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King County Metro is urging riders to have proof of payment on buses and streetcars after months of reminders.
SEATTLE - Starting Sept. 14, King County Metro will expand its bus service, including new routes and increased frequencies during nights and weekends. The service change aims to improve ...
According to King County Metro, Route 7 operates 256 bus trips each weekday on Rainier Avenue South, with an estimated 11,000 boardings. This high-ridership route is frequently impacted by the ...
King County Metro suspended fare enforcement on its buses during the pandemic. Since the crisis has waned, the transit service will be slowly stepping up fare enforcement. Starting next year ...
A “Rider Alert” sign posted near the King County ... First Hill route will continue to operate at its stop at 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street, according to Metro.
King County ... money," Metro wrote in a blog. The pilot, which launched Nov. 6, placed cameras aboard two Metro buses. One serves the RapidRide E Line and the other serves Route 7.
For years, riders and bus drivers complained about their safety concerns on King County Metro buses. But now, in the aftermath of a bus driver stabbed to death on a Seattle route, a King County ...
Starting Monday, March 31, King County Metro will begin reinforcing ... card is active with sufficient funds. Metro will focus inspections on rapid-ride routes, other high ridership bus routes ...
A King County Metro bus driver was fatally stabbed in Seattle ... Earlier Wednesday, shortly after 8 a.m., the Route 70 bus remained parked at 15th Avenue Northeast at the corner of Northeast ...
On Saturday, Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers arrested a man suspected of killing King County ... have busier routes, may have faced multiple assaults over their time at Metro, and many ...
After negotiating for 15 months, King County and its bus drivers ... Also in June, Metro cancelled a handful of bus routes. Other cuts could come in September. Dyer Oxley joined KUOW as an Online ...
RELATED: Fatal stabbing of King County Metro bus driver highlights Seattle transit safety concerns "My fellow operators are driving their routes right now in fear, traumatized by Metro's continued ...