Description: King County Metro route footprint. A portion of the scheduled operation of a transit vehicle that is advertised in public timetables as available for public transportation service.
Description: Feature class of current King County Metro Transit revenue routes. Current as of March 2018 (referred to as 181).Each route has two records - the inbound pattern and the outbound pattern. Only the main/most common portion of each route is shown. Tails and turnback varients are not included. There are a few routes that have 4 records - these routes have the same Route number but different routing extents on weekends or have a portion of the route that only runs during peak times.Routes with only one route number but with 4 data records:RTE_NAME 4SH - shuttle variant of the Route 4 - weekdays only.RTE_NAME 28X is the all-day routing for the route 28XRTE_NAME 28XP is the portion of the route 28X that runs only during peak periods M-FRTE_NAME 62NW is the night and weekend routing RTE_NAME 74SH is the midday shuttle of the peak route 74.ROUTE_NAME 372X is the extent of route 372X that runs all-day M - FROUTE_NAME 372XS is the extent of the route 372X that only runs on WeekdendsROUTE_NAME1240 is the late night/night owl routing for the 124 (to SeaTac Airport)ROUTE_NAME 628X is the portion of the 628 that runs only during the peak.ATTRIBUTE FIELDS: RTE_NUM: Route number, numeric. This includes the internal numeric route number for text based routes such as RapidRide and StreetcarsRTE_NAME: Route number with text when necessary. X = Express route; EXS and EXP - see above.LOC_EXP: L = Local; X = Express. These are the internal Metro designations for the route. A route with an Express designation generally means that some stops along some portion of the route are skipped.DIR_NAME: Prominent direction of the inbound or outbound pattern.DIR_CODE: IN = Inbound; OUT = OutboundOPR_AGENCY: Agency that operates the route. KCM = King County Metro; HPL = Hopelink; SVT = Snoqualmie Valley Transit OWN_AGENCY: Agency that owns the route. KCM = King County Metro; SDOT = Seattle DOT; ST = Sound Transit; SVT = Snoqualmie Valley TransitRTESVCTYPE: type of service the route provides.ALTSERV= Alternative services routeCUSTOM = Custom routeDART = Dial-a-Ride fixed routeNIGHTOWL = night owl routesREGULAR = regular dieselRR = RapidRideSCHOOL = school routeSHUTTLE = shuttle variant of a fixed routeSTREETCAR = streetcarTROLLEY = trolley routePKONLY: does the route route run only during peak times. 0 = no; 1 = yesFREQ:is the entire route a frequent route (runs at least every 15 minutes until 6pm M-F. Frequent segments are not included. 0 = no; 1 = yes; 3 = a portion of the route combines with other routes to offer frequent service. There is a separate feature class of the Frequent Network located in J:\GISdata_allgroups\Basemaps\MetroTransitData181.gdb\frequentnetworkPLAN_LEAD: Lead Service Planner for the route (field may be turned off) PLAN_BACK: Back up Service Planner for the route (field may be turned off)BASE: Primary base the route operates out of.SERVINSERVICE_DAYS: days of the week route operates. W-Sa-Su = 7 days; W-Sa = weekdays and saturday; W = weekdays only; Sa-Su - weekends onlyMILES: one way distance of route - in milesSHAPE_LENGTH: one way distance of route in feetPARTNER: Is this a partnership route? (NOTE - this field is absent at this point)NO = not a partnership routeCMC = SDOT CMC partnershipAWV = Alaskan Way Viaduct PartnershipTN = Transit Now financial partnershipTN-S&R = Transit Now speed and reliability partnershipSNOQ = Snoqualmie Tribe partnershipNote: some routes have more than one type of partnership. In this instance codes are separated with a space.OwlRt:: routes that are part of the late night/night owl service. (have trips between midnight and 5AM)Yes/NoINSERVICE: is the route running during this service changeYes/No
Copyright Text: Colette Flanagan, Metro Transit Service Development
Contact Colette Flanagan (colette.flanagan@kingcounty.gov) if there are problems with the data.