Remember,??It?s a great day to ride Metro? [ [link removed] ]?to get to events and activities where there is often traffic congestion and limited parking.






Weekend Service Impacts

* *Routes 43, 48, 255, 271, and ST 542* will be rerouted during the closure of Montlake Boulevard E from Friday, July 19 at 10 p.m. to Monday, July 22 at 6 a.m. due to construction;
* *Route 106* will be rerouted off Martin Luther King Jr Wy S between S Cloverdale Street and S Othello Street, from Friday, July 19 at 7 p.m. to Saturday, July 20 at 6 p.m., due to construction;
* *Route 225 and RapidRide B Line* will be rerouted off NE 40th Street and 148th Avenue NE between NE 40th Street and NE 51st Street from Saturday, July 20 at 5 a.m. to Monday, July 22 at 5 a.m. due to construction;
* *Routes 239 and 250 *will be rerouted off of NE 85th Street between 6th Street and 120th Avenue NE from Friday, July 19 at 9:30 p.m. to Monday, July 22 at 4:30 a.m. due to construction;

*Local Community Events*


* *Route 2* to W Queen Anne will be rerouted in the Capitol Hill area from Thursday, July 18 through Sunday, July 21, at all times, during the Capitol Hill Block Party;
* *Routes 2, 11, and 27* will be rerouted in the Madrona area and will not serve the stops north and east of 34th Avenue and E Union Street during the Seafair Triathlon from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Sunday, July 21;
* *Routes 50, 128, 773 and RapidRide C Line* will be rerouted in the West Seattle area from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 20 during the Float Dodger 5K and the West Seattle Grand Parade;
* *Routes 106 and ST 545* will be rerouted in the International District during the Chinatown Seafair Parade from 3 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 21;
* *Routes 118 and 119* will be affected during the Vashon Strawberry Festival and Parade from Friday, July 19 at 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday July 21;
* *Route 165* will be rerouted off of Marine View Dr S from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 20 during the Des Moines Waterland Parade;
* *Route 168* will be rerouted in the Covington area on Saturday, July 20 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. during the Covington Days Parade;

*All Service Alerts* [ [link removed] ]


Service Reminders

* Take transit to all your 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 6:40 p.m. Saturday and at 1:10 p.m. on Sunday at T-Mobile Park [ [link removed] ]*;*
* *Seattle Sounders*?have a match on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at?Lumen Field [ [link removed] ];
* The?*Seattle Reign FC* will have a match at 6 p.m. on Friday at Lumen Field [ [link removed] ];

* *Water Taxi [ [link removed] ]*?will continue a?year-round midday and extended summer weekend sailing schedule [ [link removed] ];?
* The summer sailing schedule began?*April 15?*and will run through?*October**?11.*?Find the summer sailing schedule on the?Water Taxi's Captain's Blog [ [link removed] ];

* *Seattle Center Monorail [ [link removed] ]?*will be open during normal hours this weekend except Saturday when it will operate until midnight. The Monorail will depart approximately every 10 minutes;
* Riders can use?Text for Departures [ [link removed] ]?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 [ [link removed] ]?about King County Metro service. Alerts can be tailored to your favorite route(s).

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*Metro News*

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Special Water Taxi service this Saturday to Vashon Island for the Strawberry Festival [ #wt ]


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Shape the future RapidRide K Line in Kirkland and Bellevue [ #k ]


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New stop for Trailhead Direct added at Eastgate Park and Ride starting July 20 [ #thd ]


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Supervisor Spotlight: Highlighting those behind the scenes who keep us moving [ #sup ]

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Special Water Taxi service this Saturday to Vashon Island for the Strawberry Festival

Strawberries ahoy! Jump on the water taxi for a day of fun at the?Vashon Strawberry Festival [ [link removed] ].

The festival starts?*Friday, July 19*. There will be regular service to Vashon on Friday July 19 which includes our new?midday sailings [ [link removed] ]. On?*Saturday, July 20,?*there will be special Saturday sailings of the Vashon Water Taxi to help bring you to and from the festivities.

Starting at?*9 a.m.*?*on Saturday*, the Water Taxi will run every hour on the hour from our Pier 50 terminal in downtown Seattle over to Vashon, with the last Water Taxi trip leaving for Vashon at?*6 p.m.*?The return trips from Vashon Island to downtown Seattle will run every hour on the half hour from?*9:30 a.m.?*to?*6:30 p.m.*

When you get off the water taxi at Vashon Island,?*hop on the King County Metro?Route 118 [ [link removed] ]?to get to the festival*. Additional bus trips will be added on Saturday to supplement the existing Saturday schedule. Route 118 will be rerouted in the Vashon Town Center due to street closures; refer to Metro?s?Service Advisories webpage [ [link removed] ]?for details.

Special Water Taxi Vashon Route Schedule for?*Saturday, July 20*:

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The Vashon Strawberry Festival runs through Sunday, July 21. The?*Water Taxi to Vashon will not sail on Sunday, July 21*, but if you want to go to Vashon that day, you can travel on the?Washington State Ferry? [ [link removed] ]from their Fauntleroy dock in West Seattle.

The full announcement can be found on the?Captain?s Blog [ [link removed] ].

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Shape the future RapidRide K Line in Kirkland and Bellevue

Metro plans to bring RapidRide to more Eastside communities by 2030. The RapidRide K Line will serve an 18-mile north-south corridor between Kirkland and Bellevue.

You can engage with Metro staff at an upcoming virtual community connection event. *Join a virtual meeting (via Zoom)* this weekend on Saturday, July 20 from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. [ [link removed] ]

We want to make it safer and easier for you to catch the bus! Take Metro's K line survey by?*Wednesday,?**July 24* to help us plan the future of RapidRide K Line.

*Take our survey!* [ [link removed] ]


Community members and riders are encouraged to take our survey, attend upcoming meetings and review our updated web page.?More details are available on the?RapidRide K Line project web page [ [link removed] ].

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New stop for Trailhead Direct added at Eastgate Park and Ride starting July 20

Trailhead Direct, King County?s?transit-to-trails service [ [link removed] ], will add a stop starting Saturday, July 20, for hikers at the Eastgate Park and Ride in Bellevue to bring them to and from the trails at the Issaquah Alps and Mount Si.

Operated by King County Metro in partnership with King County Parks, and the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), Trailhead Direct provides two routes operating 30- and 60-minute service to some of the region?s most popular hiking trails.


* *Heading to Mount Si:*?Buses leave every 30 minutes from the Sound Transit Capitol Hill Link station to stops at trailheads near Mount Si, Mount Teneriffe and Little Si.
* *Traveling to the Issaquah Alps:*?Hourly trips for the Issaquah Alps start at the Mount Baker Transit Center and go to Margaret?s Way, Squak Mountain, Chirico Trail-Poo Poo Point, High School Trail, and East Sunset Way.

Learn more about Trailhead Direct [ [link removed] ]!

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Supervisor Spotlight: Highlighting those behind the scenes who keep us moving
supervisor spotlight and cartoon bus with computer to radio and headphone

It takes a lot of people to keep a transit system running smoothly across 150 routes and over 300,000 boardings a day.

Bus drivers are the most visible part of any transit system, but there are people behind the scenes who are just as vital in the day-to-day operation of King County Metro.

Their responsibilities range from training operators, planning the routes that run throughout the region, and literally being ?traffic controllers? keeping track of the buses on their daily runs.

We?d like to introduce you to the staff that help keep the wheels on the bus going ?round and round? every day.

Learn about Michael Shea, Base Dispatcher/Planner and Alan Spanne, Communications Coordinator and their work on the Metro Matters blog [ [link removed] ].

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Long banner 'I Have Drive' image with text "Dedicated / Confident / Proud" and I link to apply now. and three Metro employees posed for photos

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 [ [link removed] ].?








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