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RapidRide

RapidRide

Metro Transit’s new RapidRide bus service will provide frequent trips throughout the day in the following corridors:

  • A Line—Tukwila to Federal Way on Pacific Highway S / International Boulevard (now in service).
  • B Line—Bellevue to Redmond on NE Eighth Street and 156th Avenue NE via Crossroads and Overlake (now in service).
  • C Line—West Seattle to downtown Seattle using Fauntleroy Way SW and California Avenue SW (coming in fall 2012).
  • D Line—Ballard to Uptown and downtown Seattle along 15th Avenue NW (coming in fall 2012).
  • E Line—Aurora Avenue N (State Route 99) between Shoreline and downtown Seattle (coming in 2013).
  • F Line—Burien to Renton via Tukwila and Southcenter (coming in 2013).

Everything about RapidRide—the buses, the stations, the way it operates—is being designed to keep people moving quickly throughout the day in these heavily used transit corridors. (Learn more)

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Map showing all planned RapidRide service (view larger—388KB PDF)

photo: bus with yellow sides and red roof

RapidRide buses are high-capacity, low-emission hybrids with a red, black, and yellow color scheme.

Bus, sidewalk, and bus shelter

RapidRide stations, shelters, and signs have a distinctive style. Above is an artist’s rendering of a RapidRide shelter.