LYNNWOOD—Community Transit is celebrating the grand opening of the Swift Orange Line on March 30 and the whole community is invited to join a family-friendly, taste-tantalizing, busloads-of-fun Block Party!
Whether you’re a transit enthusiast, foodie, or just looking for a fun day out, mark your calendars because you won’t want to miss this! The block party is near Brier Hall, just west of the Edmonds College Transit Center on 68th Ave W.
- WHAT: Block Party for the whole family
- WHEN: Saturday, March 30 from 12 to 3 p.m.
- WHERE: Edmonds College, 20000 68th Ave. W Lynnwood, WA 98036
Block Party attendees will enjoy delicious eats from Triton Taste, Flyin Taco, GoodBelly, and Dreamy Drinks food trucks. Dive into a world of creativity with face painting, balloon art, and temporary Henna tattoos. Challenge your friends to yard games or simply relax and enjoy live bands. Capture memories with hand-drawn portraits. Take pictures with characters and superheroes from your favorite books and movies.
Attendees can pick up a special passport sticker booklet and go on a learning journey with local organizations who will be present, including:
- Edmonds College
- Boys and Girls Club of Snohomish County
- City of Lynnwood
- Economic Alliance Snohomish County (EASC)
- Latino Educational Training Institute (LETI)
- ORCA
- Snohomish County Transportation Coalition (Snotrac)
- Sno-Isle Libraries
- Sound Transit
- Transportation Choices Coalition
- Verdant Health Commission
Take the bus to the Swift Orange Line Block Party! Kids ride free every day!
Riders can plan their bus trip and view schedules by going to communitytransit.org and clicking on:
- Maps & Schedules – View March 30, 2024 preview schedules as there will be some changes to routes that day.
- Plan My Trip – Enter a start and end location and get schedules, fares, and other trip information. Set the departure or arrival time to March 30 to see new schedules.
- Rider Alerts – Subscribe and get email updates about route changes.
Riders can also get help with personalized trip planning or request a printed schedule for any route by calling Customer Care at (425) 353-7433 (RIDE) or emailing riders@commtrans.org. Don’t forget your ORCA Card, and if you need one, there will be commemorative cards to take home as a keepsake.
About Swift Orange Line
The Swift Orange Line, Community Transit’s third BRT line, will connect to the existing Swift Blue Line and Swift Green Line to provide a network of fast, frequent bus service along major corridors. The Swift Orange Line will travel between Edmonds College and Mill Creek. Notably, it will make a stop at Lynnwood Transit Center, allowing people to connect to Link light rail this fall. Swift Orange Line riders can also connect to rideshare services from the Swift Orange Line, including Zip Alderwood Shuttle and Vanpool.
Swift BRT service serves begins at 4:15 a.m. weekdays, 6 a.m. Saturdays, and 7 a.m. Sundays. Buses run every 10 minutes on weekdays, and every 15–20 minutes on early mornings, evenings, and weekends.
Community Transit provides bus and paratransit service, vanpool, and innovative transit options in Snohomish County, Wash. The agency is expanding the Swift bus rapid transit network to connect to light rail and provide fast, frequent service throughout the county.
SOURCE: Community Transit Press release
Author: Lynnwood Times Staff
