King County Metro: Prepare For Bus Cuts This Weekend
If you are a bus rider in King County, you might want to double check to make sure your bus will be running next week.
View ArticleThis Week In Downsizing
Boeing reduces local defense jobs, Metro reduces bus cuts and Seattle reduces its plans on the waterfront. Plus: How are you reacting to Ebola’s arrival in the U.S.? Bill Radke discusses these topics...
View ArticleBathrooms, Not Benefits, Biggest Issue For Metro Drivers
Posey Gruener interviews Metro bus drivers at Northgate Transit Center, who describe why they're having trouble catching a bathroom break. And Marcie Sillman speaks with Paul Bachtel, president of the...
View ArticleThis Week, Please Do Not Feed The News Panelists
Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo expels its elephants – where should they go? Did President Obama overreach on immigration? Could a “millionaire's tax” fly in Seattle? Why must Metro bus drivers wear...
View ArticleHigher Bus Fares, Hiring Spree Now In Effect For King County Metro
Changes are afoot at King County Metro. Bus fares went up over the weekend by 25 cents. Bus drivers started accepting the county's new reduced fare cards, called ORCA Lift. And Metro's gone on a hiring...
View ArticleMetro Unveils Plan To Overhaul Northeast Seattle Bus Routes
It used to be if you wanted to take the bus across town in Seattle, you often had to ride all the way downtown first. But now light rail does some of that heavy lifting, getting people from north to...
View ArticleMetro Rolls Out Changes To Bus Routes This Weekend
King County Metro bus routes change this weekend. Some of the biggest changes happen in northeast Seattle.
View ArticleLight Rail Benefits Don't Reach Some Seattle Homeless
Barger and Nelson live in a tent city in the University District. They used to use a lot of drugs. But that changed when they found out Barger was pregnant. “We made steps to change really fast,”...
View ArticleMore night buses so homeless have a place to sleep
You have to get creative if you want to take a bus in Seattle late at night. Only 20 bus routes in King County run between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. A new King County Metro plan would expand those bus options....
View ArticleVanpool prices jump 4,000 percent in Seattle area
It's getting more expensive to use King County's biggest carpool system. Members of the county's Vanpool program pay $0.33 a month for the rides, on average. This year that will go up to $13 a month,...
View ArticleCrammed Seattle buses to get some relief this month
Transit officials in King County have heard your rush hour complaints: Buses are often late or they’re jam-packed. Riders will get some relief later this month, when Metro puts more buses on the road....
View ArticlePark-and-ride full? Now you can rent a space nearby
If the park-and-ride lot near you is getting overcrowded, you may be in luck. King County Metro is partnering with Diamond Parking services to bring 250 new parking spaces online in June.
View ArticleThese students will ride the bus for just 50 cents this summer
Lucia Lari plans to go to soccer camp this summer. She also wants to be able to visit her friends who live outside Seattle. But the 11th grader at Ingraham High School doesn’t drive, and her parents...
View ArticleFlat rate fares could be coming to King County Metro
If you ride King County Metro transit, you may soon see fares change. A new proposal would simplify pricing and set a flat rate for all times of day and all destinations.
View ArticleAt 70, Metro's bus driver of the year says 'I love everyone'
When Seattle passengers love their bus driver, they can call a feedback line to sing their praises.
View ArticleUber and Lyft contribute to congestion. Can they also be the solution?
Traffic congestion in Seattle is getting worse. As traffic slows, more people are hailing rides from Uber and Lyft — and that’s adding to the trouble. Now, transit agencies that once fought to regulate...
View ArticleWhat do you do if a dog takes your seat on the bus?
Bill Radke talks to Seattle Times reporter Paige Cornwell about her reporting on dogs on King County Metro buses.
View ArticleThe #MeToo movement comes to your commute
Ridership is up on King Country Metro. Night bus services are up. And so are reports of sexual misconduct.
View ArticleIf a guy harasses you on a Seattle bus, here’s what you can do
It was standing room only on the E Line RapidRide bus when the man seated next to Sonnet Stockmar started talking to her. "Take your top off," he said in front of the other bus riders.
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