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Metro says ridership growing as service recovery continues; large area projects to reinvest suspended hours
Summary
Metro briefed the Regional Transit Committee May 21 on progress implementing the 2023 service recovery plan, reporting year-over-year ridership growth, and outlining mobility projects (Lynnwood Link, Madison Street/RapidRide, Eastside connections, South King County) that will reinvest suspended service hours locally.
KING COUNTY — King County Metro told the Regional Transit Committee on May 21 that bus ridership is rising and that it is restoring service hours through a series of area-based mobility projects instead of reverting wholesale to pre-pandemic schedules.
“Today, we are growing service a lot,” Katie Chalmers, manager of Metro’s service development section, told the committee, summarizing a months-long program of project-based restorations tied to light-rail openings and community planning.
Key points Metro reported: • Ridership: Metro reported year-over-year growth (staff cited an 8–9% systemwide increase and Deanna Martin reported April weekday…
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