RapidRide E Line


E Line

RapidRide E Line bus running on 3rd Avenue in Downtown Seattle.
Overview
System RapidRide
Operator King County Metro
Garage Atlantic Base
Vehicle New Flyer DE60LFR
Began service February 15, 2014
Predecessors Route 358X
Route
Locale King County
Start Aurora Village Transit Center, Shoreline
Via Aurora Avenue N
3rd Ave
End Pioneer Square, Downtown Seattle
Length 12.5 miles
Service
Frequency Peak: 5-12 minutes
Off-peak: 15 minutes
Early morning & night: 24-60 minutes
Weekend frequency 15 minutes (most times)
Journey time 1 hour, 2 minutes
Operates 4:30 am-3:00 am
Daily ridership 11,730 (June 2014)[1]
Fare Peak: $2.50 (1 zone) $3 (2 zones)
Off-peak: $2.25
Timetable E Line timetable
Map E Line map
Route map
Swift BRT to Everett

Aurora Village Transit Center

N 200th St

 N 198th St
N 192nd St(Shoreline P&R)
 N 185th St
 N 180th St
 N 175th St
 N 170th St
 N 165th St
 N 160th St
 N 155th St
 N 152nd St

N 145th St (fare zone boundary)
 N 135th St
 N 130th St
 N 125th St
 N 115th St
 N 105th St
 N 100th St
 N 95th St
 N 90th St
 N 85th St
 N 80th St
 N 76th St

N 72nd St

N 65th St
N 46th St
Aurora Bridge (Lake Washington Ship Canal)
 Lynn St
 Galer St
 Harrison St (future stop)

Denny Way
5th Ave
RapidRide D Line to Ballard
Bell St
Virginia St

Pike St(Westlake Station)

Seneca St(University St. Station)
RapidRide C Line to West Seattle
Columbia St

Yesler Wy(Pioneer Square Station)
Link Light Rail
Central Link
to SeaTac/Airport

 station
 stop

 northbound only station

 southbound only station

 northbound only stop

 southbound only stop
D Line ←   → F Line

The E Line is one of six RapidRide lines (limited-stop routes with some bus rapid transit features) operated by King County Metro in King County, Washington. The E Line began service on February 15, 2014,[2] running between Aurora Village Transit Center in Shoreline and Pioneer Square, Seattle in Downtown Seattle The line runs mainly via Aurora Avenue N and 3rd Ave.

At the Aurora Village Transit Center passengers can connect to Community Transit's Swift Bus Rapid Transit to Everett Station.

History

This corridor was previously served by King County Metro route 358 express which carried an average of 11,730 riders on weekdays during the last month in service[1] making it King County Metro's second busiest route.[3] In 2011, drivers on Route 358 wrote up 333[4] "security incident reports", leading the Seattle Weekly to give the route the title of "Most Dangerous Bus Route in Seattle"[5] Security cameras were installed on all RapidRide buses and lighting was improved at stations, in part, to address this problem.

In early 2013 King County Metro began construction on new enhanced bus stops, new bus stations and making upgrades to traffic signals along Aurora Ave N.[6] Service on the RapidRide E Line was scheduled to start in Fall 2013 but the opening was delayed until February 15, 2014 to give crews more time to finish construction.[7]

The only change made to the routing during the conversion to RapidRide was in Green Lake. Route 358 exited Highway 99 to serve stops on Linden Ave N, but a new bus stop on Aurora Ave N allows southbound buses to stay on the highway (northbound buses must still deviate).[8]

King County Metro planned to begin service on the RapidRide E Line in September 2013, but the opening was pushed back several months to February 2014 to due to delays in construction.[9]

Since the implementation of RapidRide on the corridor, ridership has grown 13 percent and the "E" Line served an average of 13,300 riders on weekdays in June 2014, the most of any RapidRide line.[1]

Service

Headways[10]
Time Monday-Friday Weekend/Holidays
4:30 am – 6:00 am 25 20
6:00 am – 9:45 am 5-10 (inbound)
12 (outbound) 		12
9:45 am – 4:00 pm 12 12
4:00 pm – 6:15 pm 5-10 (outbound)
12 (inbound) 		15
6:15 pm – 8:00 pm 12 15
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm 20 20
11:00 pm – 12:30 am 30 30
12:30 am – 3:00 am 60 60

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lindblom, Mike (7 July 2014). "RapidRide use is way up". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "RapidRide". King County Metro Transit. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
  3. ↑ "New Routes Coming Online for RapidRide". The Northwest Urbanist. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014. After a delay from 2013, on February 15th the E line will replace Aurora Avenue’s route 358, Metro’s second busiest route, between Seattle’s downtown and its northern neighbor of Shoreline.
  4. ↑ Humbert, Jon (2 February 2012). "Recent attacks have Metro riders worried about bus safety". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Conklin, Ellis E. (1 February 2012). "Route 358 Is the Most Dangerous Bus Route In Seattle". www.seattleweekly.com/home/928777-129/transportation.
  6. ↑ "Metro preps for the arrival of the RapidRide E Line along Aurora Avenue North". http://kingcounty.gov/transportation/kcdot/NewsCenter/NewsReleases/2013/June/06272013_elineprep.aspx''. King County Metro. 27 June 2013.
  7. ↑ Nourish, Bruce (18 March 2013). "Metro Delaying RapidRide E & F". seattletransitblog.com/2013/03/18/metro-delaying-rapidride-e-f/.
  8. ↑ Lawson, David (7 February 2014). "Metro and ST Service Changes: Feb. 15". http://seattletransitblog.com/2014/02/07/metro-and-st-service-changes-feb-15/''. Seattle Transit Blog.
  9. ↑ Nourish, Bruce (18 March 2013). "Metro Delaying RapidRide E & F". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "RapidRide E Line Schedule". Retrieved 2 April 2014.

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