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1960
- Reversible lanes installed on Mercer Island Floating Bridge.
- Puget Sound Regional Transportation Study begins to plan new freeway system but rules out rail transit.
1962
- Voters reject proposal to authorize Metro to plan and operate public transit on September 11.
- Federal law mandates regional planning for highway funds.
- Evergreen Point Floating Bridge opens.
- Seattle Worlds Fair marks the debut of the Monorail.
- Overlake Transit Service acquires Suburban Transit System and Lake Shore Lines.
Photo of bus in front of the Space Needle, 1962
Photo courtesy Washington State Archive, Bellevue Branch.
1963
- Seattle Transit begins converting trolley coach routes to diesel.
1964
- Seattle voters reject "COMET" initiative to preserve trackless trolleys on March 10.
- Congress approves Urban Mass Transportation Administration, or UMTA.
1965
- Overlake Transit System acquires Greyhound's suburban service to Tacoma, Everett, Auburn and Kent and creates a new company called the Metropolitan Transit Corporation.
1967
- Twelve Forward Thrust bond issues totaling $815 million unveiled on October 30.
1968
- Voters pass seven Forward Thrust bonds, but not transit plan, on February 13. The $1.15 billion transit plan included 49 miles of rail serving Ballard, northeast Seattle, Bellevue and Renton.
- King County voters approve new charter on November 5.
1969
- Seattle buses stop making change for fares on March 20.
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