Spokane Community College Transit Center

Spokane Community College Transit Center
Spokane Community College Transit Center
STA transit center
	Spokane Community College Transit Center, pictured in September 2022, featuring shelters, restrooms, and battery electric bus charging infrastructure
General information
Location	1810 N Greene St., Spokane, WA 99217
Coordinates	47°40′23″N117°21′29″W / 47.673°N 117.358°W
Owned by	Spokane Transit Authority
Bus stands	4
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	c. 1984
Rebuilt	2013, 2019 (relocated to southeast side of campus)
Passengers
	1,436 (avg. weekday, 2022)
Location
Location

Last updated June 08, 2024

Spokane Community College Transit Center or SCC Transit Center is a transit center and BRT terminus in the Spokane Transit Authority route system. It is one of Spokane Transit's four primary transit centers, along with the STA Plaza, West Plains, and Pence-Cole Valley transit centers.

History

Initial transit center

Planning for the Spokane Community College transit center began around 1982^[3] and the center opened c. 1984.^[4] It was later reconstructed during summer 2013^[5] in a project that replaced all existing shelter structures and added additional bus loading zones. The 2013 improvements are intended to be an interim solution as the transit center will eventually be replaced by a newer and larger one.

2019 relocation

The decision was made to reconstruct the Spokane Community College transit center at a site on the opposite side of campus. Growing transit operations combined with site constraints, particularly the construction of an elevated North Spokane Corridor adjacent to the current site, limit the future potential of the transit center in its current form. Construction on the new transit center began in 2019 and was completed in December 2019.^[6]

City Line

The SCC Transit Center serves as the eastern terminus of the City Line bus rapid transit (BRT) line, which began service in 2023. Infrastructure for the battery-electric buses includes two in-route ABB overhead SAE J3105 pantograph fast chargers.

Location

As implied by its name, the transit center is located on the Spokane Community College campus and is sited at its southeast corner.

Routes

As of January 2024, the Spokane Community College Transit Center serves five routes and as a terminus and charging center for the City Line.

Route	Termini			Service level	Streets traveled
1 City Line	Browne's Addition	↔	Chief Garry Park Spokane Community College at unknown Bay*	Bus rapid transit	Cannon St, 4th Ave, Spruce St, Pacific, 1st Ave, Wall St, Main Ave, Pine, Spokane Falls Blvd, Cincinnati, Mission Ave, Riverside Ave, Sprague Ave, 2nd Ave
32 Trent/Montgomery	Chief Garry Park Spokane Community College at Bay 2	↔	Spokane Valley Mirabeau Park & Ride	Regular route	Greene, Freya, Trent, Argonne, Montgomery, Mansfield, Indiana
33 Wellesley	West Hills Whistalks Way at Spokane Falls Community College	↔	Chief Garry Park Spokane Community College at Bay 7	Frequent route	Whistalks Way, TJ Meenach Drive, Cochran/Alberta, Driscoll Blvd, Wellesley, Haven/Market, Greene
34 Freya	Lincoln Heights South Hill Park & Ride	↔	Chief Garry Park Spokane Community College at Bay 4	Regular route	29th Ave., Freya, 18th Ave., Ray, Thor/Freya, 2nd Ave./3rd Ave., Havana, Broadway/Alki, Freya, Greene
39 Minnehaha Loop	Minnehaha Minnehaha Park	↔	Chief Garry Park Spokane Community College at Bay 3	Regular route	Mission, Greene, Carlisle, Marietta, Myrtle, Frederick, Euclid, Market

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References

↑ "Transit Centers Planned". Spokane Chronicle. December 10, 1984. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
↑ "Fixed Route System Performance Report, 2022 Data". Spokane Transit Authority. December 19, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
↑ "Transit Shelters on Agenda". Spokane Chronicle. February 25, 1982. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
↑ "Transit Centers Planned". Spokane Chronicle. December 10, 1984. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
↑ Prager, Mike (September 9, 2013). "Getting There: Spokane airport to offer quicker screenings". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
↑ "URTC Fact Sheet Jul17" (PDF). STA Moving Forward. Spokane Transit Authority. Retrieved January 9, 2018.

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[1] "Transit Centers Planned". Spokane Chronicle. December 10, 1984. Retrieved August 21, 2016.

[2] "Fixed Route System Performance Report, 2022 Data". Spokane Transit Authority. December 19, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2024.

[3] "Transit Shelters on Agenda". Spokane Chronicle. February 25, 1982. Retrieved August 21, 2016.

[4] "Transit Centers Planned". Spokane Chronicle. December 10, 1984. Retrieved August 21, 2016.

[5] Prager, Mike (September 9, 2013). "Getting There: Spokane airport to offer quicker screenings". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved August 20, 2016.

[6] "URTC Fact Sheet Jul17" (PDF). STA Moving Forward. Spokane Transit Authority. Retrieved January 9, 2018.

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