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Starting May 16, hundreds of thousands of ORCA transit customers across the Puget Sound region will have access to a new website, smartphone app, and real-time value loading for their ORCA cards.

From King County Metro: Guided by a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) statement on Monday night, King County Metro will no longer require masks on transit. However, Public Health – Seattle & King County recommends that people wear masks in indoor public transportation settings at this time.

Join the Bellevue Transportation Department and share your comments on proposed transportation code amendments at an upcoming virtual open house.

Two new technology tools designed to make streets safer and more efficient are being installed this week at downtown intersections. They hold the potential for reducing deadly traffic incidents.

After years of cancelled, scaled back and Zoomified bike events thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Seattle bike events calendar is finally starting to fill up with community celebrations, rides and more.

Before 2020, you could pretty much design your whole social schedule around bike events (and some of you did!). We are not quite there yet, but I’m seeing a huge increase in the number of event notices dropping into my inbox. I can’t wait to see a lot of you at community bike events again. I have missed it so much.

Service changes for Sound Transit service will take effect next month. The changes include additional reductions as well as extending reductions that were implemented at the end of 2021 on certain ST Express routes due to operator shortages. The reductions will affect frequency of service on weekdays only.

King County Metro’s all-day, frequent, regional network continues to welcome more riders to transit.

After restoring 36 routes in October 2021, Metro will revise schedules and make further improvements starting March 19, 2022.

From King County Metro: Metro is operating at more than 96% of our scheduled service, and more than 160 Metro bus routes and services are operating across King County, with the exception that route 125 remains suspended on Saturdays.

Before traveling, Metro wants you to make sure you know whether your trip is operating or canceled.

For real-time updates that show whether a bus trip is operating, when it’s due to depart, or if it’s been canceled:

From Sound Transit: Service changes for Sound Transit service will take effect next month. The changes include additional reductions as well as extending reductions that were implemented at the end of 2021 on certain ST Express routes due to operator shortages.