Metro Weekend Update - Holiday service; Summer Water Taxi service; AANHP art installation info and more;
King County, Washington sent this bulletin at 05/24/2024 05:52 PM PDT
Remember, “It’s a great day to ride Metro” to get to events and activities where there is often traffic congestion and limited parking.
Weekend Service Impacts
Stop #1215 Union St and 5th Ave (WB) will be revised; Routes 101 and 150 will not serve this stop from Friday, May 24 to Sunday, May 26 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day, during the Telangana American Telugu Association Mega Convention;
ST Route 550 will continue to serve this stop as usual;
ST Route 545 to Redmond will be rerouted off of Olive Way between 4th Ave and Boren Ave on Saturday, May 25 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., during the India Parade;
Routes 8 and 14 will be affected by the closure of S Jackson St between 23rd Ave S and 25th Ave S in the Central District on Monday, May 27 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., during the Black Wall Street event;
Metro and Sound Transit Routes 150, 545, 550, 554, as well as RapidRide Lines C, D, E, and H will have some added trips to help meet rider demand after the concert.
Expect possible delays in transit service on buses traveling in and around the stadium area.
Take transit to all your sporting events in Seattle. Metro and Link light rail serves riders heading to T-Mobile Park, Husky Stadium, Lumen Field, and Climate Pledge Arena;
The Seattle Storm will have a game at 6 p.m. on Saturday at Climate Pledge Arena;
Seattle Center Monorailwill operate normal hours this weekend, plus 8:30 a.m. to 12 midnight on Saturday. The Monorail will depart approximately every 10 minutes;
Riders can use Text for Departures by texting their stop number to 62550 to get next departure times;
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).
Memorial Day is the “summer kickoff,” and what better way to celebrate the long weekend than with a trip to downtown Seattle from West Seattle or Vashon on the King County Water Taxi?
For the first time, there will be holiday service on Monday, Memorial Day, for Vashon water taxi service, with sailings on its regular weekday schedule. The West Seattle Water Taxi will sail its Sunday schedule on Memorial Day.
To read more about this great summer service visit the Water Taxi's Captain’s Blog
King County Metro unveils bus wrap and art installations honoring our AANHP community
Three art projects by King County Metro employees were unveiled today honoring the American Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pasifika (AANHP) communities: A bus wrap by Vance Sakado, bus shelter artwork by Wan-Lin Tsou, and a large multi-panel installation by Linh Hoang and Keiko Budech.
Surrounded by the artists and their families, Metro General Manager Michelle Allison led the unveiling of their work. The projects were selected after Metro employees were invited to submit their artwork and ideas for graphic or artistic symbols of the history and rich contributions of our AANHP community to the region and country.
Art representative of Vance Sakado's family is emblazoned across the sides of a 60-foot-long bus that will be seen around the region. joined by an installation honoring AANHP mothers that will grace Metro facilities and a third project of images from AANHP culture that will be displayed at bus shelters throughout Seattle’s historic Chinatown-International District.
To read more about this project and these amazing artists, visit our Metro Matters blog
Recognizing Metro’s Operators of the Month (March-April 2024)
They are musicians and farmers. They travel, camp, play sports and volunteer. One made their first trip into downtown Seattle after getting behind the steering wheel of a Metro bus!
They are operators with two-and-a-half centuries of driving experience. The operators on your bus are as unique as you, and all of them love driving and giving back to their community.
Meet your Operators of the Month for March and April 2024 on our Metro Matters blog.
Metro is hiring part-time and full-time transit operators (bus drivers) and trades professionals to keep the region moving. Learn more on our website.
