Metro Weekend Update - Reroutes due to events and construction, Happy Father's day, Take Metro to the Mariners, OL Reign, and Sounders; and more;
King County, Washington sent this bulletin at 06/14/2024 05:36 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
Routes 255, 271, ST 542, and ST 545 will be rerouted in both directions during the closure of the SR 520 floating bridge from Friday, June 14 at 11 p.m. until Monday, June 17 at 5 a.m. due to construction;
Route ST 554 to Issaquah will be rerouted during the closure of the Rainier Ave S on-ramp to I-90; traveling via 2nd Ave Ext S and 4th Ave S to I-90 on Friday, June 14 starting at 9 p.m. due to construction;
Route 2 to West Queen Anne will be rerouted during the Queen Anne Helpline Run For Home 5.5K and will not serve stop #2550 7th Ave W & W Pleasant Pl (SB) on Saturday, June 15 from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.;
Route 271 will be rerouted off of Front St and Newport Way in Issaquah during the Fenders on Front St event on Sunday, June 16 until 4 p.m.;
Routes 45, 73, and 75 will be affected during the closure of University Way NE between NE 41st St and NE 42nd St on Sunday, June 16 starting at 8 p.m. through end of service;
Take transit to all your holiday, sporting, and community 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 Mariners will have games at 7:10 p.m. on Friday and 4:15 p.m. Saturday and at 1:10 p.m. on Sunday at T-Mobile Park;
Sounders have a match on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Lumen Field;
OL Reign will have a match at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Lumen Field;
Metro's Customer Information Office will be closed for 90 minutes on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, from 10-11:30 a.m., for training;
For trip planning, please use the Online Trip Planner; for general comments, please use the Contact Us webforms; For ORCA inquiries, please call 888-988-6722; Metro's Lost & Found walk up window will remain open during this time.;
King County Metro will recognize Juneteenth on Wednesday, June 19;
Metro, Water Taxi, Sound Transit, Sounder, Link Light Rail and Access will operate normal weekday service;
Pass Sale Office, Customer Information Office and Lost and Found will be closed;
To all of the dads and dad-like people in our lives, have a wonderful day! Special thank you to the dads of King County Metro who are keeping transit service moving.
Metro recently had the highest one-day rider total in four years!
Thank you to the 303,000 people who took Metro on May 15, 2024 and to all of our riders. As a region, we’re going to more places and we’re traveling together!
Metro explores hydrogen fuel cell buses to reduce emissions
King County Metro will explore adding up to four hydrogen fuel cell buses as early as 2026 as part of a pilot project. These zero-emission buses provide extended range, run on hydrogen and emit only water vapor. Seeing how hydrogen fuel cell buses perform will inform if Metro uses them to complement its battery-electric and trolley buses.
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