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	47.673°N 117.358°W
Owned by	Spokane Transit Authority
Bus stands	3
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	c. 1984[1]
Rebuilt	2013, 2019 (relocated to southeast side of campus)
Passengers
	1,725 (avg. weekday, 2015)[2]

Spokane Community College Transit Center or SCC Transit Center is a transit center and future 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.

It is located on the southeastern corner of the Spokane Community College campus along Mission Avenue and serves as a transfer point for bus routes serving Spokane Valley, Millwood, North Spokane, and South Spokane. It will also serve as the eastern terminus for the planned City Line, slated to open in 2023.

History

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.

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]

Future

A Spokane Transit City Line Bus charging at the SCC Transit Center.

The SCC Transit Center will be the eastern terminus of the currently under-construction City Line bus rapid transit line, slated to begin service in 2023. Because the vehicles will utilize electric-battery propulsion to be charged through inductive charging, major infrastructure improvements would be required to support the BRT line.

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 May 2023, the Spokane Community College Transit Center serves six routes and will be implemented as a terminus and charging center for the City Line starting on July 15, 2023.

Route	Termini			Service operation and notes	Streets traveled
1* City Line	Browne's Addition	↔	Chief Garry Park Spokane Community College at unknown Bay*	Operates daily	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
29 Spokane Community College	Downtown Spokane STA Plaza at Bay 4	↔	Chief Garry Park Spokane Community College at Bay 3	Operates daily	Riverside/Sprague, MLK Way, Pine, Riverpoint Blvd., Spokane Falls Blvd, Trent, Napa, Mission, Greene
32 Trent / Montgomery	Chief Garry Park Spokane Community College at Bay 2	↔	Spokane Valley Mirabeau Park & Ride	Operates daily	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	Operates daily	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	Operates daily	29th Ave., Freya, 18th Ave., Ray, Thor/Freya, 2nd Ave./3rd Ave., Havana, Broadway/Alki, Freya, Greene
39 Mission	Downtown Spokane STA Plaza at Bay 3	↔	Chief Garry Park Spokane Community College at Bay 3	Operates daily	Washington/Stevens, Mission, Greene, Jackson, Freya, Marietta, Myrtle, Frederick, Euclid, Market

*City Line begins service July 15, 2023.

References

"Transit Centers Planned". Spokane Chronicle. 10 December 1984. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
"Annual Performance Report – Passenger Facilities Edition No. 4 (2015 Data)". Spokane Transit Authority. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
"Transit Shelters on Agenda". Spokane Chronicle. 25 February 1982. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
"Transit Centers Planned". Spokane Chronicle. 10 December 1984. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
Prager, Mike (9 September 2013). "Getting There: Spokane airport to offer quicker screenings". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
"URTC Fact Sheet Jul17" (PDF). STA Moving Forward. Spokane Transit Authority. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

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

[2] "Annual Performance Report – Passenger Facilities Edition No. 4 (2015 Data)". Spokane Transit Authority. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)

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

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

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

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