Metro Transit expands Brickyard Park-and-Ride with 200 new spaces

Starting this week, commuters and residents along the north end of the Interstate 405 corridor will have more transportation options as King County Metro Transit expands the Brickyard Park-and-Ride with 200 more spaces.

“Brickyard has been one of our busiest park-and-rides, and has been at, or over, capacity for many years,” said King County Metro Transit General Manager Kevin Desmond. “Working in partnership with the Washington State Department of Transportation, we found a cost-effective way to expand the park-and-ride to offer transit services and connections to more people.”

Located at Juanita-Woodinville Way Northeast and I-405 (Exit 22), the lot now has room for a total of 442 vehicles. Metro expanded the park-and-ride – which originally opened in 1980 – onto publicly owned property to the south. The project also includes a second entrance with a new traffic signal that improves access into and out of the park-and-ride for both passenger vehicles and buses.

The Brickyard Park-and-Ride is a regional hub for transit service with 10 bus routes. It is served by: Metro routes 236, 237, 238, 255, 257, 311, 342, 952; plus Sound Transit 532 and 535. This hub connects northeast King County and south Snohomish commuters with bus service to Seattle, Everett, Kirkland, Bellevue, Redmond, Duvall, Woodinville, Bothell, Shoreline, Lynnwood, Renton, Auburn, and the University of Washington campus in Bothell.

The project was funded with a $2.1 million grant from WSDOT’s Regional Mobility Grant Program, which supports local efforts to improve transit mobility and reduce congestion on the state’s most heavily traveled roadways.

"Grants to local transit agencies like King County Metro support efforts to provide more choices and better transportation access," said Katy Taylor, WSDOT Public Transportation Director. "Expanding the Brickyard Park-and-Ride gives more people opportunities to share the ride which reduces fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and congestion on our busiest roadways."