Quoted: Issaquah: An agreement with Issaquah, Redmond, Sammamish, and Microsoft will provide more frequent service on Metro’s existing Route 269 starting this September. Then in 2010, the Route 200 will be expanded to serve both the Issaquah Highlands and Talus neighborhoods. Metro, the city, Port Blakely Communities, Timber Ridge at Talus, and the Talus Residential Association will fund this service expansion.

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Sweet ... I'm proud to have grown up a mile from this location.

Quoted: How better to celebrate our nation's independence than jumping a red, white, and blue school bus over a line of cars in a synchronized pyrotechnic ...

Sweet, Sound Transit needs to install those seats :P

Quoted: The sheer scale of Google’s new shuttle program for its employees befits the company’s oversize ambitions.

Google Transit finally added Seattle! The interface is an improvement over the local Ride Finder service, but I don't think it includes Sound Transit.

Update: It does include Sound Transit route numbers, but it calls them Metro routes.

Sweet.

Quoted: Metro's Issaquah Highlands Park-and-Ride will now have weekday service to Bellevue, the University District, and Northgate via ST Express 555 and 556.

Bus changes for Issaquah -- didn't realize the SR 900 P&R was closing ... they're adding new 218 routes (including a new 7:20 PM) to/from Highlands to compensate.

Quoted: Transportation Today - King County Department of Transportation

Quoted: Tax Benefits for Transportation Programs