King County Metro route 16 'Bitter Lake / Fremont / Downtown Seattle'

Service Suspended This bus route is currently suspended due to a bus operator shortage.

16 Broadview / Fremont / Downtown Seattle
Service Area	Broadview, Bitter Lake, Green Lake, Phinney Ridge, Fremont, Downtown Seattle
Termini	Downtown Seattle (4th Avenue S & S Jackson Street / 3rd Avenue S & S Main Street) Broadview (Linden Avenue N & N 143rd Street)
Operations	North Base
Vehicles	NFI XDE40
Branches	16 Broadview 16 Downtown Seattle
Route Diagram

16 Broadview / Downtown Seattle is a bus route operated by King County Metro in Seattle, Washington State.

Route Details

This north-south express bus route runs between Broadview and Downtown Seattle. Service runs during weekday peak hours only, with trips running south to downtown in the morning and north to Broadview in the afternoon.

Northbound trips depart 4th Avenue S & S Jackson Street north on 4th Avenue S, north on Prefontaine Pl S, north on 3rd Avenue, east on Battery Street, north on 7th Avenue N becoming Aurora Avenue N, west on N 46th Street, north on Phinney Avenue N becoming Greenwood Avenue N and east on N 143rd Street to Linden Avenue N.

Southbound trips depart Linden Avenue N & N 143rd Street north on Linden Avenue N, west on N 145th Street, south on Greenwood Avenue N becoming Phinney Avenue N, east on N 46th Street, south on Aurora Avenue N becoming 7th Avenue N, west on Wall Street and south on 3rd Avenue to S Main Street.

Frequency

Branch	Weekdays
	AM Peak	PM Peak
16 Southbound	15	N/A
16 Northbound	N/A	15

Points of Interest

• Downtown Seattle
• Seattle 3rd Avenue
• Pioneer Square
• Pioneer Square Station
• University Street Station
• Seattle Public Library - Central Branch
• Seattle Art Museum
• Westlake Station
• Westlake Station
• Seattle Center Monorail
• Belltown
• Wallingford
• Fremont
• Phinney Ridge
• West Green Lake
• Greenwood
• Bitter Lake
• Broadview

Route Stops

To Downtown Seattle

• All local stops to Greenwood Avenue N & N 125th Street
• Greenwood Ave N & N 117th St
• Greenwood Ave N & N 110th St
• Greenwood Ave N & Holman Road N
• Greenwood Ave N & N 97th St
• Greenwood Ave N & N 92nd St
• Greenwood Ave N & N 87th St
• Greenwood Ave N & N 85th St
• Greenwood Ave N & N 80th St
• Greenwood Ave N & N 74th St
• Phinney Ave N & N 65th St
• Phinney Ave N & N 55th St
• N 46th St & Phinney Ave N
• Aurora Ave N & Lynn St
• Aurora Ave N & Galer St
• 7th Avenue N & Thomas Street
• All local stops to terminus

To Broadview

• All local stops to 7th Avenue N & Thomas Street
• 7th Ave N & Harrison St
• Aurora Ave N & Galer St
• Aurora Ave N & Lynn St
• Phinney Ave N & N 46th St
• Phinney Ave N & N 55th St
• Phinney Ave N & N 64th St
• Greenwood Ave N & N 72nd St
• Greenwood Ave N & N 80th St
• Greenwood Ave N & N 85th St
• Greenwood Ave N & N 87th St
• Greenwood Ave N & N 92nd St
• Greenwood Ave N & N 97th St
• Greenwood Ave N & N 103rd St
• Greenwood Ave N & N 110th St
• Greenwood Ave N & N 117th St
• Greenwood Avenue N & N 125th Street
• All local stops to terminus

History

• October 2021 - route introduced, replacing portions of routes 5X and 355, operating out of Central Base
• March 2022 - Route operations moved to North Base
• September 2, 2023 - Route suspended due to operator shortage