Silverdale Transit Center: Big changes coming to Central Kitsap bus routes this summer
In June, Kitsap Transit will open a new transit center on Ridgetop Boulevard in Silverdale. The new transit center – which has been almost ten years in the making – will provide much-needed capacity and passenger amenities over our current leased facility near The Trails at Silverdale shopping center.
The Silverdale Transit Center (STC) will feature covered waiting areas, accessible curbs and sidewalks, operator amenities like bathrooms and a break room, inductive charging for our growing fleet of electric buses, and a dedicated on-ramp for buses traveling onto Highway 303.
To coincide with STC’s opening, Kitsap Transit is making significant changes to our fixed routes in Central Kitsap. The proposed changes include adding two new local Silverdale routes, improving hours and frequency on some routes, redrawing route patterns to serve the new transit center, adding or moving bus stops and eliminating three routes.
Additionally, on June 16, Kitsap Transit will start Sunday bus service in Port Orchard, Silverdale and Poulsbo. We initially announced that the rollout of Sunday service in these communities would begin on March 10; those plans were paused to give us time to evaluate a ballot measure that would repeal the state Climate Commitment Act. After evaluating the potential impacts of the initiative, we will move forward with Phase 2 beginning June 16. See our news release for details.
Proposed Route Changes and Public Hearing
We’re proposing changes to the following routes:
Route 212–Bremerton/Silverdale West
Route 217–Bremerton/Silverdale East
Routes 221–Perry and 223–Kariotis
Routes 235–East Silverdale/Old Town and 237–West Silverdale/Fairgrounds (removed)
Routes 265–Silverdale Central and 266–Silverdale Ridgetop (new routes)
Route 301–North Kitsap Fast Ferry
Route 332–Poulsbo/Myhre
Route 333–Silverdale/Bainbridge (removed)
Route 338–Gateway/Bainbridge (resumes service)
We will also be modifying several other routes as part of our regular June 9 service change. You can read more about those changes here.
For a complete list of the proposed changes, visit our Summer Service Change webpage, where we’ve included a link to a comment form for the public to provide feedback on the proposed changes. Our transit planners will review the feedback and recommend any adjustments to our leadership.
On May 7, 2024, Kitsap Transit will hold a public hearing on the proposed changes at the Kitsap Transit Board of Commissioners Meeting. Members of the public who want to comment on the changes can attend the meeting, or submit feedback during the public comment period, which will run from March 11 to May 6, 2024.
Information about the proposed changes is also available at our Harborside Administration Office at 60 Washington Avenue, Suite 200, Bremerton. If you have questions, contact Kitsap Transit Customer Service at (360) 377-2877.