"So what change occurred in the past two years that may have hurt Seattle’s Transit Score? There is a likely culprit. In September 2012, King County Metro rolled out RapidRide, an express bus network with some features of a Bus Rapid Transit system.  RapidRide entailed a host of restructurings to Metro’s bus service, and some local routes were lost. While selected bus routes saw improvements to frequency and speed under RapidRide, stops were consolidated in order to help increase efficiency." - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

Not mentioned in the story is that car traffic has gotten much worse in the areas where RapidRide has been implemented since it requires a dedicated lane, thereby reducing the capacity for cars. This program has been a costly disaster. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)