Metro revises bus service, starting Saturday

Starting Saturday, June 8, 2013 King County Metro Transit will revise bus service, routing and schedules to continue to operate more efficiently, improve travel times and better match bus service to ridership.

Changes affecting 17 routes are posted online, and also included in new green timetables and an orange rider alert brochure.

Among the changes are these north-end routes:

Route 304 (Richmond Beach to/from downtown Seattle): The bus stop located southbound on Richmond Beach Drive just south of Northwest 196th Street will no longer be served by Route 304. Instead, Route 304 will stop at the bus stop just south of this location, southbound on Richmond Beach Drive Northwest just north of Northwest 195th Place.

Reduced service when UW is not in session: Designated trips on routes 372 (Woodinville via Lake Forest Park to/from downtown Seattle) and 373 (Aurora Village to/from downtown Seattle) will be canceled from Monday, June 17, through Friday, June 21, and from Monday, Aug. 26, through Friday, Sept. 20, when the University of Washington is not in session.

Sound Transit and Community Transit also have minor (to/from north-end destinations) service changes this Sunday.