On May 30, 2009, Sound Transit added new transit service that come in the wake of voters passing Proposition One back in November 2008. Sound Transit has added a ninth Sounder commuter rail trip between Seattle and Tacoma and increased ST Express bus trips by 13,000 annual bus hours—30 new trips daily on existing routes mostly during off-peak periods. By 2011, Sound Transit hopes to add 100,000 new annual bus hours. Here’s a link to the details of the new service outlined in Sound Transit’s Resolution 2009-10.

As noted by Seattle Transit Blog, Sound Transit also showed an eight percent increase in ridership in the first quarter of 2009. The transit agency notes, “While this increase is impressive, it actually represents a slowdown in the very high growth rate Sound Transit has been experiencing since early 2007 and undoubtedly reflects the current state of the economy.”

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