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Transportation to Ft. Lewis on Monday, February 5th
 

BUS & CARPOOLS - LOCATIONS AND TIMES 

CARPOOL WANTED OR NEWLY OFFERED 

DRIVING DIRECTIONS & PARKING INFO

MAPS, TRAVEL TIMES AND DISTANCES      

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION to SR 512 Park & Ride and SUTTLE to Rally Site)

   

BUSES & CARPOOL- LOCATIONS & TIMES

Carpools and buses are being organized in many communities across the Northwest.  If you would like to charter a bus or plan to organize a carpool, please let us know so we can add it to our carpool listing. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

No one will be turned away from a bus or carpool for economic reasons -- pay the requested amount, donate what you can, or ride for free.   Bus or carpool coordinators need to contact the Watada Campaign to receive assistance to cover transportation costs.  Please contact Susan Arndt -- 206 499-7119 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .  

Planning to join a carpool or bus at a Park & Ride location?  It is possible that park and ride parking lots may fill up so we suggest either taking a bus to the carpool location or giving yourself extra time to insure you are able to find parking. 

 

To date, the following areas have organized carpools or chartered buses:

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Bainbridge Island, 9:45 AM, returning 7:15 PM
Eagle Harbor Congregational Church
105 Winslow Way (at Madison Ave) Bainbridge Island

This bus will go to Bremerton to pick up others and then on to Ft. Lewis (see Bremerton below). Donation $15 or more -- no one will be turned away. Checks should be made out to:

KUUF: "Watada Bus Fund"
Mail to: Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
PO Box 2015
Bremerton, WA 98310
ATTN: Bus 

To book your seat contact Jo Walter 360-479-3117 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   Please include your name, phone number and e-mail.
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Bellingham, 9 AM
Western Washington University
Fairhaven College Parking Lot

SDS is calling for a student WALKOUT and is organizing a carpool to Fort Lewis. Currently, there are 3 vehicles that can carry about 15 people. Please let us know if you would like to donate your vehicle for the cause.   Departure 9 AM and will be back late Monday night. Questions email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Bellingham, 9:45 am, leaving at 10:30am & returning ~ 9 pm
North Parking lot, Best Western Lakeway Inn, 714 Lakeway Dr.

Seats $15 suggested donation -- no one will be turned away. To reserve a seat contact Marie Marchand, Whatcom Peace & Justice Center,  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; (360) 734-0217. If you can't reach someone over the weekend, just show up, and we may have seats left on Monday.

Mail checks to:
Marie Marchand, Executive Director 
Whatcom Peace & Justice Center 
100 E. Maple Street/PO Box 2444 
Bellingham, WA 9822

(360) 734-0217  
www.whatcompjc.org

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Bremerton, 10:30 AM
Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
4418 Perry Ave. Bremerton, WA
 

Leave 10:30 AM, return 6:30 PM.  This bus will be arriving from Bainbridge Island and returning via Bainbridge (see above). To book your seat call Jo Walter 360-479-3117. Please include your name, phone number and e-mail.Please donate $15 or more – no one will be turned away. Checks should be made out to:   

KUUF: "Watada Bus Fund"
Mail to:
Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
PO Box 2015
Bremerton, WA 98310
ATTN: Bus

Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call Jo Walter 360-479-3117 in Bremerton or Kathy 206 942 0790 in Bainbridge.
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Kirkland, 10 AM
South Kirkland Park & Ride

106th Ave NE and NE 38th Pl
10610 NE 38th Place (106th Ave NE & NE 38th Pl)

King County Metro bus lines:

2220, 230, 234, 255, 256, Sound Transit 540,596  

We will leave this location at 10 AM and plan to return by 7 PM.

The cost is $16/person -- no one will be turned away.

Contact either Karen at 425 246-7915 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  
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North Whidbey Island/ Coupeville and Oak Harbor, WA

This group has 10 to 20 folks who already want to go and are working on chartering a bus.  If you are interested, please contact Terry Ann Gallagher, phone, 360-678 3788, email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Olympia, 10:30 AM & 2 PM
Harrison and Division Westside corner of parking lot

Pastors for Peace school bus carpool. A $4 donation is suggested, but no one will be turned away.  
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Olympia, 10:45 AM & 2:15 PM Eastside Park and Ride at Marvin Way

Pastors for Peace school bus carpool. A $4 donation is suggested, but no one will be turned away.  
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Portland, 8AM
Gateway Transit Center

Tickets are $25 general /$15 student/senior and are first come, first serve. Reserve your bus ticket now!  

To purchase your ticket online go to: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/10162

Or to pay by check: Email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with your name, phone, address and how many tickets you would like. 
Send checks to: American Friends Service Committee, 2249 E. Burnside Portland, OR 97214. 

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Seattle, Sand Point 6:30 AM
City People’s Mercantile
5440 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle 

This carpool is planning to attend Lt. Watada’s trial and is willing to pick up people if it’s not too far from this location.

Please contact   Elaine 206.999.7335, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  
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Seattle – Downtown (Capitol Hill) 10:15 AM &10:30 AM
Seattle Central Community College - The community at large is welcome to join this bus.
1701 Broadway (Broadway & Pine), Seattle

Seattle Central Community College Student Walkout 10 AM
Please donate for the bus – no one will be turned away. 
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Seattle – Northend, 9:15 AM
Calvary Temple Assembly of God Church Parking
6801 Roosevelt Way

44 seats/$16 seat -- no one will be turned away. Please contact Cheryl Banks IMMEDIATELY if you are interested; 206 764-1886 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  
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Seattle - Southend 9:45 AM
Doubletree Suites, 16500 Southcenter Parkway, Seattle 

44 seats/$16 seat suggested donation -- no one will be turned away.  Please contact Cheryl Banks IMMEDIATELY if you are interested; 206 764-1886 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood in S. Seattle, 9:30 AM

Carpool being organized . 9:30 AM, New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainer Ave S. (scroll down for details under "Carpools Wanted/Offered")

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Tacoma, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Carpools

North Tacoma - Tacoma Community College Park & Ride (South 19th & Mildred)

South Tacoma - So 72nd and Portland Park & Ride

Carpools to Ft Lewis run for 2 hours 

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DRIVING DIRECTIONS & PARKING INFORMATION

Please note: Directions and Parking locations differ for Carpools/Drivers and Buses/Shuttles

 
for Carpools and Drivers

Driving Directions from I-5 to the DuPont Park and Ride, Exit 118, Center Dr

  Directions from I-5 South

Exit 118, Center Dr
Turn Right at Center Dr
Turn Right at Wilmington Dr.
Turn Right at DuPont Park and Ride just after the Mexican Restaurant
Parking attendants will greet you and connect you to a shuttle

Directions from I-5 North
Exit 118, Center Dr
Merge onto Center Dr
Turn Right at Wilmington Dr.
Turn Right at DuPont Park and Ride just after the Mexican Restaurant
Parking attendants will greet you and connect you to a shuttle

 

for Buses and Shuttles

Directions to Fort Lewis, WA. Exit 119, off 1-5. We will have signs to direct you where to park after you exit the Freeway – it’s easy to find from either direction of I-5.

Directions from I-5 South
Take exit 119 to Steilacoom-DuPont Rd
Turn right onto Barksdale Ave
Turn right at DuPont-Steilacoom Rd
Turn right at Station Dr
Turn Right into a gravel parking lot.
 
Directions from I-5 North
Take exit 119 to Steilacoom-DuPont Rd
Turn left onto Barksdale Ave
Turn right at DuPont-Steilacoom Rd
Turn right at Station Dr
Turn Right into a gravel parking lot.

  

MAPS, TRAVEL TIMES & DISTANCES

Map of Parking, Rally Site and Liberty Inn

 

Estimated driving time & distance from: 

  • Olympia - 15miles, 20 min
  • Tacoma - 17 miles, 20 min
  • Seattle - 47 miles, 60mins or longer depending on traffic
  • Portland - 130 miles, 2 hours 30 min
  • Bellingham -136 miles 2 hours 30 min
 

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION to SR-512 Park & Ride & SHUTTLE to Rally Site

From Seattle or Tacoma
Bus #594 to SR-512 Park & Ride
Downtown Seattle (2nd & University) starting at 9 am and every half hour until 11:30am

Downtown Tacoma (Tacoma Dome Station) starting at 9:50am and every half hour until 2:20pm

Shuttles will run from the SR-512 Park & Ride to the rally site every 30 minutes from 10:15am until 12:50pm To access the Sound Transit bus schedule, click here.

 
From Olympia
Intercity Transit Bus #620 to SR 512 Park & Ride
Leaves Olympia Transit Center at 9am, 11:30am, 2:00pm arriving at SR 512 Park & Ride ~45 minutes later.
Shuttles will run from the Park & Ride to the rally site every 30 minutes from 10:15am until 12:50pm

Returning home from Ft. Lewis
We will have shuttles running all day long to take you back to the Park & Ride to catch a bus. Just stop by the information table and let us know when you will need a shuttle 

 

CARPOOLS WANTED OR NEWLY OFFERED

 

Offered from Seattle, Columbia City neighborhood:

Carpool being organized from Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood in S. Seattle.   9:30 AM, New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainer Ave S.

The Freedom Socialist Party will take cars on Monday, Feb. 5 to Fort Lewis to support Lt. Ehren Watada on the first day of his court martial.  We will leave at 9:30 am Monday from New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainer Ave. S and depart from Fort Lewis to Seattle in two groups -- one at 2 pm and one at 5 pm.  Please bring a sack lunch.

If you are interested in carpooling, call Chris Smith at
206-722-2453 as soon as possible
 

Offered from Portland:  Jake is driving from Portland to Ft. Lewis on Sunday, February 4th.  He has room for 3 more riders.  If you would like to join him, please email him at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 503 459-2007, or message 503 233-0870.


Wanted from Port TownsendKate Dwyer This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it seeks a ride from Port Townsend to the Ft. Lewis events.  Her phone number is 360-385-3345.

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Last Updated ( Sunday, 04 February 2007 )
 

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