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Service partnerships
Call for proposals (issued June 11, 2007)
King County Metro Transit invites public and private organizations to participate in the Transit Now Service Partnership Program for 2008 to 2013.
Service partnerships are one of several ways in which new transit service will be added to King County Metro’s services as part of the voter-approved Transit Now measure (see “Related links”, top right, for more information). Public or private organizations would enter into agreements with King County to share the costs and responsibilities of providing additional transit service.
Service partnerships are designed to leverage Metro’s resources to increase overall bus service and to help meet the growing needs of the County’s businesses and residents.
Transit Now allocates 90,000 annual transit service hours (defined at bottom of page) for partnerships that will be phased between 2008 and 2013. King County Metro Transit is calling for proposals now in order to plan that phasing. Letters of interest are requested by July 3, 2007; final proposals are due by Oct. 1, 2007.
Types of service partnerships
Two types of partnerships are authorized under Transit Now:
- Direct financial partnerships—A public or private partner (or partners) contributes one-third of the fully-allocated cost of a new Metro route or of new service on an existing Metro route for at least five years and King County pays the other two-thirds. (Learn more)
- Speed and reliability partnerships—One (or more) of 20 eligible cities commits to improving traffic operations on one or more of Metro’s core service connections so that buses move at least 10 percent faster throughout the day. In return, Metro increases bus service in that city by 5,000 hours per year for each route that has gained 10 percent in speed. (Learn more)
For more information about service partnerships, follow the links in the menu at the top left-hand side of this page.
Transit service hours, or “platform hours,” means the time a bus is on the road, from its starting point at a base and back to the base or terminal of its trip, including layovers and “deadhead” time (time without passengers). The number of service hours of a route depends on the length of the route and its frequency and span of service. For reference, an average peak route requires about 6000 to 7500 hours.
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Last update: November 19, 2007