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Identification of focus areas for developing the next long-range regional transportation plan will be the main discussion topic at the upcoming Transportation Policy Board meeting.
PSRC is required to develop a long-range regional transportation plan every four years. Work will…
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PSRC welcomed a fantastic group of newly elected councilmembers, mayors and port commissioners from communities around central Puget Sound for the Working Together event.
The workshop is hosted every two years to offer new local officials in King, Pierce, Snohomish and…
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In 2018 there were nearly 150,000 workers telecommuting in the central Puget Sound region, an increase of over 50% from 2010. The chart below shows the change between 2010 and 2018 in terms of the regional share of total workers who were telecommuting.
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PSRC has released a call for projects for $550 million in federal transportation funding available to the region in 2023 and 2024.
Under the federal Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, PSRC is responsible for selecting projects to receive funds from Federal…
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The results of PSRC’s Housing Survey and upcoming work related to housing in the region will be the main discussion topic at next week's Economic Development District meeting.
PSRC fielded a survey to local jurisdictions in summer 2019 to learn how regulatory incentives…
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The Executive Board has approved seats on the board for the three newly designated principal cities in the region: Lakewood, Port Orchard and Redmond.
The City of Lakewood achieved principal status due to its growth in the number of workers in the city. Located in Pierce County…
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The Puget Sound Regional Council welcomes the Cascade Water Alliance as a new Associate Member.
The Cascade Water Alliance was formed in 1999 to ensure water supply for the future.
Cascade’s mission is to provide water supply to meet current and future needs of its members in a…
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The Puget Sound Regional Council welcomes the City of Carnation as its newest member.
Carnation is a rural community of 2,220 residents, located at the confluence of the Tolt and Snoqualmie rivers, and surrounded by one of the most productive agricultural regions in the…
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Three months from now, every person in America will be asked to take part in a tradition that dates back to the 1700s: the once-a-decade census.
Census data is used to distribute more than $880 billion in federal funds to states, counties and cities for schools, roads and…
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The Executive Board plans to approve the 2020 Policy Framework for PSRC Funding at its meeting next week.
The Policy Framework becomes the guidance for the project selection for PSRC Funding and outlines how each process will be conducted. It includes the following:…