PSRC relies on the work of key committees to provide advice and recommendations on regional issues, and to serve as forums for special topics.

Regional Staff Committee
Discusses key issues and may make recommendations to the policy boards, Operations Committee, and Executive Board.

Regional Project Evaluation Committee
Makes recommendations on criteria and specific projects for federal funding and deal with related transportation planning issues.

Transportation 2040 Prioritization Working Group
Provides guidance to staff and recommendations to the Transportation Policy Board on the development of a prioritization process.

Transportation Operators Committee
Deals with transit-related issues. Includes representatives of the public transit agencies in each county, Sound Transit, and the state Department of Transportation’s Ferry Planning Office, Urban Mobility Office, and Transportation and Rail Division.

Regional Traffic Operations Committee
Works to create a collaborative and coordinated approach to regional traffic operations investments and practices in the Central Puget Sound region.

Regional Freight Mobility Roundtable
Public-private forum to define and recommend actions serving freight mobility needs in and through central Puget Sound

Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee
Coordinates with and advises PSRC staff, policy boards, and other advisory committees on a variety of bicycle and pedestrian-related planning issues.

Growing Transit Communities Committees
A number of committees providing direction for Growing Transit Communities

Regional Food Policy Council
Serves as a forum for discussing food issues and fostering regional coordination between sectors of the food system.

Seattle-Tacoma-Everett FTA Caucus
A subcommittee to the Transportation Operators Committee. Recommends a program of Federal Transit Administration urbanized formula program funds (also known as 5307 funds), and Fixed Guideway Capital program funds (also known as 5307 FG funds) for transit.

Special Needs Transportation Committee
Advises the Transportation Operators Committee on special needs transportation, environmental justice and transit.

Regional Technical Forum
Includes technical staff from Council members, and others interested in technical issues.

Model Users Group
Addresses current travel forecasting projects.

Land Use Technical Advisory Committee
Advises on demographic, economic, and land use data and modeling projects and technical long-range land use planning activities.

Interagency Data Group
Coordinates and shares existing transportation system performance data, measures and indicators for the central Puget Sound region