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Pick up new purple timetables for bus service changes
starting Saturday
Beginning Saturday, Feb. 10, King County Metro Transit will start
rolling out more bus service thanks to a transit initiative recently
approved by voters.
The “Transit Now” sales-tax increase passed at the polls in November,
and will allow Metro to increase bus service in King County by up to 20
percent over the next 10 years. The first Transit Now funded
improvements are included in Metro’s February service change, and
increase service on nine heavily used routes.
In addition to the Transit Now funded improvements, Metro is also making
other adjustments to bus schedules as part of the February service
change. Metro updates its routes and scheduling three times a year to
improve service and keep up with the changing needs of transit
passengers.
Passengers can find all the February changes detailed in the
Special
Rider Alert brochure now available on buses and in Metro information
racks. New purple timetables are also in those locations, and online
information is now in Metro’s online
Trip Planner at. Enter a travel
date for Feb. 10 or later to find trips that reflect Metro's changed
service.
Winter storms cleanup continues
King County Road Services Division crews continue to clean up from both
the windstorm that hit the Puget Sound region in December, and the large
amount of snow that fell during January.
Since the windstorm, the division has recycled or disposed of more than
70 loads of storm debris materials – including 32 loads of brush
clippings, 13 loads of stumps, seven loads of unchipped prunings, and 19
loads of wood.
Before the windstorm clean-up efforts could be completed, snow started
falling throughout King County and crews had to refocus their efforts on
keeping roadways safe and passable. Crews were put on two twelve-hour
shifts, 24-hours per day, from Jan. 10 through Jan. 19, applying
anti-icing material, sanding, plowing, and other duties necessary to
keep roadways safe for the traveling public.
Crews follow a pre-determined snow and ice
priority route plan during
and following storm events. The plan is designed to give top priority to
critical lifeline routes for Metro Transit, public schools, fire,
police, and aid vehicles, and then maintained in safe, passable
condition through the aftermath of storm events. Once the designated
lifeline routes have been addressed, the remaining arterials and
neighborhood collector streets and lastly residential streets, are
serviced.
Now that all of the snow and ice has been removed, crews are focusing on
sweeping up the large amounts of sand that have collected in center
lanes and beside roadways. |
