Complaints of overcrowding, homeless on Metro Transit buses
Grocery store clerk Michael Robertson said he was waiting for his usual bus, the Metro Transit E line, Saturday morning in Seattle when the bus with a marquee showing “essential trips only” drove past him.
Robertson wound up taking a $19 Uber ride to get to work on time. Robertson said a combination of reduced routes and increased transient riders is leading to overcrowding on Metro Transit buses.
He snapped two pictures of his commute last week, showing riders failing to stand six feet apart.
“It’s packed. It’s standing room only,” he said. “There’s nowhere to sit. There’s people standing up and holding onto the railings and there’s people in every seat.”
Metro Transit recently unveiled new passenger limits to support social distancing: 12 riders to every 40- foot bus and 18 riders to every 60-foot bus. But drivers can let more people on. Robertson said it doesn’t seem the limits are working on popular routes like his.
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