Link Disruption This Weekend (Nov. 8-10)

As announced in October, Link will be replaced by shuttle buses between SODO and Capitol Hill Stations from 10pm tonight (November 8) through Sunday, November 10, and return to full service on Monday, November 11. Trains will run every 15 minutes north of Capitol Hill and south of SODO. As a commentor noted earlier today, this means attendees of this evening's Kraken game and other events this weekend will need to plan ahead.

Sound Transit and The Urbanist each posted articles recently describing this closure and other upcoming closures. This weekend's closure is in service of tying in the upcoming 2 Line extension between Downtown Seattle and South Bellevue across the I-90 floating bridge and Mercer Island.

Sound Transit has provided the following graphics to help weekend riders plan their trip who may seek alternative service to each station during disruptions [edit: some routes may not be in-service on weekends, check schedules for more information]:

As commentator Al S. noted, Link ridership on weekends has reached parity with weekday ridership. If rider impacts are the impetus for weekend closures, should Sound Transit consider major service impacts such as these for weekdays instead of weekends?

Edit, 3:40pm: clarified utility of the alternative service chart.