Editing C-Tran (Washington) (section)

=== 2010s to today ===
[[File:New Vancouver Mall TC from SE with several buses laying over (2017).jpg|thumb|The new Vancouver Mall Transit Center opened in 2017, replacing a previous transit center at the mall.]]
After studies that had first taken place in 2008, plans were approved and finalized in 2012 for construction of a [[bus rapid transit]] line, eventually named [[The Vine (bus rapid transit)|The Vine]] (see [[#The Vine|section below]]).  It opened for service in January 2017.<ref name="columbian-2017jan9">{{cite news |last=Pesanti |first=Dameon |date=January 9, 2017 |title=C-Tran's The Vine begins rolling in Vancouver |url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/jan/09/c-trans-the-vine-begins-rolling-in-vancouver/ |newspaper=[[The Columbian]] |access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref>  In 2016–2017, C-Tran built a new transit center at [[Vancouver Mall]], to replace an existing transit center on the mall's north side (opened in 1985) with a larger facility on the mall's south side.  The new Vancouver Mall Transit Center opened in January 2017, on the same date that the Vine service began operating.

In June 2017, C-Tran hired Shawn M. Donaghy as its next Chief Executive Officer, under a contract that was scheduled to last through June 2027. He replaced Jeff Hamm, who retired after more than 10 years as the agency's chief executive.<ref name="hires donaghy">{{cite press release|author=C-Tran|title=C-Tran Officially Hires Shawn M. Donaghy As Executive Director/CEO|date=June 7, 2017|url=https://www.c-tran.com/about-c-tran/news/news-releases/460-ceo-hire|access-date=June 26, 2017}}{{dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The agency was named the North American Transit System of the Year in 2019 by the [[American Public Transportation Association]].<ref>{{cite news |date=July 9, 2019 |title=C-Tran named Transit System of the Year |url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/jul/09/c-tran-named-transit-system-of-the-year/ |work=The Columbian |access-date=July 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729224204/https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/jul/09/c-tran-named-transit-system-of-the-year/ |archive-date=July 29, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The agency moved its administrative headquarters in 2019 to a standalone building on NE 51st Circle in Vancouver. This building was formerly the offices of the supervisor of the [[Gifford Pinchot National Forest]].

In June 2020, the former Evergreen Transit Center was converted to a [[Safe parking programs|safe parking site]] for persons experiencing homelessness.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hair |first=Callie |date=March 12, 2024 |title=Vancouver Safe Parking Zone program moves to C-Tran’s Evergreen Transit Center |url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/jun/16/vancouver-safe-parking-zone-program-moves-to-c-trans-evergreen-transit-center/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |work=The Columbian |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617154733/https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/jun/16/vancouver-safe-parking-zone-program-moves-to-c-trans-evergreen-transit-center/ |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2022, C-Tran was again named the North American Transit System of the Year by the American Public Transportation Association.

The Mill Plain Transit Center was opened on October 1, 2023, as the terminus of the Vine Red Line.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-02 |title=C-TRAN cuts ribbon on The Vine on Mill Plain |url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/bus/press-release/53074031/c-tran-c-tran-cuts-ribbon-on-the-vine-on-mill-plain |access-date=2024-03-15 |magazine=Mass Transit}}</ref>

In February 2024, the C-Tran Board of Directors appointed Leann M. Caver as the agency's sixth Chief Executive Officer starting March 1.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} Caver was previously the agency's Deputy Chief Executive Officer. She replaces Shawn Donaghy, who moved on from the agency after nearly seven years as the agency's chief executive.