Everett Transit, Community Transit will again consider merger

EVERETT — The city of Everett is once again looking into a possible merger of Everett Transit and Community Transit, Mayor Cassie Franklin told the city council on Wednesday.

If approved, it would mean Everett Transit would cease to operate; its services replaced by Community Transit with expanded borders and more revenue, thanks to that agency’s higher sales tax rate.

The consolidation of the two agencies could lead to more efficient and more frequent bus service within the city of Everett while increasing connections to other parts of Snohomish County, officials say. Detractors of the plan say the city would lose its relatively unique local control of its public transportation network.

Everett has studied the possible merger before multiple times, though it paused in recent years because other short-term projects were more pressing at both transit agencies, a 2024 document by Community Transit, Everett Transit and the city of Everett reads. Now that planning has resumed, Franklin said in an interview Wednesday.

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