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Transportation Commission Meets in Olympia,
Nov. 14, 15, 16
Posted 11.10.05 Transportation Commission Office - PO Box 47308 - Olympia, WA 98504-7308
(360)
705-7070 Date: November 10, 2005
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Reema Griffith, Transportation Commission Administrator,
360-705-7070 |
OLYMPIA - Transportation project delivery, travel options, and innovative
transportation funding are just a few of the topics the Washington State
Transportation Commission will consider when it gathers for its regular
monthly meeting next week in Olympia. Meetings will be held at the Transportation
Building, 310 Maple Park Avenue S.E, Olympia, and are open to the public. A Commission work team on tolling will meet Monday, November 14, to
continue progress on a statewide feasibility study of tolling as a transportation
funding option. A preliminary report is due to the Legislature in January
2006. Read more
information on the Commission's tolling study here on
the Commission's Web site.
The Commission's regular monthly meeting begins at 9 a.m. on Tuesday,
November 15 and reconvenes at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, November 16. During Tuesday's meeting, Washington State Department of Transportation
(WSDOT) staff will present a quarterly update of 2003 Transportation
Funding (Nickel) projects. Commissioners will also hear about a successful travel option program
in Portland. Rick Williams, executive director of the Lloyd District
Transportation Management Association, will describe how Lloyd District
employers made investments to encourage their employees to change their
commute choices. Their efforts resulted in an increase of commuters taking
transit from 21% in 1997 to 41% in 2004, and business saving in the millions
of dollars for employee parking. WSDOT staff will follow up with a report
on a proposal to the legislature to make the state's Commute Trip Reduction
(CTR) Program more focused and effective. The proposal includes a recommendation
to establish state incentives for local jurisdictions wanting to create
travel options programs in their key urban centers. A CRT Task Force
report is due to the legislature in December. On Wednesday, the Commission will take action on the draft rules for
the new Transportation Innovative Partnership (TIP) program. Under this
new program, the Commission has the responsibility to approve and review
contracts or agreements authorized under the public private partnerships
act; adopt rules to implement and govern the TIP program; solicit concepts
or proposals for eligible public private partnership projects and select
potential projects based on the concepts or proposals. If adopted, the
Commission will send the draft rules to the legislature in December,
and a public review process would likely begin in January, prior final
adoption of the rules. News Archive
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