SEATTLE — King County Metro is pushing for more than $115 million in safety investments over the next two years as transit union leaders demand action following the fatal stabbing of a bus operator late last year.
Transit union officials appeared before the King County Council on Monday to advocate for sweeping safety improvements, citing the number of assaults on Metro operators and passengers. The renewed urgency comes after a passenger allegedly stabbed and killed Metro operator Shawn Yim near the University of Washington several months ago.
“It is sad that a tragic murder of one of our members is what we have to use spur action, but we are going to honor his memory, and we are going to make sure that we do use that,” said Greg Woodfill, president of Local ATU 587, the transit workers’ union…