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The Community Transit Board of Directors today approved a plan to reroute the agency’s University District bus routes (800-series) to Northgate when Link light rail opens there next fall.

The agency conducted two rounds of public outreach, incorporating feedback and ideas from riders to best provide fast, frequent and all-day connections between Snohomish County buses and light rail.

Travel time on Link from Northgate to the U District is expected to take six minutes, and 14 minutes for Northgate to downtown Seattle.

“We continually heard that riders value speed and reliability in their...