Public Transport in Washington (U.S. State) - Bus Transportation in Washington (U.S. State), Passenger Rail Transport in Washington (U.S. State) (Paperback)

Chapters: Bus Transportation in Washington (U.s. State), Passenger Rail Transport in Washington (U.s. State), King County Metro, List of King County Metro Bus Routes, Link Light Rail, Amtrak Cascades, Empire Builder, North Coast Hiawatha, Sound Transit, Community Transit, Coast Starlight, Spokane Transit Authority, C-Tran, Olympian Hiawatha, Ben Franklin Transit, Mtr Western, Rapidride, Seattle Streetcar Network, Swift Bus Rapid Transit, Sounder Commuter Rail, List of Community Transit Bus Routes, Sound Transit Express, Satellite Transit System, List of Sound Transit Express Bus Routes, Island Transit, Pierce Transit, Skagit Transit, Intercity Transit, Kitsap Transit, Whatcom Transportation Authority, Everett Transit, Clallam Transit, Jefferson Transit, Twin Transit, Yakima Transit. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 200. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: King County Metro, or Metro for short, is the public transit authority of King County, Washington, a division of the King County Department of Transportation. It began operations on January 1, 1973, but can trace its roots to Seattle Transit, founded in 1939, and Overlake Transit Service, founded in 1927. As of 2008, it operated 1,443 buses on 223 routes. Its annual ridership in 2008 was 118 million. By first quarter 2009 ridership figures, Metro is the 8th largest agency in the nation. Metro employs 2,694 full- and part-time operators (year-end 2008). The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, or Seattle Metro, was created by a local referendum in 1958 authorized to manage regional wastewater and water quality issues in King County. After two failed attempts to enable it to build a regional rapid transit system, it was authorized to operate a regional bus system in 1972. The bus system was known as Metro and began operations in 1973. Its ...http: //booksllc.net/?id=100634