Article
The Trouble with Transit

Image: Chris Skiles
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Number of times King
County Metro has raised
bus fares since 2007
$60
Million
Metro’s projected budget
shortfall each year, from
2012 to 2015
600,000
Hours nearly cut from
Metro’s annual service, due
to budgetary cutbacks
$20
Price hike in vehicle
registration tabs approved
by King County Council in August to rescue
bus service
$80
Additional vehicle
registration price hike for Seattle residents—to further assist Metro—proposed on the November ballot