What is "rapidride"

RapidRide is a network of limited-stop bus routes with some bus rapid transit features in King County, Washington, operated by King County Metro Transit. The network consists of six routes totaling 64 miles that carried riders on nearly 57,000 trips per average weekday in June 2015, comprising about 14 percent of King County Metro’s total daily ridership.

RapidRide lines are faster than a typical local bus routes because they service fewer stops (on average, 40% less than the routes they replaced), make extensive use of transit signal priority to preempt traffic lights, and on some lines, use special lanes to bypass traffic. RapidRide lines runs no less than every 10 minutes during peak commuting hours and every 15 minutes on weekends and during most off-peak hours. Most lines (except the B and F lines) also have night owl (late night and early morning) service.