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If vehicles have two or more occupants and do not have a declarable occupancy (Flex) pass, the transponder must be covered by a metallic object or they will be charged a toll. [10] The pilot project was extended through June 2013 by the state legislature in 2011. [11] In 2016 the HOT lane was extended 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south to Algona. [12]
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.
[80] [81] King County Metro is the sole metropolitan county transit agency in Washington and is authorized by the state legislature to collect a sales tax of 0.9 percent across King County. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] Prior to the 1999 approval of Initiative 695, the agency also collected a motor vehicle excise tax from the state government. [ 84 ]
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]
Nov. 14—The cost of a parking pass for state parks in Alaska is set to increase in 2024. The Department of Natural Resources announced Tuesday that passes will cost $75 starting Jan. 1. The ...
Spokane eliminated its parking requirements last year to encourage the development of empty lots around town. The Legislature wants to follow suit with Senate Bill 5184, but only for cities with ...
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.
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 ...