The Kitsap Transit board of directors met July 1 and received a presentation on the 2025-2030 development plan.

Transit agencies in Washington are required to develop a long-range plan by law, and it’s also a best practice, Ed Coviello, KT planner, said. The report includes an overview of work the agency has done over the last year and what planned work the agency intends to complete over the next five years, he said.

“One of the big ones was we took delivery of 73 revenue vehicles last year. It’s probably in my 11 years here…the biggest influx of new vehicles,” he said.

Coviello said 30 of those vehicles were propane-powered access buses. “We took nine routed battery electric buses last year, and then the first five battery electric worker driver buses have been delivered and started, as well as replacing nearly all of our VanLink vans with new vans.”

KT boardmember Anna Mockler shared her desire to have additional time to review the plan before voting. Ultimately, the board voted unanimously to postpone further action before the board’s next study session scheduled for July 15. The board also voted to reopen the public hearing.

KT operator Val Quill was also recognized at the meeting as he celebrated 40 years without a preventable accident and was the first woman to win first place in a 35-foot bus competition hosted by the Community Transportation Association of America, per agency documents.