2011/04/20 Council Agenda Packet

/ 1 COMMUNITY TRANSIT g4)111 Promising tomorrow with responsibility today Community Transit Key Facts 2010 Community Transit is Snohomish County's public transportation provider,created by voters in 1976.The agency's primary revenue source is a 0.9 percent voter-approved sales tax.Due to revenue shortfalls,Community Transit cut service by 15 percent in 2010,including the elimination of eight bus routes and all Sunday and holiday service. The Agency The Fleet • Ridership in 2010 was about 10 million • 292 fixed route buses boardings(preliminary figure) • 396 vanpool vans • 29 local routes,25 commuter routes • 54 DART paratransit vehicles • 844 employees,including contracted services • Annual ultra low-sulfur diesel fuel usage: • Service area: 1,305 square miles 3 million gallons • Service area population:516,099 • 221 buses on the road during (September 2010) weekday peak hours • 23 Park&Ride lots with 7,351 parking spaces • About 14.9 million miles traveled in 2010 • 19 Park&Pool lots with 529 parking spaces (preliminary figure) Other Community Transit Facts • Our buses carry about 33,400 passengers each weekday. • About 7,700 passengers travel to and from downtown Seattle on our buses each weekday. • Another 2,100 passengers travel to and from the University of Washington on our buses each weekday. • Swift is the first bus rapid transit line in Washington and our highest ridership route. • Our longest local route is Route 277 from Gold Bar to Boeing,40 miles. • Our longest commuter route is Route 422 from Stanwood to Seattle,54 miles. • Average local bus ride is five miles;average commuter bus ride is 21 miles. • Community Transit DART paratransit service provides mobility to an average of 616 passengers a day who might not otherwise be able to get around. • Without Community Transit commuter buses,I-5 would need to be widened by two lanes in each direction between Everett and Seattle to handle rush-hour traffic. • The Alderwood mall area is served by six Community Transit routes,providing 26 trips per hour at peak times each weekday. • Community Transit has four routes serving Boeing-Everett and the Paine Field area. • Community Transit was the second agency in the nation to have a modern double decker bus in regular service. • Every dollar communities invest in public transportation projects generates$6 in local economic activity. • Every$10 million in operating investment in public transportation yields$32 million in increased business sales. communityt`nsit / (425) 353-RIDE (7433) (800) 562-1375 TTY Relay 711 www.communitytransit.org Smile&c\d