Next Monday, January 19, is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a holiday for many in the white-collar world, and another work day for most in the transportation industry.
King County Metro will be running a “Reduced Weekday & No UW” schedule (which really means reduced runs on certain UW routes, in addition to several routes and runs being cancelled throughout the county).
Sound Transit will be running regular weekday schedules on ST Express and Sounder. However, Central Link will be running the Saturday schedule, and Tacoma Link will be running the Sunday schedule.
Pierce Transit, Intercity Transit, Everett Transit, Washington State Ferries, and the South Lake Union Streetcar will be running on their regular weekday schedules.
Community Transit will run regular weekday levels on local service, but will only be running commuter routes 402, 413, 421, and 855.
Kitsap Transit will be running most services on a weekday schedule, except that certain buses serving the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard will not be operating.
The Seattle Monorail will be open 8:30 am – 9:00 pm.
The West Seattle and Vashon Water Taxis will not be in service.
will be the last Reduced Weekday schedules for ML King Day for Seattle Routes.
The fact that Sound Transit alone will be using 3 different schedules that day shows how silly modified holiday scheduling is.
Here’s to you Martin Luther King, Junior…. a great man among men and a redefiner of what it means to be an American.