Getting around Lake Stevens with Community Transit

an aerial view of Lake Stevens in winter

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

 

About Lake Stevens

Lake Stevens is a small city located about six miles East of Everett named for the lake it surrounds. Along with its many residential areas, it has two major commercial centers: downtown and Frontier Village. People traveling to and from the area can choose from four bus routes that serve the Lake Stevens Transit Center. People can also use Community Transit's DART paratransit service and Vanpool services. Multiple parks and trails also offer nearby options for pedestrians and bikers.

A Zip Shuttle van driving

New Zip Shuttle pilot areas now available

Zip Shuttle service areas now include Lake Stevens, Arlington, and Darrington in addition to Alderwood to make getting around even easier!

 

 

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News / Published on Feb 3, 2023

Arlington City Council Member Jan Schuette selected as Community Transit board chair

Arlington City Council Member Jan Schuette was selected by her peers this week to serve as chair of the Community Transit Board of Directors for 2023.
Headshot of Arlington Council Member Jan Schuette

Snohomish County, Wash. – Arlington City Council Member Jan Schuette was selected by her peers this week to serve as chair of the Community Transit Board of Directors for 2023. A former Stanwood High School principal, Schuette was elected to the Arlington City Council in 2013 and has served on the Community Transit board since 2016.

Snohomish City Council Member Tom Merrill was selected as board vice chair and Stanwood Mayor Sid Roberts was selected as secretary.

Snohomish County Council Member Megan Dunn was recently named as an alternate to the CT board by the county.

Former Community Transit board chair and Lake Stevens City Council Member Kim Daughtry was selected as PSRC policy board representative. Schuette was named PRSC alternate representative.

The Community Transit board is comprised of nine elected officials from Snohomish County and the cities within the transit agency’s service district, as well as a labor representative selected by the agency’s bargaining units.

Community Transit Board members include:

  • Arlington City Council Member Jan Schuette, chair
  • Snohomish City Council Member Tom Merrill, vice chair
  • Stanwood Mayor Sid Roberts, secretary
  • Labor Representative Lance Norton
  • Lake Stevens City Council Member Kim Daughtry
  • Lynnwood Mayor Christine Frizzell
  • Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring
  • Mukilteo Mayor Joe Marine
  • Snohomish County Council Chair Jared Mead
  • Snohomish County Council Member Strom Peterson

Community Transit Board Alternates include:

  • Brier City Council Member Mike Gallagher
  • Bothell Mayor Mason Thompson
  • Edmonds City Council Member Susan Paine
  • Mountlake Terrace Mayor Kyoko Matsumoto Wright
  • Snohomish County Council Member Megan Dunn

Community Transit is responsible for providing bus and paratransit service, vanpool and alternative commute options in Snohomish County. The agency is building a network of Swift bus rapid transit lines with the Swift Blue Line along Highway 99, Swift Green Line between Canyon Park/Bothell and Boeing/Paine Field, and Swift Orange Line coming to Mill Creek and Lynnwood in 2024.