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The holidays are coming! Whether you are going to holiday events, shopping or celebrating with friends and family, it’s a great time to explore your transit options.

We have some schedule adjustments to bus, water taxi and other services during the upcoming holidays and sharing them here to help you more easily make travel plans.

King County Metro’s commitment to improving the safety of our employees and riders remains unwavering. We have a clear-eyed focus on what people, process, technology, and other resource investments we need to make to make a meaningful impact on transit safety.

Marking ongoing positive ridership growth, King County Metro posted a silver medal win among the 10 largest transit agencies nationwide.

Metro had an estimated 63 million boardings this year through Aug. 31, which is increase and 4.5 million higher than the same time last year. Comparing August 2024 and 2025, we’re seeing about 5,000 more morning boardings, 6,600 more midday boardings and 9,500 more afternoon boardings on an average weekday.

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By the end of 2026, Sound Transit’s regional Link light rail will provide expanded service to areas now served by buses. Link expansions include the 2 Line Crosslake Connection, which will complete the 2 Line from Lynnwood City Center to Downtown Redmond, and the 1 Line to Federal Way Downtown.

If you currently ride ST Express, your trip could look different when Link opens. Sound Transit is conducting this survey to gather public feedback on our ST Express bus service proposals. Your participation will help inform the final 2026 Service Plan!

Join the City of Bellevue for its upcoming Eastgate and Factoria Neighborhood Scans! The walks will occur on October 4, 2025, from 10 AM–12 PM at Newport Way Library for the Eastgate scan and at the Newport Covenant Church for the Factoria scan. Bellevue’s Great Neighborhoods program is designed so that city staff can hear directly from community members on their values and vision for the future of their neighborhood. This work helps the city develop plans that will allow for future growth. Make your voice heard by attending this great event and let city officials know your thoughts on how best to improve your neighborhood.

Getting around the Overlake community just got easier! Today, King County Metro launched its popular Metro Flex service in the area, offering riders a new way to travel on their own schedule with affordable, on-demand rides that connect neighborhoods, transit hubs, shopping and more — all with just a few taps in an app.

The Bellevue 2030 District is excited to announce Transportation Week, a focused event series dedicated to decarbonizing commutes, enhancing transportation infrastructure, and providing tenants with sustainable options for getting to work. This week will explore strategies for reducing the carbon footprint of commutes, including the integration of electric vehicles (EVs) and EV charging infrastructure. By collaborating with property owners, transportation professionals, and community stakeholders, we aim to advance cleaner, greener mobility solutions. Transportation Week will feature webinars, site tours showcasing innovative transportation practices, networking events, blog posts, and roundtable discussions to inspire actionable change for sustainable urban mobility. Join us in shaping the future of transportation in our communities.

A purple wave is ready to wash college football’s best into Lake Washington! Coach Jedd Fisch and the University of Washington Huskies are fired up for the new season which begins with a game against Colorado State August 30.

You have lots of options for leaving your car at home and take transit to and from Husky Stadium to root on the Purple and Gold!

The Huskies second year in the Big 10 Conference includes visits by Illinois, Purdue, some daffy ducks from Oregon and the opportunity to knock the “O” out of the defending National Champion Ohio State.

For complete game-day transportation information, visit the Huskies gameday transportation website.

Take your pick
Fans can ride Metro shuttles from two Eastside park-and-ride lots, as well as contracted non-Metro shuttles from some park-and-ride lots. You can also jump on the Sound Transit Link light rail 1 Line, riding Metro buses that connect with Link. There are also regular Metro bus service that travels near Husky Stadium.

Park-and-Ride express shuttle bus service
Metro buses will operate express shuttle service on Husky home game days from two designated park and ride lots:

• Eastgate Park-and-Ride
• South Kirkland Park-and-Ride

The Shoreline and Kingsgate Park & Ride routes will no longer be operational. Shoreline riders are strongly encouraged to utilize Link Light Rail and Kingsgate riders are strongly encouraged to utilize the South Kirkland Park & Ride route.

The Redondo Heights Park & Ride bus service route will only be available to fans who purchase a full-season pass for this route. Single-game bus passes will not be available for purchase.

With the purchase of a UW season bus pass or UW game day bus pass, fans can park in the park-and-ride lots and travel stress-free to and from Husky Stadium.

After the game, pass holders can board buses in front of the stadium for the return trip.

• To the game
• From the game

Dawgs on the Bus
There are routes north and south that will take you to Sound Transit Link light rail, that will bring you right to the stadium. There are also ONE DOZEN (12) Metro routes that will bring you to within a short distance of the stadium—just follow the purple and the gold!

Plan your trip: By using Trip Planner  and see the next trip arriving at your stop with our Text for Departures tool (text your bus stop number to 62550)

Pay for your ride: Be sure to have your ORCA card or Transit GO ticket ready to go to avoid long delays, because you want to be there for kickoff! Remember, fans 18 and younger ride to the game for free.

WOOF!!! We’ll see you on board!