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News from King County Department of Transportation
King County Metro Transit is gearing up for a major service change starting Saturday, Sept. 23. This particular service change features many transit revisions in South King County, including a new bus route to employment areas around Sea-Tac International Airport. Metro is revising its network of bus routes in South King County to make service to and from Seattle more efficient, create connections to other major work centers, and improve transit reliability in heavily congested corridors. This means new service, revised service, and some discontinued bus routes. In other areas of the county, there are adjustments to routes serving several Eastside park-and-ride lots, and improved bus-ferry connections on Vashon Island. Details are available in new orange timetables. Metro updates its routes and scheduling three times a year in February, June and September to improve service and keep up with the changing needs of transit passengers. Bus passengers should pick up a new orange timetable to see if there are any changes for the routes they regularly use. The overview in the “Special Rider Alert” brochure can also help you decide if there are new connections or service that would improve your travel options. Here are the highlights of the upcoming service change:
Details of all these changes are included in a special Rider Alert brochure. The Rider Alerts and new orange timetables are available on buses and in Metro information racks. Transit customers trying to do some advance planning can visit Metro’s Online Trip Planner. Enter a travel date for Sept. 23 or later to find trips that reflect Metro's new and changed service. Sometimes people need more than just bus service. That’s where Rideshare Services can help by providing resources for carpooling, vanpooling or vansharing. Carpooling and vanpooling match people traveling to common destinations. VanShare helps those who need to make a connection to or from bus service. You can VanShare from home and connect to your bus, or use VanShare from the bus stop or park-and-ride lot to complete a trip to work. For information about all the services Metro provides, visit Metro Online, or call Metro Rider Information at (206) 553-3000.
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