King County’s new RapidRide G Line route — a bus service running every six minutes Monday-Saturday through Seattle’s downtown, First Hill, Capitol Hill, and Madison Valley neighborhoods — just launched over the weekend.
Part of the Madison Street Area Project , the G Line implements new RapidRide stops + dedicated transit lanes in an effort to improve bus reliability and travel times.
Here’s the news on the street:
The numbers
SDOT added 1.4 miles of red bus lanes dedicated for the G Line, fixed sidewalks, installed new walk and bike signals, rebuilt utilities, and redesigned street aspects to regulate traffic. Here are some more of the G Line’s project numbers:
- $144.3 million — the project cost to complete
- 3.8 miles of sidewalk built or replaced
- 9.1 lane-miles of completed concrete roadway
- 2.3 lane-miles of new asphalt overlay
- 21 new RapidRide stops — 10 paired stops in each direction + one on First Avenue
- Four new center-running stations between Seventh and Thirteenth avenues
- Five new traffic signals and 36 upgraded existing signals
- 108 new trees planted throughout the project area, with some final planting to be completed this fall