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King County Executive:  Ron Sims
KCDOT Director:  Harold Taniguchi

Governance:

Legislative - Metropolitan King County Council

District 1:  Bob Ferguson
District 2:  Larry Gossett
District 3:  Kathy Lambert
District 4:  Larry Phillips
District 5:  Julia Patterson
District 6:  Jane Hague
District 7:  Pete von Reichbauer
District 8:  Dow Constantine


King County International Airport at Boeing Field

King County International Airport


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007 Facts

Operating budget:  $13.5 million
Capital budget:  $13 million
Employees:  46 FTE
Take-offs, landings:  305,000+
Tenants:  150
Total based aircraft:  489
Tie-downs:  206
Cargo moved:  129,000 tons
Fuel sold:  22 million gallons
Runways:  2
Runway length:  10,001 feet and 3,710 feet


King County Fleet Administration

Fleet employees maintain more than 3,000 vehicles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six work groups:

  • Motor Pool Vehicle Acquisition and Maintenance
  • Construction Equipment Acquisition and Maintenance
  • Stores Operations
  • Personal Property
  • Budget and Finance
  • Information Systems
2007 Facts

Annual budget:  $27.1 million
Employees:  76 FTE
Supply items issued:  64,646

Vehicles maintained:

County vehicles:  2,386
Other agencies’ vehicles:  614

County fleet by type:

Off-road:  582
Light-duty:  278
Medium duty trucks:  145
Heavy duty truck:  150
Passenger vehicles:  1,231
Hybrid-electric vehicles:  167
Plug-in electric vehicles:  1
Annual vehicle miles driven:  18.6 million
Gallons of fuel consumed:  1.6 million
Public auctions conducted:  20
Gross auction revenue:  $1.2 million


King County Road Services Division


Roads Maintenance staff respond around the clock to emergencies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Sections:

  • Capital Improvement Program and Planning
  • Engineering Services
  • Roads Maintenance
  • Traffic Engineering
  • Administration

2007 Facts

Operating budget:  $76 million
Capital budget:  $62 million
Employees:  653 FTE
Miles of paved roads managed:      1,795
Bridges:  185
Miles of unpaved roads managed:  54
Miles of contract roads managed:  763
Traffic signals maintained:  127
Traffic signs maintained:  47,000+


King County Metro Transit


Transit Now is delivering new service across King County.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


14 major work groups:

  • Budget and Finance
  • Design and Construction
  • Human Resources
  • Information Technology
  • Management and Research Information
  • Metro Transit Police
  • Paratransit/Rideshare
  • Power and Facilities
  • Rail Operations
  • Sales and Customer Service
  • Service Development
  • Transit Operations
  • Transit Safety
  • Vehicle Maintenance
2007 Facts

Operating budget:  $503 million
Capital budget:  $92 million (incremental appropriation)
Bus operators:  2,178 FTE (approx. 70% full time)
Bus routes:  222
Buses:  (Metro only) 1,314
Miles traveled:  (Metro only) 43 million
Average miles traveled:  5,220 between trouble calls
Fuel used:  10.2 million gallons
Bus stops:  9,510
Sheltered bus stops:  1,573

2007 Passenger boardings

Buses:  (Metro only) 110.3 million
Vanpools/Vanshares:  2.6 million
Access:  1.2 million

Park-and-ride lots

Permanent lots:  67 (20,885 parking stalls)
Leased lots: 66 (2,759 parking stalls)

Total:  130 (23,644 parking stalls)

Commuter vanpools/vanshares

Vanpools in operation:  845
Vanshares in operation:  179
Total:  1,024
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Updated:  September 04, 2008

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