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liamsteckler.com
Omg omg omg, Open Payments on ORCA are almost here, y'all!

Soft launch on 2/2!

#Seattle #Orcacard #theorcacard #Openpayments #Publictransit #Soundtransit #Kingcountymetro
A screenshot of a slide, showing a tap to pay timeline. 1/17/2025-2/17/2025: Pilot Phase 1 11/24/2025-12/24/2025: Phase 2 Recruitment 12/10/2025: Inspection App Demo 12/15/2025-1/16/2026: Pilot Phase 2 2/2/2026: Soft Launch Also in late January/early February, there's the INIT Performance Period, and In-Station Signage & Limited Comms, but without specific dates. In late February, there's a media event.
January 21, 2026 at 4:58 PM
iamkaymichelle.bsky.social
And, in total candor, #SoundTransit is way better than 50/50 for me, in terms of good, kind, polite, competent drivers (I'd even say they're better than #kcmetro by a wide margin, too, by that metric; a LOT of #KingCountyMetro drivers are deranged lunatics, imo), but this one... no good! 😬

#Seattle
December 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
iamkaymichelle.bsky.social
There's, like, a very-old, super-enormous #beaglemix of some kind that's riding the #kingcountymetro #bus I'm on, & he sits in the seat like people, & it's the #cutest fuckin thing I've ever seen 🤣

His human-friend's ass is, like, 1/2off of HIS seat to accommodate this #beagle 😆

#DogSky #dog #dogs
November 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
noahsbwilliams.com
Based, woke, and cool 🫶🚌

Coach 8139, adorned in of the coolest wraps Metro has commissioned, is operating the 1 Line shuttle service today with a message that's just as important now as when it came out in 2021!

#BlackLivesMatter #KingCountyMetro
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
adamedx.net
Not a fan of the new loud "stop requested" vocalization on #kingcountymetro and #soundtransit buses in Seattle - - can we just go back to the "ding" or at least make it quieter?
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
zieglarnatta.bsky.social
Say my name. #pnw #Heisenberg does take public transportation #kingcountymetro
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
liamsteckler.com
So many people at the bus stop still heading to #Nokings #Seattle and some busses are having to pass by since they're totally full and standing room only!

Thanks to the awesome operators at #Kingcountymetro ❤️
October 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
zieglarnatta.bsky.social
#cascadebike & #kingcountymetro team up to showcase pairing up transit (West Seattle water taxi) and bicycling.
#bicycling #pnw #seattle #pacificnorrhwest
October 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
iamkaymichelle.bsky.social
#DubinLawGroup has a #KingCountyMetro #busad that reads, “Riding WITH you since [whatever],” & if I’m reading that right — & I’d like to think that I am — that’s a #brag re: how long they’ve been advertising on #buses 🤣

Aight #lol. I CERTAINLY believe you. Why would anyone make that up? 😂

#Seattle
October 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
le-ah.bsky.social
This plaque is in a very odd spot at #Northgate station. I feel it goes unnoticed and underappreciated so I thought I would share. Zoom in to read about Scott White!!✌🏻🚌🚎 #Seattle #KingCountyMetro #lightrail #ScottWhitePlaza #publictransportation
September 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
liamsteckler.com
A rare spot in the wild- one of the older RapidRide New Flyers running Route 255 service, seen here at Montlake

#Kingcountymetro #Bus #Publictransit #Publictransportation
King County Metro bus 6024, painted in the RapidRide red scheme, waiting to turn left off of Montlake Blvd E towards SR520. Its route number sign is showing 255 to Kirkland
September 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
waterfrontparksea.bsky.social
🚍✨ On your daily route or city commute, a little waterfront inspiration is joining you along the way.

#SeattleWaterfront #KingCountyMetro #SeattleTransportation
A public bus at Bellevue Transit Center advertising Meet Me at Waterfront Park campaign. The text reads Play Together on the Salish Sea at Pier 58, with urban buildings in the background. Open door of a light rail train with a promotional poster for "Meet Me at Waterfront Park" visible inside. The platform and an empty waiting area can be seen through the open door. Interior view of a Seattle light rail train showing an advertising poster for the Waterfront Park Grand Opening Celebration.
August 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
noahsbwilliams.com
Good Afternoon starts with a G

#RapidRideG #KingCountyMetro
July 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
adamedx.net
Ride with #pride in #Seattle with #kingcountymetro.
Bus decorated with rainbow colors for Pride. Bus decorated with rainbow colors and Pride celebration Bus decorated with rainbow colors and Pride celebration
June 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
cpi-foundation.bsky.social
A single decision saved $40M!💰

@KingCountyMetro had a critical choice: one that shaped their long-term #sustainability. The result? Millions saved and a clearer path forward.

💡Imagine what smarter choices could do for your #climate goals!

📢Read more:
t.co/xQ5SQh9NZn
https://centreforpublicimpact.org/resource-hub/zero-emissions-decision-making-toolkit/#:~:text=A%20PRACTICAL%20TOOLKIT%20FOR%20GOVERNMENTS%20TACKLING%20CLIMATE%20ACTION
t.co
June 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
jenbanim.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy
Even after years of being car free #kingcountymetro still manages to find ways to surprise and confuse me. What do you mean that only _some_ of the 271 buses go to Issaquah? If you've got two sets of buses that go to two different places, give them different numbers! That's what the numbers are […]
Original post on mastodo.neoliber.al
mastodo.neoliber.al
June 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
iamkaymichelle.bsky.social
Huh! I go EVERYWHERE on #kingcountymetro and #soundtransit using my #ORCA subsidized annual pass.

I think *I* might be a #transit stansit 🤔

youtu.be/wU2qPc22Eac?...

#publictranspo #seattle #pnwlife #travel
June 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
adamedx.net
Buses 40 minutes late at #montlake #Seattle, what did I miss? Stuck waiting for #route48 :( let me see if #kingcountymetro has a feed here...
May 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
adamedx.net
The brand new 48 + eastbound stop on the Montlake lid just took 5 minutes off my commute. Thank you #soundtransit and #kingcountymetro! #Seattle
Bus stop on top of the freeway in Seattle with routes 541 (wrong should be 542!),271,255,556
April 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
creekside.bsky.social
$5K Reward offered for info leading to hit-and-run driver in Ballard. I see drivers run red lights all the time. KingCountyMetro is the worst. I’ve sent pictures and nothing! kcexec?

Someone shared: $5K Reward offered for info leading to hit-and-run driver in Ballard komonews.com/news/local/5...
$5K Reward offered for info leading to hit-and-run driver in Ballard
A grieving Arlington couple is renewing a push to catch a hit-and-run driver weeks after their son was killed in a Seattle crosswalk.
komonews.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
maggiekpaints.bsky.social
I have a whole ton of my bus series of intaglio prints available. This is one of my favorites!

maggiepaintsnprints.etsy.com/listing/1836...

#bus #art #seattle #intaglio #print #kingcountymetro
An intaglio print of a person with a dark jacket and uw sweatshirt sitting in the back seat on a double long king county metro bus
March 20, 2025 at 5:45 AM
iamkaymichelle.bsky.social
If I die in a #KingCountyMetro bus crash, somebody check this driver’s BAC, please 😬

He wildin’
March 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
lolarusa.bsky.social
King County Metro replaced my perfectly good bus shelter with one just like it, but without walls. I can only assume this is to keep the riffraff from getting any respite from the cold. So now we all freeze. Any other Seattleites noticing this problem?
#seattle #kingcounty #kingcountymetro
March 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
kamidog.bsky.social
Lucky Number 8! #seattle #kingcountymetro

another sticker design
sticker design of a King County Metro bus, with the text "Lucky 8" two dice each showing a 4 and a stylized red cherry flower. It is drawn to evoke the sense of a tattoo design.
February 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM