[HD] The LAST Weekday of Community Transit 400-Series Routes in Downtown Seattle (Read The Desc!)

Hello, and welcome to the channel.
In this video, we have a final look at Community Transit buses in the Downtown Seattle core. Community Transit is responsible for transit in Snohomish County, Washington, around 30 miles north of the Seattle area. Effective the shakeup on September 14, 2024, all but one 400-series routes were eliminated due to the extension of the Link 1-Line to Lynnwood. As a result, the 400-series network was re-configured into a 6-route regional network serving former destinations to the north. They are as follows:
901 Silver Firs-Lynnwood City Center Station
903 Lake Stevens-Lynnwood City Center Station
904 Marysville-Lynnwood City Center Station
905 Stanwood-Lynnwood City Center Station
907 Stanwood I-5 Park & Ride-Seaway Transit Center
909 Edmonds-Mountlake Terrace Station
One, technically two routes remain active from this shakeup.
424:
The 424 was retained as it was decided to eliminate this route when the 2-line is finally opened across Lake Washington. This is not scheduled to take place until 2025.
402:
The 402 remains albeit in a different form, the 515. This bus connects the same destinations as the former 402, Lynnwood Transit Center and Downtown Seattle. A decision was made to keep the bus in order to provide options along the I-5 corridor connecting Seattle and Lynnwood. Like the former 402, the 515 runs during peak hours only.
Along with this shakeup, the 800-series routes serving Northgate Station were also eliminated. Until the 1-Line was extended from U-District to Northgate, these 800-series routes were the main connections from Lynnwood to University District.
On my visits to Seattle, I always looked forward to riding the Community Transit commuter buses as well as King County's New Flyer high floors to eastern destinations.
==Links==
Community Transit shakeup:
www.communityt...

[@psychonautO8743]

Back in Vancouver, I took a big TransLink trip.
My DaysInn was near Gateway Station, so I walked there at 9:43 AM. I got on Mark 1 car 135. Then, I got off at New Westminster station and then went to a Safeway to get some medicine. Then, I took my first Community Shuttle (new route 102 on bus 19541) and then it turned around coming back from Victoria Hill, then I got off at Columbia station and then took Mark 2 car 207 to Scott Road station (rare mark 2 on the expo line). Then, I got on a Waterfront train (Mark 3 cars 449-452). I got to walk through the whole train (nice!). Then, I got off at Waterfront station and had lunch at Fatburger. Then I took "Mark 4 car 509" on the Canada Line to Broadway-City Hall. When I said Mark 4 car 509, since they skipped Mark 4, I decided to call it a Mark 4. Also, I renumbered the Canada line cars to 501-564 to avoid confusion with Mark 1 and Mark 2 cars 101-132 and 201-232. Then, I got on the 99 B-Line to Commercial-Broadway Station. It was my first TransLink articulated bus. It was 23003. Then, at Commercial-Broadway station, I got on the Millenium Line for the first time (Mark 2 car 203). Also, rare 2-car train instead of regular 4-car Mark 2s. I got off at Production Way-University and took 23014 on the 145 to SFU. Then, I got off at SFU Exchange (first full ride on a TransLink vehicle). Then, I got on an R5 RapidBus (19020; there was a 143 coming first but it was 8140, not a RapidBus, luckily the R5 was an actual RapidBus!) to Duthie Avenue and then took my first CNG bus (3309 on the 160 to Kootenay Loop, also my first vehicle to get involbed in an accident; it once rear ended S417) and then got on my first TransLink select trip (9633 on the 130 to Phibbs Exchange). Then, at Phiibs Exchange, I took the 227 for 1 stop to Crown Street, and then used Google Maps to help me walk back to Phibbs Exchange. Before I walked back to Phibbs Exchange, I asked my son (since he was in charge of the trip) if he wanted to get on an Upper Lynn Valley-bound 210 (9624), and he said, "we can walk back to Phibbs". Then, we got on a 211 Burrard Station and then got off at Main Street, taking an 8 one stop (first articulated trolley in Vancouver; 2521). If you're wondering where the E40LFR is, I already took it on 10/30/2023 on my first translink bus (2112 on the 17). I got off the 8 at Powell Street and then walked to a convience store to get some Advil, and then we walked to Main Street-Science World station. I took Expo Line Mark 3 car 330 to 22nd Street station to take my first TransLink double-decker. It was 19425 on the 340. I took the 340 to 109A Street and missed 19430 back to 22nd Street. Luckily, the 340 runs pretty frequent in the rush hour, and then I took 19426 to Howes Street. We all got off at Howes Street because there was construction at 22nd Street station and our bus was too tall, so the driver of the 340 said "take a 104 or 410". He also could've said 418 because it has some reverse-peak trips. I went to check out if that was 104/410/418 to 22nd Street. No. It was 104 Annacis Island and 410 Brighouse station and 418 Kingswood. I missed the 410 (9542). Luckily, a 104 was coming next (I was lucky to catch a new natural-gas bus!) It was 24107 (dang those buses are loud). Then I took my first rush-hour TransLink route (418). This was because my 104 22nd Street turned into a 418 Kingswood, so technically I got to ride it. Then I took Expo Line Mark 3 cars 334 and 333 to Sapperton station, and then I rode Mark 3 car 481 to Columbia station, and then Expo Line Mark 3 car 405 back to Gateway station. (the train was very crowded btw). Then, I walked to the pizza place by Gateway, and then walked back to the DaysInn at 5:39 PM.
It was a long trip. 11/25/2024. It took a whopping 8 hours!

[@jasperli]

Artic heaven 🤤

[@jmstransit]

Comes with the cost of being **very** late to adopt rail rapid transit though

[@jasperli]

@ oh, trust me, I know. I’m from Ottawa. We filled our transitways with artics & double deckers to the point Centretown was bumper to bumper with buses during rush hour.

[@QuarioQuario54321]

1:59 And only 7 agencies ordered them so that’s saying a lot.

[@psychonautO8743]

Why didn't you do the 800s?

[@psychonautO8743]

3:13 Friday was the 13th, and Saturday was the 14th.

[@edy21865]

Why do Seattle's XDE60 buses not have the middle door like Vancouver?

[@jmstransit]

Middle-door artics exist on King County Metro outside of Rapidride, but I don’t know why they have both kinds when they have the same USSC Aries seating.
Other than that, for Community Transit and Sound Transit, these articulated buses have suburban interiors and comfy seats that put Vancouver’s Suburban Novas to shame.

[@Mark1-l6o]

Bruh why