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[Jacob Struiksma]

Commute Options Expo, May 16
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Subject: Commute Options Expo, May 16


Commute Options Expo, May 16
Fri, 08 May 2009 03:00:00 -0500


Free event features food, education and the Double Tall bus

Snohomish County, Wash. - In the current economic climate, anything free is welcome. Community Transit is offering a day of free fun and refreshments while giving people an opportunity to learn what they can do to help ease traffic congestion in Snohomish County.

The Commute Options Expo will be held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 at the Mill Creek Foursquare Church (1415 164th Street SW, Lynnwood). The church is accessible on Community Transit Routes 114 and 115.

While there will be plenty of fun for the whole family, the goal of the event is to educate the public on how their decisions can help reduce traffic congestion on some of the busiest stretches of road in Snohomish County. Attendees will learn how to find convenient bus routes or join a vanpool, identify opportunities for biking or walking, and have a chance to join the Curb the Congestion Club.

The Curb the Congestion Club began last year through a partnership between Community Transit and Snohomish County to help reduce traffic on 164th Street SW/SE between Highway 99 and Mill Creek. About 150 people joined the club last year, receiving monthly bus pass or vanpool subsidies in return for leaving their car at home. In a survey, 90 percent of participants said they would continue to use alternative transportation after their three-month membership in the program expired.

The program has now expanded to those who regularly use 128th Street between Everett and Mill Creek and 20th Street between Lake Stevens and Everett, two of the more congested corridors in the county. To be eligible for a subsidy, a participant must agree to take a bus or vanpool at least three times a week per month for three months. In return, participants receive a $54 a month stipend in the form of a bus pass or vanpool voucher.

People who already take the bus or a vanpool along those routes can earn $25 by recruiting someone else to the Curb the Congestion program. For more information on the Curb the Congestion Club, visit www.communitytransit.org/curbit, call (425) 438-6136 or email: curbit at commtrans.org.

At the May 16 Commute Options Expo there will be carnival games, bouncers and free ID kits for the children, and adults can line up for a free car wash. Family members can take the opportunity to tour Community Transit's popular Double Tall double decker bus.

Community Transit strives to help Puget Sound commuters think transit first. With the region's first bus rapid transit line - Swift, and a new four-story Mountlake Terrace parking garage in Mountlake Terrace, the agency is a leader in finding new ways to make alternative transportation an attractive option. Call Community Transit at (425) 353-RIDE or (800) 562-1375 for bus information, or (888) 814-1300 for carpool or vanpool information, or go to www.communitytransit.org.



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