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Route 90 operates when snow routes are in effect in the Central Seattle area, and when the Emergency Service Network has been activated due to severe weather. Route 90 buses travel between Downtown Seattle and First Hill, via Capitol Hill, serving all marked stops along the route from approximately 5:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. [ 2 ]
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. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The agency has seven bases spread throughout its 2,134-square-mile (5,530 km 2 ) operating area [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and has 131 park and rides for commuters.
By way of contrast, Metro's peak-only route with the lowest cost per boarding was route 206 (Newport Hills to International School), at $2.04. Metro's highest cost route by this measure, route 149 (Renton Transit Center to Black Diamond), had a peak time cost of $34.47 per boarding. Route 149 serves the rural southeastern corner of King County ...
Interstate 5 is the major north–south route through the region. Interstate 5 is four or five lanes for most of its way through the metro area. The freeway connects the metro area to California, Oregon, and British Columbia. The freeway system uses ramp meters to help keep traffic moving.
The district covered 209.9 square miles (544 km 2), of which two-thirds was outside of Seattle proper, and counted a population of 420,663. [14] The Seattle metropolitan area, successor to the metropolitan district, was expanded in 1949 to encompass all of King County but lose its portions in Kitsap and Snohomish counties.
In November 1999, Sound Transit selected its preferred route for the 24-mile (39 km) Central Link corridor between Northgate Transit Center in Seattle and Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, which included a surface section in the Rainier Valley area. The 21-mile (34 km) section from the University District to the airport, which had been ...
Has the features of a RapidRide bus, but will be wrapped in regular metro livery and operate regular routes until the opening of the H Line in March 2023. [44] 2015–2016: 8000–8084 (85) Equipped with three doors for use on urban routes. 2017–2018: 8100–8199 (100) Equipped with two doors for use on suburban routes. 2018 8200–8299 (100)
RapidRide is a network of limited-stop bus routes with some bus rapid transit features in King County, Washington, operated by King County Metro.The network consists of eight routes totaling 76 miles (122 km) that carried riders on approximately 64,860 trips on an average weekday in 2016, comprising about 17 percent of King County Metro's total daily ridership.