Editing Community Transit (section)

{{short description|Bus transit agency serving Snohomish County, Washington}}
{{About|the transit agency in Snohomish County, Washington||Community transit (disambiguation){{!}}Community transit}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox bus company
| name             = Community Transit
| logo             = Community Transit logo.svg
| logo_alt         = The logo of Community Transit
| logo_size        = 250
| image            = Community Transit commuter buses approaching Seattle.jpg
| image_size       = 250
| image_alt        = Two Community Transit buses driving on a multi-lane highway
| image_caption    = Two [[dead mileage|deadheading]] Community Transit buses in [[Seattle]]: an [[articulated bus]] and a "[[#Double Tall|Double Tall]]" [[double-decker bus]]
| commenced        = {{Start date|1976|10|04}}<ref name="CT-Profile">{{cite web|title=Agency Profile |url=http://www.communitytransit.org/about/agencyprofile/ |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=September 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813224305/http://communitytransit.org/about/agencyprofile/ |archive-date=August 13, 2014 }}</ref>
| headquarters     = 2312 W. Casino Road<br />[[Everett, Washington]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact Us |url=http://www.communitytransit.org/about/contactus/ |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=September 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910065334/http://www.communitytransit.org/about/contactus/ |archive-date=September 10, 2014 }}</ref>
| locale           = [[Puget Sound region]]
| service_area     = [[Snohomish County, Washington]]
| service_type     = [[Public transport bus service|Bus service]]
| alliance         = [[Sound Transit]]
| routes           = 34
| stops            = 1,664<ref name="TDP2024"/>
| depots           = 2
| fleet            = 257 buses, 52 [[paratransit]] vehicles, 333 [[vanpool]] vans<ref name="TDP2024"/>
| ridership        = {{American transit ridership|WA Everett total daily}} ({{American transit ridership|dailydate}}){{American transit ridership|dailycitation}}
| annual_ridership = {{American transit ridership|WA Everett total annual}} ({{American transit ridership|annualdate}}){{American transit ridership|annualcitation}}
| fuel_type        = [[Diesel engine|Diesel]] (with some [[hybrid electric buses|hybrid electric]] vehicles)
| operator         = [[Transdev]] (commuter and ST routes only)<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://transdevna.com/employeehub/2024/01/extending-our-partnership-with-community-transit/ |title=Extending Our Partnership With Community Transit |date=January 18, 2024 |publisher=[[Transdev]] |access-date=April 30, 2024}}</ref>
| ceo              = Ric Ilgenfritz
| website          = {{URL|https://www.communitytransit.org/}}
}}

'''Community Transit''' (CT) is the [[public transit]] authority of [[Snohomish County, Washington]], United States, in the [[Seattle metropolitan area]]. It operates [[Public transport bus service|local bus]], [[paratransit]] and [[vanpool]] service within Snohomish County,  excluding the city of [[Everett, Washington|Everett]]. CT is publicly funded, financed through [[sales tax]]es, federal grants, and [[Farebox recovery ratio|farebox revenue]], with an annual operating budget of $248.6&nbsp;million {{as of|2025|lc=y}}.<ref name="Budget2025">{{cite web |date=December 5, 2024 |title=2025 Adopted Budget |pages=10–17, 54–59 |url=https://www.communitytransit.org/docs/default-source/pdfs/2025-approved-budget-pdf_dec052024.pdf |publisher=Community Transit |accessdate=March 4, 2025}}</ref> In {{American transit ridership|annualdate}}, the system had a ridership of {{American transit ridership|WA Everett total annual}}, or about {{American transit ridership|WA Everett total daily}} per weekday as of {{American transit ridership|dailydateasof}}, placing it third among transit agencies in the [[Puget Sound region]]. The city of Everett, which serves as the [[county seat]], is served by [[Everett Transit]], a municipal transit system.

The system, officially the '''Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation''' (SCPTBA), operates a fleet of 257 [[Accessibility|accessible]] transit buses, 52 [[paratransit]] vehicles, and 333 [[vanpool]] vans, maintained at two [[Bus garage|bus bases]] in Everett.<ref name="TDP2024"/> Service is provided year-round at over 1,600 stops on 33 routes throughout the county [[public transportation benefit area]] (PTBA). These include three [[Swift Bus Rapid Transit]] lines, commuter routes that connect with [[Link light rail]], and service to regional [[Sound Transit]] facilities. CT also operates several [[Sound Transit Express]] routes that serve Snohomish County, [[Downtown Seattle]], and the [[Interstate 405 (Washington)|Interstate 405]] corridor.
 
CT began operation as SCPTBA Public Transit on October 4, 1976, four months after voters approved a ballot initiative to establish and fund a new transit system—the third such attempt to create a PTBA. 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. The agency operated commuter service directly to destinations in Seattle until September 2024, shortly after Link light rail was extended to [[Lynnwood City Center station]].{{efn|Route 424 will continue to serve Downtown Seattle until the [[2 Line (Sound Transit)|2 Line]] is extended from [[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]] to Seattle in 2025 or 2026.<ref name="TransitChanges"/>}} CT was the first operator of [[bus rapid transit]] in Washington state and introduced "[[#Double Tall|Double Tall]]" [[double-decker bus]]es on its commuter routes to Seattle in the early 2010s.