Kitsap Transit will receive a $15 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration to build a regional bus-driver training facility that will enhance public safety and support transit agencies in Kitsap and neighboring counties.

It’s been a busy start to 2026! Read this month’s Headways newsletter to see what we’ve been up to.

Kitsap Transit is making adjustments to several routes and changing all Bainbridge Island route numbers to three digits starting Sunday, March 15.

Tap to Pay lets riders pay their transit fare using physical credit and debit cards, or credit cards in digital wallets.

These new signs are part of a pilot program for our text-for-next-arrival software, which allows bus riders to text or call to find out when the next few buses will arrive at their stop.

Kitsap Transit carried 4,330 riders to and from Seattle on February 11, breaking records for daily ridership across all three of our routes.

Kitsap Transit, along with our partner transit agencies across the region, is planning extra fast-ferry service to ensure fans can get to and from the championship parade.

We’re proud to honor our 2025 Drivers of the Year: Routed operator Marvin Jackson, ACCESS operator Damien Sabado, and Worker/Driver operator Lindsey Skelly.

Kitsap Transit is now issuing automated alerts for cancelled bus and ferry trips. Here’s what you need to know.

We close out our last newsletter of the year with a look back at 2025, a new route and park & ride, tips for taking transit during snow events, and how KT’s VanLink program is helping homeless veterans.

Look back at Kitsap Transit’s top stories of the year.

Learn how Kitsap Transit will communicate with the public during snow and other severe weather events.

The new route connects directly from the West Bremerton Transit Center to several shipyard gates and the Bremerton Transportation Center.

Starting Dec. 7, Kitsap Transit will make changes to Routes 93, 105, 184, 185, 186, 212, 215, 217, 331, 332, 333 and 390.

Kitsap Transit’s VanLink program provided the Port Orchard Transitional Housing Program with a new 10-person van to help transport veterans to important appointments.

This month, we’ve got news about a new partnership that is providing life-saving medication at transit centers, a temporary policy change that allows federal employees to ride transit for free, and an update on our fast ferry service for the month of November.

The overdose-reversing medication naloxone is now available for free at the Bremerton Transportation Center and Port Orchard Ferry Dock.

As it gets darker out, your bus driver may have difficulty seeing you alongside the road. Here are some helpful tips to stay safe while boarding your bus!

Due to a shortage of spare vessels, Kitsap Transit fast ferry riders may experience more trip cancellations in October and November on all three of its cross-sound routes.

Starting on Friday, Oct. 24, federal employees who present their ID can ride fare-free on all Kitsap Transit, Pierce Transit, and Mason Transit services.