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Hybrid Alternative

On Sept. 1, the Community Transit Board of Directors selected the "Hybrid Alternative" as the service plan for the agency's 2012 System Change. Below are details, but not actual schedules, for this service plan which will go into effect on Feb. 20, 2012.

This Hybrid Alternative was created at the board’s direction in response to public input this summer.

The Hybrid Alternative achieves the same cost savings as the original three alternatives by combining the commuter route network proposed in Alternative I with the local route network proposed in Alternative III, with some modifications to each. The Hybrid Alternative does not include Sunday service.

Local Service

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In the Hybrid Alternative - like Alternative III - peak period weekday frequencies on the primary route corridors would range from 12 – 30 minutes. Many key street segments have a bus every 15 minutes at peak times because routes are designed to overlap to provide that frequency in high ridership areas.

For the rest of the local route network, most frequencies on weekdays would be  40 – 60 minutes. In Alternatives I & II, fewer routes and corridors have such frequent service.

Routes Eliminated, Revised

Several routes eliminated, though in many cases the routing would be covered by revised service on other routes. Eliminated: Routes 118, 121, 131, 190, 221, 271, 275.

Many routes are significantly revised, serving different park & rides, streamlining routing or replacing portions of other routes. Major routing changes: Routes 112, 113, 115, 116, 119, 130, 201, 202, 222, 240, 270, 280.

New Local Service

There would also be some new local route segments in the Hybrid and Alternative III:

• Edmonds to Lynnwood: New Route 196 between the Edmonds Ferry and Alderwood along the designated Transit Emphasis Corridor of 196^th Street. This would combine segments of Routes 113, 116 and 118 into one continuous route on 196^th Street, providing more direct access to many destinations.
• Marysville: New routing along 88^th for modified Route 222 (eliminates routing on Grove and 100^th Street)
• Everett: New routing along Broadway with limited stops for the modified Routes 201 & 202
• Mill Creek: New routing on Mill Creek Road for modified Route 116 (eliminates routing on Village Green Drive (except Route 106 service at peak hours) and Mill Creek Boulevard.
• Mill Creek: There would also be a small new segment of Route 106 along Trillium Blvd. in Mill Creek near Jackson High School, served at peak morning and afternoon hours.
• Edmonds/Meadowdale: New routing on Olympic View Drive for modified Route 119.
• Mountlake Terrace: Revised Routes 110 and 119 would provide service every 15 minutes at peak hours between Premera/Hwy. 99 (the city's largest employment area) and the Mountlake Terrace Transit Center, with connections to/from Seattle and other parts of Snohomish County.

Hybrid Changes from Alternative III

• On the Tulalip Reservation, Route 222 would continue to serve Silver Village and Marine Drive near the Q Casino and I-5. See Route 222 map.
• In Sultan, the High Street loop serving the Sultan Library and food bank would be preserved on some midday trips of Route 272 (a modified version of Route 270/271 - see map).

Boeing Service

• The Flight Line south of Hwy. 526  would be served by select trips, with schedules designed so that passengers on other trips could transfer to Flight Line service.
• The Route 277 trip to Gold Bar would be preserved. Buses would stop at Everett Station in both the mornings and afternoons to provide a transfer for Route 280 Boeing riders.
• Route 280 trips would no longer travel all the way to Boeing, but would stop at Everett Station where Boeing riders could transfer to Route 277.
• See Route 277/280 map.

Commuter Service

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The Hybrid Alternative preserves most of the familiar commuter routes to Seattle as presented in Alternative I with some modifications. Most commuter routes would lose trips but maintain their current routing, as described in Alternative I.

The changes for the Hybrid Alternative are:

• Route 401 would be elimnated. Service on 44th Avenue in Lynnwood would be provided by revised Route 417. Additional trips from Lynnwood Transit Center would also be added to Route 402. See Route 401/417 map.
• Route 417 – This route would continue its service from Mukilteo to Seattle, but it would travel down Highway 99 and 44^th Avenue W to serve the Lynnwood Transit Center before getting on I-5. See Route 417 map.
• Route 435 – While this route would continue its direct service to Seattle, it would originate at the Canyon Park Park & Ride and not serve the segment between Mays Pond and Bothell. Revised Route 106 would connect Mays Pond with both Route 435 service at Canyon Park and Routes 410 and 412 service at Mariner and McCollum park & rides, respectively. See Route 435 map.