after about 6:30 p.m., and all day on weekends, the route currently ends at Magnuson Park and turns around inside the park. The City of Seattle has requested that Metro stop bringing the bus into the park because of concerns about heavier vehicles traveling on park roads, so Metro needs to choose an alternate route in the area.

Metro has identified two possible alternatives for the east end of this route on nights and weekends. In both of these, the routing is the same as the current routing as far east as the Princeton Avenue NE bridge. And with both alternatives, passengers could transfer to Route 75 to travel farther in either direction on Sand Point Way NE.

Alternative 1

After crossing the Princeton Avenue NE bridge, eastbound Route 30 would go west on Sand Point Way NE, turn south on 47th Avenue NE, turn west on NE 45th Street, and end at a bus loop on the south side of Children’s Hospital. Westbound Route 30 would go west on NE 45th Street, north on Sand Point Way NE, and north on Princeton Avenue NE before resuming its current routing.

With this alternative, on nights and weekends Route 30 would no longer serve Sand Point Way NE north of Princeton Avenue NE, or Magnuson Park. It would serve Children’s Hospital and Laurelhurst.

Alternative 2

East of 40th Avenue NE, Route 30 would make a one-way loop. Eastbound, it would still cross the Princeton Avenue NE bridge and continue north on Sand Point Way NE. It would turn west at NE 65th Street, and end on the far side of Sand Point Way NE. Westbound, it would go west on NE 65th Street, continuing on NE Princeton Way NE to NE 65th Street and 40th Avenue NE. At this intersection, it would turn south on 40th Avenue NE and rejoin the regular (weekday daytime) routing with a west turn onto NE 55th Street.

With this alternative, on nights and on weekends Route 30 would not serve Sand Point Way NE north of NE 65th Street, but it would serve the NE 65th Street entrance of Magnuson Park. Riders would board and exit the bus at different locations because of the one-way loop.

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