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Community Transit
Community Transit (CT) is the public transit authority of Snohomish County, Washington, United States, in the Seattle metropolitan area. It operates Public transport bus service, local bus, paratransit and vanpool service within Snohomish County, excluding the city of Everett, Washington, Everett. CT is publicly funded, financed through sales taxes, federal grants, and Farebox recovery ratio, farebox revenue, with an annual operating budget of $248.6 million . In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of , placing it third among transit agencies in the Puget Sound region. The city of Everett, which serves as the county seat, is served by Everett Transit, a municipal transit system. The system, officially the Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation (SCPTBA), operates a fleet of 257 Accessibility, accessible transit buses, 52 paratransit vehicles, and 333 vanpool vans, maintained at two Bus garage, bus bases in Everett. Service is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Mileage
Dead mileage, dead running, light running, empty cars or deadheading in public transport and empty leg in air charter is when a revenue-gaining vehicle operates without carrying or accepting passengers, such as when coming from a garage to begin its first trip of the day. Similar terms in the UK include empty coaching stock (ECS) move and dead in tow (DIT). The term ''deadheading (employee), deadheading'' or ''jumpseating'' also applies to the practice of allowing employees of a common carrier to travel in a vehicle as a non-revenue passenger. For example, an airline might assign a pilot living in New York to a flight from Denver to Los Angeles, and the pilot would simply catch any flight going to Denver, either wearing their uniform or showing ID, in lieu of buying a ticket. Also, some transport companies will allow employees to use the service when off duty, such as a city bus line allowing an off-duty driver to commute to and from work for free. Additionally, inspectors from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sales Tax
A sales tax is a tax paid to a governing body for the sales of certain goods and services. Usually laws allow the seller to collect funds for the tax from the consumer at the point of purchase. When a tax on goods or services is paid to a governing body directly by a consumer, it is usually called a use tax. Often laws provide for the Tax exemption, exemption of certain goods or services from sales and use tax, such as food, education, and medicines. A value-added tax (VAT) collected on goods and services is related to a sales tax. See Value-added tax#Comparison with sales tax, Comparison with sales tax for key differences. Types Conventional or retail sales tax is levied on the sale of a good to its final good, final end-user and is charged every time that item is sold retail. Sales to businesses that later resell the goods are not charged the tax. A purchaser who is not an end-user is usually issued a "resale certificate" by the taxing authority and required to provide the cer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynnwood City Center Station
Lynnwood City Center station is a light rail and bus station in Lynnwood, Washington, United States. It is the largest transit hub in southwestern Snohomish County, Washington, Snohomish County and is the northern terminus of the 1 Line (Sound Transit), 1 Line, part of the Link light rail system managed by Sound Transit. It is also served by Community Transit and Sound Transit Express buses and includes a parking garage with 1,670 spaces and bicycle lockers. A park and ride lot near Interstate 5 in Washington, Interstate 5 and 44th Avenue West in Lynnwood opened in May 1981 and was the largest of its kind in Washington, with 808 stalls. It was rebuilt by Sound Transit in 2003 and renamed to Lynnwood Transit Center. A Lynnwood Link Extension, light rail project to extend service to Lynnwood was approved by voters in 2008 as part of the Sound Transit 2 ballot measure and began construction in 2019. The light rail station at the transit center opened on August 30, 2024, and the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King County Metro
King County Metro, officially the King County Metro Transit Department and often shortened to Metro, is the public transit authority of King County, Washington, which includes the city of Seattle. It is the eighth-largest transit bus agency in the United States. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . Metro employs 2,477 full-time and part-time operators and operates 1,540 buses. King County Metro formally began operations on January 1, 1973, but can trace its roots to the Seattle Transit System, founded in 1939, and Overlake Transit Service, a private operator founded in 1927 to serve the Eastside (King County, Washington), Eastside. Metro is also contracted to operate and maintain Sound Transit's 1 Line (Sound Transit), 1 Line Link light rail line and eight of the agency's Sound Transit Express bus routes along with the Seattle Streetcar lines owned by the City of Seattle. Metro's services include Trolleybuses in Seattle, electric trolleybuses in Seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 405 (Washington)
Interstate 405 (I-405) is a north–south List of auxiliary Interstate Highways, auxiliary Interstate Highway serving the Seattle metropolitan area, Seattle region of Washington (state), Washington, United States. It bypass (road), bypasses Seattle east of Lake Washington, traveling through the Eastside (King County, Washington), Eastside area of King County, Washington, King and Snohomish County, Washington, Snohomish counties, providing an alternate route to Interstate 5 in Washington, I-5. The freeway serves the cities of Renton, Washington, Renton, Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue, Kirkland, Washington, Kirkland, and Bothell, Washington, Bothell. I-405 terminates at I-5 in Tukwila, Washington, Tukwila and Lynnwood, Washington, Lynnwood, and also intersects several major highways, including Washington State Route 167, SR 167, Interstate 90 in Washington, I-90, Washington State Route 520, SR 520, and Washington State Route 522, SR 522. The Eastside highway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downtown Seattle
Downtown is the central business district of Seattle, Washington. It is fairly compact compared with other city centers on the U.S. West Coast due to its geographical situation, being hemmed in on the north and east by hills, on the west by Elliott Bay, and on the south by reclaimed land that was once tidal flats. It is bounded on the north by Denny Way, beyond which are Lower Queen Anne (sometimes known as "Uptown"), Seattle Center, and South Lake Union; on the east by Interstate 5, beyond which is Capitol Hill to the northeast and Central District to the east; on the south by S Dearborn Street, beyond which is Sodo; and on the west by Elliott Bay, a part of Puget Sound. Neighborhoods Belltown, Denny Triangle, the retail district, the West Edge, the financial district, the government district, Pioneer Square, Chinatown, Japantown, Little Saigon, and the western flank of First Hill west of Broadway make up downtown Seattle's chief neighborhoods. Near the center ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sound Transit Express
Sound Transit Express (ST Express) is a network of regional express buses, operated by the multi-county transit agency, Sound Transit. The routes connect major regional hubs throughout 53 cities in three counties (King, Pierce, and Snohomish) in the Puget Sound region. Sound Transit Express ranks first in the nation in the number of commuter bus passengers carried and in vehicle miles driven. The first nine routes and 114 buses began carrying passengers on September 19, 1999. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . Unlike a typical transit bus, Sound Transit Express routes typically make limited stops as they travel longer distances on the freeways. Most routes operate seven days a week, with runs throughout the day. Where available, buses use transit-only lanes, high-occupancy vehicle lanes, high-occupancy toll lanes, express lanes, bus bypass shoulders, and direct access ramps to speed travel times. While Sound Transit oversees, plans, and fun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Link Light Rail
Link light rail is a light rail system with some rapid transit characteristics that serves the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. It is managed by Sound Transit in partnership with local transit providers, and consists of three non-connected lines: the 1 Line (Sound Transit), 1 Line (formerly Central Link) in King County, Washington, King County and Snohomish County, Washington, Snohomish County, which travels for between Lynnwood, Washington, Lynnwood, Seattle, and Seattle–Tacoma International Airport; the 2 Line (Sound Transit), 2 Line in King County's Eastside (King County, Washington), Eastside region, which travels for between Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue and Redmond, Washington, Redmond; and the T Line (Sound Transit), T Line (formerly Tacoma Link) in Pierce County, Washington, Pierce County, which runs for between Downtown Tacoma and Tacoma Dome Station. In , the system had a ridership of 23.9 million, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swift Bus Rapid Transit
Swift Bus Rapid Transit (stylized ''Swift'', in italics) is a bus rapid transit system operated by Community Transit in Snohomish County, Washington, Snohomish County, Washington, part of the Seattle metropolitan area. Swift consists of three routes that total over in length. The Swift Blue Line, Blue Line, opened in 2009, runs on the Washington State Route 99, State Route 99 corridor between Everett, Washington, Everett and Shoreline, Washington, Shoreline. The Swift Green Line, Green Line opened in 2019 and runs from the Boeing Everett Factory to Mill Creek, Washington, Mill Creek and Bothell, Washington, Bothell via Washington State Route 527, State Route 527. It was followed by the Swift Orange Line, Orange Line, which connects Lynnwood, Washington, Lynnwood to Mill Creek, in 2024. Swift has the highest Patronage (transport), ridership of any Community Transit service. The service also has the highest headway, frequency out of all Community Transit routes, ranging from 10 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Transportation Benefit Area
A public transportation benefit area, abbreviated as PTBA, is a type of public-benefit corporation for public transit operators in the U.S. state of Washington. It was authorized in 1975 along with a funding mechanism that uses sales taxes levied within a district. , there are 31 PTBAs that cover most of Washington's counties and large cities, with the exception of Seattle. Description Public transportation benefit areas are defined by Revised Code of Washington Chapter 36.57A, and are described as special taxing districts created solely for the purpose of funding public transportation. Within Washington state, there are 31 systems that cover all or parts of 23 counties and serve 132 cities. The majority of transit systems in the state are operated by public transportation benefit areas, with the exception of King County Metro (a metropolitan county system) and Sound Transit (a regional transit authority) in the Seattle metropolitan area; as well as county transportation authoriti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bus Garage
A bus garage, also known as a bus depot, bus base or bus barn, is a facility where buses are stored and maintained. In many conurbations, bus garages are on the site of former car barns or tram sheds, where trams (streetcars) were stored, and the operation transferred to buses. In other areas, garages were built to replace horsebus yards or on virgin sites when populations were not as high as now. Description Most bus garages will contain the following elements: *Internal parking *External parking *Fueling point *Fuel storage tanks *Engineering section *Inspection pits *Bus wash *Brake test lane *Staff canteen/break room *Administration office Smaller garages may contain the minimum engineering facilities, restricted to light servicing capabilities only. Garages may also contain recovery vehicles, often converted buses, although their incidence has declined with the use of contractors to recover break-downs, and the increase in reliability. Overnight, the more valuable or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
