Community Transit

The regular CT buses have always spot on for me but today I had to ride one of the «swift» buses which is supposed to come «every 12 minutes»…well it didn’t come for 20 minutes which then made me late for an Everett Transit transfer which caused me a 40 minute delay.

Seriously the worst company I’ve ever had the displeasure to work with. The drivers are unbelievably rude, and don’t even get me started on just HOW late buses can be. One of my favorite things from them also happens to be when I call their Call Center to complain about how nonexistent their buses are, and then am made to feel like I’m fucking stupid and can’t read a bus sign. I’m going to be sure that the Community Transit name is dragged through the mud (as if they need any help from me) in hopes that a better company takes the mantle. I’m sure BBB+ would love to hear some of their exploits, as well.

I stood in the 35 degree morning fog, having waited for a bus that was now 10 minutes late. Mondays are the worst because that driver never comes early, when the rest of the week the drivers do. Oh, there’s the bus but, oh no, it’s stopping a block away, even though it’s late so that the driver can walk through the bus, change the signs and I don’t know, pick his nose. Some people should never be in the service industry.
Guess what, we got the short straw so we are in the old bus with no heat. I wish I had worn a warmer coat. Maybe tomorrow we’ll get a newer bus with the driver who strives to be there early so that we can wait in a warm bus.

I take CT to work into Seattle 5 & sometimes 6 times a week for 18 plua years. During this time I have experienced many bus drivers under numerous atressfull conditions. I have found that they are professional and great defensive drivers, meaning that they caredully watch the other cars to avoid prolems. I think the drivers work for another company, whose name I don’t know. CThie contracts drucwrs through that comany. I’m gratefdon’t have to drive to work and back and know I’ll arrive safe. Thanks drivers!

In regards to commuting, I’m grateful for two things… Community Transit and that I don’t have to commute on the weekends. Community Transit serves it’s commuters with clean and comfortable buses with plenty of service in and out of downtown Seattle on the weekdays during typical peak times. However, if you’re an unfortunate soul who works on the weekends, you’re jacked. Due to budget cuts, weekend service is extremely limited or non-​existent.
Note: Something unique about Community Transit is there double-​decker bus. On certain routes, one can take a «double tall» bus, thus adding to the appeal of taking a bus to work.
Their tagline: The Double Tall
More riders. Less maintenance.
Smaller footprint. Bigger views.
I certainly don’t disagree. They are basically the limo of public transportation. For the SUV drivers of the world, you get to sit higher than everyone else on the road. There are air vents above each row all the way down the aisle so there’s constant air-​flow. There’s a push button for stops instead of yankin’ on a chord. The seats are comfy due to newer well built cushions that have padding in all the right places. The only issue I see with the seats at this point is the seats have a button to recline the seat, but don’t have a release button to move the aisle seat away from the window seat like some of the other CT buses. By the way, what’s up with allowing seats to recline on a bus? And what’s up with the riders who actually put them to use? There’s already a lack of leg room, even on the limo of public transportation.

The Swift is one of those cushy, fancy pseudotrain bus lines that just goes back and forth in a straight line from Aurora Village to Everett Transit Center. They take Orca cards and UPasses (oh how I will miss mine in a month when it’s gone forever) and are an incredibly simple and efficient way to travel up and down the northern part of 99.

Community Transit is great! Just becareful when at Aurora Village because they don’t look or slow down with a person is in the crosswalks. they just cut you off in the crosswalks.