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 and its annual ridership in 2008 was 118 million.
KCM is committed to providing transportation
services in an environmentally sound and responsible manner by establishing an Environmental and Sustainability Management System (ESMS).In recent years, King County Metro Transit replaced diesel buses with fuel efficient hybrid buses and added zero-emission electric vehicles
.Using customer feedback to improve communication, The Eye on Your Metro Commute blog and e-mail Transit Alerts system were introduced.
As a result during 2008-2011
- air pollutant emissions were reduced by 10%
- water usage per unlinked trip - by 35%
- waste - by 34%
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