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According to Moovit, the average amount of time Seattle-area commuters spend using public transit on a weekday is 74 minutes. 27% of public transit riders commute for more than two hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 14 minutes, while 22% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on ...
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.
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 downtown shopping, the zone was created in September 1973 and was originally called the ...
Route 120, the H Line's predecessor, at Burien Transit Center in 2009. The Seattle-Delridge-White Center-Burien corridor was previously served by King County Metro's Route 120, which was consistently designated one of its 10 most frequently traveled routes. [2] [3] Development of the route into RapidRide service began in Fall of 2017. [4]
[4] [5] In 2023, the system had a ridership of 8,565,100, or about 31,100 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024. Unlike a typical transit bus, Sound Transit Express routes typically make limited stops as they travel longer distances on the freeways. Most routes operate seven days a week, with runs throughout the day.
Symphony station, formerly University Street station, is a light rail station that is part of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel in Seattle, Washington, United States. The station is located under 3rd Avenue at University Street, near Benaroya Hall, and is served by Sound Transit's 1 Line.
The Seattle trolleybus (or trolley [5] [6] [7]) system forms part of the public transportation network in the city of Seattle, Washington, operated by King County Metro. Originally opened on April 28, 1940, the network consists of 15 routes, with 174 trolleybuses operating on 68 miles (109 km) of two-way parallel overhead lines . [ 3 ]
Swift Bus Rapid Transit (stylized Swift, in italics) is a bus rapid transit system operated by Community Transit in Snohomish County, Washington, part of the Seattle metropolitan area. Swift consists of three routes that total over 40 miles (64 km) in length.