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A King County Metro bus operating on Route 212 in Eastgate, Bellevue. King County Metro, officially the King County Metro Transit Department and often shortened to Metro, is the public transit authority of King County, Washington, which includes the city of Seattle. It is the eighth-largest transit bus agency in the United States.
List of King County Metro facilities. 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.
King County Metro assigns custom bus routes serving schools in Bellevue, Kirkland and on Mercer Island route numbers in the 800s. Metro provides one peak trip each school day. For commuter routes connecting the University of Washington and Snohomish County, operated by Community Transit, see List of Community Transit Bus Routes. Route.
For more information on the new routes and service changes, visit King County Metro’s website, consult the updated schedules and maps online or call Metro’s Customer Information line at 206 ...
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]
Sound Transit contracts with Community Transit, King County Metro, and Pierce Transit to provide paratransit service along the Link light rail network in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Costs are split equally between Sound Transit and the contracted provider within the Link corridor. [15]
In September 1997, King County Metro expanded the trolleybus system, electrifying Route 70 between downtown and the University District via Eastlake Avenue E. The $19 million project, primarily funded by a grant from the Federal Transit Administration, was the first modern expansion of trolley wire (excluding the downtown bus tunnel) and ...
A King County Metro bus and Sound Transit Link light rail train at University Street station, during joint bus–rail operations at tunnel stations. The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel is part of the "Third Avenue Transit Spine", the busiest transit corridor in Seattle, serving a combined average of 54,000 weekday riders with bus stops on the surface. [32]