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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>NEWS: Faster, more reliable transit service on popular Metro routes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=610 style='width:457.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwNzI1LjkyOTY1NTIxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDcyNS45Mjk2NTUyMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MjA3OTA4JmVtYWlsaWQ9amFjb2JzdHJ1aWtzbWFAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1qYWNvYnN0cnVpa3NtYUBnbWFpbC5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&100&&&http://kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/constantine.aspx"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=90 style='width:6.25in;height:.9416in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D4246B.49909620" alt="Image removed by sender. News from Executive Dow Constantine"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>July 25, 2018</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Contact: <a href="mailto:chad.lewis@kingcounty.gov" title="Metro service expansion">Chad Lewis</a>, 206-263-1250</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>With investments by Amazon and City of Seattle, King County Metro will offer more frequent, reliable service on some of its most popular routes</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>King County Metro will offer more frequent and reliable bus service on some of its most popular routes beginning this fall thanks to significant investments by Amazon and the City of Seattle.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Amazon's investment will provide 22 additional weekday trips for two years across some of Metro’s busiest routes serving West Seattle, Shoreline, Ballard, and Capitol Hill. The additional service provides room for roughly 1,700 weekday boardings, and includes the RapidRide E Line and C Line, and Routes 8, 40, 62, and 63.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>The additional service hours will be part of Metro’s September service change, which will add 88,000 service hours annually on more than 50 bus routes. This includes 20,000 hours under a separate partnership with the City of Seattle, thanks to the 2014 Seattle Transportation Benefit District.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><b>Error! Filename not specified.</b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>“We will provide faster, more reliable transit service on some of our most popular routes, thanks to our partnerships with Amazon and the City of Seattle,” said King County Executive Dow Constantine. “Demand for transit continues to grow throughout our region, and we are stepping up to deliver.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwNzI1LjkyOTY1NTIxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDcyNS45Mjk2NTUyMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MjA3OTA4JmVtYWlsaWQ9amFjb2JzdHJ1aWtzbWFAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1qYWNvYnN0cnVpa3NtYUBnbWFpbC5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&101&&&https://www.kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/constantine/news/release/2018/July/25-metro-service-amazon-seattle.aspx" target="_blank" title="News release"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=277 height=40 style='width:2.8833in;height:.4166in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D4246B.49909620" alt="Image removed by sender. 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