Swift Bus Rapid Transit is a bus rapid transit system operated by Community Transit in Snohomish County, Washington, part of the Seattle metropolitan area. Swift consists of three routes that total over 40 miles (64 km) in length. The Blue Line, opened in 2009, runs on the State Route 99 corridor between Everett and Shoreline. The Green Line opened in 2019 and runs from the Boeing Everett Factory to Mill Creek and Bothell via State Route 527. It was followed by the Orange Line, which connects Lynnwood to Mill Creek, in 2024.
A southbound Blue Line bus at Wetmore Avenue Station in downtown Everett
A Swift bus deadheading to Everett Station to begin its route
August 2009
April 2014
Community Transit (CT) is the public transit authority of Snohomish County, Washington, United States, excluding the city of Everett, in the Seattle metropolitan area. It operates local bus, paratransit and vanpool service within Snohomish County, as well as commuter buses to Downtown Seattle and Northgate station. CT is publicly funded, financed through sales taxes, and farebox revenue, with an operating budget of $133.2 million. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 7,133,700, or about 24,400 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023, placing it fourth 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.
Two deadheading Community Transit buses in Seattle: an articulated bus and a "Double Tall" double-decker bus
A 1981 Flyer D901 bus in Community Transit's original livery leaving the University of Washington campus in 1982
A Swift coach passing a parked Everett Transit bus at Everett Station
A Sound Transit Express bus on route 512, operated by Community Transit.
