CITY OF SEATTLE

Investment in Metro Transit

Meeting increased demand, serving growth, expanding ridership

Seattle voted YES to stabilize and grow Metro bus service

Prop. 1 allows Seattle, the fastest-growing big city in
the U.S., to expand bus service by more than 10 percent, while addressing many of the overcrowding and
reliability issues that have prevented many Seattleites
from choosing to take the bus. This will allow Seattle
to not only preserve King County Metro service in
Seattle, but to improve and expand Metro service on
busy city routes those with more than 80 percent of
stops in Seattle.

Protecting Seattles investment

The City of Seattle and Metro are poised to finalize an
agreement to make the most of every new dollar to
invest in more transit service for our growing city. The
agreement, soon to be submitted for approval to the
City and County Councils, will assure that taxpayer
dollars are putting buses on the road.
The agreement will:

Require robust ridership and performance data

reporting by Metro
Allow for regular financial reviews and
independent third-party audits of Metro finances
and performance data
Reduce City responsibility for county
administrative overhead

Credit Seattle for higher farebox revenue

produced on city trolleybus routes
Pay only the annual share of new buses required
for increased service
Protect against supplanting

Additional accountability measures include:

Creation of a new transit division at SDOT to

continually assess and improve the performance
of Seattle transit investments
Regular reports to the Council and a citizen
oversight body with micro-level performance
data for Seattle investments and review of Metros
system-wide investments
New performance criteria to prioritize regional
partnerships that most clearly serve Seattles
residents and economy or help reduce traffic

How will transit improve?

Funding will help meet the transportation needs of Seattle residents, businesses and visitors:
Nearly 20% of the investment will target routes
serving West Seattle, Ballard, and South Lake
Adding buses to fix 35 unreliable routes in June 2015 Union including the RapidRide C and D
Lines to accommodate significant growth in
Adding buses for more frequent service on at least 28
routes, phased in between June and September 2015 these neighborhoods
Adding buses to fix 15 chronically overcrowded
routes in June 2015

CITY OF SEATTLE

Improving Transit in Seattle

Transit improvement details following the passage of Prop 1

More and better service for a growing number of riders

Seattleites are demanding better bus transit options.
Passage of Prop. 1 will fund major improvements on
more than 50 Seattle routes:
More buses on all 16 routes that are chronically
overcrowded: Routes C, D, 5, 8, 15X, 16, 18X, 28,
40, 41, 44, 48, 70, 71X, 72, and 74X
Revised schedules on all 48 routes that are
chronically unreliable: Routes C, D, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17X, 18X, 21X, 21, 24, 25, 26X,

26, 27, 28X, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 37, 40, 41, 43, 44,
48, 49, 55, 56, 57, 60, 64X, 66X, 70, 71, 72, 74X,
76, 83, and 99

Better frequency with more trips per hour

on at least 28 high demand routes: C,
D, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9X, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 24/33, 25, 27,
30, 31/32, 40, 41, 44, 47, 48, 49, 60, 66X/67, 68,
70/71X/72X/73X/74X, 68, and 125

EXPANDED NETWORK OF FREQUENT TRANSIT

Frequency of service is one of the most important
characteristics that people consider when deciding
whether transit is a realistic option. A bus every 15
minutes or better is considered to be Frequent.

Prop. 1 investments will expand the hours of frequent

service on more than 20 routes. Prop. 1 dollars will
also add Saturday, Sunday, or night service every 30
minutes to other routes that do not currently have
service at those times.

Neighborhoods that will get more buses

Admiral
Alaska Junction
Alki
Arbor Heights
Ballard
Belltown
Bitter Lake
Beacon Hill
Blue Ridge
Broadview
Capitol Hill
Central Business District
Colman Park
Columbia City
Crown Hill
Delridge

Denny/Blaine
Discovery Park
Eastlake
Fauntleroy
First Hill
Fremont
Gatewood
Greenlake
Greenwood
Haller Lake
Hillman City
Jackson Park
Judkins Park
Lake City
Laurelhurst
Lichton Springs

Loyal Heights
Madison Park
Magnolia
Magnuson Park
Maple Leaf
Meadowbrook
Morgan Junction
Mount Baker
North Beach
Northgate
Phinney Ridge
Pigeon Point
Pike/Pine
Pinehurst
Pioneer Square
Queen Anne Hill

Rainier Beach
Ravenna
Roosevelt
Roxhill
Sand Point
Seattle Center
South Lake Union
Sunset Hill
University District
University Village
Victory Heights
View Ridge
Wedgwood
Westlake
Westwood Village

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