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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Passing on for your information.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>NEWS: King County Metro restores bus trips, revises schedules for semiannual service change March 20<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><a name="gd_top"></a></td><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span></tr></table><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></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="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTAzMDMuMzYyODg5MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8va2luZ2NvdW50eS5nb3YvZWxlY3RlZC9leGVjdXRpdmUvY29uc3RhbnRpbmUuYXNweCJ9.FxkGZhnjNKU9UEX4UmbpIHKecRiQSjY1Fv3OIpA9VpU/s/9192615/br/99370803045-l"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=90 style='width:6.25in;height:.9416in' id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/WAKING/2014/03/274533/rsz-untitled_original.jpg" alt="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 width=124 style='width:93.0pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Mar. 3, 2021</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=482 style='width:361.5pt;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>, 206-477-7966</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=606 colspan=2 style='width:454.5pt;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'>King County Metro restores bus trips, revises schedules for semiannual service change March 20</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="91%" style='width:91.06%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Responding to fluctuating ridership, King County Metro will restore and revise transit service March 20 as part of its regular spring service change. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>More trips will be added to 15 routes where ridership demand is strongest, while individual trips will be suspended on 10 peak weekday routes due to low ridership.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>"Our region’s recovery is built on reliable public transportation, and we are investing our resources where service is needed most," said Executive Constantine. "By fine-tuning key routes, we are responding to the needs of our community and positioning our transit network to rebuild better than before."</span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTAzMDMuMzYyODg5MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5raW5nY291bnR5Lmdvdi9lbGVjdGVkL2V4ZWN1dGl2ZS9jb25zdGFudGluZS9uZXdzL3JlbGVhc2UvMjAyMS9NYXJjaC8wMy1NZXRyby1zZXJ2aWNlLWNoYW5nZS5hc3B4In0.WsGKC2g1Oa4T_nXs10urmmPSr-IZnWhfuNepP9NwxlA/s/9192615/br/99370803045-l" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=277 height=40 style='width:2.8833in;height:.4166in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/WAKING/2018/03/1845992/button-see-full-web-version_original.jpg" alt="Button to see full web version"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div><p> <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="mail_footer"><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTAzMDMuMzYyODg5MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZhY2Vib29rLmNvbS9FeGVjdXRpdmVDb25zdGFudGluZSJ9.uEiWpJ-KfbDBa_3M12mTesnB2TYL6Vw76tdNUnu4qj8/s/9192615/br/99370803045-l" title=""KC Exec on Facebook" "><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=54 height=54 style='width:.5666in;height:.5666in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/WAKING/2014/03/279071/social-footer-01_original.jpg" alt=Facebook></span></a> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTAzMDMuMzYyODg5MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vdHdpdHRlci5jb20va2NleGVjIn0.uwQNGX-C-nDaNPYOIsP0TrayjjkG3k88XumtoaQcQO4/s/9192615/br/99370803045-l" title=""KC Exec on Twitter" "><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=54 height=54 style='width:.5666in;height:.5666in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/WAKING/2014/03/279072/social-footer-02_original.jpg" alt=Twitter></span></a> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTAzMDMuMzYyODg5MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZsaWNrci5jb20vcGhvdG9zLzExNzExNTY2NUBOMDUvIn0.uH_7sbWjK78sjidpyWGcfFsXuf7FC6LZCAEIZl8c0oY/s/9192615/br/99370803045-l" title=""KC Exec on Flickr" "><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=50 height=54 style='width:.525in;height:.5666in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/WAKING/2014/03/279073/social-footer-03_original.jpg" alt=Flickr></span></a> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Follow Executive Constantine at <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTAzMDMuMzYyODg5MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5raW5nY291bnR5Lmdvdi9leGVjIn0.XcMSoILCtke-gA7IKFmlpFKPxsvqEpU8NqnmxRt-Q18/s/9192615/br/99370803045-l" target="_blank">kingcounty.gov/exec</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></div><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><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/msv5/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="Web Bug from http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?enid=ZWFzPTEmYnVsbGV0aW5yZWNpcGllbnRpZD05OTM3MDgwMzA0NS1sJnN1YnNjcmliZXJpZD05MTkyNjE1Jm1zaWQ9JmF1aWQ9Jm1haWxpbmdpZD0yMDIxMDMwMy4zNjI4ODkzMSZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9TURCLVBSRC1CVUwtMjAyMTAzMDMuMzYyODg5MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnR5" /></span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>