File #: 2010-0276    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: In control: Environment and Transportation Committee
On agenda: 5/24/2010 Final action: 5/24/2010
Enactment date: 6/3/2010 Enactment #: 16843
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to a corridor-implementation plan for State Route 520 and State Route 522 in accordance with Ordinance 16717, Section 131, Proviso P5, as amended, and implementing the October 2010 and February 2011 public transportation service improvements according to the plan.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips
Indexes: Transportation
Attachments: 1. 16843.pdf, 2. 2010-0276 transmittal letter.doc, 3. A. State Route 520 State Route 522 Service Implementation Plan, 4. B. October 2010 Urban Partnership-Related Service Change, 5. 2010-0276 fiscalnote.xls, 6. 2010-0276 Staff Report - Transit Service, 7. 2010-0276 Attach 5 - A Line Bus Closures, 8. 2010-0276 Transit Service Change Presentation (05-11-10), 9. B. October 2010 Urban Partnership-Related Service Change, dated 5/11/2010, 10. 2010-0276 REVISED Staff Report - Transit Service, 11. A. State Route 520 State Route 522 Service Implementation Plan, 12. B. October 2010 Urban Partnership-Related Service Change, dated 5/11/2010
Staff: Carlson, Paul
Drafter
Clerk 05/13/2010
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AN ORDINANCE relating to a corridor-implementation plan for State Route 520 and State Route 522 in accordance with Ordinance 16717, Section 131, Proviso P5, as amended, and implementing the October 2010 and February 2011 public transportation service improvements according to the plan.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The United States Department of Transportation ("USDOT") issued a Federal Register Notice soliciting metropolitan areas to apply for Urban Partnership status by April 30, 2007, promising designated areas would receive priority consideration for available federal discretionary funds to implement aggressive congestion-relief programs.
2. In 2007, King County, the Puget Sound Regional Council ("PSRC") and the Washington State Department of Transportation ("WSDOT") submitted an application for Urban Partnership status to USDOT.
3. King County, WSDOT and PSRC submitted the Lake Washington Urban Partnership proposal to implement aggressive congestion-relief programs on the State Route ("SR") 520 corridor, one of the most congested corridors in the central Puget Sound Region that included variable tolling.
4. Toll revenues were needed to complete a funding package to replace the SR 520 floating bridge that is vulnerable to catastrophic failure from seismic or storm events.
5. In 2007, the Seattle area received Urban Partnership status from USDOT and was awarded a $139 million from federal discretionary funds to implement the four Ts -- tolling, technology, transit, and telecommuting strategies -- to reduce congestion in the SR 520 corridor.
6. Implementation of variable tolling on SR 520 would increase the demand for transit service in the SR 520 corridor, and the Urban Partnership Agreement requires the Urban Partners to expand transit capacity along SR 520 by adding ninety one-way peak period trips on core and other supporting bus routes operated by Metro Transit and Sound Transit ("ST").
7. The Urban Partnership Agree...

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