information from King County Metro

The New Year brings good news. Metro will deactivate the Emergency Snow Network (ESN) at 4 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 2. In expectation of clearer roads and a milder weather forecast, King County Metro will begin to restore transit service previously suspended by snow.

All Metro bus routes active on weekends will operate on their regular schedules starting Jan. 2 where road conditions allow.  

Metro vehicle maintenance crews have shifted away from chaining and retrieving stuck buses and have started repairs to damaged buses that operated during the winter storm. Metro is assessing the number of available buses and whether any routes may need to remain temporarily suspended on Monday, Jan. 3, as additional repairs are completed. 

Riders should sign up to receive Transit Alerts via text and email for their bus routes. Routes can change to run on snow routes or trips maybe cancelled depending on snow accumulations.