Community Transit will host its first virtual public meeting to share information and take questions on the September 2017/March 2018 Service Expansion Proposal. The virtual meeting will take place from 6-7 p.m. on March 14.

Community Transit has proposed to increase bus service by six percent in the next year. Details are available at www.communitytransit.org/ProposedService. Public comment on the proposal runs through April 7.

Anyone can participate in the virtual public meeting, which will consist of a 15-minute presentation on the service expansion proposal, then a lengthy Q&A session with the agency’s service planners. Information on how to log onto the session by computer or mobile device are available at www.communitytransit.org/VirtualMeeting.

The proposal would expand service in September 2017 and March 2018, bringing Snohomish County bus riders improved transit connections, a new route to the Paine Field manufacturing area, more weekday trips to Seattle and UW, and improved Sunday bus service with more frequent buses and later hours on some routes.

A proposed extension of Route 105 would mimic the Paine Field routing of the Swift Green Line, a second bus rapid transit line scheduled to begin operation in early 2019.

A second opportunity to ask questions about the proposal will take place from 3-6 p.m. Thursday, March 23, in the Weyerhauser Room at Everett Station, 3201 Smith Ave, Everett.