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=== Fares === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="float:right;text-align:center;margin:1em" |- ! '''Fare Type''' ! '''Adult''' ! '''Reduced &<br />ORCA Lift''' ! '''Youth''' |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Bus | $2.50 | $1.00 | Free |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Zip Shuttle | $2.50 | $1.00 | Free |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| DART Paratransit | colspan=2 | $2.50 | Free |- ! scope=row colspan=4 | ''{{As of|2025|03|01|df=US}}''<ref name="Fares">{{cite web |date=March 2025 |title=Fares & Passes |url=https://www.communitytransit.org/fares-and-passes/ |publisher=Community Transit |accessdate=March 4, 2025}}</ref> |} Fares on Community Transit buses are priced into three groups: adult, youth, and reduced. Adult fare is charged for passengers between the ages of 19 and 64, youth fare is charged for passengers 18 years old or younger, and the reduced fare is charged for passengers over the age of 65 or those with disabilities or [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare card holders]].<ref name="Fares" /> On July 1, 2019, Community Transit introduced a low-income fare as part of the regional ORCA Lift program.<ref name="ORCALift">{{cite press release |date=June 25, 2019 |title=ORCA LIFT Low-Income Bus Fare Expands to Snohomish County, July 1 |url=https://www.communitytransit.org/news/community-transit-news/2019/06/25/orca-lift-low-income-bus-fare-expands-to-snohomish-county-july-1 |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=August 23, 2019}}</ref> Youth fares were made [[Free public transport|free]] with valid ID on September 1, 2022, as part of a state grant program that lasts until 2039.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gruben |first=Mallory |date=September 2, 2022 |title='Just get on the bus': Kids can ride for free now in Snohomish County |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/just-get-on-the-bus-kids-can-ride-for-free-now-in-snohomish-county/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Watanabe |first=Ben |date=January 9, 2023 |title=Early Community Transit data shows youth ridership bump |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/early-community-transit-data-shows-youth-ridership-bump/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 1, 2023}}</ref> The regional [[ORCA card]] was introduced as an integrated [[smart card]] for transit agencies in the [[Puget Sound region]] on April 20, 2009,<ref>{{cite news|date=April 21, 2009 |title=ORCA Smart Card Limited Rollout Underway |url=http://www.communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1319 |location=Everett, Washington |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=September 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082411/http://www.communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1319 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> allowing users to load monthly passes and value through an e-purse web interface. The card also allowed free transfers within a two-hour period between transit agencies of equal value, with the difference for higher fare subtracted from the e-purse or prompting for cash.<ref>{{cite web|title=ORCA Smart Card: ORCA Saves Time and Money |url=http://commtrans.org/orca/ |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=September 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905020139/http://commtrans.org/orca/ |archive-date=September 5, 2014 }}</ref> While initially available for no fee, effective March 1, 2010, a $5 cost was added when ordering a standard adult or youth ORCA card.<ref>{{cite news|date=January 15, 2010 |title=No-Fee ORCA Card Promotion Extended One Month |url=http://www.communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1370 |location=Everett, Washington |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=September 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093751/http://www.communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1370 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> CT removed their paper transfers on January 1, 2010, after the ORCA card made them obsolete.<ref>{{cite news|date=December 18, 2009 |title=No More Paper Transfers Starting Jan. 1 |url=http://communitytransit.org/news/RiderAlert.cfm?id=1190 |work=Rider Alerts |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=September 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103713/http://communitytransit.org/news/RiderAlert.cfm?id=1190 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> Community Transit also offers monthly passes through local [[higher education]] institutions, including [[Edmonds College]], the [[University of Washington]], [[Cascadia College]], and the Lynnwood Campus of [[Central Washington University]].<ref name="Fares" /> [[Dial-a-ride]] transportation, a type of [[paratransit]] service operated by Community Transit, has a flat fare of $2.50 without discounts or separate categories. ORCA cards are not accepted on DART, replaced by tickets and monthly passes for frequent users.<ref name="Fares" />
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