[3][4] The transit center is also located adjacent to the Interurban Trail, which runs through the southeast parking lot and connects it to Alderwood Mall, Aurora Village and downtown Everett.

[5] The 2003 renovation of the transit center came with the installation of two pieces of public artwork created by Claudia Fitch, known collectively as Shift.

The art installation consists of a pair of 30-foot-tall (9.1 m) steel beacons resembling newel posts that are used to mark the two main crosswalks.

[7] Construction on 13-acre (5.3 ha) lot began in February 1980, with the project's $1.5 million cost paid for almost entirely by the Federal Highway Administration.

[10] It also became the main bus hub for southern Snohomish County, replacing a street on the north side of the Fred Meyer store in Lynnwood.

[19] The $33.6 million project expanded the lot to over 17 acres (6.9 ha), added 300 parking spaces to the lot, and consolidated the bus bays on the site of an old warehouse; additional amenities built during the project included a coffee stand, bathrooms, public art, and a customer service center.

[1][20] The following year, the $31.2 million HOV direct access ramp, the first of its kind in the state, was opened to replace the congested onramp on 44th Avenue West.

[24] The light rail station is elevated 24 feet (7.3 m) above the direct access ramp and southeastern parking lot, crossing from the southwest to the northeast.

The station has two entrances connected to its mezzanine below platform level: one that travels across the roadway and leads to a ground-level plaza; and another with direct access to a five-story parking garage with 500 stalls.

[31][32] The garage replaced the existing and temporary surface lots, which were then converted for construction staging and bus layover space; 226 surface stalls remained once construction is complete, giving Lynnwood Transit Center a total of 1,900 park and ride spaces.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the extension was held at Lynnwood City Center station and attended by hundreds of people;[36][37] it was followed by a night market with booths and vendors representing 165 community organizations.

[46][48] The light rail station's northeast construction staging area is planned to be offered for transit-oriented affordable housing development.

[50] Lynnwood City Center station is the northern terminus of the 1 Line, which runs north–south through the University of Washington campus, Downtown Seattle, the Rainier Valley, and Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.

[54][55] The Swift Orange Line, a bus rapid transit service, connects the station to Edmonds College, Alderwood Mall, and Mill Creek.