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7 <br /> Swift Bus Rapid Transit— Northern Terminal at Everett Station <br /> Everett Transit <br /> transit capacity improvements, mobility in the corridor will be significantly degraded to a <br /> point where a majority of the corridor will be operating at LOS F. <br /> Everett Transit and Community Transit provide transit service on SR99 in Snohomish <br /> County. Community Transit operates two routes, both of which are anchored on the <br /> south by the Aurora Village Transit Center. One route provides connections to the <br /> Mariner Park and Ride at 128th Street SW. The other, which operates during peak <br /> periods only, provides service to Everett Station. Everett Transit operates a connecting <br /> route which provides service inside the city only which ends at the Airport Road <br /> intersection. The existing service has several problems. First, it is slow(with buses <br /> making stops every few blocks or so), not too frequent(with Community Transit buses <br /> operating every 20 minutes into downtown Everett during the peak and Everett Transit <br /> buses also running every 20 minutes), and it lacks continuity of service into and out of <br /> downtown Everett during non peak periods. Customers currently going into and out of <br /> Everett during the non-peak are required to transfer from one agency's bus to the other <br /> at the busy Airport Road intersection. <br /> A. System Efficiency/Quantitative Measures of Effectiveness/Impact on <br /> Congested Corridor <br /> Construction of the northern terminal at Everett Station is essential to the implementation <br /> of the Swift BRT. Swift will provide limited-stop bus service all along the SR99 corridor <br /> with maximum frequencies of approximately 10 minutes throughout the day during the <br /> week and 20 to 30 minutes during the early morning and late night hours and on <br /> weekends. It will include rail-like passenger stations; distinctive, high-capacity bus rapid <br /> transit(BRT) vehicles; and the latest in ITS technologies (such as automatic vehicle <br /> locators and real-time next-bus information signs). The new line will operate on 6.7 <br /> miles of existing Business Access Transit(BAT) lanes and have access to about 10.5 <br /> miles of existing transit signal priority(TSP). Community Transit is currently evaluating <br /> off-board ticket vending machines for the Swift system for their potential to enhance the <br /> speed of the new BRT. <br /> Gap Closure. Swift will provide continuous service into and out of Everett to and from <br /> outlying communities all day long, seven days a week, closing the existing service gap <br /> into and out of Everett. With Swift, customers will no longer be required to transfer at the <br /> busy intersection at SR99 and Airport Road. <br /> Travel time savings. With Swift, customers will be able to get from the Aurora Village <br /> Transit Center to Everett Station in about 51 minutes, a travel time savings of 30% over <br /> the 71 minutes it currently takes. A combination of factors makes these savings <br /> possible. First, BRT stations will be more widely spaced than the stops for local transit <br /> service, allowing transit vehicles to achieve higher speeds between stations. Swift will <br /> have 12 to 14 stations in each direction, compared to up to 63 stops in each direction on <br /> the current local service. Off-board fare collection, where customers purchase fares <br /> before boarding, is expected to be incorporated as a means of reducing dwell times and <br /> for increasing transit speeds in the corridor. Further, all Swift buses will be equipped <br /> with auto-stop annunciation devices that automatically announce upcoming stops, <br /> helping to reduce dwell times by giving passengers the time to prepare themselves to <br /> exit the bus. Swift will also utilize headway based scheduling in which operators are <br /> encouraged to travel the route with maximum speed and with no specified time of arrival <br /> Page 2 of 5 <br /> 5 ., <br />