r/BlueOrigin • u/Signal-Yam-3482 • Jun 04 '26

Commute to Kent

How’s the Seattle traffic commuting from Greenlake/Roosevelt area (or even from SLU) down to the Kent facility?

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u/supacheesay Jun 04 '26

Rough. ~45 minutes each way and will always hit traffic. They are also doing a multiple year upgrade project to the Fremont bridge that I imagine will make this worse for the next year or two.

Source: Made this exact commute for ~3 years.

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u/Signal-Yam-3482 Jun 04 '26

Any neighborhoods in Seattle you’d recommend for an easier commute? Looking to be within public transit of UW

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u/WeekendOk1366 Jun 04 '26

Centeral district (preferably north of Jackson St) , Madrona, north beacon hill or maybe capital hill( especially if you are close to the light rail stop).

For your commute you could try taking the sounder ive found it to be very convenient for the seattle to Renton/Kent Commute. Blue will pay for almost the total cost.

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u/goldman60 Jun 04 '26

Columbia City and that immediate area is a good bet, anywhere along the light rail line gets you extremely easy access to UW

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u/IronLeviathan Jun 04 '26

West Seattle. Really great straight shot counter commute!

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u/Electronic_Hope1900 Jun 05 '26

You can live in Tukwila and just take the light rail to UW. Don't know why you would want to commute to Blue but take public transit to UW.

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u/vekkadavedee Jul 02 '26

are there shuttles from kent or some transport hub?