High-ridership routes

Hours added: 61,900

Studies show that when passengers can count on service being available at all times of day, ridership increases—even during commute hours. A portion of Transit Now funding was earmarked to add service on routes that have high ridership, with the goal of producing a network of routes with all-day, two-way bus service that connects residential, business, and recreational centers throughout the county.

What's happened

Metro added more than 60,000 hours of service in high-ridership corridors named in the Transit Now ordinance.

In 2009, Metro added more service on Route 8 and extended Route 36 to the new Othello light rail station. Changes to routes 8 and 36 were part of a larger set of changes to more than 20 routes to improve connections between Metro buses and Link light rail.

Routes that received additional service under Transit Now

RapidRide corridors

The corridors where RapidRide service is planned also are high-ridership corridors.

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