1960

• Reversible lanes installed on Mercer Island Floating Bridge.
• Puget Sound Regional Transportation Study begins to plan new freeway system but rules out rail transit.

1962

• Voters reject proposal to authorize Metro to plan and operate public transit on September 11.
• Federal law mandates regional planning for highway funds.
• Evergreen Point Floating Bridge opens.
• Seattle Worlds Fair marks the debut of the Monorail.
• Overlake Transit Service acquires Suburban Transit System and Lake Shore Lines.

Photo of bus in front of the Space Needle, 1962
Photo courtesy Washington State Archive, Bellevue Branch.

1963

• Seattle Transit begins converting trolley coach routes to diesel.

1964

• Seattle voters reject "COMET" initiative to preserve trackless trolleys on March 10.
• Congress approves Urban Mass Transportation Administration, or UMTA.

1965

• Overlake Transit System acquires Greyhound's suburban service to Tacoma, Everett, Auburn and Kent and creates a new company called the Metropolitan Transit Corporation.

1967

• Twelve Forward Thrust bond issues totaling $815 million unveiled on October 30.

1968

• Voters pass seven Forward Thrust bonds, but not transit plan, on February 13. The $1.15 billion transit plan included 49 miles of rail serving Ballard, northeast Seattle, Bellevue and Renton.
• King County voters approve new charter on November 5.

1969

• Seattle buses stop making change for fares on March 20.

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