Metro Bus Service Expansion: See If Your Route Is Changing

SEATTLE, WA — King County Metro will add about 1,350 new weekly bus trips across dozens of routes beginning on Sept. 21. The service increase will affect routes serving almost all parts of the Seattle metro area, from Woodinville to Federal Way.

The service increase is being paid for in part by Metro and with money from the Seattle Transportation Benefit District. Here's an overview of the routes that are getting expanded service:

Metro will add "shoulder" trips during peak times on these routes. (Generally, that means one or more additional trips during the morning or evening rush hours.)

• 3, serving Judkins Park, Madrona, First Hill, downtown Seattle, Queen Anne: two new morning peak trips
• 218, serving Issaquah, Bellevue, Mercer Island, and Seattle: one additional trip each during morning and evening peak hours
• 252, serving Kingsgate, Evergreen Point, and downtown Seattle: one new morning peak trip
• 271, serving Issaquah, Bellevue, Medina, and the U-District: one new evening peak trip
• 311, serving Woodinville, Totem Lake, Evergreen Point, downtown Seattle: one new trip at 8:53 a.m.
• RapidRide C, South Lake Union to West Seattle: three new morning peak and two new evening peak trips
• RapidRide E, Edmonds (Aurora Village) to downtown Seattle: 23 new weekday trips, plus two new trips late on Saturday nights

The routes will see more frequent service outside of just peak times, including weekends.

• 1, 14, serving Queen Anne to Mt. Baker: 22 new weekdays trips for service every 15 minutes between 6 and 7 a.m.
• 40, serving Northgate, Fremont, and downtown Seattle: five new weekday trips, nine Saturday trips, and 30 new trips on Sundays for 15-minute service
• 41, serving Lake City to downtown Seattle: eight new weekday trips, five on Saturdays, and 21 new Sunday trips for 15-minute service
• 65, 67, serving North Seattle and the U-District: nine new weekday trips, eight on Saturdays, and 40 new Sunday trips
• 120, serving Burien, White Center, West Seattle, and downtown Seattle: 12 new weekday trips, 20 on Saturdays, and 19 new Sunday trips

Added trips along these routes will expand 30-minute frequency on certain days:

• 105, serving the Renton Highlands to the Renton Transit Center: 32 new Sunday trips
• 164, serving Kent to Green River College: eight weekday and 21 new Saturday trips
• 183, serving Kent, Star Lake, and Federal Way: 20 new Saturday trips between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
• 346, serving Edmonds, Shoreline, and Northgate: six new weekday evening trips
• DART 906, serving Fairwood (Renton), Southcenter (Tukwila): 10 new weekday trips between 7 and 9 a.m. and between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m.

Other updates to take note of:

• The 11:59 p.m. Sound Transit route 522 trip departing Woodinville will be deleted; a new morning peak trip from UW Bothell between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. will take its place
• DART route 903 will no longer venture into Tacoma; it will stop at the Pierce-King border in Federal Way at Southwest 342nd Street