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King County Metro Transit Fare Increase
A 25-cent fare increase will be take place in most King County Metro Transit cash fare categories starting March 1, 2008. It is the first fare increase in seven years during which time Transit operating costs have increased by 37 percent. For example, the price Metro paid for diesel fuel in July 2001 was 75 cents a gallon. In July 2007, Metro paid $2.15 a gallon. A significant portion of the fare increase will cover fuel costs.

Metro has taken steps to offset rising costs and hold fares steady in the past seven years. At this time, however, it has limited Metro’s ability to keep up with increasing demand for transit services and is now affecting the on-time performance of the bus service. The fare increase will raise $11.7 million in additional revenues annually and allow Metro to maintain and improve the reliability, dependability and predictability of its system.

Metro's Adult fare – including peak and off-peak - will increase by 25 cents on March 1. Youth, Senior/Disabled off-peak and Access fares will increase July 1. Senior/disabled peak and Access cash fares will not increase.

Prices will increase as shown in the table below:

Prices would also increase for FlexPasses – bus passes that employers provide to their employees. The timing of the increase will depend on when individual contracts between Metro and the employers renew, with all contracts being revised by July 1, 2008.

Transit Now funds are for service expansion
King County is expecting to add 1.2 million new residents by 2020. King County voters passed the Transit Now initiative in November 2006, increasing the sales tax by one-tenth of one percent to pay for expanded transit services. Transit Now is intended to expand Metro’s system countywide to keep up with this growth — not to pay for increasing costs to maintain daily services and operations. Transit Now funds will expand Metro Transit service by up to 20 percent over the next 10 years.

If you have additional questions, please contact the Metro Online Sales Office at (206) 263-3582.

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