Community Transit, officially the Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation is the public transit authority of Snohomish County, Washington, United States, excluding the city of Everett, in the Seattle metropolitan area. It operates local bus, paratransit and vanpool service within Snohomish County, as well as commuter buses to Downtown Seattle and Northgate station before September 2024, being replaced by new Express Routes and the Link Light Rail service. CT began operation as SCPTBA Public Transit on October 4, 1976, four months after the third attempt to establish public transit in Snohomish County was approved. Renamed Community Transit in 1979, the agency expanded service in its first decades of existence, later taking over King County Metro commuter routes to Seattle in 1989 and adding several cities into its PTBA in the 1980s and 1990s. CT service hours fell during two funding crises in the 2000s, after the passage of Initiative 695 in 1999 and during a severe recession from 2010 to 2012. Despite the cuts, which forced service hours to fall short of rising demand, the agency debuted the state's first bus rapid transit line, Swift, as well as introducing "Double Tall" double-decker buses on its commuter routes to Seattle.
SCPTBA Public Transit[]
1976–1979[]
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The Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation began regular operations in October 1976, know under SCPTBA Public Transit.
Community Transit[]
1979–1986[]
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In 1979, SCPTBA Public Transit renamed to Community Transit.
1986–2005[]
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The logo was updated in 1986. This logo can still be seen near McCollum Park Park & Ride and Eastmont Park & Ride.
2005–present[]
They adopted the current logo in 2005, along with their new slogan "Smile and Ride."