PSRC Publications

Publications

PSRC publications are available free of charge from the Information Center and are distributed to local area libraries. This list includes the most current and most popular publications, most of which are available on our web site. Please contact the Information Center if you are unable to find a publication you need.

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Publications List [pdf version]

ABOUT PSRC

2007 Annual Report. Apr 2008. 34p.
www.psrc.org/publications/pubs/annrep2007.pdf

At Work [newsletter] Summaries of Executive Board, Transportation Policy Board, Growth Management Policy Board, and Economic Development District Board meetings.
www.psrc.org/publications/pubs/atwork/index.htm

Biennial Budget and Work Program: Fiscal Years 2008-2009 (July 2007-June 2009) Apr 2007. 102p.
www.psrc.org/about/budget/index.htm

PSRC Functions and Mandates. A matrix of Puget Sound Regional Council functions with their corresponding legal mandates of federal law, state law, and/or interlocal agreement, and related litigation. May 2006. 2p.
www.psrc.org/about/what/psrcfunctions.htm

Public Participation Plan for the Puget Sound Regional Council. Establishes consistent, minimum procedures to ensure early and continuous public notification about and participation in major actions and decisions by the PSRC. Jun 2007. 6p.
www.psrc.org/about/what/pubpart.htm

The Puget Sound Regional Council. Fact sheet describing purpose, key responsibilities, mandates, members, organization and decision-making, and budget information. Updated regularly. 2p.
www.psrc.org/about/what/thepsrc.pdf

Puget Sound Regional Council Membership Directory. Updated regularly.
www.psrc.org/about/members.htm

Puget Sound Trends. Monthly report of demographic, economic, transportation and other planning data of interest to government, business, and citizens in the Puget Sound region.
www.psrc.org/publications/pubs/trends/index.htm

Regional VIEW [newsletter] Monthly newsletter highlighting PSRC activities, staff, and related topics.
www.psrc.org/publications/pubs/view/viewmain.htm

Title VI Plan. The Puget Sound Regional Council's plan to implement Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Apr 2004. 31p.
www.psrc.org/about/titlevi/titleviplan.pdf

AIR QUALITY

Air Quality Conformity Analysis for the 2007-2010 Transportation Improvement Program. Documents the positive air quality findings of the 2007-2010 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for conformity with the State Implementation Plan (SIP). Sep 2006. 25p.
www.psrc.org/projects/tip/selection/2006/Appendix%20G%20-%20AQ%20Conformity.pdf

AIRPORT PLANNING

2001 Regional Airport System Plan. Aviation technical component of Destination 2030. Presents technical documentation regarding the general aviation airport system planning process. Includes discussion of issues and trends affecting the general aviation market, an inventory of the current airport system, general aviation forecasts to the year 2020, analysis of system capacity and future requirements, recommended general aviation airport system improvement strategy, and a regional airport system capital improvement program (CIP). Aug 2001. 251p.
www.psrc.org/projects/air/pubs/2001rasp.htm

Puget Sound Milestones: Metropolitan Transportation System: Regional Airports: Revised. Reports on progress in regional airport system performance and implementing regional policy. The performance section describes capacity, delay, on time performance, airport pavement condition, and runway safety areas. The policy section reports on commercial air transportation capacity, air cargo, general aviation, regional airport access, PSRC Resolution A-96-02, and airport compatible land use. Aug 2004. 32p.
www.psrc.org/projects/monitoring/rasp.htm

Regional Air Cargo Strategy: Final Report. Presents an overview and discussion of national and regional economic trends along with regional market decision factors and the regional forecast, an air cargo capacity and needs assessment with regional alternatives and recommendations for the future. Oct 2006. 238p.
www.psrc.org/projects/air/pubs/cargo.htm

Regional Airport Ground Access Plan. Evaluates airport ground access needs related to the access demands of passengers, airport and airline employees, general aviation activity, Fixed Base Operator (FBO) activities, and other airport-related businesses and activities for the region's 26 public use airports as well as the two military airfields. Jan 2005. 158p.
www.psrc.org/projects/air/pubs/groundaccess.htm

Strategic Plan for Aviation. This report was prepared to provide direction to the Regional Council's ongoing Regional Airport System Planning process. The purpose of the strategic planning process is (1) to set forth our vision and mission for the aviation program, (2) to identify and describe the critical issues facing the region, (3) in response to those issues, to document our roles, mandates, authority, and policy, and (4) to develop a multi-year action plan for the aviation program. Jul 2002. 83p.
www.psrc.org/projects/air/pubs/strategicplan.htm

BNSF CORRIDOR PRESERVATION STUDY

BNSF Corridor Preservation Study: Final Report. HDR Engineering, Inc. Examines current and potential future transportation uses and costs, and the legal/institutional issues associated with preserving/acquiring the rail corridor from the northern vicinity of Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park in Renton to the City of Snohomish (including an eight-mile spur from Woodinville to Redmond). May 2007. 251p.
www.psrc.org/projects/bnsf/reports.htm

An Introduction to Rails With Trails. Eksten, Tom, Trail and Corridor Planning; Miller, Phil. Introduces one of the development options known as "Rails With Trails" for the Eastside Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad corridor extending from Renton to Snohomish and the spur between Woodinville and Redmond. This option can concurrently preserve rail operations on the Eastside while allowing development of a unique, potentially very popular, and highly interconnected, multiple use trail corridor. Mar 2006. 14p.
www.psrc.org/projects/bnsf/railswithtrails.pdf

CENSUS

See Census 2000 reports in the Data section of the PSRC website, or contact the Information Center at 206-464-7532, info@psrc.org.
www.psrc.org/data/census/index.htm

CONGESTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS)

1997 System Performance Report. Builds on initial look at congestion in the Baseline System Performance Report. Continues to monitor performance measures at locations defined in the Baseline Report, expands the analysis network, and adds new performance measures. Nov 1999. 159p.
www.psrc.org/projects/cms/pdf-files/spr_1997.pdf

1999 System Performance Report. Provides transportation data collected to measure primary and supplemental performance measures for many of the region's most traveled corridors. The data represents average weekday conditions for Fall 1999 and builds on the 1995 conditions provided in the Baseline System Performance Report, published in May 1998, and the 1997 System Performance Report, published in December 1999. Dec 2001. 170p.
www.psrc.org/projects/cms/pdf-files/spr_1999.pdf

Congestion Management System Baseline System Performance Report. First attempt to comprehensively document the region's multimodal transportation system performance with respect to traffic congestion. Provides an initial look at some of the region's most traveled corridors for average weekday conditions, Fall 1995. May 1998. 148p.
www.psrc.org/projects/cms/pdf-files/bspr1995.pdf

Travel Time Data Collection Using Global Positioning System Technology: Final Report. Develops methodology for making planning level estimates of the resource requirements of collection travel time data using global positioning system (GPS) technology. Aug 2000. 93p.
www.psrc.org/projects/cms/pdf-files/gps-ttreport8-00.pdf

DESTINATION 2030

2007 Action Strategy for Destination 2030. The region's biennial plan review document on progress implementing Destination 2030, the long-range transportation plan, and looking ahead at the region's priorities for the next ten years. May 2007. 117p.
www.psrc.org/projects/mtp/2007actionstrategy.pdf

Commute Trip Reduction: 2007 Destination 2030 Update: Technical Memorandum. Provides a description of the existing Commute Trip Reduction Program and its impacts, a summary of the CTR Efficiency Act requirements, and the plan and schedule for meeting the requirements. Oct 2006. 9p.
www.psrc.org/projects/mtp/D2030update/ctr.pdf

Consideration of Environmental Mitigation in the 2007 Update of Destination 2030: (Draft) Technical Memorandum. Parametrix. Describes the new SAFETEA-LU requirements for incorporation of environmental mitigation, consultation with other government agencies, and public involvement in the metropolitan transportation plan. Included also are current PSRC practices and best practices in other regions related to environmental mitigation and how this should be addressed in an update to Destination 2030. Sep 2006. 21p.
www.psrc.org/projects/mtp/D2030update/enviro.pdf

Consideration of Operational and Management Strategies in the 2007 Update of Destination 2030: Draft Technical Memorandum. DKS Associates. Describes the new requirements for incorporation of operational and management strategies in the metropolitan transportation plan, the key issues that should be addressed in meeting these requirements in the Puget Sound region and the process for addressing the new requirements in an update to Destination 2030. Aug 2006. 26p.
www.psrc.org/projects/mtp/D2030update/opmanage.pdf

Consideration of Safety in the 2007 Update of Destination 2030: Draft Technical Memorandum. DKS Associates. Describes the new requirements for incorporation of safety strategies in the metropolitan transportation plan, the key issues that should be addressed in meeting these requirements in the Puget Sound region and the process for addressing the new requirements in an update to Destination 2030. Aug 2006. 20p.
www.psrc.org/projects/mtp/D2030update/safety.pdf

Consideration of Security in the 2007 Update of Destination 2030: Draft Technical Memorandum. DKS Associates. Describes the new requirements for incorporation of transportation security in the metropolitan transportation plan, the key issues that should be addressed in meeting these requirements in the Puget Sound region and the process for addressing the new security requirements in an update to Destination 2030. Aug 2006. 17p.
www.psrc.org/projects/mtp/D2030update/security.pdf

Destination 2030: 2001 Update Metropolitan Transportation Plan: Baseline Technical Report. This report presents results from and analysis of the Regional Council's urban activity and transportation demand models for base year of 1998 and the forecast years of 2020 and 2030. Jun 2000. 86p.
www.psrc.org/publications/pubs/mtp/baseline.pdf

Destination 2030: Metropolitan Transportation Plan for the Central Puget Sound Region: Final Environmental Impact Statement. Volume 1 contains a description of the Preferred Alternative, identifies the environmental impacts associated with the Preferred Alternative, and identifies appropriate mitigation measures. Volume 2 contains the comment letters received on the Draft EIS and responses to those letters. CD-ROM contains both volumes. Only Vol.1 is available online. May 2001. 1 v. (loose-leaf); CD-ROM.
www.psrc.org/publications/pubs/mtp/d2030feis.pdf

Destination 2030 Update. CURRENT PLAN. A limited scope update of the transportation action plan complying with new state and federal planning requirements, addressing new policy topics, including relatively minor wording changes to make the plan current, and updating the project list and cost estimates. Apr 2007. 100p.
www.psrc.org/projects/mtp/D2030update/D2030_2007Update.pdf

Destination 2030 Update: Appendix 9: Projects. Updates the Destination 2030 project list included when the regional plan was adopted in 2001. This list supersedes all previously published Appendix 9 revisions. Apr 2007. 186p.
www.psrc.org/projects/mtp/pubs/appendix9_3.07.pdf

Destination 2030 Update: Scoping Notice and Determination of Significance (DS) Official announcement of the decision to update Destination 2030 and prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on the proposed update. Nov 2007. 12p.
www.psrc.org/projects/mtp/D2030ScopingNotice.pdf

Destination 2030 Update: Technical Appendices. Destination 2030 is the Metropolitan Transportation Plan for the central Puget Sound region and the transportation element of VISION 2020, the region's growth management, economic and transportation strategy. Apr 2007. 101p.
www.psrc.org/projects/mtp/pubs/D2030techappendicesFinal.pdf

Guidance for Major Capacity Investments: Administrative Procedures to Prepare and Evaluate Requests for Project Status Change in the Metropolitan Transportation Plan - Destination 2030. Guidance for public project sponsors and the Regional Council, clarifying how projects can be advanced from Candidate to Approved status and made ready for implementation upon completion of the planning process. Jun 2002. 29p.
www.psrc.org/projects/mtp/candidateapproved.pdf

Metropolitan Transportation Plan Alternatives Analysis and Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Contains information that shows how three future alternatives perform in terms of mobility, congestion relief, air quality and other measures. Aug 2000. 298p.
www.psrc.org/projects/mtp/pubs/mtp_deis.pdf

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2007 Prosperity Partnership Highlights. Highlights six of the 20 regional competitiveness indicators, 7 action items and their implementation, the 2008 action items, and the working groups of the Prosperity Partnership for 2007. Nov 2007. 14p.
www.prosperitypartnership.org/indicators/2007highlights.pdf

Developing Consensus Higher Education Reform Proposal for 2007 Legislative Session. Prosperity Partnership. A description of one of the six Prosperity Partnership foundation initiatives in the regional economic strategy to sustain the region's economic competitiveness. Nov 2005. 2p.
www.prosperitypartnership.org/news/luncheon110705/education.pdf

Developing Consensus Tax Reform Proposal for 2007 Legislative Session. Prosperity Partnership. A description of one of the six Prosperity Partnership foundation initiatives in the regional economic strategy to sustain the region's economic competitiveness. Nov 2005. 2p.
www.prosperitypartnership.org/news/luncheon110705/tax.pdf

Educating Washington Citizens for High-Demand Jobs. Prosperity Partnership. A white paper discussing how Washington's long-term economic prosperity in a global economy is linked to providing more college-educated citizens in fields most in demand in a global marketplace. Oct 2006. 17p.
www.prosperitypartnership.org/foundation/educ/whitepaper_final.pdf

NEST Study: A Study of Development Properties Around Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Identifies and analyzes eight underutilized properties located near the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for future development through a partnership of the Cities of Burien, Des Moines, and SeaTac, the Port of Seattle, and the Puget Sound Economic Development District called New Economic Strategy Triangle (NEST). Dec 2004. 45p.
www.psrc.org/boards/cpsedd/nest/nest.htm

Prosperity Partnership: 2007 Action Items. Prosperity Partnership. A list of nineteen Prosperity Partnership action initiatives and target completion dates supporting the five initial strategic industry clusters and the six foundations of the region's economic competitiveness. Jan 2007. 1p.
www.prosperitypartnership.org/strategy/index.htm

Prosperity Partnership: 2008 Action Items. A list of twenty-one Prosperity Partnership action initiatives and target completion dates supporting the six strategic industry clusters and the six foundations of the region's economic competitiveness. Nov 2007. 1p.
www.prosperitypartnership.org/strategy/actionitems2008.pdf

Puget Sound Regional Competitiveness Indicators: 2006-2007. Prosperity Partnership. Evaluates the Puget Sound region's competitiveness using a set of 20 economic and social indicators, and reporting progress made on the implementation of the foundation and cluster action initiatives of the Prosperity Partnership's Regional Economic Strategy. Nov 2006. 49p.
www.prosperitypartnership.org/indicators/index.htm

Puget Sound Regional Competitiveness Indicators: 2007-08 Update. Evaluates the Puget Sound region's economic performance using a set of 20 economic and social indicators, and reporting progress made on the implementation of the foundation and cluster action initiatives of the Prosperity Partnership's Regional Economic Strategy. Nov 2007. 65p.
www.prosperitypartnership.org/indicators/FINALIndicators11.01.07.pdf

Regional Economic Strategy for the Central Puget Sound Region: Summary. Prosperity Partnership. Summarizes the work of a coalition of government, business, labor and nonprofit leaders in the central Puget Sound region to address the need for long term economic prosperity in the entire region through an economic vision, economic foundation initiatives, industry cluster initiatives, and organization and implementation. Oct 2005. 21p.
www.prosperitypartnership.org/strategy/index.htm

Regional Economic Strategy for the Central Puget Sound Region: Volume I. Prosperity Partnership. Defines the work of the Prosperity Partnership, a public-private effort to coordinate a more competitive position in the global marketplace for the central Puget Sound region through an economic vision, foundation initiatives, industrial cluster initiatives, and organization and implementation. Sep 2005. 81p.
www.prosperitypartnership.org/strategy/index.htm

Regional Economic Strategy for the Central Puget Sound Region: Volume II: Economic Analysis of the Central Puget Sound Region. Prosperity Partnership. An analytical framework which reviews the regional economic challenges and setting, identifies and defines industry clusters that drive the regional economy, examines the region's economic foundations and compares them to similar regions, and includes the results of cluster executive interviews and a stakeholder survey across the regional economy. Sep 2005. 242p.
www.prosperitypartnership.org/strategy/index.htm

Regional Economic Strategy for the Central Puget Sound Region: Volume III: Portfolio of Cluster Action Initiatives. Prosperity Partnership. Implementation plans of the five strategic industry clusters - aerospace, clean technology, information technology, life sciences, and logistics & international trade. Sep 2005. 112p.
www.prosperitypartnership.org/strategy/index.htm

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

See more Environmental Justice information in the Title VI section of the PSRC website.
www.psrc.org/about/titlevi/ej.htm

Environmental Justice Demographic Profile. A baseline demographic profile, presenting key demographic data describing the central Puget Sound region and identifying population groups and communities to be considered for subsequent environmental justice analyses and activities. Oct 2003. 32p.
www.psrc.org/about/titlevi/ej.htm

VISION 2020 Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Environmental Justice: Public Outreach Summary Report. PRR. Summarizes the reactions to the impacts disclosed in the VISION 2020 Draft Environmental Impact Statement regarding environmental justice at workshops and focus groups in the central Puget Sound region over the summer of 2006. Sep 2006. 25p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/v2020_DEIS_EJoutreachreport.pdf

ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS

See current estimates and future forecasts of population and households and related demographic information in the Data section of the PSRC website.
www.psrc.org/data/dem/index.htm

Puget Sound Economic and Demographic Forecast: Detailed Forecasts and Methodology. Dick Conway & Associates. Updated economic and demographic forecast for the Puget Sound region extending to 2040 using the Puget Sound Forecasting Model accompanied by a long-range outlook for the U.S. economy. Feb 2006. 99p.
www.psrc.org/data/forecasts/Regional_Forecast_PSEF2006.pdf

FREIGHT MOBILITY

FAST Corridor. Brochure discussing the reasons for and status of central Puget Sound transportation improvements relating to freight mobility and what projects are needed to complete the system. Apr 2006. 8p.
www.psrc.org/fastcorridor/fastbrochure.pdf

GROWTH MANAGEMENT, LAND USE, AND URBAN PLANNING

Design Guidelines Manual: Destination 2030 Physical Design Guidelines. Illustrates and describes ways to create more livable urban places where people can conveniently walk, bike, or use transit. Aug 2003. 26p.
www.psrc.org/projects/growth/designmanual.pdf

Designation Criteria for Regional Growth and Manufacturing Industrial Centers. Draft criteria clarifying the intent of centers policies and guidance adopted in the 1995 VISION 2020 Update by specifying thresholds, standards, and regionally consistent designation processes for regional growth and manufacturing industrial centers. Jun 2003. 9p.
www.psrc.org/projects/growth/criteria.pdf

The Development Toolkit: Success Stories from the Regional Growth Centers. Describes the strategies and actions pursued by six regional growth centers (Bellevue, Bremerton, Everett, Kent, Renton and Tacoma) in implementing their visions for their centers, in order to identify best practices that might be replicable or transferable to other communities. Aug 2003. 30p.
www.psrc.org/projects/growth/toolkit/index.htm

Industrial Land Supply and Demand in the Central Puget Sound Region. Analysis of the long-term supply and demand for industrial land in the central Puget Sound region. Includes analysis of the region's net supply of industrial land, characteristics of major industrial areas, and a 1997 survey of building space. Feb 1998. 70p.
www.psrc.org/projects/growth/industrial/index.htm

[Industrial Land Supply] Technical Addendum: Employment, Land Use, and Infrastructure Characteristics of Lands Designated as Industrial in Comprehensive Plans. This Addendum provides additional information and analysis of issues raised in the original report entitled Industrial Land Supply and Demand in the Central Puget Sound Region, published in February 1998. Apr 2000. 39p.
www.psrc.org/projects/growth/industrial/index.htm

Puget Sound Regional Council Adopted Policy and Plan Review Process. Description of process for reviewing planning policies and local and regional plans. Sep 2003. 6p.
www.psrc.org/projects/planreview/process.pdf

Washington State Growth Management Act with Applications for the Central Puget Sound Region. Highlights the eight key requirements of the Washington State Growth Management Act. Sep 2005. 2p.
www.psrc.org/projects/growth/gma.pdf

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (ITS)

Assessment of Puget Sound Regional Traffic Signal Operations Program. U.S. Dept of Transportation. A review of traffic signal operations in the Puget Sound region. Nov 2006. 103p.
www.psrc.org/projects/its/pubs/trafficoperations.pdf

Guidance for Complying with Federal Requirements for Intelligent Transportation System Projects in the Puget Sound Region. Report providing potential project sponsors in the Puget Sound region with information on how to comply with the federal intelligent transportation systems (ITS) requirements. Jun 2001. 45p.
www.psrc.org/projects/its/pubs/guidance.pdf

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Regional Architecture: Final Report. Supplement to the Turbo Architecture database (the region's existing and planned ITS inventory), intended to provide additional narrative information about current ITS activities, needs and future priorities of the region to meet the federal requirements for ITS architectures. Aug 2006. 278p.
www.psrc.org/projects/its/pubs/ITSfinal.pdf

Mainstreaming Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) into the Transportation Planning Process. Technical memorandum recommending the process by which the Puget Sound Regional Council will ensure compliance with the new federal ITS requirements for the Puget Sound region. May 2001. 11p.
www.psrc.org/publications/pubs/its_mainstreaming.pdf

Puget Sound Regional Intelligent Transportation Systems Integration Strategy. Recommended regional ITS Integration Strategy for the Puget Sound region. Apr 2001. 39p.
www.psrc.org/projects/its/pubs/integrationstrategy.pdf

Puget Sound Regional Intelligent Transportation Systems Transit Architecture. Definition of an ITS architecture for the regional transit network. May 2001. 82p.
www.psrc.org/projects/its/pubs/transitarch.pdf

Puget Sound Regional ITS Architecture. Report providing guidance and resources for jurisdictions in the development of their ITS projects. Jun 2001. 140p.
www.psrc.org/projects/its/pubs/regarch.pdf

Puget Sound Regional ITS Architecture: Discussion Groups Summary. Pacific Rim Resources facilitated five discussion groups with key ITS stakeholders in the Puget Sound region between March and April 2000. The purpose was to inform these groups about the regional architecture project and to seek input in shaping the planning process. May 2000. 19p.
www.psrc.org/projects/its/pubs/itsstakeholder.pdf

METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN - SEE DESTINATION 2030

MODELS AND MODELING

Land Use and Travel Demand Forecasting Models: Data Sources for Travel Demand and Land Use Forecasting. Identifies data that may be used in the development of new PSRC land use and transportation models. Jun 2001. 42p.
www.psrc.org/data/tdmodel/models.htm

Land Use and Travel Demand Forecasting Models: PSRC Model User's Guide (for Version 1.0) Final Report. Cambridge Systematics, Inc.; Urban Analytics. Provides planners and modelers within PSRC, and those member agencies or consultants that use the PSRC model, a detailed description of how to operate the travel demand model. Jan 2007. 514p.
www.psrc.org/data/tdmodel/model_usersguide2007.pdf

Land Use and Travel Demand Forecasting Models: Recommendations for Integrated Land Use and Travel Models. Develops recommendations from the assessment of model requirements and review of the literature and operational models for the Puget Sound Regional Council. Jun 2001. 42p.
www.psrc.org/data/tdmodel/models.htm

PSRC Travel Model Documentation: Updated for Congestion Relief Analysis: Final Report. Provides planners and modelers within PSRC, and those member agencies or consultants that use the PSRC model, a detailed description of the modeling process and individual components. Sep 2007. 196p.
www.psrc.org/data/tdmodel/model_doc(final).pdf

MONITORING

Puget Sound Milestones: Central Puget Sound Regional Economic Profile 2003. Highlights the major employment and economic trends in the central Puget Sound region during the 1990s, serving as a baseline for tracking and evaluating the region's progress in implementing the region's economic strategy and growth management objectives. Includes job measures, labor force characteristics, income, wages, poverty, inflation, unemployment and industry clusters. Jun 2004. 159p.
www.psrc.org/projects/monitoring/rep.htm

Puget Sound Milestones: Central Puget Sound Regional Economic Profile 2003: Executive Summary + CD. Executive summary of Puget Sound Milestones: Central Puget Sound Regional Economic Profile 2003, including CD containing full report. Mar 2004. 12p + 1 disc.

Puget Sound Milestones: Central Puget Sound Regional Growth Centers. Detailed population, employment, and housing trends for the region's 21 designated regional growth centers, as well as a first look at the region's eight designated manufacturing/industrial centers. Dec 2002. 142p.
www.psrc.org/projects/monitoring/rgc.htm

Puget Sound Milestones: Growth Management by the Numbers: Population, Household, and Employment Growth Targets in the Central Puget Sound Region. Collects and documents adopted processes and results of population, household, and employment growth targets for the central Puget Sound counties, plus comparing and contrasting the methodologies of the four counties while developing some potential best practices and recommendations that are to be considered in the update of VISION 2020. Jul 2005. 110p.
www.psrc.org/projects/monitoring/growthtargets/index.htm

Puget Sound Milestones: Metropolitan Transportation System: Regional Transit. Focuses on establishing a baseline for monitoring public transit system performance within the central Puget Sound region, including historical data (1990, 1995), 2002 baseline data for ten major regional transit corridors, and more current (2001-2003) data for the regionwide performance measures. Jul 2005. 58p.
www.psrc.org/projects/monitoring/transit/index.htm

Puget Sound Milestones: Metropolitan Transportation System: Roadways and Ferries. Discussion of the regional policy context that guides monitoring efforts, plus performance data, for Roadway System and Ferry System components of the MTS. Apr 2003. 50p.
www.psrc.org/projects/monitoring/rdwyferry.htm

Puget Sound Milestones: Metropolitan Transportation System: Transportation Demand Strategies. Measures the extent and impact of programs that encourage the use of alternatives to driving alone, creating a baseline for measuring future progress in the strategies. Feb 2005. 30p.
www.psrc.org/projects/monitoring/tds.htm

Puget Sound Milestones: Population, Employment and Housing, 1995-2000. Broad review of regional demographic, economic, and housing characteristics and trends relevant to growth management. Aug 2002. 49p.
www.psrc.org/projects/monitoring/peh.htm

Puget Sound Milestones: Project Tracking - PSRC Funds, 2004. Focuses on the Surface Transportation Program (STP) and the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) federal funds distributed as Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) projects in the region since 1992. Jul 2004. 105p.
www.psrc.org/projects/monitoring/tracking.htm

Puget Sound Milestones: Transportation Finance 1989-2000. Transportation finance information linking historical data, financial forecasts, and policy analysis with the finance principles contained in Destination 2030. Apr 2003. 39p.
www.psrc.org/projects/monitoring/finance.htm

PUGET SOUND TRENDS

Puget Sound Trends. Periodic report of economic, demographic, transportation and other planning data of interest to government, business, and industry in the Puget Sound region.
www.psrc.org/publications/pubs/trends/index.htm

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

Policy Framework for the PSRC's Federal Funds. Provides regional guidelines and policy intent for how the Regional Council will manage, administer and approve projects to be programmed and selected under three regionally managed federal funding programs: Surface Transportation Program (STP), Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ), and Federal Transit Administration Program (FTA), as part of the development of the 2007-2010 Regional TIP. Feb 2006. 25p.
www.psrc.org/projects/tip/selection/2006/CallMaterials/PolicyFramework.pdf

Regional Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): 2007-2010. Approved by PSRC Executive Board October 26, 2006, State approved February 5, 2007 and Federal approval received February 6, 2007. Feb 2007. 633p.
www.psrc.org/projects/tip/currenttip/index.htm

RURAL TOWN CENTERS AND CORRIDORS

Options and Innovations Toolkit: Context Sensitive Solutions for Rural Town Centers and Corridors. Presents planning and design tools for achieving context-sensitive solutions specifically oriented to rural corridors and the town centers through which they pass. Jan 2004. 69p.
www.psrc.org/projects/rural/toolkit.pdf

Rural Town Centers and Corridors Project. Description of the Rural Town Centers and Corridors project and activities, including proposed action recommendations. Nov 2003. 45p.
www.psrc.org/projects/rural/ruraltowncenters.pdf

SR 203 Pilot Study: Corridor Concept Plan. Identifies key project needs and priorities for which a consensus was developed to enable the corridor plan/vision to advance to subsequent detailing of specific center and corridor project design and implementation actions. Dec 2004. 102p.
www.psrc.org/projects/rural/reports.htm

TRANSPORTATION

1999 Puget Sound Household Travel Survey: Final Report. Documents the design, implementation and results of the 1999 Puget Sound Household Travel Survey, conducted between July and November 1999. Dec 1999. 114p.
www.psrc.org/data/trans/hhtravel.pdf

Central Puget Sound Regional Bikestation Project. The Regional Bikestation Project gives local transit agencies the tools they need to better accommodate bicycles at bus and rail stations, ferry terminals and park-and-ride lots. It also examines the feasibility of constructing commuter Bikestations at key transit stations in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties. Jul 2002. 128p.
www.psrc.org/projects/nonmotorized/stationsproject.htm

Coordinated Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan. A unified, comprehensive strategy for public transportation projects and service delivery that identifies the transportation needs of individuals with disabilities, older adults, and individuals with limited incomes. Apr 2007. 117p.
www.psrc.org/boards/advisory/specialneeds/plan.htm

Creating Transit Station Communities in the Central Puget Sound Region: a Transit-Oriented Development Workbook. Workbook to help local jurisdictions and transit agencies in the central Puget Sound region achieve transit-oriented land use development. Jun 1999. 134p.
www.psrc.org/projects/tod/workbook.htm

Implementing Destination 2030: Monitoring Regional Progress. Assessing the Effectiveness of Concurrency. Three-phase investigative work program to assess the effectiveness of transportation concurrency practices of local governments in the central Puget Sound Region. 2002-03. 4 v.
www.psrc.org/projects/growth/concur/reports.htm

PSRC 2006 Household Activity Survey Analysis Report: Final Report. Cambridge Systematics. Survey designed to further develop a regional database of households and their travel behavior, with the primary aim of collecting behavioral data from households to determine why they make the decisions they do regarding transportation options, or "choice" data, as opposed to opinion surveys that measure responses to "what if" questions. Apr 2007. 405p.
www.psrc.org/data/surveys/hhsurvey/index.htm

Puget Sound Transportation Panel Wave 10, October 2002-February 2003: Summary Report. Tenth phase of a travel behavior survey of households in the central Puget Sound region. Jan 2003. 130p.
www.psrc.org/publications/pubs/pstp_wave10.pdf

Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Implementation Strategy for the Central Puget Sound Region. Offers specific guidance for implementation of the regional bicycle and pedestrian system outlined in Destination 2030 through a series of objectives and suggested actions. Feb 2003. 63p.
www.psrc.org/projects/nonmotorized/bikestrategy.htm

Regional Commute Trip Reduction Plan for Central Puget Sound. A regional plan, with a context of land use and transportation, minimum criteria for Growth and Transportation Efficiency Centers, goals, targets, and strategies, progress measurement methods, and a sustainable financial plan, to decrease the number of commute trips made by people driving alone. Jan 2008. 77p.
www.psrc.org/projects/tdm/regionalCTRplan.pdf

Regional Parking Inventory. Series of reports and spreadsheets with off-street parking information collected every two years for various areas in the Puget Sound region. 1987-2006.
www.psrc.org/data/surveys/parking.htm

Regional TDM Action Strategy for Implementation in the Central Puget Sound Region. Endorsed by the PSRC's Transportation and Growth Management Policy Boards as the framework to guide the region's efforts to manage travel demand. Nov 1998. 11p.
www.psrc.org/publications/pubs/tdm.pdf

Transportation Demand Management: Testing How to Talk About It: Focus Group Report. Results of four focus groups designed to test public attitudes and language concerning Transportation Demand Management (TDM) measures. Jun 2003. 38p.
www.psrc.org/publications/pubs/apco_tdm.pdf

VISION 2020

2003 VISION 2020 Scoping Survey: Final Report. Summary of a survey of citizens across the Central Puget Sound region, measuring their perception of quality of life and providing opinions on the planning priorities for transportation, land use, economic development, affordable housing, housing availability, etc. Feb 2004. 37p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/outreach/survey.htm

Evaluation Criteria for Selecting a Preferred Growth Alternative: Draft. Discusses the purpose, nature, and revisions to the published version of the evaluation criteria, and applies the 40-plus evaluation criteria measures. It also contains summary conclusions regarding which alternatives best meet the evaluation criteria's overarching goals. Sep 2006. 41p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/evalcriteria.pdf

Public Review and Comment on the VISION 2020 Update Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Summary Report. Summarizes public comment on the VISION 2020 Update's Draft Environmental Impact Statement and is meant to assist in the selection of a preferred growth alternative to accommodate growth between today and the year 2040. Dec 2006. 27p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/DEIScomments_final.pdf

A Regional Design Strategy: In Support of VISION 2040 for the Central Puget Sound Region. Supports the goals of VISION 2040 by providing design concepts, strategies, and tools to implement VISION 2040's policies at the local level. Jun 2007. 122p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/designstrategy.htm

Regional Planning 2006-2007: Public Involvement Plan. A detailed project-level public involvement plan containing specific goals, methodologies, and strategies that specify how the public can be made aware of and engage in PSRC planning and decision-making processes during the update of VISION 2020 and Destination 2030, and the continued implementation of the Regional Economic Strategy. Nov 2005. 23p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/pubinvolveplan.pdf

Scope of Environmental Review for the Update of VISION 2020. Summarizes the results of a public process to determine the project scope of updating VISION 2020, the region's long-range growth management, economic, and transportation strategy. Jun 2004. 17p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/scopingreport.pdf

Summary of the Public Period on the Draft VISION 2040 and Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Includes a summary of the edits requested during the public comment period and the current thinking of the Growth Management Policy Board on how the requested edits might potentially be addressed. Dec 2007. 25p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/comment_summary.pdf

VISION 2020 + 20 [Fact Sheet] Brief handout summarizing the tools and phases in updating the long-range growth management, transportation and economic strategy VISION 2020 out to 2040. Mar 2005. 2p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/onepager.pdf

VISION 2020 + 20 Update: Public Event, May 20, 2005: Summary Report. Summarizes the outcome of a public event held on May 20, 2005 by the Puget Sound Regional Council as part of the project to update VISION 2020, the region's growth management, economic and transportation strategy. May 2005. 21p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/outreach/summary052005.pdf

VISION 2020 (1995 Update): Growth Management, Economic and Transportation Strategy for the Central Puget Sound Region. [FINAL ADOPTED PLAN] Long-range growth management, economic and transportation strategy for the central Puget Sound region. Identifies the policies and key actions necessary to implement the overall strategy. May 1995. 96p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/1995update/index.htm

VISION 2020 Update DEIS Kick-off, May 23, 2006 Public Event: Summary Report. Summarizes the May 23, 2006 VISION 2020 Update Public Meeting, third in an ongoing series of public workshops, continuing the regional conversation about planning for future growth to the year 2040. May 2006. 34p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/kickoff.pdf

VISION 2020 Update: Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Presents and discusses the potential significant environmental impacts that may occur upon implementation of four growth management alternatives: Growth Targets Extended (No Action), Metropolitan Cities, Larger Cities, and Smaller Cities. May 2006. 398p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/deis/index.htm

VISION 2020 Update: Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Appendices. Supports the analysis in the VISION 2020 Update Draft Environmental Impact Statement. May 2006. 594p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/deis/index.htm

VISION 2020 Update: Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Executive Summary. Contains background on the existing VISION and update process, description of the growth distribution alternatives, summary of the analysis and key findings of potential impacts, next steps in the update, and overview of the contents of the full DEIS. Includes CD. May 2006. 32p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/deis/index.htm

VISION 2020 Update Scoping Workshop, December 12, 2003: Summary Report. Summarizes the outcome of a public workshop held on December 12, 2003 which emphasized two key components of VISION 2020, the natural environment and economic development. Dec 2003. 90p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/outreach/workshop.htm

VISION 2040 Public Review Draft: August 1, 2007 Public Event and August Open Houses: Summary Report. Summarizes a public event held August 1, 2007 on the VISION 2040 draft and related Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement and four open houses conducted by PSRC in the four counties in August 2007, providing additional opportunities for sharing information and soliciting input on VISION 2040. Aug 2007. 39p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/public_event010807.pdf

VISION 2040: Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Identifies a preferred growth alternative for forecasted growth to the year 2040 and discusses its environmental impacts, supplementing information provided in the Draft Environment Impact Statement. Jul 2007. 73p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/sdeis/index.htm

VISION 2040: Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Appendices. Presents new and updated appendices related to the development and analysis of the preferred growth alternative supplementing the information found in the appendices supporting the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (released May 2006). Jul 2007. 234p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/sdeis/index.htm

VISION 2040: The Growth Management, Economic, and Transportation Strategy for the Central Puget Sound Region: Draft. Looks ahead at how the central Puget Sound region can accommodate growth and maintain the overall quality of life in the year 2040 by identifying the environmental framework, the regional growth strategy, the multicounty planning policies, and the implementation for that vision. Jul 2007. 100p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/draftV2040/index.htm

VISION 2040: The Growth Management, Economic, and Transportation Strategy for the Central Puget Sound Region: Draft Appendices. Appendices to the long-range regional plan for the central Puget Sound region to the year 2040. Jul 2007. 43p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/draftV2040/index.htm

VISION 2020 ISSUE PAPERS

Issue Paper on Economics. Links the Prosperity Partnership's Regional Economic Strategy with the update of VISION 2020 describing past and present economic planning efforts and explores the relationship and meaning of these efforts to both local government planning and PSRC's long-range VISION. Nov 2005. 68p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/economics.pdf

Issue Paper on Energy Consumption and Infrastructure Capacities. Examines energy consumption patterns, trends, and capacity for electric power and natural gas in the Puget Sound region, characterizing baseline existing system capacities and forecasts for the most significant utilities. Jul 2005. 23p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/energy.pdf

Issue Paper on Environmental Planning. Identifies the understanding of current regional environmental issues shared by environmental scientists, planners, and resource managers working in the field. Aug 2005. 51p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/environment.pdf

Issue Paper on Health: What's Health Got To Do With Growth Management, Economic Development and Transportation? Introduces the relationship of health to land use and transportation planning, to environmental quality, safety, and physical activity, and the linkages between community design and well-being, and how health issues could be addressed in the update of VISION 2020. Dec 2004. 13p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/health.pdf

Issue Paper on Housing. Examines the current housing situation in the central Puget Sound region and future housing needs in relation to the update of the overall growth, economic and transportation strategy in VISION 2020. Aug 2005. 45p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/housing.pdf

Issue Paper on Regional Demographics and Growth Trends. Draws together and summarizes historical and forecast population and employment, regional demographics, and recent growth trends data and analysis. Aug 2005. 18p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/demographics.pdf

Issue Paper on Rural Areas. Examines the status of rural designated lands within the central Puget Sound region and investigates ways that the VISION 2020 + 20 and the new Multicounty Planning Policies (MPPs) can be used to seek regional agreement on a clearer vision and strategy for rural lands. Aug 2005. 34p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/rural.pdf

Issue Paper on Sewer Utility Status. Broadly outlines sewer conditions in the Puget Sound region and identifies where sewer capacity could affect growth. Jul 2005. 14p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/sewer.pdf

Issue Paper on Subregional Centers: Town Centers, Secondary Centers, Activity Nodes, Redevelopment Corridors. Surveys the definitions of town centers, secondary centers, activity nodes, and redevelopment corridors to better describe them within the region's updated strategy and multicounty planning policies and for reference for analysis in the environmental review process. Mar 2005. 22p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/centers.pdf

Issue Paper on Transportation. Supports the update of VISION 2020 summarizing the transportation needs and issues of the vision's multicounty transportation planning policies. First version of the issue identification process, framing the discussion of transportation issues and policy choices for the update of Destination 2030. Jan 2006. 61p.
www.psrc.org/projects/vision/pubs/transportation.pdf