News of Madison Valley

The following quote from the MPCC (Madison Park Community Council) in the Community Corner of the October Madison Park Times should explain the why of the proposed routing of the 11 E Madison in March 2016. 

“We have also reached a compromise with Metro Transit over the re-routing of the No. 11 bus. Our consensus was that we wanted as little change to the current routing as possible; Metro’s bottom line was that it wanted the route to provide direct access to the new Sound Transit station on Capitol Hill. The new routing achieves both of these goals but will, unfortunately, add about five minutes’ travel time to the route.”

It would be interesting to know how this decision was made and why the actual bus rider users of the 11 were not in the decision with Metro, especially since their decision impacts more than the few on the MPCC. The 11 does not belong to Madison Park and its route impacts users of the 8, 10, 12, 43 and 48 and the current users of the 11. 

This is a back-room deal that affects a lot of people and should not go unanswered by those affected. And yes, this coup affects not only the 11 riders but those on the 43!