Community Transit looks to connect Link light rail and Swift
SHORELINE — Thousands of Snohomish County commuters can tell Community Transit how it should connect its Swift Blue Line buses to future light rail in Shoreline.
The transit agency wants input on the “rail on wheels” service extending to the 185th Street station scheduled to open in 2024. Currently, Swift service along Highway 99 between Everett and Shoreline ends at the Aurora Village Transit Center, about two miles northwest of a planned Sound Transit Link stop.
But the station will be on the other side of I-5 and a bit south of where the bus rapid transit route ends now. Extending bus service means southbound riders wouldn’t have to go north to light rail stations in Lynnwood or Mountlake Terrace.
“The expansion of our Swift Blue Line to the 185th Street I-5 station in Shoreline is a key part of Community Transit’s plan to provide connectivity to Link light rail in 2024,” Community Transit Director of Planning and Development Roland Behee said in a press release.
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