May 2012
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Metro Transit on holiday schedule for Memorial Day
May 23
Metro Transit will operate a Sunday schedule for Memorial Day on Monday, May 28. And, it will be offering special shuttle bus service Saturday through Monday to the Folklife Festival at the Seattle Center from both the Northgate Transit Center and South Renton Park-and-Ride.
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Introducing “B Line PULSE” – an innovative social gaming and public art experience
May 21
Riders of King County Metro Transit’s RapidRide B Line can now participate in a community‐wide art project through individual mobile game play during their daily commute. 4Culture, Metro, and Hornall Anderson today introduced “B Line PULSE,” a new mobile game designed to enhance the transit experience for riders on RapidRide buses connecting Bellevue and Redmond.
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Bridge project in Redmond will reroute RapidRide B Line
May 17
King County Metro Transit’s RapidRide B Line will be rerouted in north Redmond for up to ten days beginning Monday, May 21 due to a bridge maintenance project. The bridge is located over the Sammamish River on Northeast 90th Street, north of city hall. It will be closed by the city for up to seven hours a day beginning Monday, May 21 through Wednesday, May 30.
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Thursday’s presidential visit will affect bus service
May 9
President Barack Obama will visit Seattle on Thursday, May 10, and increased security in the downtown area will affect bus service for both King County Metro Transit and Sound Transit. From about 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Convention Place Station (CPS) in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel will be closed to all pedestrian access. Buses will continue to travel through CPS, but will not stop there.
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Bus stop revisions near Seattle ferry dock
May 7
The Washington State Department of Transportation is making surface street changes near Colman Dock on the Seattle waterfront on Thursday, May 10. This will result in revisions for the two King County Metro Transit bus routes which serve that area and provide connections to state and county ferry service.
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People who bus-and-bike get free ride May 14-18
May 3
As part of Bike Month, King County Metro and Sound Transit are encouraging people to try bike-and-bus trips. During the week of May 14-18, any cyclist loading a bike on a Metro bus or ST Express bus operated by Metro will ride free. ST Express routes included are: 540, 542, 545, 550, 554, 555, 556 and 560.
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May Day activities disrupting transit service in downtown Seattle
May 1
(2 p.m.) Tuesday's May Day activities in and around downtown Seattle are changing rapidly and expected to cause traffic and transit service disruptions and delays until after the evening rush hour. During this event, it is expected that all traffic – including transit service – could be affected by minor to possibly significant delays and disruptions on local surface streets, as well as in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, nearby freeways, and areas outside of the downtown core.
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