Talk:List of Spokane Transit Authority bus routes

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Major service changes to many route Sept. 2019. This info no longer accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.101.107.212 (talk) 20:05, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed simplification

I think this page is getting overly detailed and is becoming too cluttered and tedious to maintain. Anyone have thoughts on a simplified table that is easier to maintain (dropping all the streets the route uses). I made a sample table with a few routes I think would be more efficient with more relevant information but I would be interested to know other people's opnions.

Spokane Transit Authority routes
Name	Service Level	Termini			2022 Ridership	Length	Notes
City Line	Bus rapid transit	Brownes Addition	↔	Spokane Community College	0*	6mi / 9.7km	Began service July 15, 2023
Monroe-Regal	Frequent	Five Mile P&R	↔	Moran Prairie P&R	706,511	11.7mi / 18.8km
Cheney	Regional	Cheney	↔	University District	251,671	20.5mi / 33km
Division	Frequent	Hastings P&R	↔	STA Plaza	651,002	9.2mi / 14.8km
EWU	Regional express	EWU	↔	STA Plaza	72,896	18mi / 29km

JT Ramsey (talk) 04:32, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My suggestions: the icon column has to go per MOS:TOOMANY, the termini can be simplified by removing the arrows, and the length isn't necessary (and needs a citation). Sounder Bruce 04:39, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback, @SounderBruce. I agree and taking out the length will actually be a blessing time-wise. Since "service level" is variable by agency, would you recommend adding a description or legend? I'll get working on putting this together and post a draft here first. Thanks again for your help! JT Ramsey (talk) 01:52, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It might be best to leave it out entirely per WP:NOTGUIDE. The notable levels could be explained in prose (by pointing out ranges for each type) as long as they are covered in a separate reliable source. Sounder Bruce 05:02, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That makes sense.Thanks for the clarification. JT Ramsey (talk) 16:43, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I like the inclusion of the line icons as STA uses the circle icons and single digit route numbers to denote their High Performance Transit routes, but I don't like how each line will then require an icon PNG - thats just too many images. YeSpud (talk) 23:00, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Spokane Transit routes
No.	Name	2022 Ridership^[1]	Termini		Notes
1	City Line	N/A*	Brownes Addition	SCC Transit Center	*Began service July 15, 2023
4	Monroe-Regal	706,511	Five Mile P&R	Moran Station P&R	HPT route
6	Cheney	251,671	University District	K Street Station in Cheney	HPT route
11	Downtown/Arena	46,611	STA Plaza	Spokane Arena
12	Southside Medical	92,291	STA Plaza	University District
14	South Adams/Napa	N/A	Chief Garry Park	South Hill	Replaced by City Line
20	SFCC	147,245	Spokane Falls Station	STA Plaza
21	West Broadway	151,634	STA Plaza	West Central
22	NW Blvd	162,038	STA Plaza	Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center
23	Maple/Ash	208,169	STA Plaza	North Indian Trail
25	Division	651,002	STA Plaza	Hastings P&R	Planned BRT^[2]
26	Lidgerwood	194,265	STA Plaza	Shiloh Hills
27	Crestline	241,751	STA Plaza	Shiloh Hills
28	Nevada	205,934	STA Plaza	Country Homes
32	Trent/Montgomery	139,750	Chief Garry Park	Spokane Valley
33	Wellesley	391,349	Spokane Falls Station	SCC Transit Center
34	Freya	76,000	SCC Transit Center	South Hill P&R
35	Francis/Market	36,975	Northwest	Hillyard
36	North Central	29,258	Spokane Falls Station	Hillyard
39	Minnehaha Loop	170,430*	Minnehaha	SCC Transit Center	*Previously Mission route in 2022
43	Lincoln/37th Ave	140,435	STA Plaza	South Hill P&R
45	Perry District	150,427	STA Plaza	South Hill P&R
60	Airport	146,054	STA Plaza	Spokane International Airport	Planned HPT route^[3]
61	Highway 2/Fairchild	296,124	STA Plaza	Fairchild Air Force Base
62	Medical Lake	24,639	West Plains Transit Center	Medical Lake Center
63	Airway Heights/West Plains	41,542	West Plains Transit Center	Airway Heights P&R
66	EWU	72,896	STA Plaza	Cheney
67	Swoop Loop	10,427	K Street Station in Cheney	K Street Station in Cheney
68	Cheney Loop	56,454	K Street Station in Cheney	K Street Station in Cheney
74	Mirabeau/Liberty Lake	112,446	STA Plaza	Liberty Lake P&R	Planned HPT route^[4]
90	Sprague	620,085	STA Plaza	Valley Transit Center	Planned HPT route^[5]
94	East Central/Millwood	187,804	STA Plaza	Millwood
95	Mid-Valley	69,475	Valley Transit Center	Trentwood
96	South Valley	84,823	Valley Transit Center	Trentwood
97	Medical Lake	118,278	Valley Transit Center	Mirabeau Point P&R
98	Greenacres/Liberty Lake	109,744	Valley Transit Center	Liberty Lake P&R
124	North Express	29,672	STA Plaza	Hastings P&R
144	South Express	30,274	STA Plaza	Moran Station P&R
172	Liberty Lake Express	7,941	STA Plaza	Liberty Lake P&R
173	VTC Express	27,186	STA Plaza	Valley Transit Center
190	Valley Express	14,797	STA Plaza	Valley Transit Center
223	Shadle/Indian Trail	7,643	North Central High School	Indian Trail
247	Lincoln Park/Ferris	N/A	STA Plaza	South Hill
294	East 8th	6,503	South Hill	Spokane Valley
342	Fairgrounds	N/A	SCC Transit Center	Avista Stadium
343	Bureau Fair	N/A	SCC Transit Center	East Central
633	Geiger Shuttle	24,291	Airway Heights	West Plains Transit Center
661	EWU Express	33,582	STA Plaza	Eagle Station
662	EWU North Express	6,182	Fairwood	Eagle Station
663	EWU VTC Express	7,471	Valley Transit Center	Eagle Station
664	EWU South Hill Express	3,740	Lincoln Heights	Eagle Station
724	Liberty Lake Tech Express	3,345	STA Plaza	Liberty Lake P&R
771	Mirabeau Express	2,371*	STA Plaza	Mirabeau Point P&R	*Partial year data due to new route

Sorry for the slow progress on this. @SounderBruce would love your thoughts and feedback. Thanks in advance! JT Ramsey (talk) 23:16, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Spokane Transit Authority (December 19, 2023). "Fixed Route System Performance Report" (PDF). Spokane Transit. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
^ US FTA (March 5, 2024). "Division Street Bus Rapid Transit Project Profile". Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
^ Spokesman-Review (March 14, 2022). "Getting There: Spokane's growth inspires new STA transit project with more bus routes headed east". Spokesman-Review. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
^ Spokesman-Review (March 14, 2022). "Getting There: Spokane's growth inspires new STA transit project with more bus routes headed east". Spokesman-Review. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
^ Spokesman-Review (March 14, 2022). "Sprague Line". STA Moving Forward. Retrieved April 28, 2024.

[1] Spokane Transit Authority (December 19, 2023). "Fixed Route System Performance Report" (PDF). Spokane Transit. Retrieved March 20, 2024.

[2] US FTA (March 5, 2024). "Division Street Bus Rapid Transit Project Profile". Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 28, 2024.

[3] Spokesman-Review (March 14, 2022). "Getting There: Spokane's growth inspires new STA transit project with more bus routes headed east". Spokesman-Review. Retrieved April 28, 2024.

[4] Spokesman-Review (March 14, 2022). "Getting There: Spokane's growth inspires new STA transit project with more bus routes headed east". Spokesman-Review. Retrieved April 28, 2024.

[5] Spokesman-Review (March 14, 2022). "Sprague Line". STA Moving Forward. Retrieved April 28, 2024.

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