A news blog for the Evergreen State's disabled, progressives, urbanist, queers, and sports fans
On August 6th, Community Transit’s board of directors approved the agency’s five year transit development plan. The plan heavily discusses CT’s commitment to electrification and improving the comfort of its bus stops; but barely discusses the efforts the agency will go through to improve service reliability, including bus lanes. As part of the agencies efforts […]
The main topic of Wednesday night’s Everett City Council meeting was the potential merger of Community Transit and Everett Transit. After public comments, the council received a unification plan briefing from Community Transit’s CEO; once that was completed, council members posed questions on employee transition timelines, paratransit accommodations, plans for balancing representation on the Board […]
The federal Department of Justice has ignored 49 U.S.C. Section 24308(c) which gives intercity trains the right of way over freight on railroads. This has meant that the freight railroad companies have been able to stifle the growth of Amtrak, regional rail, and commuter routes across the country while introducing frequent delays to the services […]
Community Transit’s Swift bus system is planning on adding 17 stations along its proposed Gold Line service to better connect Arlington and Marysville to Everett Station along with the rest of the bus network. The proposed line will improve connections to the Puget Sounds Transit network from two of the cities in Snohomish County that […]
