King County metro Bus moving down Broad Street, Seattle.

King County metro Bus moving down Broad Street, Seattle. Stock Photo
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Contributor:

John Gaffen / Alamy Stock Photo

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BHMN9K

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48.5 MB (2 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5050 x 3360 px | 42.8 x 28.4 cm | 16.8 x 11.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

17 August 2009

Location:

Broad Street, Seattle, Washington, USA

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King County metro Bus moving down Broad Street, Seattle. 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)