King County Metro (KCM)

KCM is located in the Seattle metropolitan area and serves an annual ridership of over 100 million passengers. As part of a strategic plan to provide more efficient transit services, King County Metro Transit chose INIT to implement an intelligent transportation management system across their entire fixed-route and BRT systems. Metro takes 175,000 cars off the road each weekday, carrying nearly half of downtown Seattle's workforce to and from their jobs.

Scope of the project

1450

buses

100

million passengers per year

Project at a glance

  • Intermodal Transport Control System (ITCS)
  • Real-time passenger information (RTPI) signs on Rapid Ride BRT corridor
  • Automatic Passenger Counting (APC) system
  • Onboard next stop displays and announcements 
  • Statistics software for analysis and reporting 
  • Automatic route survey

Contact

Eric Linxweiler

COO, West
INIT Inc
Seattle/USA