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CommunityTransit <br /> Economics <br /> Recession Realities <br /> Community Transit has been Snohomish County's public <br /> transportation provider for 35 years.The agency is funded <br /> primarily by a voter-approved 0.9 percent local sales tax,which <br /> has made transit particularly vulnerable to the economic recession. <br /> In 2010, Community Transit cut service by 15 percent, raised fares, <br /> eliminated Sunday and holiday service, and cut 83 staff positions. <br /> Six months later, the agency cut another 20 positions, including <br /> two executives. <br /> Despite these drastic actions, along with more than $29 million in <br /> program and administrative cost reductions over three years,the <br /> agency is preparing for another round of service and staff cuts to <br /> resize the company to make it sustainable for the future. <br /> } By the end of 2012, Community Transit will likely provide one-third <br /> less service and employ one-quarter fewer workers than it did <br /> when the recession began in 2007. <br /> communitytransi <br /> 1 <br />