King County Metro’s preliminary estimated ridership hovers just over 100,000 daily weekday rides, where it’s been for several weeks. Metro analyzed preliminary extrapolations to create this unofficial estimate of ridership, which remains about a quarter of what it was at this time a year ago.
From April 13-17, the average weekday bus ridership was about 106,000, compared to 413,000 in 2019, or a 74% drop.
Similarly, an estimated 78% fewer passengers used Metro’s Access paratransit service from April 13-17. Water taxi routes also are seeing significantly reduced ridership, with 96% fewer riders.
On April 18, Metro enacted a third round of service reductions to reflect lower ridership and to support the health of our workforce.
We continue to ask people to follow the “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” and reserve transit only for first-responders, medical personnel, other essential workers, and people who rely on Metro for access to food, medicine, and similarly essential needs.
Please help support the health of our frontline essential staff – the operators and crews, supervisors, and maintenance staff—by:
- Traveling only if essential
- Staying home if you are sick,
- Wearing a face covering when traveling,
- Washing your hands often and using sanitizer,
- Covering your cough or sneeze, and
- Staying as far apart as possible from other people.
| King County Metro bus ridership
*Unofficial ridership estimates are preliminary and based on samples and extrapolations |
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| Date | Baseline (2019) | Current (2020) | Change |
| 3/2/2020 | 416,885 | 389,103 | -7% |
| 3/3/2020 | 430,822 | 396,544 | -8% |
| 3/4/2020 | 425,431 | 381,634 | -10% |
| 3/5/2020 | 411,763 | 344,562 | -16% |
| 3/6/2020 | 399,641 | 301,111 | -25% |
| 3/9/2020 | 408,494 | 283,259 | -31% |
| 3/10/2020 | 417,616 | 275,642 | -34% |
| 3/11/2020 | 424,583 | 269,362 | -37% |
| 3/12/2020 | 415,904 | 230,570 | -45% |
| 3/13/2020 | 397,707 | 207,253 | -48% |
| 3/16/2020 | 404,158 | 181,732 | -55% |
| 3/17/2020 | 410,204 | 163,519 | -60% |
| 3/18/2020 | 413,908 | 159,033 | -62% |
| 3/19/2020 | 403,555 | 149,350 | -63% |
| 3/20/2020 | 384,736 | 146,983 | -62% |
| 3/23/2020 | 377,285 | 131,543 | -65% |
| 3/24/2020 | 394,904 | 117,852 | -70% |
| 3/25/2020 | 394,545 | 115,874 | -69% |
| 3/26/2020 | 391,104 | 109,210 | -72% |
| 3/27/2020 | 376,578 | 109,633 | -71% |
| 3/30/2020 | 412,936 | 108,418 | -74% |
| 3/31/2020 | 426,257 | 109,490 | -74% |
| 4/1/2020 | 429,250 | 117,709 | -73% |
| 4/2/2020 | 426,229 | 108,079 | -75% |
| 4/3/2020 | 396,491 | 113,640 | -71% |
| 4/6/2020 | 386,962 | 109,611 | -72% |
| 4/7/2020 | 399,581 | 102,590 | -74% |
| 4/8/2020 | 396,974 | 105,624 | -73% |
| 4/9/2020 | 388,329 | 106,453 | -73% |
| 4/10/2020 | 377,581 | 107,688 | -71% |
| 4/13/2020 | 414,207 | 105,947 | -74% |
| 4/14/2020 | 423,523 | 104,672 | -75% |
| 4/15/2020 | 421,208 | 106,603 | -75% |
| 4/16/2020 | 416,347 | 106,735 | -74% |
| 4/17/2020 | 389,484 | 107,565 | -72% |
| Key affected King County Metro routes – Average weekday ridership *Unofficial ridership estimates are preliminary and based on samples and extrapolations |
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| Week | Route | Baseline (2019) | Current (2020) | Change |
| April 13-17 | 7 | 11,224 | 5,383 | -52% |
| April 13-17 | 8 | 8,777 | 2,235 | -75% |
| April 13-17 | 36 | 9,627 | 3,187 | -67% |
| April 13-17 | 40 | 12,758 | 3,125 | -76% |
| April 13-17 | 44 | 8,801 | 2,174 | -75% |
| April 13-17 | 120 | 9,138 | 3,401 | -63% |
| April 13-17 | RapidRide A Line | 9,610 | 4,867 | -49% |
| April 13-17 | RapidRide C Line | 11,915 | 2,692 | -77% |
| April 13-17 | RapidRide D Line | 14,105 | 4,393 | -69% |
| April 13-17 | RapidRide E Line | 16,770 | 7,014 | -58% |
| King County Metro Water Taxi ridership (2020) | |
| Feb. 24 | 1,910 |
| Feb. 25 | 1,982 |
| Feb. 26 | 1,962 |
| Feb. 27 | 2,043 |
| Feb. 28 | 1,540 |
| March 2 | 1,778 |
| March 3 | 1,892 |
| March 4 | 1,739 |
| March 5 | 1,383 |
| March 6 | 838 |
| March 9 | 958 |
| March 10 | 936 |
| March 11 | 845 |
| March 12 | 686 |
| March 13 | 452 |
| March 16 | 370 |
| March 17 | 274 |
| March 18 | 271 |
| March 19 | 262 |
| March 20 | 208 |
| March 23 | 183 |
| March 24 | 212 |
| March 25 | 208 |
| March 26 | 145 |
| March 27 | 115 |
| March 30 | 147 |
| March 31 | 136 |
| April 1 | 156 |
| April 2 | 144 |
| April 3 | 125 |
| April 6 | 80 |
| April 7 | 102 |
| April 8 | 71 |
| April 9 | 81 |
| April 10 | 85 |
| April 13 | 83 |
| April 14 | 90 |
| April 15 | 78 |
| April 16 | 81 |
| April 17 | 72 |