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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 ...
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 .
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.
(The Center Square) – King County Metro has suspended bus service at a Seattle location that is becoming more and more of a public safety concern. As of Monday morning, the bus stops along 12th ...
Bellevue is the main Eastside hub for both the local transit authority, King County Metro, and Sound Transit, the regional transit system. The Bellevue Transit Center, which serves both Metro and Sound buses, is located in the heart of the downtown business district and is connected to Interstate 405 by NE 6th St. and a direct-access Texas T ...
Only 10% of King County Metro riders rely on the agency for all or most of their trips and do not have access to a vehicle. [27] As of 2016, 48% of all trips to downtown were on transit. [ 28 ] Following the COVID-19 pandemic , transit use by downtown commuters declined by 55 percent and was largely replaced by remote work according to 2022 ...
(The Center Square) – Puget Sound leaders and union heads are demanding better protections for bus drivers after a King County Metro driver was recently killed. Early Wednesday morning, driver ...
PHOTO: Richard Sitzlack, 53, is accused of killing a King County Metro bus driver in Seattle on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (Seattle Police Department) Yim was pronounced dead at the scene.