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The central Puget Sound region has a bold and comprehensive transportation action plan called Destination 2030. The plan is about making traffic better, keeping pace with growth and supporting the region's economic and environmental health. Since adoption in 2001, the plan has won three national awards, including being named "America's Best Plan" by the American Planning Association. Destination 2030 has undergone a limited scope update for 2007, satisfying new requirements and setting the stage for a more extensive plan update in 2010. The new elements addressed emerging transportation trends and enhance the safety, security and special needs transportation aspects of Destination 2030. The improvements also added provisions related to congestion management, commute trip reduction, and environmental mitigation. Hundreds of Destination 2030 projects are complete or in progress. Since 2001, the region has invested over $3.5 billion and completed 140 major projects. Funding is now in place for nearly $7.6 billion worth of additional projects in the central Puget Sound. Progress towards implementing Destination 2030 was thoroughly reviewed in the 2007 Action Strategy. This included the status of prioritized projects, the financial strategy for moving the region forward, and emerging issues the region will need to address in the future. More funding will be required in the next 10 years to proceed with all of the priority projects. Ultimately, enacting the region's plans will require securing state and regional funding, tolling revenues and continued growth in federal funding. A key source is a Roads and Transit ballot measure that includes Sound Transit and the Regional Transportation Investment District planned for November 2007.
Documentation
- Growth and Transportation Planning Presentation, 9/2007 For more information, contact Mike Cummings at 206-464-6172, mcummings@psrc.org. |