Editing C-Tran (Washington) (section)

{{Short description|Public transit operator in Clark County, Washington}}
{{More citations needed|date=September 2008}}
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{{Infobox bus transit
| name            = C-Tran
| logo            = C-TRAN (Washington) logo.svg
| logo_size       = 125
| image           = Gillig hybrid bus on C-Tran route 30 passing a Vine station (2017).jpg
| image_caption   = C-Tran [[hybrid-electric bus]] on route 30 in 2017, passing a station for [[The Vine (bus rapid transit)|"The Vine"]]
| company_slogan  =
| founded         = {{start date|1981|07|01}} 43 years ago
| headquarters    = 10600 NE 51st Cir<br />[[Vancouver, Washington]]
| locale          = [[Clark County, Washington]]
| service_area    =
| service_type    = [[bus service|Fixed route bus service]]<br />[[Paratransit]]<br />[[Vanpool]]<br />[[Bus rapid transit|BRT]]
| alliance        =
| routes          = 29
| destinations    =
| stops           =
| hubs            = 4 [[Transit center]]s<br />3 [[park and ride]]s<ref name="facilities">{{cite web|title=Transit Centers, Park & Rides, and Customer Service Offices|url=http://www.c-tran.com/about-c-tran/passenger-facilities|publisher=C-Tran|access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref>
| stations        =
| lounge          =
| fleet           = 116 [[Transit bus|buses]]<br />69 [[paratransit]] vehicles<br />39 [[vanpool]] vehicles<ref name="TDP" />
| ridership       = {{American transit ridership|WA Vancouver total daily}} ({{American transit ridership|dailydate}}){{American transit ridership|dailycitation}}
| annual_ridership = {{American transit ridership|WA Vancouver total annual}} ({{American transit ridership|annualdate}}){{American transit ridership|annualcitation}}
| fuel_type       =
| operator        =
| ceo             =Leann M. Caver
| website         = {{URL|https://www.c-tran.com/}}
}}
[[File:C-TRANbus.jpg|thumb|right|An older type of C-Tran bus (a 1982 [[Rapid Transit Series|General Motors RTS]], a type now retired from the agency's fleet) at the Parkrose-Sumner Transit Center in Portland]]
[[File:C-Tran 40-foot Gillig Phantom at Vancouver Mall (2000).jpg|thumb|right|A C-Tran [[Gillig Phantom]] in a later paint scheme. The agency still operates high-floor buses of this type, but has been gradually replacing them with [[low-floor bus|low-floor]] models.]]

'''C-Tran''' (stylized as '''C-TRAN'''), more formally the '''Clark County Public Transit Benefit Area Authority''', is a [[public transit]] agency serving [[Clark County, Washington]], United States, including the cities of [[Battle Ground, Washington|Battle Ground]], [[Camas, Washington|Camas]], [[Vancouver, Washington|Vancouver]], [[Washougal, Washington|Washougal]], and [[Yacolt, Washington|Yacolt]].  Founded in 1981, C-Tran operates fixed route [[bus]] services within Clark County, as well as [[paratransit]] services for qualified persons with disabilities (C-Van) and a [[dial-a-ride]] service in Camas, [[Ridgefield, Washington|Ridgefield]], and [[La Center, Washington|La Center]] (The Current).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Horn |first=Dean |title=Introducing The Current: C-TRAN’s new on-demand service |url=https://c-tran.com/about-c-tran/news/news-releases/876-introducing-the-current-c-tran-s-new-on-demand-service |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231020143046/https://c-tran.com/about-c-tran/news/news-releases/876-introducing-the-current-c-tran-s-new-on-demand-service |archive-date=2023-10-20 |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=c-tran.com |language=en-US}}</ref>  C-Tran also provides express commuter services between [[Clark County, Washington|Clark County]] and Downtown [[Portland, Oregon]] and regional services to the Parkrose/Sumner and Delta Park [[MAX Light Rail]] stations (in northeast and north Portland), and [[Oregon Health and Science University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About C-Tran|url=http://www.c-tran.com/about-c-tran|publisher=C-Tran|access-date=May 30, 2015}}</ref> In {{American transit ridership|annualdate}}, the system had a ridership of {{American transit ridership|WA Vancouver total annual}}, or about {{American transit ridership|WA Vancouver total daily}} per weekday as of {{American transit ridership|dailydateasof}}.

C-Tran operates four transit centers: [[Vancouver Mall]], Fisher's Landing in east county, 99th Street at Stockford Village, and Mill Plain near Camas, as well as three park and rides: Salmon Creek, Evergreen, and Andresen.<ref name="facilities" /> Twenty-nine transit routes operate to serve the approximately 350,000 residents of Clark County, while C-Tran's 108 transit coaches and 52 paratransit coaches travel over.{{citation needed span|text=14,472 miles daily.|date=January 2017}}