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COMMENTARY: Accident cases pose complex issues

October 23, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jennifer Bates For Northwest Asian Weekly Recently there has been a lot of publicity and news coverage about the Ride the Ducks tour bus crash. There were five deaths and more than a dozen seriously injured exchange students. There has been one lawsuit filed on behalf of a student who sustained fractured fingers and/or […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, Attorney Buckley, Aurora Avenue North, Buckley Associates, Jae Won Jang, Jeep Cherokee, Jennifer Bates, King County Metro, Korea, North Seattle Community College, United States, Vol 34 No 44 | October 24 - October 30

EDITORIAL: Don’t discount Orca’s discounts — Qualified riders and seniors can receive reduced rates

July 16, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Lena Chan Leprozo takes the bus every day from Northgate to the International District. She commutes to the Senior Center at the Bush Hotel on Jackson. This 80+ senior relies on her bus ride every day, and because of the  Regional Reduced Fare Permit (RRFP program), the cost is reduced and the process is simplified. […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2015, Bush Hotel, International District, King County Metro, King County Water Taxi, Kitsap Transit, Lena Chan Leprozo, Metro Transit, Orca Lift, Public Health, RRFP, Reduced Fare Permit, Seattle, Sound Transit Link, Vol 34 No 30 | July 18 - July 24

COMMENTARY: This November, vote yes for Seattle Transit

October 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Rich Stolz For Northwest Asian Weekly As any bus rider who has been passed up by an overcrowded bus or forced to stand for an entire commute can tell you, we need to start taking steps to improve bus service in Seattle. Our city is growing rapidly. If it were just trying to keep […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2014, CEO, Diane Narasaki, Executive Director, King County Metro, Rich Stolz, Seattle Transportation Benefit District Proposition, Seattle Transportation Proposition, Vol 33 No 42 | October 11 - October 17

COMMENTARY: Preventing transit cuts will be a win for our communities

April 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Diane Narasaki and Rich Stolz Without action soon, King County Metro will cut 17 percent of its transit service, with the first cuts taking place as early as June of this year. As many as 74 routes, including routes critical to the mobility of Asian Pacific American communities, are slated to be completely eliminated. […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2014, Asian Counseling Referral Services, Asian Pacific American, Diane Narasaki, King County Council, King County Metro, Rich Stolz, Vol 33 No 15 | April 5 - April 11

Streetcar construction causes headaches in the ID

August 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Charles Lam Northwest Asian Weekly According to the city, the First Hill Streetcar was supposed to help the International District grow, but so far local businesses say the only thing it’s grown is the list of transportation-related issues that have slowed the neighborhood’s already sluggish economic recovery.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, 2014, Asian Resource Center, First Hill Street Car, First Hill Streetcar, International Community Health Services, International District, Jackson Street, King County Metro, Lunar New Year, Metropolitan Improvement District, Nielson Research, Ride Free Zone, SDOT, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9, parking

Youthful voice: “Alone, together, on a bus”

August 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

For the past two weeks, I have been riding on the King County Metro to and from the International District. I have never taken the bus by myself for such a long period of time, so I’ve had a lot of new experiences. From the first day, I started to notice some unspoken etiquette for riding public transit. There are minute differences in the customs — or habits, if you will — of riding the bus in the morning and riding it in the afternoon …

Filed Under: News Tagged With: International District, Jessica Tsang, King County Metro, Northwest Asian Weekly, SYLP, Summer Youth Leadership Program, Youth issue, communication

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