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King County committee accepts Metro 2024 system evaluation, flags 27,000 service-hour reliability gap
Summary
The King County Council’s Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee voted to advance Metro’s 2024 system evaluation report to the full council, noting a countywide need for roughly 27,000 annual service hours to address reliability on 59 routes and a long‑term gap of about 1.73 million service hours to reach Metro Connects targets.
The King County Council’s Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee on Jan. 21 voted to advance King County Metro’s 2024 system evaluation report to the full council.
The committee, chaired by Rod Dembowski, heard a staff overview from Mary Berganon of council staff and answers from Metro staff. The report covers service and performance for the time period prior to several recent projects, including the Link extension and a rapid‑ride line. It documents that Metro was operating roughly 85% of pre‑pandemic service while carrying about 60% of pre‑pandemic ridership during the evaluation window.
The report identified three priorities used to evaluate routes: (1) reduce crowding, (2) improve reliability, and (3) plan for long‑term service growth. For the evaluation period Metro found no routes with ongoing overcrowding. For reliability the report…
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