Weekend Service Impacts

• Overnight Construction Reroute for Route 255, 271, & ST 542; transit service will be affected in both directions by the ramp closures on SR 520 at Montlake Blvd E from Saturday, April 30 at 9 p.m. to Sunday, May 1 at 6 a.m.;
• Weekend Construction Reroute for Route 60 transit service to Broadway will be rerouted off 9 Avenue between James St and Madison St from start of service Saturday, April 30 to end of service on Sunday, May 1;

Service Reminders

• West Seattle Water Taxi is operating on its summer schedule, offering midday crossings 7 days a week, plus late options Fridays and Saturdays;

  • The #773 and #775 shuttles have also increased service to meet all Water Taxis, seven days a week;
• Seattle Center Monorail will operate extended hours on Friday, April 29, from 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. The Monorail will depart approximately every 10 minutes;
• We recommend customers arrive at their bus stop a few minutes before the scheduled departure time of their trip;
• Remember, it's free and easy to sign up for email or text alerts about King County Metro service. Alerts can be tailored to your favorite route(s).

Weekend Kickoff

• Touch-A-Truck event gives community an opportunity to explore a King County Metro bus

• Water Taxi participates in tactical exercises

• Work for Metro!

Touch-A-Truck event gives community an opportunity to explore a King County Metro bus

This weekend, King County Metro will be participating in Junior League of Seattle's Touch-A-Truck. "Touch-A-Truck is a community-wide event that provides the unique opportunity for children to explore vehicles of all types, including public service, emergency, utility, construction, landscaping, transportation, and delivery – all in one place!" Metro will have a coach available to be explored. 

The event is on May 1 in Magnuson Park. You can find more information here. 

Water Taxi participates in tactical exercises

Our Water Taxi team participated in large-scale exercises April 18-20. The drills are to prepare for scenarios such as: responding to a maritime threat onboard, recovering a vessel that has been in a security incident, or responding to another vessel in our region in need of assistance.

The King County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team conducted the exercises in the Puget Sound aboard the MV Doc Maynard. The purpose was to test the ability of multiple jurisdictions and agencies to work together to plan and execute complex missions involving tactical personnel, various marine units, and helicopters.

Read more on the Metro Matters blog. 

Work for Metro!

Are YOU Metro’s next Transit Equipment Service Worker? We’re hiring!

Fuel, clean & service our buses for great pay & BENEFITS.

Check out http://KingCounty.Gov/MetroTrades or apply online

Remember, “It’s a great day to ride Metro” to get to events and activities where there is often traffic congestion and limited parking.