Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A King County Metro trolleybus on route 36 passing through the International District en route to Othello station. This is a list of current routes operated by the mass transit agency King County Metro in the Greater Seattle area. It includes routes directly operated by the agency, routes operated by contractors and routes operated by King ...
A newly revamped Metro Transit Lost and Found system is helping more riders reconnect with their lost items than ever before.
King County voters authorized Metro to buy Metropolitan and operate the county's mass transit bus system. [citation needed] Metro Transit introduced its new services in September 1973, including a ride-free area in downtown and express routes on freeways (known as "Flyer" routes), [11] and a unified numbering scheme in 1977 that replaced named ...
The agency provides a number of regional express bus routes connecting Seattle with neighboring suburbs and cities. Metro Transit's system includes a network of trolleybus routes. The Sounder commuter rail system consists of two lines, linking Seattle with Lakewood along its South Line and Seattle with Everett along its North Line. Several ...
AM General trolleybus on route 10 in Downtown Seattle in 1986. The new Metro Transit began operation on January 1, 1973, and in 1974 it began working on fleshing-out the plans to rehabilitate and expand Seattle's trolleybus network, hiring a consulting firm in 1975 to carry out the technical aspects of the design. [15]
Jefferson Lines is a member of the American Bus Association, United Motorcoach Association, and National Tour Association. [9] The company is reported to have 75 buses in its fleet. [10] [1] Jefferson Lines was voted the best transportation company in Minnesota in 2021 in the Star Tribune’s Minnesota's Best contest. [11]
In 1978, Metro was the first large transit agency to order high-capacity articulated buses (buses with a rotating joint). [11] Today, King County Metro has one of the largest articulated fleets in North America (second only to MTA New York City Transit) and articulated buses account for about 42% of the agency's fleet. [12]
King County Metro / Pierce Transit / Community Transit All retired from Sound Transit Fleet. As of June 2014, some of the coaches sold to Pierce Transit are temporarily wrapped in ST for PT operated routes due to a bus shortage. Ben Franklin Transit purchased a handful. Transit Sales International purchased some as well. 2001 2014 20 9070–9089