Getting around Edmonds with Community Transit
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.
Explore Edmonds with Rick Steves
Come explore the idyllic city of Edmonds, Washington‘s first Certified Creative District. Catch a Community Transit bus downtown to explore the rich art scene and extensive dining and retail options. Explore the picturesque waterfront and connect to regional transit via the ferry or Sounder Train.
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Community Transit driver Matt Chomjak wins second place at International Bus Roadeo
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Pictured above: Matt Chomjak (left) smiles with Community Transit’s Chief Operations Officer Roland Behee at the 2024 International Bus Rodeo in Portland, OR., where he took second place.
Community Transit bus driver Matt Chomjak has done it again. On April 28, Matt placed second in the American Public Transportation Association’s International Bus Roadeo in Portland, OR. Matt competed against the world’s best drivers in the 40-foot bus division, but, this certainly isn’t Matt’s first roadeo.
What is a bus roadeo? Well, it doesn’t involve horses but has a lot of horsepower. The International Bus Roadeo is an annual competition for transit employees to compete in bus driving and maintenance competitions. The bus driving category consists of a 7-minute “obstacle course” for drivers. The maintenance category involves teams of mechanics who must locate and fix issues in bus powertrains.
There is a system of qualifying events to get to the International Competition, including regional, state, and district level competitions.
In 2023, Matt placed first in the Washington State bus roadeo which got him to this year’s International Roadeo, where he competed with other drivers from across the U.S. and Canada.
Matt was confident in his run at the International Roadeo. “I knew before they announced it that I had done well, that’s how confident I was about my drive,” he said. He knew who his top competitors were, too. “It’s all about who has the best drive that day.”
Pictured above: Matt Chomjak stands in front of the bus that was wrapped with his picture after winning the 2006 International Bus Roadeo.
Matt started driving for Community Transit in 2001, won the local roadeo, and went to internationals his first year. In 2006, Matt took home first place at the International Bus Roadeo in Anaheim, CA, and was given the title “best bus driver in the world.” After his big win, Community Transit wrapped a bus with Matt’s face on it!
Over the years, Matt has switched between driving buses and training drivers for Community Transit. After his big win in 2006, Matt took a break from competing in roadeos. He started competing again at the state level in 2022.
The secret to Matt’s continued success? Practice. On his own time, Matt practices driving in the Community Transit bus lot, or will go to other agencies who have a training course set up. “It’s just practice and knowing each obstacle. If I hit something, I don’t focus on it. I just move to the next thing and do that one clean. Really, it’s just doing it over and over until you get it right,” he said.
Why does Matt keep competing? “I want to win. I enjoy doing these competitions, and, being around the other people who are a part of these competitions is so much fun.”
