From Page 11 cially since expanding out to Fred Meyer in the East Lake Sammamish Center in February 2007, according to Rochelle Ogershok, a spokeswoman for King County Metro Transit. In the past decade, the route has averaged between 300 and 340 riders per day, Ogershok said. Each trip averages about nine riders. “You fill it up at rush hour,” Quimby said. The 200 covers most of Issaquah’s valley floor, running from the Issaquah Community Center in downtown Issaquah to north Issaquah and Fred Meyer. It weaves by the Issaquah Public Library, the Issaquah Transit Center, Gilman Village, Issaquah Commons and Pickering Place along the way. The route passes by most of the city’s retail centers, giving people easy access to grocery stores, restaurants, hardware stores and more. Robinson said he sees a lot of riders using the bus to reach Fred Meyer and Target.
By J.B. Wogan
Ruben Simpson and Kelley Boehlke wait to be picked up by the 200 bus.
Jing Pecht, who works at the customer service desk at Fred Meyer, said the 200 has helped business a little bit. She said employees from nearby businesses, like the Siemens on Southeast 51st Street, use the 200 to shop. “I don’t think it’s a big impact right
now, but it’s probably a matter of advertising,” she said. Metro Transit has plans to expand the route out to the Issaquah Highlands on one end and to the Talus neighborhood on the other, but those aren’t scheduled until 2011.
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