[西雅圖] 新線速遞︰King County Metro RapidRide B Line

King County Metro 第二條RapidRide線正式服務
來往西雅圖東邊嘅Bellevue同Microsoft Office所在地Redmond
用車係New Flyer DE60LFR，原本係用BRT級數嘅DE60LFA
但NFI方面將DE60LFA停產，結果就用咗DE60LFR
全部新車裝有GPS，無論報站定電牌都利用GPS定位
電牌就更加自己偵側行駛方向
由總站開行時，除咗顯示對頭總站名外，仲會顯示埋途經地方，但當過咗途經地點後唔會再顯示
到對頭總站前就自己轉埋私牌，直到架車去到休息位置後再轉番反方向嘅總站名
呢個Setting唔錯，起碼過咗中途地方後唔駛再一咪顯示，令人誤會

下一條RapidRide線將會係2012年底開辦

So does it past through Bel Red Rd, and 148, or using 520.  No wonder they have that big construction project when I was back visiting parents around March.

原帖由 art0925 於 2011-10-3 14:18 發表
So does it past through Bel Red Rd, and 148, or using 520.  No wonder they have that big construction project when I was back visiting parents around March.

Bellevue> NE 8th St> NE 156th Ave> Overlake P&R> Overlake Transit Center> NE 40th St> NE148th Ave> Redmond

The construction began around June/July and completed around August

So it's like an upgrade of Route 230 then....

Btw, where's the terminal of Redmond, around the end of 148th?  I used to live around the area back in the days, I shall def. try this line when I return for visit.

原帖由 sea1986 於 2011-10-3 14:38 發表


Bellevue> NE 8th St> NE 156th Ave> Overlake P&R> Overlake Transit Center> NE 40th St> NE148th Ave> Redmond

The construction began around June/July and completed around August

[ 本帖最後由 art0925 於 2011-10-7 10:40 編輯 ]

原帖由 art0925 於 2011-10-7 10:38 發表
So it's like an upgrade of Route 230 then....

Btw, where's the terminal of Redmond, around the end of 148th?  I used to live around the area back in the days, I shall def. try this line when I return ...

It's also like an upgrade of 253...B Line is serving the portion of old 253
B Line's terminal of Redmond is Redmond Transit Center

[ 本帖最後由 sea1986 於 2011-10-7 15:00 編輯 ]

To my surprise, it had Wi-Fi on board. But it seemed that Line B was not a very frequent service, despite there were quite a number of people waiting at each bus stop.

原帖由 FS1819 於 2011-10-8 13:28 發表
To my surprise, it had Wi-Fi on board. But it seemed that Line B was not a very frequent service, despite there were quite a number of people waiting at each bus stop.

It's not surprising. A Line has provided Wi-Fi service.

what made you think like this way? The service of B Line is every 10 mins during peak time and every 15 mins during non-peak time
10-min service is very frequent for Seattle.

Perhaps there are two things that make you think that B Line seems not to be very frequent.
One is construction on NE 24 st and another is that NE 8th is one of the busiest streets in Bellevue, so it is possible for the service of B Line not to come on time

[ 本帖最後由 sea1986 於 2011-10-8 14:05 編輯 ]

原帖由 sea1986 於 8-10-2011 14:03 發表


It's not surprising. A Line has provided Wi-Fi service.

what made you think like this way? The service of B Line is every 10 mins during peak time and every 15 mins during non-peak time
10-min serv ...

I have never rode on Line A before.

Perhaps it was due to the construction works. It felt longer than expected for the next bus to come.

10 min/ bus is def. a high frequency service, the other svc I can think of is Sound Transit's 550 which I used to take everyday before moving to Ravenna.  

原帖由 sea1986 於 2011-10-8 14:03 發表


It's not surprising. A Line has provided Wi-Fi service.

what made you think like this way? The service of B Line is every 10 mins during peak time and every 15 mins during non-peak time
10-min serv ...

原帖由 art0925 於 10-10-2011 09:45 發表
10 min/ bus is def. a high frequency service, the other svc I can think of is Sound Transit's 550 which I used to take everyday before moving to Ravenna.  

CT's Swift is also a 10-min service until February next year, when frequency will be reduced to 12 minutes.

I am still waiting for 358 to be replaced with something more time efficient.

[ 本帖最後由 FS1819 於 2011-10-10 12:01 編輯 ]