King County Metro Transit is playing a starring role in this year’s Alaska Airlines Torchlight Parade at Seafair on Saturday night. Not only will extra buses and Metro staff be in service to transport people to the big event, but a special Metro vehicle will also be featured as one of the entries in the parade.  Learn more...

The remaining weeks of warm, sunny weather will be made to order for crews attempting to reverse harsh winter damage on an estimated 50 miles of roadway in unincorporated King County.  Learn more...

King County Metro Transit is considering changes to Eastside bus routes that currently serve parts of Bellevue and Redmond to prepare for the arrival of the RapidRide B Line in 2011.  Learn more...

King County Metro Transit buses traveling from West Seattle, White Center and Vashon Island that currently use the eastbound off-ramp from the Spokane Street Viaduct to First Avenue South may experience delays because of the lane reduction and expected traffic congestion.   Learn more...

King County Metro Transit is launching an "In Motion" program in the Juanita area to entice residents to get around by walking, cycling, riding the bus, and sharing rides.   Learn more...

Metro Transit bus routes will be operating on a Sunday schedule both Sunday, July 4 and Monday, July 5 for Independence Day.   Learn more...

The King County Road Services Division will close a section of Northeast 165th Avenue south of Cottage Lake within the next month to replace a bridge that crosses Cottage Lake Creek.   Learn more...

Motorists, Metro Transit riders and pedestrians are being reminded that the South Park Bridge on 14/16th Ave South spanning the Duwamish River will be permanently closed to pedestrians and vehicles at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 30.   Learn more...

With 100 days to go, Metro Transit is in the final stages of transforming Pacific Highway South/International Boulevard into the new RapidRide A Line – King County’s first bus rapid transit line. The conversion will signal a dramatic change in future bus service along the busy South King County corridor.   Learn more...

Due to a recent court ruling, Metro Transit cannot continue to offer special transportation services for Mariners baseball games.   Learn more...

Puget Sound transportation systems urge riders to "dump the pump" and ride public transit on Thursday, June 17.   Learn more...

The King County Road Services Division will close a section of Northeast 133rd Street east of Redmond in July for an extensive five to six-week repair project.   Learn more...

King County Metro Transit has a fleet of 159 electric trolley buses that are reaching the end of their useful lives, and Metro may need to order replacement buses before the end of 2012.   Learn more...

Starting June 10, King County Metro Transit buses will be making more safety stops at railroad crossings due to updated state regulations.   Learn more...

The King County Road Services Division will close a section of 155th Avenue Northeast in the Hollywood Hills area east of Woodinville for an extensive two-month repair project.   Learn more...

The King County Road Services Division will close the May Creek Bridge – located on Southeast May Valley Road just east of State Route 900 – during the week of June 21. The bridge and road will be closed through the summer, while county crews build a new bridge.   Learn more...

On Saturday and Sunday, June 12-13, there will be a two-day closure of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel for engineering work. Sound Transit will be providing a free bus bridge between Westlake Station and the SODO Station for light rail passengers during the tunnel closure. All Metro tunnel bus routes will use surface streets that weekend.   Learn more...

The King County Road Services Division plans to replace the Patterson Creek Bridge on the east side of the Sammamish Plateau, and is hosting an open house to share information with the community.   Learn more...

King County Metro Transit is launching an “In Motion” program on Kent’s East Hill to entice residents to get around by walking, cycling, riding the bus or train, and sharing rides. Program participants receive detailed travel information and earn rewards when they reduce their driving over a period of time.   Learn more...

Starting Saturday, June 12, King County Metro Transit will revise some bus routing and schedules to update service.  Learn more...

On Memorial Day – Monday, May 31 – King County Metro Transit will operate with a Sunday schedule. If a bus route does not normally operate on Sunday, there will be no service on Memorial Day.   Learn more...

Residents and businesses will have an opportunity to learn more about how the closure of South Park Bridge will impact their community at an open house style public meeting on Tuesday May 25.  Learn more...

Bus riders heading to West Seattle, White Center, Harbor Island and Vashon Island, should be aware that transit service will be disrupted for up to a year by the city of Seattle’s project to widen the Spokane Street Viaduct between Interstate 5 and the West Seattle Bridge.  Learn more...

An independent engineering report has confirmed what King County engineers have already determined – the South Park Bridge is in such poor condition it can no longer be safely used by the public. The bridge is set to close June 30.  Learn more...

In mid-May, the city of Seattle begins a new phase of its project to widen the Spokane Street Viaduct between Interstate 5 and the West Seattle Bridge. Construction of this project is expected to affect local bus service to West Seattle, White Center, Harbor Island and Vashon Island for more than a year.  Learn more...

Residents and businesses interested in learning more about how the upcoming closure of the South Park Bridge will impact transportation and other services in their community are invited to attend an open house Tuesday, April 27.  Learn more...

Preliminary work has begun to set the stage for summer road construction on and around Northeast Novelty Hill Road east of Redmond.   Learn more...

A section of Avondale Road Northeast will be closed down to one lane for five days starting as early as Tuesday, April 6.  Learn more...

King County Metro Transit recently opened up the behind-the-scenes data that supports bus schedules and routes to independent programmers. The agency is doing this to encourage creativity in designing the next great web or cell phone application that will make riding Metro easier and more convenient.  Learn more...

King County Metro Transit will provide special service to the Seattle Mariners home games this season – teaming up with fans to cut down on congestion around the stadiums. **UPDATE: Due to lower than expected ridership, Seattle Sounders FC and Metro have announced  that beginning May 1 special shuttle service to Sounders games from Northgate Transit Center, South Kirkland Park & Ride and Eastgate Park & Ride will no longer be provided.  However, extra coaches will be added to accommodate Sounders fans attending games at Qwest Field on regular Metro routes during periods of heavy ridership..**  Learn more...

After more than a year of on-the-road and in-the-archives research, the King County Road Services Division has compiled the roadways' history as part of an easily accessible website with maps, photos, facts, and a mile-by-mile guide of the corridor’s unique character. It is part of the county’s just-completed Historic and Scenic Corridors Project.  Learn more...

King County Executive Dow Constantine today announced the assignment of a new security company to patrol the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, one trained in the option to intervene in disputes when doing so will not put others at risk.   Learn more...

Starting this week, commuters and residents along the north end of the Interstate 405 corridor will have more transportation options as King County Metro Transit expands the Brickyard Park-and-Ride with 200 more spaces.  Learn more...

The King County Road Services Division is scheduled to begin its roadside weed control program in unincorporated areas of the county and in the cities of Burien and Maple Valley beginning March 29, 2010.  Learn more...

The King County Road Services Division will be making repairs to the drainage system underneath Vashon Highway Southwest, and is scheduled to close a section of the road for five weeks starting Monday, March 8.  Learn more...

The King County Road Services Division is hosting an open house to discuss its plans to build a consolidated road maintenance facility in southeast King County near Ravensdale. The open house will be held Tuesday, March 2.  Learn more...

King County Metro Transit is proposing to change Route 903 in Federal Way and wants to know what community members think of the proposal.  Learn more...

King County Metro Transit, in partnership with the City of Auburn, will introduce a new shuttle service, Route 910, that will operate between North Auburn and 15th Street SW beginning in September 2010.   Learn more...

At the direction of King County Executive Dow Constantine, Metro Transit and the King County Sheriff’s Office are taking new steps to beef up the presence of uniformed and armed police officers in the Downtown Seattle Bus Tunnel following the recent assault and robbery of a teenage girl there.  Learn more...

King County Executive Dow Constantine has ordered Metro Transit to review policies that restrict unarmed transit security guards from intervening physically in fights or other criminal activity, following a disturbing chain of events involving the assault and robbery of a teenage girl in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel on January 28.  Learn more...

The King County Road Service Division is advising motorists that the South Park Bridge spanning the Duwamish River will be closed to both vehicle and marine traffic from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily Wednesday, Feb. 10 through Saturday, Feb. 13.  Learn more...

The King County Road Services Divison will begin constructing pedestrian safety improvements along a section of Southeast Issaquah-Fall City Road between 247th Place Southeast and Klahanie Drive Southeast beginning the week of Feb. 15.  Learn more...

The King County Road Service Division is advising motorists that the previously scheduled closure of the South Park Bridge has been postponed due to a delay in obtaining a permit for the work.  Learn more...

ORCA smart cards, which are gaining popularity among Puget Sound transit riders, will now be available with no fee through Feb. 28. Starting March 1, 2010 a standard adult or youth ORCA card will cost $5. The promotion had been scheduled to end on Jan. 31.  Learn more...

In response to increased demand for linking bike and bus trips, King County Metro Transit will allow bicyclists to load and unload bicycles at any regular bus stop in downtown Seattle’s Ride Free Area at any time of the day starting Saturday, Feb. 6.  Learn more...

King County Metro Transit will operate with a reduced weekday schedule next Monday, Jan. 18, on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.  Learn more...

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is beginning the next phase of widening the South Spokane Street Viaduct on Jan. 22, and this phase should have minimal disruptions for King County Metro Transit customers.  Learn more...