Anyone driving cab at Yellow Seattle is forever bombarded by commonsense reminders to do this or that but providing information the majority of us need and want is another taxi story, for instance Yellow never telling us when yet another Seattle or area hotel opens. Given this absence, the following list is a compilation of recently opened hotels, or least hotels totally new to me, so I hope everyone finds this helpful, further breaking down the ongoing mystery that is driving a cab. I have listed them in more or less alphabetical order regardless of location, providing some order in a very disorganized world.
The Seattle & Area New Hotel List
AC Hotel by Marriott
208 106th Place NE, Bellevue, WA
Aloft Seattle---Redmond
15220 NE Shen Street, Redmond, WA
Baymont by Wyndham
12223 NE 116th, Kirkland, WA
Bellevue Club Hotel
12000 SE 6th Street, Bellevue, WA
Bothell Inn & Suites
3850 MonteVilla Parkway, Bothell, WA
The Charter Hotel
1610 2nd Avenue, Seattle, WA
Even Hotel
527 Fairview Avenue N, Seattle, WA
Graduate Seattle (old DECA)
4507 Brooklyn Avenue NE, Seattle, WA
Hotel 116,
625 116th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA
The Heathman Hotel
220 Kirkland Avenue, Kirkland, WA
Hyatt Regency (opening in December 2018)
808 Howell Street, Seattle, WA
Hotel Interurban
223 Andover Parkway East, Tukwila, WA
Larkspur Landing
1701 East Valley Road, Renton, WA
La Residence Suite Hotel
475 100th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA
Moxy Hotel
1016 Republican Street, Seattle, WA
Palladan Hotel
2000 2nd Avenue, Seattle, WA
Pallhtotel
107 Pine, Seattle, WA
Residence Inn,
1815 Terry Avenue, Seattle, WA
SLKU Chroma by Domicile
1212 Harrison Street, Seattle, WA
Staybridge Suites---South Lake Union
1119 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA
Studio 6 Seattle---Montlake Terrace
6017 244 Street, Montlake Terrace, WA
Woodspring Suites
7045 180th Avenue NE, Redmond, WA
Count them and you'll see 27 hotels possibly new to you. The old Deca just opened days ago, so with the autumn rain, new hotels are popping up like mushrooms. What day that huge new hotel, the Hyatt Regency is opening I am not sure but the place is hard to miss, taking up it appears the entire old Greyhound Station block. Whether any of these hotels are truly taxi friendly I do not know but since the Graduate Hotel has the only official cab stand in the University District, I would sit there and see what happens. As many remember, the old Deca Hotel provided us many early morning Sea-Tac runs. I can only hope that the Graduate is as good, sending us off southbound with a grin and smile, fifty dollars in our pockets a guarantee.
Viaduct News
January 11th, 2019 is the last day that State Route Highway 99 Viaduct will be open. The new tunnel will be opening sometime during the week of February 3-9, 2019. Please note this because it means there will be 3 weeks of traffic hell downtown. Good time to take a vacation. The demolition of the bridge is expected to take 4 months more or less.
Some important details:
The tunnel is actually 2 tunnels, north & southbound. Each tunnel has 2 11 foot wide lanes and a 8 foot shoulder.
The posted speed limit is 45 mph.
The toll until mid-2019 will be free.
Stated toll rates: $1.00 overnight
$1.50 morning commute
$2.25 afternoon peak
I will keep everyone updated through the congested months to come. Shall we all pray that the City of Seattle will use commonsense when dealing with the upcoming traffic mess? Amen to that is all I can say!
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