Port Townsend: Multicolored bus built during the Summer of Love spreads good cheer for Jefferson Transit

Published 12:01 am Thursday, May 20, 2004

PORT TOWNSEND — With its bright colors and retro rounded corners, a 37-year-old bus from the Summer of Love is changing the image of Jefferson Transit.

In a past life, “1967,” as transit authority officials call it in homage to the year it was built, was a tour bus in California’s Yosemite National Park.

After a $140,000 refurbishing, the coach is in better-than-new condition.

“What we got, for what I consider a bargain price, is a truly unique vehicle,” General Manager Dave Turissini said.

A new bus costs around $275,000, he said.

The yellow and blue retro bus will be Jefferson Transit’s flagship for the next two decades.

A redesigned agency logo features 1967, replacing the two-dimension sketch of a tree and water.

The logo is prominently displayed on new bus stop signs being installed around the county.