2023/08/23 Council Agenda Packet

Everett Transit 2023 TDP DRAFT 2 Everett Transit (ET) has the following office and facility locations: In addition to the administrative and maintenance facilities, Everett Transit owns and administers a regional multi-modal transportation and employment service center known as Everett Station. Please reference the appendix for a list of Everett Transit’s equipment, facilities, and revenue vehicles. As the world and community continued to rebound from the impacts of the pandemic years, 2022 marked a strong season of growth in ridership for Everett Transit. As 2021 concluded we implemented a restorative service change resulting in: • A fixed route service increase of 18 percent. This brought Everett Transit back to 91% of pre-pandemic levels of service. • The route 7 service was restored to every fifteen minutes during much of the weekday operating span. • The route 29 received a significant increase in service to every 30 minutes during the weekday operating span. • The route 6 from Everett Station to the Waterfront was restored to 7 days a week. • The route 4 was modified to connect customers to growing employment opportunities in the Riverside Business Park in northeast Everett. • The route 2 connecting Everett Mall to Mariner Park & Ride added Sunday service. With this service in place, and consumer confidence growing, Everett Transit experienced a 32% increase in ridership in 2022, jumping from 761,882 passenger trips in 2021 to 1,007,952 in 2022. Ridership also returned on Paratransit. In 2021 Everett Paratransit provided 57,780 trips. That grew by 24% to 64,329 trips provided in 2022. This ridership increase surpassed our projections and confirmed that the service additions in late 2021, along with an overall more positive outlook emerging from the pandemic, were effectively restoring rider confidence. While 2022 ridership numbers are still short of pre-pandemic ridership levels, they do show a promising trend. The major route layover/destination areas are near the Everett Community College in North Everett, Everett Station, Everett Mall in South Everett, and Seaway Transit Center in the southwest industrial area. Reference the appendix to view a system map depicting the entire Everett Transit service area. Administrative Offices 3201 Smith Ave., Suite 215 Everett, WA 98201 Operations Center 3225 Cedar Street Everett, WA 98201 Maintenance Facilities 3227 Cedar St. Everett, WA 98201 Everett Station 3201 Smith Ave. Everett, WA 98201 College Station 2200 Tower St. Everett, WA 98201 Mall Station 1330 SE Everett Mall Way Everett, WA 98204