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CONNECTS
King County Metro's
long -range vision
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Tukwila City Council
May 9, 2016
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DOUBLE transit ridership
Metro buses arrive
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TRIPLE the percentage of people
Commuters who take transit
close to frequent service grows from 14% to 24%
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Key Transit Issues in Tukwila
King County
METRO
Transit should support North Tukwila industrial jobs
Frequent service
Longer service span
Frequent connections to Link light rail stations
Service to Sounder station and nearby office and mixed -
use development
Frequent transit service to support growth along Tukwila
International Boulevard and around Southcenter
Frequent connections to South Seattle, Georgetown, and
West Seattle
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Investments to help buses run faster and stay on schedule:
• Bus lanes, signal priority, off -board ORCA readers
• 600 miles of roadway investments for all service types
• Significant expansion to Metro's capital program
• Requires strong partnerships with cities
• Easy, Safe, and Comfortable
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Make it easier to get where you want to go:
• New and better information for customers
and to improve operations
• Improvement to make easy connections to
transit
• Safe and well- designed passenger
facilities
• Make getting on the bus fast and easy
Access to Transit
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The Nuts and Bolts
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• Our people: substantially grow our
workforce to support the expansion of
service
• A fleet for the future: buy more than
500 new buses and vans to support
the higher levels of service
• Trolley network: Grow our trolley
network by expanding and infilling
overhead wires
• Layover areas: Increase bus layover
space by 50% from today
• Bus bases and support facilities:
Add two to three new bus bases and
invest additional support services and
facilities.
Implementing the Vision
Transit system will require substantial
capital and service investments
• Strengthen partnerships with cities,
stakeholders and other transportation
providers
• Work with cities to ensure improvements are
a good fit for each community
• Long -range plan to support local planning
and identify complementary transit service
Local planning
coordinated .
with transit
6 -year cycle
King County
METRO
Metro updates
Long -Range plan
to support cities'
planned development
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METRO
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May 20 — Public comment ends on the draft METRO CONNECTS plan
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Contact us:
Stephen Hunt
Transportation Planner
Stephen.Hunt@KingCounty.gov
206 - 477 -5828
Tristan Cook
Community Relations Planner
Tristan.Cook @KingCounty.gov
206 - 477 -3842