First, I want to applaud Herald writer Rikki King and photographer Ian Terry for great photos in your story “Bleeding red ink, Everett Transit headed for $1.6M deficit” (The Herald, March 14). I hope the news story receives wider recognition.
Second, as a transit advocate and friend of Mukilteo, I believe strongly considering Everett Transit serves Mukilteo with Everett Transit Routes 70 and 18; the City Council and the Mayor of Mukilteo need to engage in the dialogue around Everett Transit’s future. Especially as I understand at the least Route 18 connecting the Mukilteo ferry terminal to Everett Station will be pared back to peak-only due to low ridership.
Since Everett Transit annexing the city limits of Mukilteo would be time-consuming and politically very challenging; perhaps Community Transit could instead be requested to replace most of the need and demand for Everett Transit Routes 18 and 70.
This replacement would be running buses half-hourly from Seaway Transit Center, past the Future of Flight, where guests have had difficulty navigating a steep incline between the Future of Flight and the Community Transit bus stop; and to the Mukilteo Multimodal Terminal. Everett Transit could then simply be responsible for linking the Everett Station transit hub with Seaway Transit Center, a substantial savings by limiting Everett Transit services to Everett Transit’s service area.
Finally, considering how awesome Everett Transit is, I sincerely hope fellow Everett Transit supporters will please engage in the Long Term Plan comment process and properly invest in Everett Transit. Thank you.
Joe Kunzler
Sedro-Woolley
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