Data is in: 554+556 Ridership is Down 40%

New ridership data shows what happened after Sound Transit eliminated Route 554, Issaquah’s one-seat ride to Seattle.

First, an exciting update: our petition has now reached 2,165 signatures! Thank you to everyone who has signed, shared and spoken up.

The attached chart shows that combined ridership on Routes 554 and 556 was approximately 33,000 monthly rides, or 40%, below the statistically modeled projection in September, the first full month without Route 554. And that figure is conservative as it does not include the effects of King County Metro’s elimination of Route 271.