One other new transportation choice is coming to Redmond, Wash.
The town introduced the launch Monday of RedLink, a free, on-demand, all-electric experience service to assist residents and guests get round Redmond extra simply and sustainably.
One of many objectives of this system is to attach the Redmond group — house to Microsoft’s major headquarters campus — to mild rail with out using private automobiles, the town stated in a information launch.
The Sound Transit mild rail 2 Line connects downtown Redmond to South Bellevue, and beginning March 28, will lengthen to Seattle with the opening of the Crosslake Connection.
RedLink operates in partnership with Circuit, a transportation firm working in about 50 cities throughout the U.S.
The Metropolis of Bellevue teamed with Circuit in 2023 for Bellhop, an analogous service aimed toward serving to to alleviate parking and last-mile complications in that rising metropolis. GeekWire examined BellHop on the time with a experience round downtown Bellevue.
RedLink riders can entry the service by way of the Circuit app. It’s accessible to all Redmond residents and guests touring inside the service space, which incorporates components of Downtown Redmond, Schooling Hill, and Southeast Redmond.
The pilot program is predicted to run by means of June 2027.
