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Metro youth fares going up

Kids will be paying more to ride the Metro.
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Kids will be paying more to ride the Metro.

Kids will pay 50 cents more to ride the bus starting tomorrow.  Bus fares on King County Metro increase from 75 cents to $1.25 to travel in all zones at all times.

Adult and senior citizen fares are not going up.  Seniors will still pay 75 cents.  Adults aged 19 to 64 pay $2.25 to ride the bus during non peak hours and $2.50 to ride during peak times.

Youth fares apply to ages  6 through 18.

 

Paula is a former host, reporter and producer who retired from KNKX in 2021. She joined the station in 1989 as All Things Considered host and covered the Law and Justice beat for 15 years. Paula grew up in Idaho and, prior to KNKX, worked in public radio and television in Boise, San Francisco and upstate New York.