Editing Des Moines, Washington (section)

==Transportation==
Des Moines is served by several regional highways: [[Interstate 5 in Washington|Interstate 5]] to the east, which connects to Seattle and Tacoma; [[Washington State Route 99|State Route 99]], which runs along the east side; [[Washington State Route 509|State Route 509]] through downtown; and [[Washington State Route 516|State Route 516]] to Kent.<ref>{{cite WSDOT map |year=2014 |inset=[https://web.archive.org/web/20201105191320/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2017/08/31/highway-map-PugetSound_Full.pdf Puget Sound Area] |accessdate=August 8, 2022}}</ref>

[[King County Metro]] provides bus service from Des Moines to surrounding areas, including [[Burien Transit Center]] and [[Kent station (Sound Transit)|Kent station]]. A [[park-and-ride]] lot at the Kent-Des Moines Road interchange has express buses to Seattle and Tacoma operated by Metro and [[Sound Transit Express]].<ref>{{cite map |date=September 2022 |title=Metro Transit System: Southwest Area |url=https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/metro/maps/system/09172022/pdf/metro-system-map-sw |publisher=King County Metro |accessdate=October 8, 2022}}</ref> The nearest [[Link light rail]] station is [[Angle Lake station|Angle Lake]], which is connected to downtown Des Moines by a shuttle bus that debuted in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lindblom |first=Mike |date=January 31, 2018 |title=Cure for parking overload? Shuttle experiment begins from Des Moines to Angle Lake light-rail station |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/cure-for-parking-overload-shuttle-experiment-begins-from-des-moines-to-angle-lake/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=October 8, 2022}}</ref> Sound Transit plans to open the [[Kent Des Moines station|Kent Des Moines light rail station]] near Highline College in 2026 as part of a Link light rail extension to Federal Way.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sailor |first=Craig |date=August 19, 2022 |title=Landslide on Federal Way light rail extension project might push opening date into 2025 |url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article264671474.html |work=The News Tribune |accessdate=October 8, 2022}}</ref>

The city government launched a [[passenger ferry]] service in August 2022 to connect Bell Harbor Marina in [[Downtown Seattle]] to Des Moines Marina. The two-month pilot was operated by [[Puget Sound Express]] using MV ''[[Chilkat Express]]'', a 60-passenger [[catamaran]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Lindblom |first=Mike |date=August 8, 2022 |title=A new walk-on ferry will cruise from Des Moines to Seattle |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/a-new-walk-on-ferry-will-cruise-from-des-moines-to-seattle/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=October 8, 2022}}</ref>