Metro News
Transit service update April 10-16
King County Metro will operate all bus routes Monday, April 10, through Sunday, April 16, although some individual weekday bus trips will be canceled. All weekend routes and trips are expected to operate as scheduled, supporting an estimated 250,000 weekend bus riders (and growing).
Fleet repairs continue and our maintenance crews are focused on returning buses to service, as well as working with vendors to stabilize the supply chain challenges affecting our industry. We appreciate your patience while we complete this important work. We also continue to face workforce availability challenges and are actively recruiting, training and promoting operators to deliver our service.
Late night trips to return to West Seattle Water Taxi starting Friday, April 21
 The summer sailing schedule for the West Seattle Water Taxi begins April 17 and will run through Oct. 13. As we close out the current sailing schedule and prepare for summer, Water Taxi staff will temporarily suspend service over the weekend of April 15-16 to conduct training and maintenance.
Daytime sailings for the West Seattle Water Taxi start at around 6 a.m. weekdays and 8:30 a.m. on the weekends. The midday service remains in place, but our summer schedule includes the return of late-night sailings through 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. There are no late-night sailings Sundays through Thursdays, including after night events at Lumen Field or T-Mobile Park.
Leave your car at home and take transit to the Water Taxi. In West Seattle, riders can take the free Metro water taxi shuttles to and from the dock at Seacrest Park. Route 773 serves the West Seattle junction. Route 775 serves the Admiral District and Alki.
How much does it cost to travel by Water Taxi? Adult fare is $5.75 one way ($5 with an ORCA card). Don’t have an ORCA Card yet, download the TransitGoTicket App on your mobile device for express boarding. This is the first summer where young people can ride the Water Taxi, and most regional transit, for free! Customers with lower incomes, seniors, and people with disabilities can now apply for an ORCA Regional Reduced Fare Permit (RRFP) card using the new Reduced Fare Portal.
Grab your shades and get ready for a Water Taxi summer. We can’t wait to see you on board!
Photomurals celebrating indigenous elders first of new bus shelter art
 Suquamish Elder Barbara Lawrence at Old Man House with her Grandfather Leo
A series of artworks honoring Suquamish and S’Klallam Elders are now appearing in bus shelters in downtown Seattle, some of the first of 108 new photomurals selected for installation in shelters throughout King County.
The photomurals of indigenous peoples were created by Kim Hawk, who was inspired by a Christmas gift she gave to her husband, a Suquamish Tribal Elder. It was a framed portrait of his grandfather, and Hawk said: “As he was holding it, I was deeply moved by his joy and inspiration. The Suquamish tribe, as with all indigenous communities, holds a deep reverence for their ancestors. My husband speaks his grandfather into existence every day.”
Hawk said the photo display represents the bond her husband had with his grandfather and “the pride that all indigenous people take in their sacred lineage.”
Metro and Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) have collaborated in the City Panorama Project for over a decade. The focus of the project is to incorporate art into everyday life throughout King County, to increase the visibility of the photographic arts, and to make new perspectives and ideas available to all. More than 1,000 photo murals have been installed in Metro bus shelters since the launch of the project in 2010.
Read more on the Metro Matters blog.
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