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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b>Passing on for your information<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>NEWS: More Metro in March: Added service, all-door boarding on Third Avenue, and buses say goodbye to the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel<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 name="gd_top"></a><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwMjIwLjIwMjU1NzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwMjIwLjIwMjU1NzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzM3NDgzMCZlbWFpbGlkPWphY29ic3RydWlrc21hQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9amFjb2JzdHJ1aWtzbWFAZ21haWwuY29tJnRhcmdldGlkPSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&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@01D4C987.5D55A990" 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'>Feb. 20, 2019</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:alex.fryer@kingcounty.gov" target="_blank">Alex Fryer</a>, <span class=baec5a81-e4d6-4674-97f3-e9220f0136c1>206-477-7966</span></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'>More Metro in March: Added service, all-door boarding on Third Avenue, and buses say goodbye to the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>For the ninth consecutive time since 2015, King County Metro is expanding bus service by adding trips on routes with growing ridership demand. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>In partnership with the City of Seattle, more trips will be added on key bus routes beginning March 23. Metro is encouraging riders to study new stop locations in downtown Seattle when 15 routes are redirected onto different city streets and all buses shift out of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (DSTT) in preparation for opening regional light rail extensions. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>To keep service moving more easily for customers, Metro is launching all-door boarding on Third Avenue.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwMjIwLjIwMjU1NzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwMjIwLjIwMjU1NzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzM3NDgzMCZlbWFpbGlkPWphY29ic3RydWlrc21hQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9amFjb2JzdHJ1aWtzbWFAZ21haWwuY29tJnRhcmdldGlkPSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&101&&&https://kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/constantine/news/release/2019/February/20-metro-service.aspx" target="_blank"><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@01D4C987.5D55A990" alt="Image removed by sender. Button to see full web version"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p><span lang=EN> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=tagline><p><span lang=EN style='color:white'>.</span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 style='width:.0083in;height:.0083in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D4C987.5D55A990" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>