This corridor was previously served by Metro routes 15 and 18,[5] which carried a combined average of 7,630 riders on weekdays during the last month in service.[6] Since the implementation of RapidRide on the corridor, ridership has grown 53 percent, and the D Line served an average of 11,700 riders on weekdays in spring 2015.[2]
Service
Headways
Time
Weekdays
Saturday
Sunday/ Holidays
5:00 am – 6:00 am
15
15
15
6:00 am – 8:00 am
7-8
8:00 am – 9:00 am
12
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
12
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
7-8
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
10
7:00 pm – 12:00 am
15
15
12:00 am – 1:00 am
30
30
30
1:00 am – 5:00 am
60-75
60-75
60-75
Later developments
D Line buses at their northern terminal near Carkeek Park
The city of Seattle made major improvements to the RapidRide C and D lines after their opening with funds generated by Proposition 1 (which increased sales tax by 0.1 percent and imposes a $60 annual car-tab fee).[7]
The first improvements came in June 2015 when headways on the RapidRide C and D lines were improved. Buses arrive every 7–8 minutes during weekday rush hour; every 12 minutes during midday hours on weekdays, and during the daytime on Saturday; and every 15 minutes on Sundays and during all nights.[8][9]
In March 2016, the city split the previously interlined RapidRide C and D lines apart after additional funding for the two routes was approved.[7] C Line buses now continue north through Belltown onto Westlake Avenue in the South Lake Union neighborhood,[10] terminating on Valley Street near the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center campus. D Line buses instead continue south on 3rd Avenue into Pioneer Square, using layover space on 5th Avenue south of Terrace Street.[11]
Italics denote lines or services which are planned, under construction, defunct, or otherwise not operating at the present time.
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