Better Bus Service
Metro has been working with WSDOT to add service to key travel areas like Ballard to Interbay, Aurora and Fremont, SODO and Georgetown, and West Seattle in anticipation of construction impacts.
Bus Service Near You:
Some service has already been added and overall, by Oct 2011, passengers served by these areas will have the following bus service levels:
Routing revision for 1st Ave S routes 21, 22, 37 (northbound), 56, 57, 85 Night Owl, 116, 118, 119 and 132.
Beginning Saturday, Oct 1, routes 21, 22, 37 (northbound), 56, 57, 85 Night Owl, 116, 118, 119 and 132 will be revised to operate via 4th Ave S between S Lander St and Edgar Martinez Dr S due to Alaskan Way Viaduct construction. These routes will not operate, in either direction, via 1st Ave S between S Lander St and Edgar Martinez Dr S for about four years during this phase of the construction project.
Aurora and Fremont
Service Improvements
Route 358X: Express service every 15 minutes from 3-7p.m.
Almost 700 daily trips to downtown Seattle on routes:
5, 5X, 16, 17, 26, 26X, 28, 28X, 358X
Note: Routes listed in bold have increased trips and more seats. Routes identified with an X are express routes with limited stops.
Ballard and Interbay
Service Improvements
Routes 17X and 18X: Express service every 15 minutes 4-6p.m. from downtown Seattle to Ballard.
More than 400 daily trips to downtown Seattle on routes:
15, 15X, 17X, 18, 18X, 19, 24, 33
Note: Routes listed in bold have increased trips and more seats. Routes identified with an X are express routes with limited stops.
Burien
Service Improvements
Bus service from Burien to downtown every 15 minutes during rush hour.
Almost 300 daily trips to and from downtown Seattle on routes
Note: Routes listed in bold have increased trips and more seats.
SODO and Georgetown
Service Improvements
More than 200 additional peak period bus seats!
More than 350 daily trips to downtown Seattle on routes:
23, 113, 121, 122, 123X, 124, 131, 132, 134
Note: Routes listed in bold have increased trips and more seats. Routes identified with an X are express routes with limited stops.
West Seattle
Service Improvement
More than 3000 additional peak period bus seats!
Over 700 daily trips to downtown Seattle on routes:
21, 21X, 22, 37X, 54, 54X, 55, 56, 56X, 57, 116X, 118X, 119X, 120, 125
Note: Routes listed in bold have increased trips and more seats. Routes identified with an X are express routes with limited stops.
Here's a tip...
You can bypass the West Seattle Bridge by taking the Water Taxi
West Seattle has shuttles 773 and 775 that run from the Water Taxi dock to the Alaska Junction, Alki and Admiral and back. Check out times and fares at the Water Taxi website. There's also Harbor Avenue and Alki service on Metro routes 37 and 53 (you take your bike on the boat, too).