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== Fleet ==

{{As of|December 2023}}, Community Transit has a fleet of 696 vehicles that are maintained at its operating bases at Kasch Park and Merrill Creek. The fleet of 257 fixed-route buses is generally composed of {{convert|30|ft|m|adj=mid}} and {{convert|40|ft|m|adj=mid}} vehicles, as well as specialized {{convert|60|ft|m|adj=mid}} [[articulated bus]]es and {{convert|42|ft|m|adj=mid}} [[double-decker bus]]es. Buses typically are powered by [[diesel engine]]s, with the exception of the 39 [[Hybrid electric bus|hybrid diesel–electric buses]] used on [[Swift Bus Rapid Transit]] and some local routes.<ref name="TDP2024">{{cite web |date=August 1, 2024 |title=Community Transit 2024–2029 Transit Development Plan |pages=11–15, 19–20, 24–26 |url=https://www.communitytransit.org/docs/default-source/pdfs/programs/adopted-2024-2029-transit-development-plan.pdf |publisher=Community Transit |accessdate=March 4, 2025}}</ref> Community Transit expects to purchase 55 to 60 new buses by 2027 to support increased transit service and replace older vehicles. The agency began testing several [[battery electric bus]]es in early 2023 and the region's first hydrogen-powered [[fuel cell bus]] in 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last=Watanabe |first=Ben |date=February 5, 2023 |title=Community Transit testing 60-foot electric bus |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/community-transit-testing-60-foot-electric-bus/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 2, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hansen |first=Jordan |date=May 17, 2024 |title=New hydrogen, electric buses get trial run in Snohomish County |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/new-hydrogen-electric-buses-get-trial-run-in-snohomish-county/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=June 16, 2024}}</ref>

Since 1995,<ref>{{cite news |date=March 7, 1995 |title=CT improvements assist disabled |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19950307/2108732/ct-improvements-assist-disabled |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=September 3, 2014}}</ref> all Community Transit buses are [[Low-floor bus|low-floored]] and equipped with a [[Hydraulics|hydraulic]] or [[Pneumatics|pneumatic]] "[[Kneeling bus|kneeling]]" device in addition to [[wheelchair lift]]s for 6-wheeled [[motorized wheelchair]]s.<ref name="CT-D&A" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Mobility Devices on Public Transportation |url=http://www.commtrans.org/FAQs/Documents/Wheelchairs%20on%20Public%20Transportation%202012.pdf |year=2012 |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=September 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305060025/http://www.commtrans.org/FAQs/Documents/Wheelchairs%20on%20Public%20Transportation%202012.pdf |archive-date=March 5, 2016 }}</ref> CT buses have also featured at least two [[bicycle carrier|bicycle racks]] located in front of the windshield since 1996;<ref name="Bikes" /><ref>{{cite news |date=January 2, 1996 |title=Bicycle racks available on CT buses |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19960102/2307040/bicycle-racks-available-on-ct-buses |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=September 7, 2014}}</ref> Swift [[bus rapid transit]] buses have three bicycle racks located inside the vehicle for reduced [[Terminal dwell time|dwell times]].<ref name="Swift" /><ref>{{cite press release|date=April 26, 2006 |title=Gear Up for Bike to Work Day |url=http://www.communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1156 |location=Everett, Washington |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=September 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117014901/http://www.communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1156 |archive-date=November 17, 2015 }}</ref>

In addition to its bus fleet, Community Transit maintains 333 vans for its [[vanpool]] program and 52 [[paratransit]] [[minibus]]es equipped with wheelchair lifts for [[dial-a-ride]] service.<ref name="TDP2024"/> Retired vanpool and DART vehicles are donated to local non-profit organizations through the VanGO program,<ref>{{cite web|title=Van GO Grants Keep Our Community Moving |url=http://www.commtrans.org/vango/ |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=September 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902225835/http://www.commtrans.org/vango/ |archive-date=September 2, 2014 }}</ref> which has gifted 106 vans since its establishment in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=March 22, 2010 |title=Community Transits offers surplus vans to nonprofit groups |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100322/NEWS01/703229885 |work=The Everett Herald |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052649/http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100322/NEWS01/703229885 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=September 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|date=August 8, 2014 |title=Community Transit to Award Surplus Vans to Non-Profits |url=http://www.communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1575 |location=Everett, Washington |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=September 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811000033/http://communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1575 |archive-date=August 11, 2014 }}</ref>

=== Double Tall ===
[[File:Community Transit Enviro 500.png|thumb|right|275px|alt=A double-decker bus at a bus stop|The leased [[Alexander Dennis Enviro500]] in Community Transit livery, pictured in [[Downtown Seattle]] in 2007.]]

Community Transit has a fleet of [[double-decker bus]]es used on commuter routes from [[park and ride]]s to [[Downtown Seattle]], named the "Double Tall" in reference to the double tall cup size at [[Starbucks]], a coffee chain founded and headquartered in Seattle.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hinshaw |first=Mark |date=October 12, 2011 |title=Double-tall buses: sitting pretty |url=http://crosscut.com/2011/10/doubletall-buses-sitting-pretty/ |work=[[Crosscut.com]] |access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> The [[Alexander Dennis Enviro500]] was introduced during a one-year [[pilot project]] in 2007, on lease from Alexander Dennis for $15,000 per month.<ref>{{cite press release|date=July 31, 2007 |title=Double Decker in Service |url=http://www.communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1205 |location=Everett, Washington |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=September 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903133838/http://www.communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1205 |archive-date=September 3, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Velush |first=Lukas |date=July 30, 2007 |title=Commute like the British do: on a double-decker bus |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20070730/NEWS01/707300336 |work=The Everett Herald |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112438/http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20070730/NEWS01/707300336 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> The {{convert|42|ft|m|0|adj=mid|-long}}, {{convert|14|ft|m|0|adj=mid|-high}} Enviro500 seated 77 to 81, with [[Standing-room only|standing room]] for 20 additional passengers, replacing the capacity of the standard [[articulated bus]]es used on the commuter routes in a smaller footprint.<ref name="DoubleTall">{{cite web|title=Double Tall Buses: Double Decker Buses Perk Up the Fleet |url=http://www.communitytransit.org/doubletall/ |date=June 10, 2014 |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=September 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906144804/http://communitytransit.org/doubletall/ |archive-date=September 6, 2014 }}</ref> Prior to the end of the trial in 2008, CT placed an order of 23 Enviro500s, scheduled to be delivered and put into service in 2010;<ref name="CT-DT2010" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=April 1, 2008 |title=Community Transit to add fleet of double-decker buses |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080401/NEWS01/659525928 |work=The Everett Herald |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052518/http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080401/NEWS01/659525928 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> the initial order was not fulfilled until 2011, when manufacturing was moved to an [[ENC (company)|ElDorado]] plant in [[Riverside, California]] to meet federal [[Buy America Act]] requirements.<ref>{{cite press release|date=March 31, 2011 |title=Double Talls Return to Service |url=http://www.communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1440 |location=Everett, Washington |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=September 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903133743/http://www.communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1440 |archive-date=September 3, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Salyer |first=Sharon |date=April 1, 2011 |title=Community Transit rolls out the double-deckers |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110401/NEWS01/704019909 |work=The Everett Herald |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091741/http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110401/NEWS01/704019909 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> A second order of 17 Enviro500s, to replace older articulated buses, was made in 2013 and went into service in late 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lindblom |first=Mike |date=July 31, 2013 |title=Community Transit adding 17 double-decker buses |url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/07/community-transit-adding-17-double-decker-buses/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Haglund |first=Noah |date=September 29, 2015 |title=Community Transit set to get new double-decker buses rolling |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/community-transit-set-to-get-new-double-decker-buses-rolling/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=July 15, 2016}}</ref>

[[Sound Transit]] introduced five of its own double-decker buses in 2015 for use on their [[List of Sound Transit Express bus routes|Snohomish County routes]] under contract with Community Transit.<ref>{{cite press release |date=March 27, 2014 |title=Ride tall: Sound Transit to purchase new double-decker transit buses |url=http://www.soundtransit.org/About-Sound-Transit/News-and-events/News-releases/News-release-archive/ST-to-purchase-new-double-decker-buses |location=Seattle, Washington |publisher=Sound Transit |access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lindblom |first=Mike |date=March 25, 2014 |title=Sound Transit to add double-decker buses in 2015 |url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/03/sound-transit-to-add-double-decker-buses-in-2015/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> Sound Transit plans to eventually replace its entire Snohomish County fleet with double-deckers in the near-term future,<ref>{{cite report |date=October 2015 |title=2016 Draft Service Implementation Plan |chapter=Chapter Five: Preliminary Service Plan 2017–2021 |page=122 |chapter-url=http://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/SIP2016_October%20Draft_2.pdf |publisher=Sound Transit |access-date=March 24, 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> beginning with 32 additional buses in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last=Haglund |first=Noah |date=July 31, 2016 |title=Sound Transit's new double deckers headed for Snohomish County |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/sound-transits-new-double-deckers-headed-for-snohomish-county/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref> Community Transit also ordered 17 double-decker buses, with an option to purchase 40 more, as part of the joint procurement with Sound Transit and [[Kitsap Transit]].<ref name="2016Order">{{cite press release|date=August 5, 2016 |title=Community Transit Orders 57 Buses for Expansion |url=http://www.communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1662 |location=Everett, Washington |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=August 5, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806003212/http://www.communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1662 |archive-date=August 6, 2016 }}</ref>

The fleet of 47 double-decker buses<ref name="TDP2024"/> operated directly by Community Transit is, {{as of|2015}}, the second-largest double-decker fleet of any [[public transit]] agency in the United States, behind [[RTC Transit]] of [[Las Vegas, Nevada]] and ahead of [[Unitrans]] of [[Davis, California]] and [[Antelope Valley Transit Authority]] of [[Antelope Valley]], California.<ref name="DoubleTall" /> The first fleet of Double Tall buses were retired in 2023 and sold at auctions to sightseeing and cruise companies.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 21, 2023 |title=Community Transit sells five circa 2011 double decker buses |url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/bus/press-release/53081063/community-transit-community-transit-sells-five-circa-2011-double-decker-buses |work=Mass Transit Magazine |accessdate=June 16, 2024}}</ref>