Off-peak fares for adults will rise to $1.75 in a couple months, then to $2 in 2010.

Here's the news release from the King County Council

Council finds savings in Metro budget
that enable delay of half of bus fare increase

$43.7 million in savings help push back second half of Executive-proposed 50-cent fare increase by one year while maintaining current levels of bus service

With record numbers of new bus riders coinciding with plunging revenues to support public transit, the Metropolitan King County Council today unanimously adopted a two-step fare increase that protects current levels of ...

The state Department of Transportation is reminding folks who live along state highways that they have until Saturday to remove campaign signs.

"Under the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 468-66, temporary
political signs are allowed on private property; and no fee or permit is required," said the statement from DOT. "The signs must meet the following requirements: Temporary political campaign signs are limited to a maximum size of 32 square feet in area; Temporary political campaign signs must be removed within 10 days following the election."

No signs are allowed on freeway and highway right of way.

Most local ordinances ...

Friday night's vote tally in Pierce County flipped the outcome of Sound Transit's $17.9 billion expansion among county voters. It turned negative.

It's now losing by 1,113 votes in Pierce County, but it's still passing by a 60-40 margin in King County and by a 54-46 margin in Snohomish County.

Overall, it's passing with 515,991 votes in favor and 381,696 against. And since the fate of the three counties is joined at the hip, that means Pierce County taxpayers will be paying the 0.5 percent sales tax increase even though most of them voted against it.

In the meantime, ...