{"id":46332,"date":"2019-10-25T08:36:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T15:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/?p=46332"},"modified":"2019-10-25T08:36:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T15:36:21","slug":"parking-driving-you-crazy-some-ideas-for-getting-yourself-to-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/parking-driving-you-crazy-some-ideas-for-getting-yourself-to-town-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Parking Driving You Crazy? Some Ideas for Getting Yourself to Town Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hear you. We really do. Parking in this city can be a bear and Town Hall is situated smack dab in the middle of the city on First Hill at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/1119+8th+Ave,+Seattle,+WA+98101\/@47.6089673,-122.3315312,17z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x54906ab67fd46809:0x65a981ec8e76aa47!8m2!3d47.6090775!4d-122.329817\">1119 8th Avenue<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.djc.com\/news\/ae\/12119739.html\">construction continuing<\/a> on our block as they build a new park and a pair of elegant apartment towers next door. <strong>W<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>hat to do?!<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some thoughts:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Transit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kingcounty.gov\/depts\/transportation\/metro\/schedules-maps\/route\/002-013.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metro Route #2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stops right next to our building and we\u2019re just 4 blocks from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundtransit.org\/ride-with-us\/stations\/link-light-rail-stations\/university-street-station\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3rd and University light rail station<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Biking<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have 14 bike parking spots on the corner of 8th and Seneca. There are also a plethora of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/transportation\/projects-and-programs\/programs\/bike-program\/bike-share\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bike share options<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> out there. I suppose the question you need to ask yourself is what color bike do you like best?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Walking<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/benefits-of-walking\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s good for you<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/world\/look-inside-this-luxury-blimp-promising-to-revolutionize-air-travel\"><strong>Luxury blimps<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They haven\u2019t quite hit the Seattle market, I\u2019m afraid.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Drive and park<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We understand a lot of these options may not be feasible for you. Driving to the venue and parking close by is often the only answer. Unfortunately, there is no on-site parking at our venue\u2014but <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotangels.com\/blog\/seattle-street-and-overnight-parking-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">street parking<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is available. We are also located near several parking garages. These include the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wscc.com\/parking-garage-details-passes\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington State Convention Center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.parkopedia.com\/parking\/underground\/crowne_plaza_hotel\/98101\/seattle\/?arriving=201910241200&amp;leaving=201910241400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crowne Plaza<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parkme.com\/lot\/202617\/buck-garage-seattle-wa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buck Garage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, amongst others.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a more comprehensive list of parking options you can go to our website <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/plan-your-visit\/location-directions-parking\/#Parking\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will be sure to keep you informed if we ever offer blimp service. We agree it would be a pretty cool way to beat this whole Seattle traffic racket. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you for your understanding, and we hope to see you soon at one of our upcoming events! <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event-calendar\/\">You can see our full calendar here<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parking driving you crazy in Seattle? We hear you. We really do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","category-featured","category-town-crier"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}