Community Transit

Work Completed at Mountlake Terrace

Improvements to the Mountlake Terrace Transit Center upper parking lot were completed in July 2011. Community Transit completed the parking garage project in 2009. Sound Transit opened the Mountlake Terrace Freeway Station in spring 2011.

This summer Community Transit added upgrades to the upper parking lot. A $425,000 federal stimulus grant was used for earlier pavement improvements, with a balance of about $25,000.

Community Transit staff determined there were still two relatively small projects in the same upper parking lot that could be upgraded with these funds.

The original project included new trees which will reach from 40 to 80 ft. tall, thereby minimizing the effective light from the three existing 40 foot light poles.  So the project also installed 12 new concrete light pole bases and all necessary underground conduits.

Now 12 new light poles and 23 new light fixtures have been installed between the existing trees, and new groundcover landscaping fills in barren ground around this parking lot.

Transit projects such as these create jobs during the construction phase, then help people maintain jobs by providing affordable transportation options.

Transit Center Facts

• 890 total parking spaces (660 in the garage, 230 on the surface lot).
• A glass elevator.
• Covered pedestrian bridge from transit center garage to freeway station.
• Covered bus shelters and waiting areas.
• Bike lockers and bike racks.
• Lighting and security cameras.
• Artwork created by students at Mountlake Terrace, Edmonds-Woodway and Scriber Lake high schools as well as by professional artists.
• The transit center features “green” construction, including recycled building materials and solar panels

Transit Center Service

Community Transit

• Route 111 - Brier-Mountlake Terrace
• Route 130 - Aurora Village-Lynnwood
• Route 413 - Swamp Creek-Seattle
• Route 414 - McCollum Park -Seattle
• Route 415 - North Lynnwood-Seattle
• Route 810 - McCollum Park-University District
• Route 871 - Edmonds Park & Ride-University District

Sound Transit

• ST Express Route 511 - Ash Way-Seattle
• ST Express Route 513 - Eastmont-Seattle

King County Metro

• Route 347 - Mountlake Terrace-Northgate