When light rail service starts Saturday Dec 6 to Kent, Des Moines and Federal Way, Sound Transit will soon discover if its 2,831 parking spots at the three new stations are too many, not enough or just the right amount.

Drivers will find 502 parking spaces at Kent Des Moines Station; 1,105 at Star Lake (Kent) Station; and 1,224 at Federal Way Downtown Station along the $2.5 billion, 7.8-mile extension from Angle Lake in SeaTac.

Many people will reach the stations by car, others by bus, bicycle or walking.

“We’re looking forward to providing more transit service to South King County and making it easy to use no matter how you get to Link light rail,” said Sound Transit spokesperson David Jackson in a Nov. 24 email.

Sound Transit staff estimates the new Federal Way Link will draw an aver

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