Rapidly approaching RapidRide - King County Metro's vision of easing congestion on five priority transit corridors, shared by county voters who overwhelmingly passed it, will soon become a reality. 'Transit Now' is still in the works and will start with the A-Line on Pacific Highway South in 2010. Metro's budget shortfall has been eased a little as well with $14 million in aid coming from the Federal Transit Administration.

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One Regional Card for All - It was a lofty project. Replacing all the tickets, transfers, and passes from seven regional transit agencies with one card: ORCA. It stands for 'One Regional Card for All' and it offers many perks and advantages over older passes. You can load and reload your card online and if you lose it, your full balance will be restored onto a new card.

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Climbing to curtail cancer - The climb has been around for a while, but this year firefighters from King County International Airport took part in a stair climb at Seattle's Columbia Tower to raise money for those suffering from Leukemia and Lymphoma. See how they trained leading up to the event and what they had to say afterward.

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Metro surpasses 3,000,000,000,000 riders! - It's a number so big, it's almost mind boggling. But, since starting operations January 1, 1973, King County Metro Transit has just surpassed the three billion mark. It's not a big surprise as the agency provides more than one million rides every three weekdays of service. Hear some Metro staff say thanks to the riders who helped them get to the huge milestone.

From base to stop: Behind the scenes at Metro - See what happens to the Metro buses you ride before they get to the stop to pick you up. There's a lot of work that goes into the effort of providing clean, safe, and reliable service. Have a look.

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