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Weekend Service Impacts
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Routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 14, 21, 24, 27, 28, 33, 40, 62, 124, 125, 131, 132, RapidRide C, D, E, and H Lines will be affected by the closure of 3rd Avenue & Virginia Street from Saturday, March 7 to Sunday, March 8 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. due to construction;
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RapidRide E Line to Downtown Seattle will be rerouted off S Washington Street between 3rd Avenue S and 4th Avenue S from Saturday, March 7 at 7 a.m. to Sunday, March 8 at 8 p.m. due to construction;
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Route 8 will be rerouted off Denny Way between Boren Avenue and E Olive Way on Friday, March 6 to Sunday, March 8 from 1 a.m. to 5.00 AM nightly due to construction;
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Routes 8, 10, 11, 12, 43, 49, and 60 will be rerouted from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 8 during the Seattle Women's March;
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Route 131 will have stop #51790 Highland Park Way SW & SW Holden Street (northbound) closed Friday, March 6 to Monday, March 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily due to construction;
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Route 165 will have stop #59073 SE 278th Place & 132nd Avenue SE (eastbound) relocated Friday, March 6 to Monday, March 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily due to construction;
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ST 545 will be rerouted from 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 8 to 2 a.m. on Monday, March 9 during the Olive Way Film Shoot;
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ST 554 is rerouted off Rainer Avenue S between S Dearborn Street and I-90 off Ramp Eastbound from Friday, March 6 at 10 p.m. to Saturday, March 7 at 6 a.m. due to construction;
Full information available on our Service Advisories page.
Service Reminders
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Daylight Saving Time officially starts at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8, 2026
If you ride the bus Saturday night, including very late-night trips that operate from downtown Seattle or designated terminals up until 4:15 a.m., wait to set your clocks ahead one hour until after you are done riding buses for the night.
All trips leaving bases on Sunday morning operate on Daylight Saving Time.
Who needs the “Enterprise”? Take the Starship Metro to Emerald City Comic Con
 This year’s celebration of Superheroes, Sci-Fi, Gaming and Pop Culture returns to the Washington State Convention Center on March 5 for four days of cosplay, celebrities and hunting collectibles.
While it would be cool to land your Avengers Quinjet or TIE Fighter at the convention center, taking transit will be much easier than trying to find a place to park!
- No matter where you’re coming from, plan your visit by using Trip Planner, be sure to add the date and time of your trip.
- If you’re downtown and you’re worried about clipping a light pole if you fly to the Convention Center, Metro routes 10, 11, 49 and RapidRide G Line will bring you within a short walk/roll/scoot of the main entrance.
- Coming from another galaxy? Remember, Metro has dozens of bus routes that will deliver you downtown or connect you to Link light rail and will get you a short distance from the Convention Center.
- Once at your bus stop, text your bus stop number to 62550 to see when the next trips are departing.
- Departing from Rhovanion or Dragonstone — otherwise known as West Seattle and Vashon? Don’t forget the King County Water Taxi has midday (Vashon and West Seattle) Saturday (Vashon and West Seattle) and Sunday (West Seattle) service that will help you get there.
- The time you spend in alternate dimensions doesn’t count, but if you’re 18 and younger in earth years, you can ride to the convention for free!
While you can’t pay your fare with strips of gold-pressed latinum, this year you can Tap to Pay using a credit or debit card, or a mobile wallet, or pay with your ORCA card or Transit GO Ticket.
We look forward to helping Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs, Weeping Angels and Betazoids, Visions and Scarlett Witches and cosplayers of all ages get to the con.
For those in search of the perfect Power Ring, Mark IV Model or Lightsaber, we want to see your pictures. Tag us on Facebook, X and Instagram!
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Metro Flex Sammamish/Issaquah shifting borders to serve more riders
After two years of service, King County Metro Flex Sammamish/Issaquah will shift its borders in Issaquah to better serve riders in Issaquah Highlands neighborhood.
The adjustment to the service area, which begins March 9, was developed in partnership with the City of Issaquah to meet community needs and to serve areas with greater expected ridership demand. This change includes adding service to the Issaquah Highlands, while shifting service away from the Squak neighborhood, where there was low ridership demand.
Riders can use the Metro Flex app to book rides on minivans and travel to local places and fast, frequent bus service to the rest of the region.
The service area across Issaquah and Sammamish allows riders to go shopping, meet friends for lunch or head to appointments – wherever a destination is within the service area, Metro Flex will take you there.
Metro Flex, also offers easy access to the Issaquah Transit Center, connecting riders to the region’s larger public transportation network. This solution helps fuel car-free lifestyles for the communities served by Metro Flex, including neighborhoods where regular transit service isn’t currently available.
Learn more on the Metro Matters blog.
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Victory vibes: Over 330,000 Metro boardings on Seahawks parade day
 Metro adjusted bus service around major street closures and launched two parade-day shuttles to keep people moving on the city streets, while Sound Transit ramped up 1 Line service with extra trains running every 6 minutes to handle the surge of ridership demand.
Together, transit agencies kept the region connected: buses weaving along alternate streets, trains gliding beneath the festivities, and water taxis and streetcars running at full strength. Nobody knows for sure yet how many people attended the parade, but imagine the gridlock if everyone had tried to drive and park?
Extra buses, trains and water taxis full of smiles made sure to keep people moving so everyone could mark this major milestone.
King County Metro boardings by the numbers
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334,046: Estimated Metro bus, water taxi and special shuttle boardings systemwide for the day. This includes an estimated:
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319,000 boardings across all regular bus service, including Sound Transit Express routes operated by Metro.
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2,661 boardings on special Metro parade day shuttles that operated along the parade route.
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5,956 boardings on additional trips added throughout the system.
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5,435 boardings on West Seattle water taxi (second highest ever, compared to 7,721 Sub Pop Festival, Aug. 11, 2018. There were 4,592 riders on Super Bowl parade day on Feb. 4, 2014.)
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994 boardings on the Vashon Water Taxi.
Our partners at Sound Transit have reported an estimated 220,000 boardings on Link 1 Line, 6,000 on the 2 Line and 20,000 boardings on Sounder.
Metro is grateful to the transit operators, rail operators, water taxi captains and front-line staff, alongside our City of Seattle partners, who worked tirelessly together to deliver bus service to carry riders on this historic and memory-making event.
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 Metro is hiring transit operators (bus drivers) and trades professionals to keep the region moving. Visit kingcounty.gov/MetroCareers to learn more.
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