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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.
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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 ...
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]
Metro Transit may refer to: King County Metro , formerly branded as "Metro Transit", serving King County, Washington and the Seattle metropolitan area Metro Transit (Halifax) , rebranded as Halifax Transit, serving Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
King County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington.The population was 2,269,675 in the 2020 census, [1] making it the most populous county in Washington, and the 12th-most populous in the United States.