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Weekend Service Impacts
* *Routes 5, 17, 21, 24, 27, 28, 33, 40, 56, 57, 62, 124, 131, and 132* will have stop #590 at 3rd Avenue & Pine Street (Northbound) relocated on Saturday, May 3 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. due to construction;
* *Routes 36 and 60* will have stop #3550 at 12th Avenue S & S Atlantic Street (Northbound) closed from Saturday, May 3 to Sunday, May 4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily due to construction;
* *Route 65* will have stop #38110 at 30th Avenue NE & NE 127th Street (Southbound) closed on Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily due to construction;
* *Route 106* will have stop #55593 at Martin L King Jr Way S & S Webster Street (Northbound) closed from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 3 due to construction;
* *Routes 43, 48, 255, 271 and ST 542* will be rerouted off the Montlake Bridge from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 3 during the Opening Day of Boat Season Parade;
Full information available on our Service Advisories page [ [link removed] ].
Service Reminders
* Take transit to all your sporting and community events in Seattle. Metro and Link light rail serve riders heading to T-Mobile Park, Husky Stadium, Lumen Field, and Climate Pledge Arena;
* *Seattle Reign FC* will have a match at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at Lumen Field [ [link removed] ];
* *The Seattle Sounders *have a match at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday at Lumen Field [ [link removed] ];
* The *Seattle **Storm* will have a game at the Climate Pledge Arena [ [link removed] ] at 3 p.m. on Sunday;
* *Water Taxi [ [link removed] ]* started the new summer sailing schedule [ [link removed] ] on *Saturday, **April 12* with the return of late-night weekend service to West Seattle;
* *Seattle Center Monorail [ [link removed] ] *will operate 7:30 am to 11 p.m. on Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:15 p.m. on Saturday, and 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday. 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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Supervisor Spotlight: Highlighting those behind the scenes who keep us moving [ #spot ]
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Survey shows transit ridership climbing as more people commute to downtown Seattle [ #survey ]
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Drug-related incidents on or near King County Mero decrease by more than one-third [ #dec ]
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King County Metro’s AANHP video nominated for Emmy [ #aanhp ]
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Supervisor Spotlight: Highlighting those behind the scenes who keep us moving
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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 include training operators, planning the routes that run throughout the region, and literally being the “traffic controllers” who keep 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.
This Supervisor Spotlight features Merch DeGrasse and George Shields.
Read more on the Metro Matters blog [ [link removed] ].
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Survey shows transit ridership climbing as more people commute to downtown Seattle
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A new survey from Commute Seattle reveals that while telework remains popular, transit travel and drive-alone trips are on the rise as more people return to the office after years of social and personal change.
The findings, collected in October 2024, include a new question on satisfaction, revealing that people who bike and walk report the highest satisfaction with their commute. People who drive alone to get to work report the lowest satisfaction.
Learn more on the Metro Matters blog [ [link removed] ] or read the full Commute Seattle 2024 survey [ [link removed] ].
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Drug-related incidents on or near King County Mero decrease by more than one-third
Drug incident reports on or near King County Metro decreased by more than one-third from 2023 to 2024. The positive trend coincides with the transit agency reinforcing expectations of riders, and encouraging employees and riders to report incidents.
In 2023, there were 1,578 drug-related incidents reported on or near Metro (e.g., buses, bus stops, transit centers, etc.). That represented roughly 1 incident per 49,000 boardings.
In 2024, there were 1,022 drug-related incidents reported, which represented about 1 incident per 80,000 boardings.
Learn more about this on the King County Metro blog [ [link removed] ].
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King County Metro’s AANHP video nominated for Emmy
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King County Metro was honored with a Northwest Regional Emmy Awards nomination for a video celebrating American Asian Native Hawaiian Pasifika (AANHP) culture.
The 10-minute video, created entirely in-house by the transit agency, features Metro employees and artists *Vance Sakado,* *Linh Hoàng*, *Keiko Budech*, and *Wan-Lin Tsou*.
This is the second year in a row that Metro’s in-house Creative and Marketing team has been nominated for an Emmy. Last year, the agency was similarly honored for its musically inspired “Tap for Transit” video [ [link removed] ].
Read more about the project on the Metro Matters blog [ [link removed] ].
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Metro is hiring transit operators (bus drivers) and trades professionals to keep the region moving. Visit kingcounty.gov/MetroCareers [ [link removed] ] to learn more.
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