Community Transit will operate local buses and DART paratransit service within Snohomish County on regular schedule on Presidents Day, February 18th.

Commuter service to Seattle and UW will be limited to specific routes.

At 10:00 pm on Friday, January 11th, Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct permanently closed. This sets the stage for potential bus service delays in and out of Seattle.

Community Transit anticipates that buses on its routes to downtown Seattle and the University of Washington will be more crowded than usual, and may get delayed in traffic.

Beginning on Monday, January 7th, buses will stop at all Swift Green Line stations to test real-time technology.

When the service begins on March 24th, buses will stop every ten minutes at 34 stations along Bothell-Everett Highway, 128th Street SW, and Airport Road.

Community Transit will operate limited bus service on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

The transit agency will operate on a Sunday schedule on Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Community Transit’s Proposed 2019 Budget projects a 7.9 percent increase in sales tax revenue over 2018 while expenditures will increase 13.5 percent.

The budget proposal assumes operating expenses of $161 million and capital expenses of $33.5 million for new projects.

On Monday, October 1st, Community Transit’s local bus and DART paratransit fares will increase by 25 cents.

Vanpool fares will also increase by an average of three percent, or about $14 a van per month.

The Swift Blue Line, Community Transit’s highest ridership route, will see a 20 percent increase in weekday service starting Monday, September 24th.

The bus rapid transit line that runs on Highway 99 between Everett and Shoreline will get an additional 28 trips a day.