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Monday tuesday
The ferry will depart Seattle at 12:45 p.m., arriving in
Bremerton at approximately 1:45 p.m. The tour will begin
at the ferry terminal upon disembarking the ferry. The
group will return on the 4:15 p.m. ferry arriving in Seattle at
approximately 5:15 p.m.
Round-trip ticket cost is $6.70 per person. You may prepurchase
a ticket up to 90 days in advance or on line the day
of the trip at the ferry terminal. Please visit
https://secure2.gatewayticketing.com/wsf/webstore/
shop/ticket-selection.aspx?Merchant=Main&SalesCate
goryGroup=21&SalesCategory=24 for ticket information
and purchase. Please note that when you purchase a ticket
you do not indicate a time or day as your ticket is valid for
90 days from date of purchase. Please be sure you are
purchasing the Seattle to Bremerton route.
Lunch will not be provided as part of the session/tour;
however, the ferry offers cafeteria style dining for lunch and
also has vending machines. There are tables on the deck
of the ferry as well as inside the main cabin for dining. You
may also wish to bring your lunch on board – there are small
restaurants at the ferry docks where you may purchase food.
Please contact APTA’s Heidi Salati at the Sheraton Seattle if
you did not register in advance and plan to participate in the
session/tour.
12:30 - 2 p.m.
Regulatory Activities Subcommittee
(Access Committee)
Juniper, Level 2
Chair, Patrisha Piras
1 - 2 p.m.
Waterborne Transit
Operations Committee
Cedar, Level 2
Chair, Celia G. Kupersmith
tuesday
TECHNICAL TOURS
Be sure to take advantage of the variety of technical tours
provided by your colleagues at King County Metro Transit
(Metro). Please sign up for the tour of your choice at the
host information desk in the APTA registration area,
Aspen Room, Level 2 in the Sheraton Seattle.
Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel
and Transit Communications
& Control Center
2 - 5 p.m.
Join Metro staff on a tour of the Downtown Seattle Transit
Tunnel, which was recently retrofitted for joint bus-light rail
operations beginning in 2009. The tour includes a bus ride
through the 1.3-mile tunnel and a tour of behind- the-scenes
facilities that support the tunnel.
The Transit Communications and Control Center houses
the communications equipment that staff uses to interact
with and monitor all Metro-operated buses running on
surface and tunnel routes. In the future, the building will
accommodate the monitoring of Sound Transit’s LINK Light
Rail services operated by Metro. The facility also serves
as Transit’s Emergency Operations Center. The building,
completed in 2007, recently received a LEED Gold rating.
The tour departs from and returns to the Seattle Convention
Center.
ACCESS Transportaion Control Center
2 - 5 p.m.
ACCESS Transportation provides over 4,000 paratransit trips
per day in the greater King County area with a fleet of 290
vehicles. Tour the control center and see firsthand
some of the newest technologies being put to use, including
automated scheduling and dispatch software integrated
with Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Mobile Data
Computers (MDC).
The tour departs from and returns to the Seattle Convention
Center.
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