Starting Saturday, Sept. 17, King County Metro buses will be making 250+ fewer trips getting people to work, attend school, out to bars and restaurants, or visit family during the week.
The change comes as a part of Metro’s semi-annual service change, which they do to “improve reliability and to better meet rider needs,” Al Sanders a Public Information Officer with King County Metro said.
Roughly 260-weekday trips have been deleted, with King County Metros citing its attempts to “address workforce shortages,” a line that has been repeated across industries as businesses try to get workers, especially low-wage, hourly workers, back in key positions.on the cancellation of 26 trip cancellations, calling it an “unusually high number of cancellations,” a number which is only a tenth of the current cancellation.
The updated service also adjusts for the opening of the West Seattle Bridge, which has been closed for more than two years and will once again allow drivers the day after the service changes, Sunday, Sept. 18. Only one route, Route 303 from North Seattle to First Hill, will add any trips, with one additional weekday trip that officials say will “improve the span of service between routes 302 and 303.”
“Service levels following Sept. 17 will be comparable to where they are now. The minor updates in this semi-annual service change are trip-specific adjustments to improve reliability and to better meet rider needs,” Sanders wrote in a statement. “We’re especially committed to providing service to customers who count on Metro to get to their jobs every day or for other needs.”
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