After driver dies, Community Transit workers question whether the agency is protecting them from coronavirus
Ten Community Transit employees have now tested positive or presumptive positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus.
Heidi Groover
Metro eliminates bus fares, asks riders to board through back doors to slow coronavirus outbreak
The changes are an attempt to reduce hand-to-hand interactions aboard buses while still keeping service running as the coronavirus outbreak continues to upend daily life.
Sound Transit, Metro facing big drops in funding as coronavirus downturn takes hold
Sound Transit's looming drop in sales taxes could jeopardize the agency’s ability to sustain the largest transit expansion in the country, executives said.
Metro, Sound Transit slash service, citing coronavirus outbreak
Most Metro routes across the county will see some type of reduction in service starting Monday, Metro said.
King County Metro will reduce bus service amid coronavirus outbreak
Metro will reduce service starting Monday, including not running some bus routes and cutting trips on “nearly all routes,” the agency said Wednesday.
King County will not pursue sales tax for bus service, citing coronavirus outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak has upended some local government processes and has already brought major economic uncertainty that could make a tax vote less palatable.
Light rail service disruptions will continue after problems discovered during downtown track work
It will take Sound Transit longer to finish construction work that has disrupted light rail service since January, meaning trains will continue to run at...
Seattle Uber, Lyft drivers say their earnings are plummeting amid the coronavirus outbreak, and there’s little help in sight
Politicians have announced economic help for small businesses and more unemployment benefits for employees. But that support might not help tens of thousands of Uber,...
King County judge hints car-tab tax cuts could be coming soon
The judge indicated in the order that he plans to lift the injunction he previously issued that stopped I-976 from taking effect. But he'll wait...
Washington Legislature OKs state transportation budget, avoiding big car-tab fallout
The $10.4 billion budget relies largely on money already in existing budgets but not yet spent, “a little bit of budget magic,” said the chair...