Park & Ride Ownership

The City of Mercer Island has never owned the Park-and-Ride property. In 1987, it was sold by a private owner directly to WSDOT when construction for the I-90 widening project (launched 1982) was fully underway.

A smaller, single-story Park-and-Ride facility was constructed on the property in the mid-1980's, after 10 years of study by WSDOT and King County Metro Transit.

When parking expansion plans were approved by the voters, the property was purchased in 2005 from WSDOT for $1.5million by Sound Transit. The City was not offered any opportunity to buy the property.

Today, Sound Transit operates the expanded facility, which serves both Sound Transit and King County Metro Transit buses.