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Metro’s I-90 peak-only routes are some of our most popular and heavily used bus routes. They offer very fast trips between large park-and-rides and downtown Seattle, and with ridership steadily growing, they’re experiencing overcrowding, pass-ups, and crush loading. To address these issues, Metro is making changes to better match the demand with our existing resources.

More than 700 Metro riders gave us feedback via our online survey on how to improve service on this corridor. We carefully reviewed the suggestions while developing a final set of recommendations. The King County Council’s Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee had a hearing on the recommendations on April 30.

The adopted improvements are designed to provide riders with more options to meet the demand during peak commute times. We focused on ways to provide bus trips when and where they’re most needed. Because of Metro’s constrained budget, we can make only improvements that do not involve added costs.