Why Your King County Metro Bus Route’s Future is Up to the State

Michael van Baker — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:20:31 +0000

Surprisingly, the audience for this particular piece of political theatre is the state legislature in Olympia, as they control King County's ability to create more stable funding mechanisms for Metro, but have been reluctant to cede that authority, despite King County's evident willingness to pay.

King County Council to Okay $20 Congestion Reduction Charge

Michael van Baker — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:27:53 +0000

It's an unsettling sign of the times that the King County Council needed to think as hard as it did about approving a $20, two-year, car-licensing fee to forestall a 17 percent cut in Metro bus service. As mentioned earlier, that's a nickel a day to keep bus service going that carries over 340,000 people every day. People who can't afford that have other, more significant financial problems that have little to do with Metro funding and car tabs.

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Why Your King County Metro Bus Route’s Future is Up to the State

King County Council to Okay $20 Congestion Reduction Charge