The Seattle Department of Transportation estimates that close to half of the city’s workforce commutes by transit.
KC Metro
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The Seattle Department of Transportation estimates that close to half of the city’s workforce commutes by transit.
KC Metro
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $8.1 million in grants to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and King County Metro to improve public transportation in the Seattle area.
FTA is providing $5.9 million through its Passenger Ferry Grant Program to WSDOT-Washington State Ferries to construct a pedestrian connection between the Seattle Multimodal Terminal at Colman Dock and downtown Seattle. In addition, FTA is providing $2.2 million through its Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle Program to help King County Metro modernize its bus fleet.
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The ferry grant, only one of nine nationwide that FTA announced earlier this month, will help Washington State Ferries construct an elevated pedestrian connection between the Seattle Multimodal Terminal and downtown Seattle. Washington State Ferries is the largest ferry system in the U.S., carrying 24.6 million passengers per year.
The Low-No grant for King County Metro will help the agency buy several battery-electric buses to replace diesel-hybrid buses that have exceeded their useful life. The new, more efficient buses will reduce operating costs and support growing ridership, which topped 103 million trips in 2018.
The Seattle Department of Transportation estimates that close to half of the city’s workforce commutes by transit.
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