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Committee approves Metro East Link connections restructure and asks for fall 2027 review
Summary
The committee voted Feb. 18 to forward proposed ordinance 2025-556 approving a major Metro bus-network restructuring coordinated with Sound Transit’s East Link expansion; members adopted an amendment asking the executive to report back on ridership trends and performance by the fall 2027 service-change window.
On Feb. 18 the Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee approved and forwarded to the full council, with a due-pass recommendation, a proposed ordinance (2025-556) that would authorize a large Metro bus-network restructure coordinated with the full opening of Sound Transit’s 2 (East Link) line.
Committee staff described the proposal as one of the largest Metro service restructures in recent memory, affecting dozens of routes and creating eight new routes while replacing or revising many others to integrate bus service with new light-rail stations. Mary Bergenon of Council Central staff told the committee the restructure was developed through multiple phases of public engagement (spring 2021–spring 2022, plus a 2024 check-in) and is intended to bring suspended pandemic service hours back in a restructured…
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