The contract is part of the SYTRAL’s "Avenir Metro" (Future Metro) program, which aims to increase the transport capacity of lines A, B, and D of the Lyon metro to cope with an estimated 30% increase in ridership in the coming years.
Sound Transit's Peter Rogoff and King County Metro GM Rob Gannon met Monday after rail and bus service to and from the SeaTac/Airport station was interrupted for about 30 minutes Saturday at the request of Port of Seattle law enforcement officials.
The agency will hire consultants to review the service and adopt quality-assurance measures for program elegibility and processing applications quicker.
The approved plan increased fares and tolls over the next two years by 4% — or less than 2%, annually, and less than the rate of inflation.
The transit agency has been using borrowed buses after fleet was destroyed in fire.