COMMUNITY INTEGRATION
The Redmond Technology light rail station serves as a temporary terminus station to Sound Transit’s extension of light rail service east from the City of Seattle to Redmond. The station is surrounded on all sides by the Microsoft campus, prioritizing quick and safe station access for patrons. Benefit for the station and the surrounding community was found by locating the parking garage and ancillary spaces above the bus transit center and Microsoft shuttle program. This efficient organization of program reserves open space for future transit oriented development at the south end of the site, increases weather protection in shuttle and bus transit areas for patrons, and provides the option to add a grade-separated station entry to enhance pedestrian safety. An additional entrance from the north side of the station platform facilitates access from employment centers to the north.
