About:Community Transit/service change/9-23-2018

Community Transit 9-23-2018

Fall 2018 Service

This fall, Community Transit is adding more trips on popular routes and changing some routes to serve more customers. The service changes highlighted below take effect starting on September 23, 2018.

Service Changes

• The Swift Blue Line will operate every 10 minutes between 6 a.m. - 7 p.m. weekdays. That's an extra trip an hour in each direction on our most popular route. An early morning trip will be added to start the weekday Swift commute at 4:20 a.m. in each direction.
• Route 413 will have additional, new midday and evening trips to and from downtown Seattle. This provides more options for workers and shoppers who don�t travel during regular commute hours.
• Route 109: Changes in Lake Stevens
• Route 196: Changes to route in Lynnwood
• Route 120: Additional trips between Canyon Park & Edmonds Community College.

Fare Changes

• Community Transit will raise local bus and DART paratransit fares by 25 cents, simplify commuter fares, and increase vanpool fares by about three percent.
• These fare changes take effect on October 1. Please see the fare table below for details.
• If you purchase a monthly pass, be sure to adjust your fare purchase in mid-September.

Fall 2018 Changes (Effective September 23, 2018)

Swift Blue Line (Everett - Shoreline)

• On Monday-Friday, the Swift Blue Line will operate service every 10 minutes between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. Buses will continue to run every 20 minutes early mornings, nights and weekends.
• The change to a bus every 10 minutes from every 12 minutes - increases service by 20 percent and improves route connections.
• A new early morning weekday trip in each direction will be added starting at 4:20 a.m. No changes to weekend schedules.

Route 109 (Ash Way-Lake Stevens)

• Route 109 will be modified to serve residents and businesses along 20th Street and 99th Avenue in Lake Stevens.
• Route 109 will serve these new stops:
  • 20th Street at:
    • 99th Avenue SE (westbound) and Hwy 9 (eastbound)
    • 99th Avenue at:
      • 2nd Street
      • 6th Place
      • 15th Street
• Buses will no longer travel on Hwy 9 between 20th Street and the Lake Stevens Transit Center.
• Two new stop pairs will be added to Route 109 along Cathcart Way, at Snohomish-Cascade Drive and at Puget Park Drive. The Puget Park bus stops will serve Glacier Peak High School and Little Cedars Elementary School. These stops will open as soon as they are ready this summer.

Route 196 (Edmonds-Ash Way)

• Route 196 will be modified to serve the Lynnwood Transit Center.
• Buses will travel off 196th Street between 44th and 48th avenues.
• Route 196 will no longer serve the eastbound bus stop at 196th & 48th (#2974).
• Route 196 will serve these additional stops:
  • Southbound 48th & 196th (#1156)
  • Northbound 48th & 200th (#2171)
  • Lynnwood Transit Center Bay B5 (#2108) to Ash Way
  • Lynnwood Transit Center Bay C1 (#2109) to Edmonds
  • One new stop in each direction on 44th between 196th & 200th streets
• This change will improve transit connections and provide more local bus service to the transit center.

Route 120 (Canyon Park-Edmonds Community College)

• Three weekday trips will be added to Route 120 to provide a bus every 30 minutes from the start of service until 6 p.m. in both directions.

Route 413 (Lynnwood�Seattle)

• Thirteen new midday and later evening trips will be added to Route 413 to provide a greater span of commuter service to and from Seattle.
• The change will provide more flexibility to Seattle commuters and encourage people to use the under-utilized Swamp Creek Park & Ride in north Lynnwood.

Sound Transit Routes 510/511/513

• To improve schedule reliability on weekday trips out of Seattle, there will be two Route 510 and one Route 513 afternoon trips eliminated and one Route 511 afternoon trip added. Exact trip times will be in the fall Bus Plus book.

Fare Changes

Community Transit will change some fares on October 1, 2018. In addition, a new fare policy for commuter routes between King and Snohomish counties will go into effect the same day.

• All local bus and DART paratransit fares will be increased by 25 cents
  
• The same fare will apply to all commuter routes (400 and 800 series):

• Adult: $4.25
• Youth: $3
• Reduced fare: $2

• Vanpool rates will be increased an average of $14/month, based on size of van and length of trip. See chart at communitytransit.org/vanpool or contact your vanpool coordinator for details.

Fares (Effective October 1, 2018)

Service	Adult (19-64)	Youth (6-18)	Reduced Fare Senior(65+)/Disabled/Medicare) Regional Reduced Fare Permit Required
Local/Swift	$2.50	$1.75	$1.25
Commuter (Applies on all 400 & 800 series routes.)	$4.25	$3.00	$2.00
DART Paratransit	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50

Fare Policy Change

A new fare policy will take effect October 1 that charges commuter fares for all riders of 400 or 800 series routes, regardless of where you board or de-board. If you are riding these buses within Snohomish County, you must pay the commuter fare. This policy was adopted by the Community Transit Board of Directors last fall.