By Theresa Goffredo
Herald Writer
EVERETT — Here’s a painful reminder: The southbound bridge over Highway 529 will be closed at Steamboat Slough for up to five months.
Speaking of painful reminders, remember when the state Department of Transportation closed Highway 529 last summer?
Gridlock was so bad it would have been faster to commute from Everett to Marysville on foot.
But Community Transit officials have suggestions about improving your commute when bridge construction begins May 14: Share the ride into Everett.
The transit company and transportation officials have made the ride sharing easier this time with added bus service, a temporary park-and-ride, and vanpools and carpools.
Here are the details:
A temporary park-and-ride will be set up at the south end of Marysville to provide 80 parking spaces for commuters who are carpooling, vanpooling or taking the bus. The park and ride lot is south of First Street behind the Parts Plus Auto Parts store on the west side of State Avenue.
The lot will be served by bus Route 210 and the new peak-hour shuttle service between Marysville and Everett. Funded by the Transportation Department, additional peak hour bus service has been added between the temporary Marysville park-and-ride and downtown Everett on weekdays.
Also, people who want to jump into the carpool or vanpool scene can find partners by visiting www.rideshareonline.com, or call 888-814-1300. Community Transit staff will help match callers with an existing shared-ride program.
Other construction changes include:
You can call Herald Writer Theresa Goffredo at 425-339-3097
or send e-mail to goffredo@heraldnet.com.
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