June 2021
June is Ride Transit Month
June is Ride Transit Month, put on by the Transportation Choices Coalition. Be sure to check out their website for their menu of programs including talks, trivia, and merchandise.
See the Employee Resources section below for information to pass along to your employees.
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Last Call for Free Telework Consultant Services
This is your last chance to utilize a free national telework consultant to help you and your worksites with long term telework plans at your organization. Free services end in August 2021, so take advantage now!
Services can range from a phone call and some resources shared all the way up to focus groups, policies, and plans. Let us know if we can introduce you to Elham Shirazi with eplanning, who is contracted by our peers at King County Metro for their WorkSmart Telework program.
More information about this offer here.
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Bike Month Recap
COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at Ash Way Park & Ride + Free Rides to Vaccines
If you or your employees have not yet received your free COVID-19 vaccine, you can go to Ash Way Park & Ride. Free vaccines are offered on a drive-thru or walk-up basis. Appointments are recommended, but not required.
For information, including how to get there on the bus, visit this page.
In addition, through June 30, Community Transit is offering people free rides on the bus to get their COVID-19 vaccination at any location. More information here.
Community Transit is not the only one to offer free transportation to your vaccine either; check out these others transportation partners offering free rides, too.
Advanced Training Opportunities
Each training program counts as 1 hour toward your 6 required annual training hours unless stated otherwise. To get advanced training credit, please complete the Advanced Training Hours Survey once you have watched a program.
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Community Transit Hosted Training Programs
June 23, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. – Trip Planning for Employees
(1 hour Advanced Training Credit)
How do I plan a commute trip that is not driving alone? You have come to the right training! With several sites starting to plan for a return to the office for their employees, we want to capture this key behavior change opportunity before drive alone habits are formed. Community Transit staff will go over resources and available tools to help you help employees plan their trips on transit, carpool/vanpool, or biking/walking. RSVP here.
June 30, 2 – 3 p.m. – ETC Online Networking Meeting
(1 hour Advanced Training Credit)
In this June ETC Networking meeting, you will learn about relevant Community Transit updates as well as what’s happening regionally with Sound Transit from our colleague Luke with Community Transit. We will also have some fun with an online scavenger hunt! RSVP here.
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Training Programs from Industry Partners
Managing the Hybrid Workplace Recording
(1 hour Advanced Training Credit)
Elham Shirazi with WorkSmart presents about navigating the hybrid telework environment. This presentation focuses on many of the trends surrounding return to the office while maintaining remote work. The information focuses on what executives and managers should be aware of when planning their strategies regarding the return to the office. The webinar also features a guest speaker from the Port of Seattle.
Recording here.
Check out our ETC Resources page for other Recorded CTR Training Programs for opportunities to earn your training hours. Remember to complete the Advanced Training Hours Survey to get credit.
Employee Resources
Please read the following and forward to your employees:
 Ride Transit Month Happenings
Transportation Choices Coalition kicked off its annual Ride Transit Month! Public transportation is more important than ever before as we work to recover and return to transit. Many have been riding transit all year long while others are dusting off their ORCA cards as the state prepares for reopening on June 30th or as they consider returning to the office over the next several months.
This Year's Full Schedule
Share a photo, story, shout-out, or resources from your experience with transit over the last year at hashtag #RideTransitMonth.
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Transportation Pilot to Launch in Lynnwood 2022
Community Transit has partnered with the City of Lynnwood to test new transportation services within the city.
Residents and employees in the city can provide feedback on two potential options:
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Microtransit: This flexible service would operate within a broad area, similar to Uber or Lyft. Customers can simply request a ride when they need it. Requests for pick-up and drop-off would be made using a mobile phone app or calling.
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Community Van: This would be an option for small groups of people who want to ride together, similar to carshare programs like Car2Go or Zipcar. The vehicles would be parked at convenient locations in Lynnwood, such as City Hall or Edmonds College. Residents could request a van for use or join a trip that is already planned.
The community survey is live until June 25. All respondents are entered into a drawing for one of four $100 VISA gift cards. After the survey closes, Community Transit will select the services to test, with plans to launch in spring 2022.
Lynnwood was selected for this pilot program because of its large population size and many popular destinations. Community Transit worked with a diverse group of community organizations to understand residents’ travel needs. Microtransit and Community Van were developed to address accessibility, equity, flexibility, and safety. Lynnwood will also be the site of the northern terminal for Link light rail in 2024.
Please encourage any of your employees who live, work, or travel to destinations in Lynnwood to take the survey!
English Lynnwood Transportation Survey
Spanish Lynnwood Transportation Survey
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Sound Transit Updates
New Link Light Rail Trains
The first of the Series 2 light rail vehicles rolled into service in May, giving riders a taste of the new trains that will more than triple Sound Transit's light rail fleet by 2024. Check out this blog post for photos and videos to learn more about the vehicles.
With the region's continuing recovery from the pandemic, Sound Transit will improve Link light rail service frequencies starting June 12. Link will run every eight minutes during peak hours and every ten minutes during midday and weekends. During late evenings, Link will run every 15 minutes.
Interurban Trail to close for ten months near the Lynnwood Transit Center
Beginning Monday, July 12, Sound Transit will close the Interurban Trail between 52nd Ave W and 44th Ave W near the Lynnwood Transit Center for ten months, reopening on May 1, 2022. A detour will be provided for trail users. During the closure, crews will continue building the Lynwood City Center Station, the new parking garage and restore the Scriber Creek area. More info here and image below.
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