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Weekend Service Impacts
Routes 60, 107, and 124 will have stop #41740 13th Avenue S & S Bailey Street (Southbound) relocated from Wednesday, November 27 to Friday, February 28 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day due to construction;
Routes 3, 10, 11, 12, and 49 will be rerouted off Pine Street west of 7th Avenue on Wednesday, November 27 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. due to Downtown Seattle tree lighting setup;
Routes 271 and ST 554 will be rerouted during the Issaquah Turkey Trot from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Thursday, November 28;
Routes 3, 10, 11, 12, and 49 will be rerouted Friday, November 29 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. due to Downtown Seattle tree lighting;
Routes 101, 102, 150, 212, 218, ST 545, and ST 554 will be rerouted Friday, November 29 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. due to Downtown Seattle tree lighting;
Routes 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 28, 36, 40, 43, 44, 45, 49, 62, 65, 67, 70, 75, 101, 150, 255, 271, 372, ST 542, ST 545, ST 550, ST 554, 673, 675, and 677 will be rerouted on Sunday, December 1 from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the Seattle Marathon;
Full information available on our Service Advisories page.
Service Reminders
- Take transit to all your sporting events in Seattle. Metro and Link light rail serves riders heading to T-Mobile Park, Husky Stadium, Lumen Field, and Climate Pledge Arena;
- The Kraken will play on Friday 7 p.m. at the Climate Pledge Arena;
- The Downtown Seattle Tree Lighting Celebration begins at 5 p.m. on Friday at Westlake Park;
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Water Taxi will continue a year-round midday sailing schedule;
- The fall and winter sailing schedule began on October 12th. Find the sailing schedule on the Water Taxi's Captain's Blog;
- Both Water Taxi routes will have no service Thursday, Thanksgiving and will return to normal schedule on Friday, November 29th;
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Seattle Center Monorail will operate late until 11 p.m. on Wednesday, will be closed for Thursday, Thanksgiving, operate normal weekend hours on Friday and Saturday, and will be open until midnight on Sunday. The Monorail will depart approximately every 10 minutes;
- Riders can use Text for Departures by texting their stop number to 62550 to get next departure times;
- Remember, it's free and easy to sign up for email or text alerts about King County Metro service. Alerts can be tailored to your favorite route(s).
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 By De’Sean Quinn, King County Metro Assistant General Manager for Strategy and Partnerships
As Native American Heritage Month comes to a close, I invite you to join me in reflecting on the privilege of living in a region shaped by the deep history and enduring contributions of Native American communities.
In Washington state, 29 tribes are part of a network of more than 500 federally recognized tribes across the United States. In King County, we live on the ancestral lands of the Muckleshoot, Snoqualmie, Puyallup, Tulalip, Suquamish, Coast Salish Tribes, and the Duwamish people.
Native American Heritage Month provides an opportunity to honor the resilience, contributions, and cultures of Native peoples. It is also a chance to reflect on how we can support a future where Native communities are not only acknowledged but thrive.
Here are a few other resources and sites to explore:
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Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center: Located on 20 acres in Seattle’s Discovery Park, this cultural hub serves urban Indians throughout the Seattle area. Accessible via Metro bus route 33.
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Snoqualmie Falls: This sacred site holds cultural and spiritual significance for the Snoqualmie Tribe. You can visit via Metro bus route 208, departing from the Issaquah Transit Center Monday through Saturday, with a drop-off just half a mile from the falls.
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The Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center: A vital hub for preserving and sharing the culture, history and traditions of the Duwamish Tribe, Seattle’s first people. The center features exhibits, events, and workshops highlighting the Duwamish Tribe’s contributions and ongoing advocacy. Metro Flex now serves Delridge and South Park, offering affordable, on-demand rides to destinations like the Longhouse, bookable via app or phone.
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Real Rent Duwamish: Discover resources like this holiday placemat, offering ways to honor Native American history and heritage during Thanksgiving.
- Other local resources: Explore Intentionalist’s list of local Indigenous-owned businesses or the Visit Seattle’s list of Native events, heritage sites and businesses.
By learning and building meaningful connections, we can deepen our understanding of the sovereign tribes in Washington and their invaluable contributions to our communities. Let’s continue to honor these legacies with curiosity, respect and action.
The full message on the Metro Matters Blog.
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An Intern to GM: Driving King County Metro’s Future
This article by Andrew Binion originally appeared in Seattle University Magazine.
Michelle Allison, ’10 MPA, started with the King County Council while working on her degree and 13 years later is leading the largest mass transit agency in the Northwest.
“That was a very regular part of what I was brought up thinking and understanding is this shared space for transit and connection and mobility,” says Allison, ‘10 MPA, who today is the General Manager of King County Metro.
Each week, Metro—the seventh largest transit agency in the U.S.—provides more than 1 million rides, removing countless cars from roadways and delivering a lifeline for people to not only travel to work or the airport, but also to the grocery store, doctor’s appointments and to visit friends and family. In addition to bus, on-demand, paratransit, vanpool and water taxi services, Metro also operates Seattle’s two streetcars, Sound Transit Link light rail and Sound Transit Express buses.
Overseeing this massive movement of people from her office in Pioneer Square—and guiding public transit’s recovery from the pandemic—is Allison. Her trajectory to leading the agency may have its origins in tiny Homer while observing the community-building potential in organizing a reliable transportation system, but it took off when she was a student in Seattle University’s Master of Public Administration program.
While attending SU and fulfilling a requirement of the program, Allison landed an internship working for a King County Council member. That internship turned into a full-time position, then a promotion, then another.
Read the whole article on the Metro Matters blog.
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 Metro is hiring transit operators (bus drivers) and trades professionals to keep the region moving. Visit kingcounty.gov/MetroCareers to learn more.
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