King County Metro to reduce routes due to staffing shortages
Bus riders will start seeing fewer bus routes starting Sept. 17 as part of a service change by King County Metro but also the result of staffing shortages. Jada Mears is a mom of five who heavily relies on the metro to get to important appointments, she worries the reduced bus trips will set her back.
“If we have to leave at a certain time and the buses end up not coming or we have to wait longer than that also gets in the way of the appointment or the schooling that they have to get to, anything like that anything important,” said Mears.
King County Metro officials tell us about 200 trips have been removed but share that the effect is minimal. Bus riders like Mears said she’s already been dealing with long wait times and don’t want them to continue.
“If you’re reducing the buses then that also means there's going to be more time that we have to wait for more buses to come around,” said Mears.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/king-county-metro-to-reduce-routes-due-to-staffing-shortages/ar-AA11UR0t
Curiously MSN says this article is 27 minutes old. Sept. 17 was two days ago.