King County Metro to add safety enhancements to current and future buses
King County Metro is making enhancements to its buses to ensure bus operator and rider safety. Following the murder of King ...
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Newly released video shows moments leading up to fatal stabbing of Metro bus driver
Newly released video shows the moments leading up to the fatal stabbing of 59-year-old King County Metro bus driver Shawn Yim. Yim was killed while on his route in Seattle’s University District ...
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King County City Council approves task force to improve transit safety legislation
The King County Council unanimously passed legislation March 4 to establish a countywide task force on transit safety, ...
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Transit union announces security and safety task force
Following the stabbing death of King County Metro bus operator Shawn Yim, the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 gathered to ...
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Who was Shawn Yim? Friends, riders and community leaders remember slain bus driver
As the community grieves the devastating loss of King County Metro bus driver Shawn Yim, memories of his kindhearted nature are being shared between locals. "I remembered him in the halls ...
King County Council set to approve transit safety task force
The group of county leaders, bus drivers, and transit leaders would help decide on new safety measures for King County Metro buses.
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Transit Safety and Security Task Force to take early focus on physical barriers to protect drivers, safety at bus stops
The union representing King County Metro drivers has announced a new Transit Safety and Security Task Force will hold its first meeting this month with a focus on initiatives including a first ...
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King County leaders, transit union work to form safety task force after Metro bus violence
The initiative follows the murder of King County Metro bus driver Shawn Yim in December and a recent shooting aboard a Metro bus in Tukwila that left two people injured. "Metro needs to function ...
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King County Council approves task force to enhance bus safety after driver’s murder
The King County Council has unanimously approved a new task force to address bus safety in the wake of last December’s murder of Metro driver Shawn Yim. The Transit Safety Task Force will ...
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‘Anything goes’ no more: Union president welcomes return of King County Metro fare enforcement
In the wake of murdered King County Metro driver Shawn Yim, fare enforcement is coming back. As The Seattle Times reported, starting March 31, fare inspectors will ask King County bus passengers ...
Metro to resume bus fare inspections: What to expect
Following a pause begun during the pandemic, King County Metro will again enforce fares on the region's buses. But inspectors will approach the job differently.
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Sound Transit board says it’s picked a new CEO
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 President Greg Woodfill — who has led a political push for better security after the killing of King County Metro bus driver Shawn Yim in December — said in ...