Charging stations for electric cars at Metro Park and Rides

At the Monday, April 12 meeting of the King County Council, an ordinance was unanimously adopted to increase the number of locations where battery and plug in hybrid electric vehicles (“BEVs” and “PHEVs”) can charge their cars.

The ordinance approves a program to install up to 200 charging stations at County owned, leased or partnering organizations’ facilities, such as Metro Transit Park and Ride lots (Ordinance 2009-0361).

Priority will be given to the large lots, such as the Shoreline Park and Ride at 192nd and Aurora. No schedule has been determined at this point.

The City of Shoreline has a charging station at its parking garage behind City Hall at 17500 Midvale Avenue N.