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About Metro
Our mission is to provide the best possible public transportation services and improve regional mobility and quality of life in King County.
Founded in 1973, 2023 marks the 50th Anniversary of King County Metro, the largest transit agency in the Puget Sound. Metro provides bus, paratransit, vanpool, and water taxi, and on-demand services, and operates the Seattle Streetcar, Sound Transit Link light rail and Sound Transit Express bus service.
Named the Best Large Transit Agency in North America by the American Public Transportation Association in 2018, Metro also received Performance Excellence Awards for equity and for sustainability in 2020. In 2022 the Federal Transit Administration recognized Metro as the nation’s most equitable agency in tackling climate change.
Budget
Providing safe, equitable, and sustainable service now and in the future — especially where needs are greatest.
The King County Council adopted Executive Dow Constantine’s 2023–24 Biennial Budget in November 2022. Highlights from the budget include:
- Fleet electrification
Fight climate change, lower our region’s carbon footprint, and support healthy air and water. - Ridership recovery
Deliver reliable service riders can count on. - Safety and security
Provide a safe and secure environment for riders and employees. - Organizational health
Be an employer of choice and enable employee growth to facilitate world-class transit service.
Policies
We believe mobility is a human right.
Our policies are created with input from community partners, elected officials and national stakeholders to help us contribute to healthy communities, a thriving economy, and a sustainable environment.
Working together, these policies help our Metro teams plan for today, tomorrow, and beyond.
- Strategic Plan
Our plan addresses opportunities and challenges facing King County residents, such as a growing, diversified population, historic inequities and a worsening climate crisis. - Service guidelines
These guidelines help ensure our decision-making and recommendations to policy makers are objective, transparent and aligned with King County’s overall goals for public transportation. - Metro Connects
Our vision for bringing more improved mobility services to King County over the next 30 years.
The Long Game
Metro’s Long Game is the blueprint to how we leverage the power of public transit to create a mobility system that advances equity by serving underserved communities, providing new economic opportunities in those neighborhoods, and combating climate change.
Advisory groups
Access Paratransit Advisory Committee
Enhances Metro’s Access paratransit program by advising the agency on priorities and areas of mutual concern while developing a vision for ongoing improvements.
Lynnwood Link Connections Boards
Through a three-phase community engagement process, Metro will focus on listening to mobility needs, learning about barriers that riders face and opportunities to improve transit in northwest King County.
Transit Advisory Commission
The King County Transit Advisory Commission improves transit services, planning, and programs by advising Metro’s staff members and general manager, the King County Executive and Council, local jurisdictions, and subarea transportation boards concerning transit policy issues.