<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2rWALx_1GoR6zF700" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2rWALx_1GoR6zF700" width="800" height="450" ><p>When will Community Transit assume leadership of Everett Transit?</p><p>EVERETT, Wash. — Everett Transit will become part of Community Transit after the Everett City Council and Community Transit Board of Directors approved an interlocal agreement, creating a unified transit network across Snohomish County.</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe allowfullscreen src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uQh7T2ZrREI?enablejsapi=1&version=3&playerapiid=ytplayer" frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>Community Transit will assume leadership of transit operations in Everett on April 1, 2027. </p><p>Current routes and schedules will remain mostly the same until then. The public can help plan an integrated network beginning in January 2027, with service expansions starting in 2028.</p><p>The agreement calls for increasing transit service in Everett by 50% by 2031, including more frequent buses and earlier morning and later evening service. </p><p>An on-demand Zip Shuttle rideshare zone is planned by spring 2028. The agreement also retains paratransit eligibility and service areas for current Everett customers.</p><p>Everett Transit employees will have the option to work for Community Transit or the city, officials said. </p><p>Community Transit will honor the collective bargaining agreements of employees who transfer, and existing labor agreements will remain in place during the transition.</p><p>“One seamless system will help our residents reach destinations both inside and outside of Everett more quickly and easily,” Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin said.</p><p>Starting April 1, 2027, Community Transit’s 1.2% transit sales tax will replace Everett’s 0.6% tax within the city. That amounts to a 6-cent increase on a $10 taxable purchase.</p><p>Community Transit said the change will bring Everett’s local transit funding to the level already in place in other Snohomish County cities. </p></div></body>

Block Source: KOMO News

Misinformation

Clickbait

Old or repetitive news

Explicit content

Location not relevant

EVERETT, Wash. — Everett Transit will become part of Community Transit after the Everett City Council and Community Transit Board of Directors approved an interlocal agreement, creating a unified transit network across Snohomish County. Community Transit will assume leadership of transit operations in Everett on April 1, 2027. Current...

Everett Transit to fold into Community Transit in 2027

NewsBreak

EVERETT, Wash. — Everett Transit will become part of Community Transit after the Everett City Council and Community Transit Board of Directors approved an 

Everett Transit to fold into Community Transit in 2027

Comments / 1