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[79] [80] King County Metro is the sole metropolitan county transit agency in Washington and is authorized by the state legislature to collect a sales tax of 0.9 percent across King County. [ 81 ] [ 82 ] Prior to the 1999 approval of Initiative 695, the agency also collected a motor vehicle excise tax from the state government. [ 83 ]
A King County Metro trolleybus on route 36 passing through the International District en route to Othello station. This is a list of current routes operated by the mass transit agency King County Metro in the Greater Seattle area. It includes routes directly operated by the agency, routes operated by contractors and routes operated by King ...
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 ...
Fare revenue on all King County Metro modes is anticipated to total $100 million in 2025. The increase may be a result of fares increasing from $2.75 to $3 in September 2025.
RapidRide is a network of limited-stop bus routes with some bus rapid transit features in King County, Washington, operated by King County Metro.The network consists of eight routes totaling 76 miles (122 km) that carried riders on approximately 64,860 trips on an average weekday in 2016, comprising about 17 percent of King County Metro's total daily ridership.
(The Center Square) – King County Metro is receiving almost $80 million federal grant to help upgrade its bus line running through several major south King County cities. The Federal ...
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.
It is operated by King County Metro and uses bus rapid transit features, including transit signal priority, exclusive lanes, and off-board fare payment at some stations. The H Line began service on March 18, 2023, replacing Route 120 after the construction of new stations and bus lanes at a cost of $154 million. [ 1 ]