Getting around King County

On the bus…

Metro Online

Route #

Enter a bus route number
or plan a trip

• Tools for transit disruptions
• Buy a bus pass
• Check rider alerts
• Safety and security
• Special event services
• Follow Metro Transit tweets
• …more at Metro Online

Art in the bus tunnel

On the road…

Road alerts

• Road closures & conditions

Traffic cameras

Still from a traffic camera

• Live cameras

On the water…

King County Water Taxi

• West Seattle-Downtown Seattle
• Vashon Island-Downtown Seattle

In the air…

Flying somewhere?

King County International Airport/Boeing Field

• Location
• Ground transportation
• Tenants

Emergency information

• RPIN: Breaking news and alerts [external link]
• Emergency services
• Emergency phone numbers

Travel smart

• Metro Alert Center—status of Metro Transit bus service
• Sign up for Metro Transit Alerts
• County and state road closures
• Subscribe to Road Alerts
• Monitor traffic cameras in King County
• Bicycling Guidemap
• Plan for Green River flooding

Contact us

Harold S. Taniguchi
Department Director

• Director: 206-684-1481
• Airport: 206-296-7380
• Fleet Admin: 206-296-6521
• Marine: 206-684-1551
• Metro: 206-553-3000
• Roads: 206-296-6590
• Organization chart (25KB PDF)
• …e-mail us
• …more contact info

Notices

• Plan now for possible Green River flooding
• Bicycling Guidemap is now interactive

Key initiatives

• Plug-in electric vehicles
• Transit Now
• Climate change
• Healthscape

Projects

• Metro Transit projects
  • Transit Now RapidRide
  • Service changes
• Road Services capital projects

Volunteer

Bus shelter mural

• Adopt-A-Stop
• Adopt-A-Road
• Bus Shelter Mural Program
• …more opportunities

KCDOT Transportation Today

KCDOT news

• History of local roads is just a click away
• Executive assigns new security force to patrol transit tunnel
• 200 new spaces at Brickyard Park-and-Ride
• King County launches annual roadside weed control program
• Vashon Hwy closed March 8-April 9
• Constantine vows to continue pursuit of federal funding for South Park Bridge
• Road Division digs into ‘shoulder season’
• …more news

Public meetings

• March 30 - Regional Transit Task Force, 6 p.m., Mercer Island Community Center at Mercer View
• April 2 - SeaShore Transportation Forum, 7:30 a.m., Shoreline City Hall
• April 7 - Dockton Road Community Advisory Group, 7 p.m., Courthouse Square
• …learn more

DOTcast

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