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Key initiatives

  • Regional Transit Task Force—Formed to consider a policy framework to guide service investments or—if necessary—contraction of the King County Metro Transit system.
  • Alaskan Way Viaduct—Planning continues for a bored tunnel to replace the central waterfront section of the Alaskan Way Viaduct in downtown Seattle.
  • Climate change—The Department of Transportation is at the forefront of King County’s effort to slash its greenhouse-gas emissions to 80 percent below current levels by 2050.
  • Electric vehicles—King County is helping pave the way for the use of electric vehicles.
  • HealthScape—King County is working to promote public health by improving how communities are built.
  • Transit Now—Metro is steadily expanding service using funding from this voter-approved program.