Founded in 1979, Pierce County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation (Pierce Transit) is a nationally recognized leader in the public transportation industry. Pierce Transit covers 292-square miles of Pierce County with roughly 70 percent of the county population. Serving Washington’s second largest county, Pierce Transit provides three types of service, Fixed Route, SHUTTLE paratransit and Vanpools that help get passengers to jobs, schools and appointments.
The agency is working to make traveling independently for people with disabilities a reality by giving blind, low vision and deaf or blind customers the ability to navigate its...
Pierce Transit often responds to requests from partnering agencies to assist in emergency situations or when transportation for emergency responders is needed.
The high-capacity transit service launched April 1 in partnership with MultiCare and offers a frequent, rapid and convenient weekday morning and afternoon service between Spanaway...
Rising costs and complex property acquisition pushed delivery of the project until at least 2028; the board has decided to institute enhanced bus service instead.
To eliminate ongoing adjustments historically based on daily round trip miles, group size and number of commute days, vanpool commuters will now have a predictable and consistent...
Providing new on-demand service in this area will assist companies with employee transportation needs, provide congestion relief and offer access to jobs and life services for...
Pierce Transit is collaborating with Pierce County Emergency Management and local school districts to provide a bus in two locations to serve as Wi-Fi hotspots.
The Gov. Talked with the agency about expanding the electrification of its bus and vanpools fleets, and the agency’s plans to update its Lakewood facilities for future electric...
The project seeks to ensure the Pedestrian Avoidance Safety System is successful in a variety of road user scenarios, can be installed into new and legacy buses, and is accepted...
The group of 45 operators also included five operators who reached two million miles or more and one operator who became the first in the agency’s history to be recognized for...
Pierce Transit owns and manages Tacoma Dome Station, the region’s largest transit hub that serves people who park and ride the many transit services available at that location...
Pierce Transit is seeking public input about the concept of offering a weekday reserved parking option for solo drivers and carpools that use the Tacoma Dome Station.
The Tacoma Community College Transit Center and Park & Ride, located at S. 19th St. and Mildred St. in Tacoma, closed Aug. 6 for much-needed repairs and improvements.
For the past 18 months, Pierce Transit has been studying the feasibility of implementing High Capacity Transit (HCT) along a 14.4-mile corridor on Pacific Avenue/SR 7 between ...
Pierce Transit is partnering with Lyft to provide free first-last mile rides to select Pierce Transit bus routes, as well as the Puyallup Sounder Station.
Pierce Transit and Clover Park Technical College are teaming up on a new program that will put a bus pass in the hands of every student enrolled at the college.
The Federal Transit Administration has awarded Pierce Transit a grant for $2.55 million to purchase the agency’s first-ever all-electric, zero-emission buses and related infrastructure...
Pierce Transit is undertaking a new “Care-a-van” program to grant retiring vanpool vans and Shuttle vehicles to not-for-profit (501 c3) organizations located within Pierce County...
After more than one year of working closely with the community to design bus service that met local needs, Pierce Transit’s Board voted to end Fife/Milton/Edgewood Routes 503 ...
Lynne Griffith, CEO of Pierce Transit, was presented the Executive Master of Public Administration Outstanding Alumnus Award on May 25 by the Evans School of Public Affairs at...
On July 24, Pierce Transit CEO Lynne Griffith announced her intent to retire effective Dec. 31, 2014. Griffith has led the Agency since April 17, 2006.
Pierce Transit was recently awarded $404,729 in Pierce County Transportation Coordination Committee grants made available through funding from the Puget Sound Regional Council...
The community is invited to join Pierce Transit, the city of Puyallup, and the Puyallup Community Investment Team to celebrate the launch of a new bus route dedicated to serving...
The community is invited to join Pierce Transit and the Fife-Milton-Edgewood Community Investment Team on Saturday, Feb. 15 to kick-off Pierce Transit’s new Fife-Milton-Edgewood...
The Transit Police command staff from Pierce Transit earned the “Top Dog” award at the joint military and civilian shooting competition held at Joint Base Lewis McChord on Saturday...