Seattle, Houston Buck Declining Bus Ridership Trend

Government Technology: Investments in expanding and improving transit service, as well as redrawing routes, have translated into bus ridership gains in Seattle and Houston, bucking a nationwide transit trend of declining ridership.

“[King County] Metro invested in more frequent bus service at all times of the day across many of its 200-plus routes, and restructured the bus network to connect with two new Link light rail stations that opened in 2016,” said Scott Gutierrez, a spokesman with the King County Department of Transportation, the umbrella organization overseeing Metro Transit, which serves the Seattle metro area.

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