Transit Program

We enhance transit through:

Transit Service: The Seattle Transit Measure provides funding for the City to purchase transit service from King County Metro. We also contribute funding for transit service on both streetcars with sponsorship funds, fare-box revenue, and other funding sources. 

Planning and Policy: The Seattle Transportation Plan guides all our work at SDOT.  The focus of the Transit Element is delivering on our Frequent Transit Network service levels, creating community and mobility hubs, improving east-west travel, building reliable transit networks, and planning better access to current and future Link light rail.

Seattle Streetcar: We own and manage the South Lake Union and First Hill streetcar lines.  King County Metro handles the operations.

Supporting Transit Partners: While the City doesn't run the buses or light rail trains, we do work closely with King County Metro, Sound Transit, and other transit providers on major service and transit improvement projects, and station area planning.

Transit Corridors and Connections: The voter-approved Seattle Transportation Levy provides $151 million over 8 years to connect people safely to transit hubs, including Link light rail stations and bus stops, and reduce delays on bus routes. We will invest $20 million to support and enhance neighborhood connections on and around Rainier Ave S during and after RapidRide R Line construction. Partnerships with Metro and Sound Transit are essential to deliver Transportation Levy investments. Learn about current capital projects.