New transit center leaves rider speechless

Sunday, Sept. 16, was the first day the new Spokane Transit Authority’s West Plains Transit Center was open. I went from Medical Lake on Route 62 to the WPTC and transferred to Route 64, which was enroute from Cheney to Spokane.

The connection was excellent. The bus was full of college students and one of them graciously offered me his seat. The bus was on time to the minute, both when I picked it up on at Prentiss/Campbell (at 12:37 p.m.) in Medical Lake and when it left WPTC for Spokane.

I could have gone either to Cheney or Spokane on Route 64. What a blessing to have hourly service every h...