Getting around Edmonds with Community Transit

An image of a water fountain in downtown Edmonds, WA

Community Transit is here to get you where you want to go. We are proud to be a part of the Edmonds community — we live here, ride here, and drive here. Wherever you need to go in Edmonds, feel good about how you get there.

About Edmonds

Edmonds is a city in the southwest corner of Snohomish County, facing Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains to the west. The city is part of the Seattle metropolitan area, located 15 miles north of Seattle and 18 miles southwest of Everett. It is the third most populous city in Snohomish County.

People traveling to and within the area can choose from multiple routes served by Community Transit buses, including Swift Blue Line and Swift Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit, the Sounder Train, and a ferry station with ferries running between Edmonds and Kingston.

Local transit options include Sound Transit buses, Community Transit buses, the Sounder Train, DART paratransit service, and Vanpool. Edmonds Station / Ferry Terminal, Edmonds College Transit Center, Edmonds Park & Ride, Swamp Creek Park & Ride and Lynnwood Transit Center, and Mountlake Terrace transit Center serve as major area transit hubs. Interurban Trail, North Creek Trail and North Creek trail also offer nearby options for pedestrians and bikers.

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Community Transit awarded for outstanding marketing and communication work

Mar 10, 2023, 05:00 by Rory Graves
Employees pose with their AdWheel awards.

Community Transit is a proud recipient of three first-place awards from the American Public Transportation Association’s 2023 AdWheel Awards! These are awarded to APTA members for outstanding marketing and communication efforts that contribute to strategic organization goals.

Community Transit received first-place awards for the following categories: 

  • “Best Electronic Media on Workforce Development" for our video series in support of mechanic recruitment.
  • “Best Educational Special Event“ for our Swift Orange Line Groundbreaking event. 
  • “Best Educational Shoestring Tactic” for our blog series in support of Van GO surplus vehicle grant program

“I am proud of our talented staff for their dedication to promoting our services and programs in effective and creative ways,” said Community Transit CEO Ric Ilgenfritz. “Each of these awards represents national recognition of our commitment to delivering excellent service to our customers and our community.”

And congratulations to our fellow 2023 AdWheel Award winners from Washington state — Link Transit, Spokane Transit Authority, and C-TRAN.

Want to join an award-winning team? Community Transit is hiring.