Thank you very much for the effort. WA Relay: 711. Seattle’s streets are laid out on a grid, so the map embraces it. “773 DART Zone (MâF only)” down by Morgan Junction. About. About Us. No sweat, job well done. 0000002505 00000 n Streets and lines with more service get more prominent labels. The Seattle Transit Map, discover Seattle the car(e)free way. and indicated at the stations which colored lines stopped there. These experiences are best for bus transportation in Seattle: 4-Hour Seattle Private Transport: up to 12 Guests, Unlimited Mileage, Flat Rate; Seattle Roundtrip Chauffeur Driven Airport Transfer by Private Van E NORTHWEST TREK Mt. I love it! I was sad when Metro stopped providing a chart of headways for all routes. The service guide to frequency is a great companion to the map, perfect for when you need a bit more info than the line category, but don’t want to pull up a full timetable or plug something into a trip planner. Personally, I would much prefer a map that focuses on the all-day network only. Thank you all your hard work on this. Connect to the extraordinary at Seattle Center, an active civic, arts and family gathering place in the core of our region. CHK faced a similar problem when it redesigned the Washington DC bus map. Still… this is such a minor comment for a map that was so well-done. 0001458824 00000 n Title: redlining_map Created Date: 3/26/2018 2:22:34 PM Good points, Ross, although I think provision should have been made for a future station–mainly for transfers–where Link crosses Lake City Way somewhere between 75th and 80th (IIRC). 0000789283 00000 n The trend of maps I have recently worked on is to design them as a friendly overview of the transit system rather than an overly detailed trip planning tool. Really like the focus on frequency! Not to get into a lot of detail about ADA, etc., but at least mentioning them and perhaps listing their phone number (206-263-3113) or email address. In an age of real time arrival and instant super detailed trip planning apps, this makes sense, as those tools are not designed to show the big picture. Cool thanks, didn’t realize that. Read our page about Maps to see what makes Seattle such an exciting urban city. The tail end is at the Sumner/Puyallup city limit. Finally, are there any DART zones shown on the map except for Mercer Island? There are several possible directions it could go: it could be updated to the March network, some of the work has already been done; or it could be abandoned in favor of the new map; or it could be redesigned to be a companion to the new map, although it will take some time after the March map is completed. Since there are so few of them I could make them thinner…. startxref The engineer side of my brain (which is most of it) like the clarity of the two sources for the two types of info, but maybe another solution could be reached. First section shows line types and colors. Also, I definitely see your point about having to look two places. It’s a little difficult to follow the routes in places where lines intersect. Wasn’t there a booklet a while back that did something like this with split up maps for the Sound Transit area with schedules for all routes? Oran? The SeaTac station is not yet open. Thank you! Route EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 THROUGH MARCH 19, 2021 554 Issaquah–Seattle EASTGATE SAMMAMISH DOWNTOWN SEATTLE MERCER ISLAND ISSAQUAH Eott Ba Lae Wahto Lae Saah Steart St eora St 2 Ae th Ae 5th Ae S ahto St Most of my free time is being spent developing the new map and I do not know whether it is worth keeping the old map up to date. The shoreline has been smoothed out; showing every single pier and dock and little cove on a transit map is a distraction. The map attempts to stay true to Seattle’s unique geography while simplifying lines to make them easier to follow and more aesthetically pleasing. The Map features the entire network of frequent service, regular all-day service, and peak-only commuter service in the city, all on a single stylized-geographic map, plus a few specialized maps showing detail of busy areas or certain services. Amtrak and see where the train can take you are registered service marks of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. Its date was February 2014. 0001474138 00000 n View The Map ... Back side (service guide, how to ride, downtown, regional and night owl maps) See PDF version. Map Under Construction Station in Service ransfer Station Silver Line • Wiehle-Reston East / Largo Town Center ... MONT BUS CPU 2D WESTERN BUS MSA 2 4D Mass Ave & 1st St NE K08 K07 K06 C15 C10 C13 F10 F09 G03 G04 G05 D13 B07 E07 B06 E06 B05 B04 B35 N01 N02 N03 ALX ADC YARD FFX ADC ARL ADC PG 4 UM PG 2 PG 1 PG 6 YARD METRO Bus Rapid Transit. 0001457894 00000 n The through routes are listed in a separate section of the map. Because nearly all these routes are focused on getting people to either downtown or the U District, this should be sufficient. You would have a hard time finding individual routes in all the clutter. When I see a route that takes me where I want to go, I should be able to click on that line (or rt. I’m already working on it. This helps the reader trace a route across the city and reduces the occurrence of “shield hunting”, where readers get lost trying to follow a path on the map and have to rely on the route labels (or shields on highway maps) to figure out the route. I don’t think many are around any more; they would be completely outdated March 2016. Bus; Bike; Rideshare; Rail; Water Taxi; Accessible; Schedules & Maps; Fares & ORCA; Alerts & Updates; 206-553-3000. Welcome to the official VisitSeattle.org site. The northern most stop is Westlake Center. It’s peak only so it doesn’t appear on the downtown map, which shows only all day service. 0001474416 00000 n I use iOS 9.2 personally and it’s been working for me. And by 1910, a Mount Vernon-to-Bellingham line opens. There is also a PDF for offline viewing. That is correct. Email them and tell them you want a map like Oran’s, link to it and tell them what you like about it. Or are we too far north to be considered part of NE Seattle? 0001457759 00000 n 2) I have plans to do that for downtown and the U District, to eliminate the need for insets on the online version. It needs to be redrawn to suit the purpose. 4) not really feasible due to the geographic simplification unless you don’t mind stops showing up in the wrong place. Metro has a feedback address on its website. Are you intentionally showing the night-owl 180 to not continue to Burien? That is partly why Link has no stop between Roosevelt and Northgate, and why building light rail to Lake City (which is one of the more populous parts of the city) is so problematic. West Seattle Water Taxi Schedule Bus Schedule & Routes Bike Route Map Parking Map (PDF) Getting Around Mere minutes from Downtown Seattle, The Junction is located across the West Seattle Bridge at the intersection of California Ave SW & SW Alaska St in the center of West Seattle. Seattle's core is not large and walking is often an option if you’re sticking to the downtown area, but the metropolitan area is sizeable and often fraught with traffic. That is why I designed the 15 minute map to be printable practically on any printer. VERY WELL DONE!!! As mentioned above, each frequent and regular route gets its own line. Route 107 from its Rainier Beach terminus shows an incorrect route. It’s so cool. Morgan is right on why they are colored that way. The map does so by grouping service into three main categories: frequent all-day service, regular all-day service, and limited service. (Especially East-West across the hills). 0 I want people to know that it’s the same route during the day. 0000599584 00000 n 2) Increase the level of detail when you zoom in, to show more of the local streets (and staircases) than what is visible in the default view. Is it still around in any way? Seattle Streetcar's Story. The line thickness is mostly consistent across modes (monorail is the exception). When you have eliminated the JavaScript , whatever remains must be an empty page. Look at that map. When do the NE Seattle changes take place (March?)? It looks like you’ve got the arrows backward on the 71/76 – it goes northbound on 50th. I’ve pasted a link to the thread below, as there are some additional bits of feedback or confusion if you are interested in reading through them. But I would love to have an updated version of the Seattle every 15 minutes or less map. The visual weighting follows to the typography as well. Moovit gives you Metro Transit suggested routes, real-time bus tracker, live directions, line route maps in Seattle - Tacoma, WA, and helps to find the closest 120 bus stops near you. I don’t know what you do for segments that have multiple lines on them though, as the destination URL could be any of several routes. 5) A switch outside the map to adjust the thickness and coloring based on the desired time you’re traveling. You could print the city map on an 11×17″ sheet and fold it down but it’s not very readable. There are a number of design features that I would like to highlight. F�+/�43б�pQ6�g���� 4X*� Not yet anyway. But, I guess current technology is not quite ready for that, at least not without compromising on certain qualities like geographic simplification. A Line C Line Red Line. Many entrances have signage that is not clearly visible from the sidewalk when someone is a half-block away. Terminal Overview. I wonder if the routes on 3rd could be written in a way to give people more intuition of the skip stop system and the crazy through-routes: that said, the labels are probably already arranged to communicate something, and I’m not getting it, so this aspect is probably too hard to communicate on a map without a separate legend. More than 30 cultural, educational, sports and entertainment organizations that reside on the grounds, together with a broad range of public and community programs, create thousands of events on the 74-acre campus and attract over 12 million visitors each year. A seamless transfer at 125th/LCW to the 522 (and the 372, although I rarely used it as I was typically going downtown) from the 75 is a big deal and I hope a predecessor to more “Rapid Ride” like amenities. Paper copies of the map are also available from SDOT, Transit Riders Union and Sound Transit. I would say there is a big gap in density north of 75th, but south of Northgate or Lake City. 0000599839 00000 n 0001461182 00000 n With relatively few NIMBYs, reasonably affordable in-city property, good connections to the north and a large amount of flat, non-view-blocking property primed for re-development Lake City is going to continue to grow quickly. Olympic Hills? The route is updated in real-time with GPS data from each of our buses. Take a look at our detailed itineraries, guides and maps to help you plan your trip to Seattle. 0001496303 00000 n On this map, it is very clear that Aurora, Jackson, Pacific, and Pike/Pine (excerpted below) have ultra-frequent service. If you’re transferring from bus to SkyTrain, see our SkyTrain Schedules and Maps page. It looks great! I’ve been holding off on that because I want to see the purported improved station signage for U Link. The third section shows a list of symbols and is unchanged from your “Transit Amenities” and “Destinations” sections. As Metro’s map expanded, the city became a smaller part in an expansive countywide network. View The Map. Adding a station there (or a spot for a station to be added later) would have made sense. I’ll have to rework the legend If I go ahead with adding a slim line for hourly routes. Free detailed maps of Downtown Seattle from Where Magazine: downloadable PDFs ready to print out plus online interactive maps of Seattle, Washington. 0001475096 00000 n TriMet uses that for its interactive system map For that, Metro’s neighborhood list works pretty well; I use it; e.g., to see all the routes from Kent and where they go and which are all-day. That was the best use of my limited time. You’ve marked that the 424 doesn’t serve either 520 Eastside freeway station. 3 & 4 combined run every 7-12 minutes on weekdays (if OneBusAway is to be believed). It would be cool to have a waterproof pocket version. That stretch along Lake City Way is pretty barren. The map was a long time coming. Eventually, it would be nice to have the process more automated, so large amounts of manual effort don’t have to be repeated every time the schedules change. 0000600405 00000 n In 1902, the Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway opened, which includes stops in Rainier Beach, Renton, and Kent. For example, the “regular” routes have some pretty divergent service. 0001143143 00000 n We are not quite there yet…. I especially like seeing all of the through-routes listed out, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the complete list before. discover Seattle the car(e)free way. Ah, I didn’t realize that the maps were all manually drawn. Some more text explaining which hours the map applies and what frequency each color mean would help. Thanks for the reply. I actually had the same thought when I saw the downtown inset (eg that the station entrances should be visible). Awesome job! Sustainability resources; UW in legislative districts; Printable Seattle campus map; UW Facilities; Smoking locations; Disabilities Access Guide; UW Medical Center Though to be clear, this is not an official SDOT transit map. My friends who grew up in the Northgate area to this day would say they were from North Seattle (if they didn’t say “Haller Lake” or “Northgate” much as we said “Lake City” or “Wedgwood.”). One, they’re completely useless to many people, including visitors, reverse commuters, and shift workers. It isn’t terribly useful to me given my location out here in the burbs of Tacoma, but Seattle riders, especially newbies, will find this very useful. Northstar. I had missed that they converted it to peak only. Entire system (PDF) METRO Network Map. 0001457841 00000 n ... System Maps. Has the ridership on the 99 dropped so low they cancelled it, or is it missing from the downtown map? To my mind, I would like to see the legend be 3 sections. *A slight variation on Metro’s definition. Headquarters. Woodlawn isn’t very descriptive, as Woodlawn street is on the opposite side of the lake. [UPDATE March 25, 2016] the March edition of the map is now available at seattletransitmap.com. http://metro.kingcounty.gov/schedules/099/s0.html. Thanks for all your work on this. I agree, Scott. I for one have a hard time with visualizing the night-owl network, this is the first map I’ve come across that makes sense to me. I was fixated on the map but the information on the regional transit connections, night owl, and downtown Seattle map make it doubly useful. Graphics are more time-consuming than anyone realizes unless they’ve tried it! Consider that it be published as a map book, rather than trying to get everything in on one large fold out. 4) A checkbox to show/hide individual bus stops. I’ll have to find a way to fix Pine/Madison. Map projection: NAD 1983 HARN StatePlane Washington North FIPS 4601 Feet (SRID 2926). I’ll probably combine it with the 11×17 Metro KCM downtown map that works pretty good for getting around the downtown core. So we made the Metro lines a thick black line (to say this is a major transit line!) Looks great! H��WM�e� �+g���-u�� ������Đ����OU��̼7&��O:���G������ݯ��a��y��Wo�����߮�^��>]����v���k؞�j�e��X��蹚���uc�;2�/������7��t����l��?^����}��f���_�r:V�L�.��ѳ����}������oᗟ�~7lz�{z\�nk_�~��.����� ���X?�QB�����c�֞8y�Ÿנ]w�Ey����q�Ʌ���}߫�wʓ��m������Ŗ5�Y8�.��Mޝ��eآ�f� ��a�����~=b�����q���c�{�*��o�E�Y���v�����4d�#���%�����l��L�E/��W�I�o|�m8 It is impossible and undesirable to show each route running through downtown separately. System Maps System Maps Schedules . Legend One small change to suggest in future versions of your map. Your feedback will help refine the map to make it ready for publication in March. 0001458007 00000 n Seattle 580 592 594 595 590 594 574 586 590 594 574 580 592 594 580 ... Sound Transit System Map 07-12-2020 Seaway TC 513 Rainier & Charles St ... ST Express Regional Bus Routes 510, 511, 513 Route 512 Route 522 Route 544 Route 545 Route 550 Route 554 … One example is what LA MTA uses to show subway station entrances on their Downtown map, which I’ll call a “white key entrance indicator”: http://media.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/system_map_detail.pdf. Not since the early days of Seattle Metro has there been a definitive map of transit in the city of Seattle. A piece of constructive criticism from south King… on the green line linking Kent to Southcenter, there is a node labeled “West Valley.” I’d simply omit that node. For that to happen I need to figure out how to make the map interactive and encode all the lines and labels I drew with route information. Try this direct link http://seattletransitmap.com/version/1512d1/, Wow, this is outstanding. This looks really good! Looks great! Just wondering though why the 3 & 4 to Harborview are so thick compared to other trunk lines? Thanks for showing some variation on color (although the ultimate solution is for ST to make the red line green — just like ST is proposing to do for Central Link south of IDS if ST3 passes anyway)! Interactive Map. What I really liked about the frequent transit map is that it’s useful for tourists and people who aren’t commuters. I did not pursue a pure GIS approach because I felt that a lot of people are capable of doing that while few people can draw a great hybrid-schematic map like this. 0000789686 00000 n But remove enough kinks and the result would conflict with most people’s mental model of the city, also called “looking wrong”, or distort distances so much to be misleading. I can see why it would be hard to put on station entrances on the map. The density surrounding 65th east of 15th is not that much different than the density on 65th and 8th NW. Yeah, I’d like a copy of this map as well, but I LOVE your 15 minute map. I’m coming to the point of view that the numbers on 3rd are unnecessary since nearly every route runs on it. If I do redesign my frequent transit map, I’ll try to make it less lopsided within the constraints. Great work on this. I really admire your work in this regard and am glad you have found a place to pursue it. NAVAL . 7 52 We wanted to use more colors for bus service but that clashed with the colored Metro lines. My friends in the Northgate area only came “down the hill” if they went to school at Hale. It would help when someone is trying to figure out how to get in a subway station because it’s not as evident on the street as a bus stop pole or shelter is — and it can be a block away from where the station dots are located. Lake City? However, there are exceptions. I agree that ideally you wouldn’t need that but unfortunately it can be hard to find stations today. There’s a limit to how many times I can fold my phone to fit it into a smaller pocket and have the map easily available. Thanks again for your hard work. Otter fans stay tuned…. Until we get away from a radial system and to reasonable grid (or even what would look like a tomato cage) system, most trips will involve downtown, as unfortunately it is often more convenient to go downtown, and connect up. An dynamic online map with the cartographic quality of a hand drawn map is indeed the holy grail. It can’t be too small because there won’t be room for a readable map. I like your map. 0001457503 00000 n In fact, it serves Evergreen Point but not Montlake. Thick lines represent the frequent network, which I define* as any line with 15 minute frequency (or better) from morning to 7 pm, Monday through Saturday. Why is the 120 green while the 124 is blue? 0001496176 00000 n It’s like all those broadsheet newspapers that went to a more compact tabloid format. The one issue I have: as a person who very rarely rides transit, I don’t feel like the legend makes sense to me. I’d really like a poster of this. Good comment, Chad. 0000790661 00000 n Yes the divides are pretty significant, and they also make bus service very difficult. I would love to get printed copies of this and more after the March service change. On the frequent map it was a little box off to the side, maybe put that open space in the bay to use? You can view the draft Seattle Transit Map in a mobile-friendly website. 0001486276 00000 n King Street Center 201 South Jackson St. Seattle, WA 98104. A coffee colored line represents the peak-only commuter routes. So going within that area is easy, while going outside it is harder. Your description is pretty much the one I grew up with. I just remember where the edges of the 15-minute network are. 0001474869 00000 n Corridors where multiple routes are scheduled together for frequent service combine into a single thick line. It also works on mobile so you can plan your trip on the go. 3701 96th St. SW Lakewood, WA 98499 I’m not sure how you would explain it without going into a lot of detail. E.g., the 26/28 split at Fremont; the 31/32 split at Emerson Street (or Fremont as far as I’m concerned) and 36th Ave NE in Laurelhurst; the 347/348 split at 145th; etc. Click to enlarge. But if you can sell this to Metro, ST, etc., please have the routes be clickable. There is one little area (around 80th) that has moderate density, but everything else (for quite a ways) has very few people. https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/47.63839/-122.37336. Its not ideal, but the new service network coming in March will have significant service reorganizations along routes 75, 65 and 372x which will have at least readable, fairly frequent service for most of the week. Taking off much of the lines makes it pretty clear how unbalanced it is. I am aware that the suburban routes (except 550) are not frequent on Saturday. 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