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AN ORDINANCE approving public transportation service changes for King County.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The proposed changes to the Metro transit department's fixed-route transit network include changes that affect service in the cities of Seattle and Burien and portions of unincorporated King County.
2. The proposed changes are consistent with the alignment and station locations approved in Ordinance 18894, enacted May 24, 2019, via which the King County executive and council adopted the RapidRide H Line alignment and general station locations.
3. The proposed changes are consistent with the policy direction and priorities in Ordinance 19367, enacted December 15, 2021, via which the King County executive and council adopted the King County Metro Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2021-2031, the King County Metro Service Guidelines, and Metro transit department’s long-range service and capital plan, Metro Connects.
4. Metro Connects includes goals to expand and improve the RapidRide network and work with partners to deliver mobility improvements.
5. The proposed changes will implement the first RapidRide line to be developed through the Metro transit department’s RapidRide Expansion Program, created by Ordinance 18409, enacted November 17, 2016, in partnership with the city of Seattle's Move Seattle transportation levy.
6. The proposed changes will eliminate and replace Route 120 with RapidRide H Line service.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The public transportation service changes for King County,
substantially as described in Attachment A to this ordinance, are hereby approved and should be implemented effective March 18, 2023.