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King County Metro is the public transit authority of King County, Washington, including the city of Seattle in the Puget Sound region.It operates a fleet of 1,396 buses, serving 115 million rides at over 8,000 bus stops in 2012, making it the eighth-largest transit agency in the United States.
The U-PASS and the King County employee passes were to be dual purpose passes and were to include the ORCA chip. [15] May 2013 – 120 retail stores from QFC, Safeway, and Sears begin selling ORCA cards [16] 2015 – The regional day pass debuts [17] 2019 – 10 year anniversary card released [18]
A Downtown Seattle bus stop on Pine Street with a sign for the Magic Carpet zone, 1975. For almost 40 years, until 2012, [22] most of downtown Seattle was designated as a zero-fare zone, an area in which all rides on Metro vehicles were free, known as the "Ride Free" Area. Intended to encourage transit usage, improve accessibility and encourage ...
The region's first commuter rail line, between Tacoma and Seattle, started in December 2000; the agency's first light rail line, Tacoma Link (now the T Line), began service in August 2003. Light rail service in Seattle on Central Link (now the 1 Line) began in 2009, and is the largest part of the Sound Transit system in terms of ridership.
Northgate is a light rail and bus station in the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States, and part of 1 Line on Sound Transit's Link light rail system. The transit center, located adjacent to the Northgate Mall (now named Northgate Station), has four bus bays served by 22 routes.
(The Center Square) – Seattle voters have approved the largest tax proposal in city history, with revenue going toward transportation needs. Tuesday night results show the levy receiving 67% of ...
Seattle is also serviced by an extensive network of bus routes and two commuter rail routes connecting it to many of its suburbs. Organized land transportation in Seattle dates back at least to 1871; by that date, a wagon traveled twice daily from what is now First Avenue (near Elliott Bay) to Lake Washington; the fare was 50 cents, no small ...
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