Getting around Lake Stevens with Community Transit
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.
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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Community Transit selects Charles Stearns as Chief Information Officer
Snohomish County, Wash. – Information technology veteran Charles Stearns will join Community Transit as Chief Information Officer, a key executive role supporting the agency’s work to expand fast, reliable and innovative public transit options for Snohomish County.
“Charles will bring deep experience to help carry our public transit services into a future that offers people better options to get around,” said Community Transit CEO Ric Ilgenfritz. “His technical knowledge, emphasis on people and proven leadership abilities will help us harness technology and service innovation to make transit easier to choose and use, while strengthening our local economy.”
Stearns will join Community Transit in June after returning to the Puget Sound area. 
“I am honored to be selected for this leadership role with Community Transit,” said Stearns. “I was drawn to Community Transit as a mission-driven organization committed to innovation and sustainability, and am excited to implement technology solutions that benefit customers as we greatly expand our services over the next two years.”
Areas of upcoming focus at Community Transit include network expansions throughout Snohomish County, connecting with Link light rail in Lynnwood and extending the Swift bus rapid transit network, as well as consideration of options for deployment of zero-emission buses. Stearns’ talented department will also support the agency’s exploration of expanding innovative transportation options such as on-demand Zip service now being piloted in the Alderwood area.
Stearns joins Community Transit after 12 years with Kaiser Permanente Northwest serving members in communities across Oregon and Southwest Washington state. As Regional Information Officer, he was responsible for a 60-person department providing technology support and project implementation to care delivery and health plan operations.
During eight years of previous work at the international consulting firm of Booz Allen Hamilton, Stearns served as a project delivery lead and client manager for strategy, organizational change and software development initiatives.
Stearns retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the Washington Army National Guard after a 21-year career. During this time, he led the 81st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, headquartered locally in Everett and Marysville. Stearns also held leadership roles in operations, logistics, and cyber operations on active duty and in the National Guard.
Stearns earned a master’s degree in Strategic Planning for Critical Infrastructure from the University of Washington and a bachelor’s degree in History from Claremont McKenna College. He earned a project management professional certification from the Project Management Institute.
