No smoking in or near bus shelters
Public Health-Seattle and King County, based on a legal review, has concluded that Initiative 901 prohibits smoking in King County Metro Transit bus shelters. Therefore, Metro has posting no smoking decals on all 1,750 of its shelters. Those decals will remind the public that smoking is prohibited within 25 feet of the structures.
Since Metro has long discouraged smoking at shelters and prohibited smoking on buses, it does not believe the new regulation will have a significant impact on facilities or operations. And, if past conduct is any indication, the agency is confident the vast number of passengers will be respectful of others and not smoke in and around shelters.
Public Health-Seattle & King County has had overwhelming cooperation with the new law so far and is offering resources and support [ .PDF 121KB] to help smokers quit.
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