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 Two deadheading Community Transit buses in Seattle: an articulated bus and a "Double Tall" double-decker bus | |
| Commenced operation | October 4, 1976[1] |
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| Headquarters | 2312 W Casino Road Everett, Washington[2] |
| Locale | Puget Sound region |
| Service area | Snohomish County, Washington |
| Service type | Bus service |
| Alliance | Sound Transit |
| Routes | 46 |
| Stops | 1,500 |
| Depots | 2 |
| Fleet | 282 buses, 52 paratransit vehicles, 362 vanpool vans[3] |
| Daily ridership | 24,700 (weekdays, Q1 2024)[4] |
| Annual ridership | 7,133,700 (2023)[5] |
| Fuel type | Diesel (with some hybrid electric vehicles) |
| Operator | Transdev (commuter routes only)[6] |
| Chief executive | Ric Ilgenfritz |
| Website | communitytransit |
Community Transit (CT) is the public transit authority of Snohomish County, Washington, United States, excluding the city of Everett, in the Seattle metropolitan area. It operates local bus, paratransit and vanpool service within Snohomish County, as well as commuter buses to Downtown Seattle and Northgate station. CT is publicly funded, financed through sales taxes, and farebox revenue, with an operating budget of $133.2 million. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 7,133,700, or about 24,700 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2024, placing it fourth among transit agencies in the Puget Sound region.[7]: 37 [8] The city of Everett, which serves as the county seat, is served by Everett Transit, a municipal transit system.
Community Transit, officially the Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation (SCPTBA), operates a fleet of 225 accessible buses, 54 paratransit vehicles, and 412 vanpool vans, maintained at two bus bases located in the Paine Field industrial area in Everett. Service is provided year-round at 1,500 stops on 46 routes throughout the county public transportation benefit area (PTBA). CT began operation as SCPTBA Public Transit on October 4, 1976, four months after the third attempt to establish public transit in Snohomish County was approved. Renamed Community Transit in 1979, the agency expanded service in its first decades of existence, later taking over King County Metro commuter routes to Seattle in 1989 and adding several cities into its PTBA in the 1980s and 1990s. CT service hours fell during two funding crises in the 2000s, after the passage of Initiative 695 in 1999 and during a severe recession from 2010 to 2012. Despite the cuts, which forced service hours to fall short of rising demand, the agency debuted the state's first bus rapid transit line, Swift, as well as introducing "Double Tall" double-decker buses on its commuter routes to Seattle.
- ^ "Agency Profile". Community Transit. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ^ "Contact Us". Community Transit. Archived from the original on September 10, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ^ "Community Transit 2023-2028 Transit Development Plan" (PDF). Community Transit. September 7, 2023. p. 26. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report First Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
- ^ "Extending Our Partnership With Community Transit". transdevna.com. TransDev. January 18, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
- ^ 2016–2021 Transit Development Plan (PDF) (Report). Community Transit. May 5, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 14, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- ^ Charnews, Mark (May 2014). "Regional Transit Ridership" (PDF). Puget Sound Trends. Puget Sound Regional Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 16, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2014.