It’s not just King County Metro Transit getting fall service improvements. Community Transit, Pierce Transit, and Sound Transit are slated for increased service levels starting this weekend. Headlining improved service are the introduction of two new Sounder trips each weekday, a brand new peak-hour route and better Sunday service in the Community Transit network, and beefing up on weekend service for Pierce Transit. Service changes to Intercity Transit, Everett Transit, and Washington State Ferries will be considerably more quiet.
Community Transit Service Changes
The biggest change coming the Community Transit’s network is the launch of a new weekday bus route that will serve the Boeing Everett/Paine Field area. Several routes will also be realigned and extended to provide better local service.
- Route 105 is being extended during peak periods north of Marine Park-and-Ride. The service extension will provide better access to Boeing Everett/Paine Field via Airport Road for commuters of the Paine Field manufacturing industrial center. This route extension will also help provide a shadow local bus service along the entire length of the Swift Green Line service planned for 2018.
- Route 107 will be a new peak-hour, peak-direction bus service between the Lynnwood Transit Center and Boeing Everett/Paine Field area. It will operate via the Mukilteo Speedway to serve commuters of the Paine Field manufacturing industrial center. The service will include three trips in the morning and three trips in afternoon.
- Route 115 will be realigned in the Mill Creek area. Realignment means that the route will no longer terminate at Mariner Park-and-Ride. Instead, service will terminate at McCollum Park-and-Ride about a mile east of the current terminus.
- Route 196 will be extended northward from its terminus at Alderwood Mall. This extension will provide a direct connection with Ash Way Park-and-Ride to provide better regional connections and support a rise in service demand on the Alderwood-Ash Way corridor.
- Route 209 will be extended further north of Quil Ceda Village, which will provide service to the Smokey Point Transit Center. The extension will operate via I-5 and allow new connections to Routes 220, 230, and 240 at the transit center. The route currently operates between Quil Ceda Village and Lake Stevens via Marysville.
- Route 277 will no longer operate after the service change. Routes 270 and 271 will compensate for the service loss to Boeing Everett.
- Route 280 will receive two minor route revisions in Lake Stevens and Granite Falls.
Sunday service will get a substantial boost with a total of 37 additional midday trips spread across Routes 240, 271, and 280. This will allow for all-day service on these core routes with baseline hourly frequency.
Lastly, Commuter routes in the 400 and 800 series will get an additional 22 daily trips on weekdays. This will support growing demand for service between Snohomish County and Downtown Seattle and University of Washington. Most of the extra trips will be added as morning southbound service, but a handful will help improve afternoon northbound service. New morning trips will go to Routes 412, 413, 415, 421, 422, 425, 435, 880, 810, 855, and 871. Meanwhile, new afternoon trips will go to Routes 402, 412, 413, 415, 422, 425, 810, and 871. The new trips will allow for extended span of service and increased frequency, depending upon the route. Schedule adjustments may be made to accommodate the new trips.
The service changes begin on Sunday, September 24th.
Community Transit To Boost Service In September 2017 And March 2018
