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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />PUBLIC TRANSIT <br />Public transit, either through buses, trains, or <br />ferries, serves as a key component of the <br />transportation network that connects residents with <br />employment centers, public places and regional <br />destinations. Many Everett residents and employees <br />use public transit for trips within and outside of the <br />City. Public transit in Everett consists of fixed -route <br />bus and commuter rail service provided by Everett <br />Transit, Sound Transit, Community Transit, and <br />Skagit Transit. Figure 13 on the following page <br />highlights the route coverage of these four agencies <br />in Everett. Additionally, the map highlights the <br />major transit centers and park-and-rides/transit <br />centers in the area that provide links to the regional <br />transit system. <br />There are more than 31,000 transit trips taken in the <br />comprehensive planning area every weekday. <br />Everett Transit carries about one fifth of these trips <br />within the City limits. Many transit trips involve <br />travel on more than one route with transfers at <br />Everett Station or other locations. Paratransit <br />services are also provided in conjunction with the <br />fixed -route local service. <br />Figure 14 on page 18 shows the daily boardings and <br />alightings of all stops in the area, highlighting the <br />major transit nodes such as Everett Station, Mariner <br />Park -and -Ride, Everett Community College, and the <br />South Everett Freeway Station. <br />Everett Station is the largest multi -modal <br />transportation hub in Snohomish County, and it is <br />owned and managed by the City's Transportation <br />Services Department/Everett Transit. Over 9,000 <br />trips begin, end, or connect through Everett Station <br />daily. <br />Everett Transit operates local service within <br />incorporated Everett on 13 fixed routes. Route 7 is <br />the most frequent and most used transit route in <br />Everett Transit's system as it provides a connection <br />between major points within the City, including the <br />Everett Community College, Downtown Everett, <br />and Everett Mall. The route currently has 95 daily <br />trips and over 3,000 daily boardings. <br />Sound Transit operates commuter rail service along <br />BNSF lines, with four southbound trips during the <br />AM commute period and four northbound trips <br />during the PM commute. Sound Transit also <br />provides service via four regional express routes to <br />Seattle and Bellevue, with routes 5io and 512 <br />providing all -day service to and from Downtown <br />Seattle. With just over 6,000 daily boardings in <br />Everett, these routes are two of Sound Transit's <br />highest ridership routes. <br />Community Transit operates a number of regional <br />routes in the City, including the Swift Bus Rapid <br />Transit (BRT) route primarily along SR 99. It is the <br />most frequent and busiest of all routes in the area, <br />with over 4,000 daily boardings on 156 daily trips. <br />Skagit Transit operates one express route that <br />connects Everett to communities to the north such <br />as Mount Vernon and Burlington. The route <br />provides all -day service between these <br />communities, with 22 trips operated daily. It is <br />approaching Soo daily boardings to and from stops <br />within Everett city limits. <br />Passenger and vehicular ferry service is provided by <br />Washington State Ferries from Mukilteo to Whidbey <br />Island outside of the City. A privately operated ferry <br />runs from loth Street Boat Launch to Gedney (Hat) <br />Island for residents and invited guests only. Everett <br />Parks and Recreation provides a passenger only <br />ferry to Jetty Island for recreational activities during <br />the summer. <br />Travel across the Pacific Northwest and to other <br />parts of the United States are available from Everett <br />through Amtrak train and Greyhound bus services. <br />Amtrak serves Everett through two routes: the <br />Amtrak Cascades which travels from Vancouver to <br />Eugene, Oregon, stopping in Seattle and Portland, <br />and the Empire Builder, providing service to <br />Chicago, with stops in Spokane, the Twin Cities, and <br />Milwaukee. Both Greyhound and Amtrak leave from <br />Everett Station. <br />In 2015, Paine Field was approved for a commercial <br />flight passenger terminal. The terminal has capacity <br />for 23 flights per day. There is currently no schedule <br />for when passenger service might start from Paine <br />Field. <br />TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT 16 <br />