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Kittitas County Transportation Element 2018 <br />Transit Network <br />The city of Ellensburg is the only location in Kittitas <br />County with regular intracity transit service. Route 1 <br />and Route 2 are operated along the same route, but <br />in opposite directions. Headways between buses on <br />each route are currently one hour. Approximately <br />54,000 transit trips are taken annually on Central <br />Transit. Ellensburg recently voted for a sales tax <br />measure that partially funds transit service in the <br />city. The existing Central Transit service is a <br />collaboration between the City, CWU, and <br />HopeSource, a Community Action Agency in <br />Ellensburg. With the new sales tax, Ellensburg has <br />hired a transit manager as a full time position, and <br />will continue to improve existing service. It is <br />planning to add two new routes to its regular <br />service, one extending west to University Way and <br />Dolarway Road and one north to Bender Road and <br />east to Pfenning Road. Figure 11 shows existing and <br />future routes by Central Transit <br />In addition to the Central Transit service, Ellensburg <br />is also served by the Yakima-Ellensburg Commuter <br />operated by Yakima Transit. The route does not <br />provide local service but connects to Yakima and <br />offers three stops in Ellensburg (Figure 12). There <br />are a total of seven weekday trips in each direction <br />(Yakima to Ellensburg and vice versa) and no <br />weekend or holiday service. <br />HopeSource offers on-demand shuttle service in Cle <br />Elum, Easton, Kittitas, Ronald, and Roslyn. Trips must <br />be booked two days in advance and specialized <br />needs such as medical appointments are prioritized. <br />For connections outside of the County, Greyhound <br />has a service with a stop in Ellensburg, the Apple <br />Line bus travels north into Chelan and Okanogan <br />counties, and the Bellair private charter bus takes <br />residents to and from the SeaTac Airport. <br />Grant and Kittitas Counties were recently awarded a <br />grant to create an express route from Ellensburg at <br />CWU to Moses Lake in Grant County. This project <br />will facilitate travel between the counties along the <br />1-90 corridor. <br />A Central Transit bus in Ellensburg. <br />25 JP age