The Community Transit Board of Directors unanimously approved a reduced bus fare category for eligible low-income residents.

The new fare will be half the price of a regular adult fare and will go into effect on July 1st.

Community Transit will launch its second bus rapid transit line, the Swift Green Line, at noon on Sunday, March 24th.

There are also some service changes to other routes that will be made on Monday, March 25th.

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.