Chance to testify about proposed Metro bus cuts

King County Council seeks public testimony on Metro cuts

Metro and county leaders have been working for more than five years to reduce costs and achieve stable funding to preserve transit service. However, given our current finances, we have no choice but to reduce service levels to balance our budget. County Executive Dow Constantine recently sent the County Council a proposal to delete 72 bus routes and reduce or revise another 84 routes. (Learn more)

This proposal is now being reviewed by the Council, whose Transportation, Economy and Environment (TrEE) Committee will host three public hearings beginning next week:

Tuesday, May 13 @ 5:30pm – Union Station (Ruth Fisher Boardroom) 401 S. Jackson St., Seattle
Thursday, May 15 @ 5:30pm – Bellevue City Hall (City Council Chambers) 450 110th Ave. NE., Bellevue
Tuesday, May 20 @ 5:30pm – Renton Pavilion Event Center 233 Burnett Ave. S., Renton.

In addition to hearing public testimony at these events, the Council is accepting online testimony via a web form from residents who can’t come to a hearing. 

• Here's information about the funding shortfall
• Here's the web form for comments
• Changes to #8 : eliminate the part of route from Group Health to the CD
• Changes to #11: end service earlier
• Changes to #12: eliminate service on 19th Ave E., and on Madison east of 15th.
• Routes 10, 43 and 48 are unchanged. Route 48X is eliminated