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Seattle’s Columbia Street is getting a smoother bus ride

Feb 13, 2020, 5:13 PM | Updated: Feb 14, 2020, 5:15 am

​KIRO Radio 97.3 FM’s Tracy Taylor explains how a new bus-only lane on Seattle’s Columbia Street should help ease congestion through the downtown corridor, in the latest edition of Streetwise.

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Seattle’s Columbia Street is getting a smoother bus ride