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Community Transit

This article is about the transit agency in Snohomish County, Washington. For other uses, see Community transit.

Community Transit
The logo of Community Transit
Two deadheading Community Transit buses in Seattle: an articulated bus and a "Double Tall" double-decker bus
Commenced operationOctober 4, 1976 (1976-10-04)[1]
Headquarters2312 W. Casino Road
Everett, Washington[2]
LocalePuget Sound region
Service areaSnohomish County, Washington
Service typeBus service
AllianceSound Transit
Routes34
Stops1,664[3]
Depots2
Fleet257 buses, 52 paratransit vehicles, 333 vanpool vans[3]
Daily ridership27,500 (weekdays, Q1 2025)[4]
Annual ridership8,433,900 (2024)[5]
Fuel typeDiesel (with some hybrid electric vehicles)
OperatorTransdev (commuter and ST routes only)[6]
Chief executiveRic Ilgenfritz
Websitewww.communitytransit.org

Community Transit (CT) is the public transit authority of Snohomish County, Washington, United States, in the Seattle metropolitan area. It operates local bus, paratransit and vanpool service within Snohomish County, excluding the city of Everett. CT is publicly funded, financed through sales taxes, federal grants, and farebox revenue, with an annual operating budget of $248.6 million as of 2025.[7] In 2024, the system had a ridership of 8,433,900, or about 27,500 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2025, 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 accessible transit buses, 52 paratransit vehicles, and 333 vanpool vans, maintained at two bus bases in Everett.[3] 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, local and 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 corridor. The agency's microtransit service, Zip Shuttle, operates in four cities.

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.[a] CT was the first operator of bus rapid transit in Washington state and introduced "Double Tall" double-decker buses on its commuter routes to Seattle in the early 2010s.

  1. ^ "Agency Profile". Community Transit. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Contact Us". Community Transit. Archived from the original on September 10, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference TDP2024 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Transit Ridership Report First Quarter 2025" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. May 15, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
  5. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. February 19, 2025. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  6. ^ "Extending Our Partnership With Community Transit" (Press release). Transdev. January 18, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  7. ^ "2025 Adopted Budget" (PDF). Community Transit. December 5, 2024. pp. 10–17, 54–59. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference TransitChanges was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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