University. Spring. Madison. Columbia. On a mid-afternoon run up First Hill to Harborview Medical Center, the No. 3 bus picked up more and more people.
By the time the driver turned up James Street and stopped beside the King County Courthouse, riders packed the coach like sardines.
Ernest Cooper, an African-American who rides the No. 3 daily to and from his job at a hotel, was sitting up front in shorts and a polo shirt. The bus is always this crowded, he said.
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