Complete: Route 48 project supports more reliable bus trips between Mount Baker, Central District and UW
 We’ve completed major construction for the Route 48 Transit-Plus Multimodal Corridor Project. Construction kicked off in March to support more reliable trips for people riding the Route 48 bus.
The project offers several important features and benefits:
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Signal upgrades for buses: New “smart signals” at 14 intersections that activate or extend green lights for buses traveling through the corridor (signals activated on a rolling basis through early 2025).
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Bus travel improvements: Southbound bus-only lane between South Massachusetts Street and South Grand Street and a bus-only left turn lane from southbound 23rd Avenue South to Rainier Avenue South to improve bus reliability.
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Boyer Avenue East walking and biking improvements: New ADA-accessible curb ramps, upgraded crossing signals with better visibility that give people a head start, and improved walking and biking connections to the Central Area Neighborhood Greenway, the Arboretum, and the Montlake Neighborhood.
Thank you to everyone who helped shape the project’s design and navigated our construction this spring and summer. Read more on our Metro Matters blog.
Capture the chance to get your photos featured in a Metro bus shelter!
 Metro is partnering with the Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) on an international call for photos to be featured at bus shelters across King County. Successful photos could remain in bus shelters for up to 10 years.
This call for submissions is open to all ages.
This year’s theme is “Show Us Your World” and is intended to explore personal, cultural identity and connection. This can include, but is not limited to, photos that display:
- Culture, values, and traditions that have been passed down from previous generations.
- Shared bonds within a specific community.
- One’s history, identity, and bond to the past, present, and future.
- A visual representation or documentation of what is meaningful to you.
To be considered, photos must be submitted by Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, through the online application form. More information about the photo call, including specifications and submission instructions can be found on the application page. A panel of judges will select up to 100 photos to be printed and installed in Metro bus shelters starting in late 2024.
To view the artwork in some of our shelters, see photos selected in 2010, 2013, and 2014 on our Flickr site, or visit the mural website.
 King County Metro is increasing transit service this fall, including adding over 3,700 new bus trips each week, launching the RapidRide G Line in Seattle, connecting buses to new Sound Transit light rail stations, and expanding Metro Flex to Northshore.
Metro will upgrade and integrate new bus service, adding three new bus routes, revising nine routes, and replacing 10 routes. The new network will include east-west connections to new Link 1 Line stations and expanded evening and weekend service.
For the full list of impacted routes check the:
Questions? Meet Metro staff at community events
To help riders prepare for these changes, Metro is launching a broad customer information campaign.
The new service change web page is available in English, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Additional languages are available by using an online translation tool.
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