Starting Monday, March 31, King County Metro will begin reinforcing its fares, asking riders for proof of payment on buses and street cars. King County Metro is re-installing fare enforcement ...

The victim was holding her phone while stepping onto the crosswalk at Yale Avenue and Stewart Street Feb. 13 when a King County Metro bus ran the red light and hit her. She suffered from a swollen ...

SEATTLE — Beginning Monday, fare enforcement will resume on King County Metro buses and streetcars. Fare enforcement was paused in 2020 by King County Metro to "reassess and reimagine safety ...

SEATTLE — King County officials have launched a task force to address the growing safety concerns among metro transit operators. The initiative comes in response to a series of traumatic ...

(The Center Square) – King County Metro is making enhancements to its buses to ensure bus operator and rider safety. Following the murder of King County Metro bus driver Shawn Yim last December ...

Notably, King County's 2025 budget acknowledges that Metro’s fare revenue is not expected to return to pre-pandemic numbers, which typically made up about 25% of operating costs.

Despite Seattle's "nightmare traffic" (the fifth-worst in the nation), King County Metro was fighting a losing battle to get people out from behind the wheel and onto a bus, bike, or carpool. Halfway ...