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SECTION 3: TRANSPORTATION SERVICES <br /> Transportation Service Providers <br /> Shifting commuters out of peak-period, single occupant vehicles (SOVs) to achieve <br /> Snohomish County's trip reduction performance objectives will depend on the utilization of <br /> various alternative transportation services. High occupancy vehicle (HOV) alternative modes <br /> include transit buses, carpools, and vanpools. Other alternatives include bicycle and <br /> pedestrian modes. Trip reduction can also be achieved by eliminating peak-period SOV trips <br /> altogether through compressed work weeks or telecommuting. <br /> The primary providers of alternative transportation services in Snohomish County are <br /> Community Transit (CT) and Everett Transit (ET). The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle <br /> (Metro) provides limited services in Snohomish County. <br /> Community Transit <br /> The Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area (PTBA) Corporation is <br /> a special purpose municipal corporation approved by voters in 1976 that operates <br /> Community Transit (See Figure 6) The Benefit Area includes most urban portions of <br /> Snohomish County except the City of Everett. Voters also approved the initial <br /> funding mechanism of a 0.3 percent sales tax in the PTBA and an increase to 0.6 <br /> percent in February 1990. Funding is also derived from matching state Motor <br /> Vehicle Excise Tax money. <br /> Community Transit has been providing transit service to Snohomish County since <br /> October 1976, taking over Metro's inter-county service provided at that time, and <br /> beginning local service in the PTBA later that year. The PTBA has since expanded <br /> through several annexations. Today Community Transit provides local fixed-route <br /> service, commuter express-route service, demand-response "Dial-A-Ride" service, <br /> and vanpool service for Snohomish County residents. <br /> Everett Transit <br /> The City of Everett took over operation of a private transit company in 1969 and <br /> created Everett Transit. Initially, the City used a $1 per month tax to subsidize the <br /> service, but in 1979 voters approved changing the funding mechanism to a 0.3 <br /> percent sales tax. ET provides local fixed-route service throughout the City. ET <br /> also provides demand-response, "Dial-A-Ride" service for elderly and disabled riders. <br /> Metro <br /> The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro) has been operating transit service <br /> in King County since 1973. Voters approved a 0.3 percent sales tax funding <br /> 20 <br />