Sunday Movie: Downtown Redmond Urbanism & Floating Bridge Rail

Downtown Redmond's walkable urbanism in the Link station area is transit-oriented development (TOD) done right. (Yet Another Urbanist, August 2025)

If you go to Downtown Redmond station, there's a trail along the Link track that continues west beyond the terminus. Walk three blocks west to an outdoor art exhibit inspired by a former railroad depot. Turn north on 161st Ave NE one block to Cleveland Street, which has an Old Town ambience and the downtown park. Return to the station. Redmond Town Center is across the street on the south. A major mixed-use renovation is planned. Walk east on the trail (alongside the Link track), across the Bear Creek footbridge, to Marymoor Village station and Marymoor Park. Continue east on the trail past the station; it will end one block east at NE 70th Street. Go east on the street one block to the start of the East Sammamish Trail on the right, which goes to Issaquah.

For the west side trails, from the art exhibit at 161st, continue west to the Sammamish River Trail. It goes north on both sides of the river and branches off to other trails such as the Power Line trail going east. If you continue walking north five hours you'll get to the Woodinville, UW Bothell, Bothell, and Kenmore, where the trail continues as the Burke-Gilman Trail to Seattle. (At UW Bothell there's a 5-block gap in the trail on a residential street. Just keep going and the trail will start again.)

Sound Transit explains how it built light rail on a floating bridge. (Sound Transit, November 2025)

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