King County, WA officials say this transit-oriented apartment community is the first of its kind in the nation.
A new King County project is making it possible for bus riders to live at their stop. The first of what the county calls 'transit-oriented communities' -- apartment complexes that share land with park-and-ride lots -- opens tomorrow in Redmond. It is the first project of its kind in the country, say county officials."
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