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A Transportation Action Plan for Washington
Opportunity or All
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Transportation or Washington Staf
Rob Johnson, Co-Chair
Executive Director
Transportation Choices Coalition
206-329-2336
Hilary Franz, Co-Chair
Executive Director
Futurewise
206-343-0681
Carrie Dolwick, Campaign Director
Brock Howell, Field Director
206-343-0681
April Putney, Lobbyist
206-343-0681
Shefali Ranganathan, Equity Caucus
206-329-2336
A project o
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Opportunity for All
A Transportation Action Plan for WashingtonAn action plan providing all Washingtonians with the
opportunity to get to wherever they need to go.
About
Transportation for WashingtonTransportation or Washington is a campaign led by
Transportation Choices Coalition and Futurewise andsupported by a coalition o more than 200 public ocials and
organizations that represent the social justice, housing, aith,health, environment, labor, and business communities.
www.t4washington.org
Table of Contents
2 Letter to Our Leaders
3 Key Findings
3 Solutions
4 Transportation Action Planor Washington
8 Revenue Sources
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The good news is that by shiting long-standing investments toward xing our roads,
bridges and erries, expanding transit service, and making our streets saer or all, we
will not only create the backbone o a strong economy, we will also put more people to
work. National studies nd that road repair crea tes 17% more jobs than new highways,
and, even more impressively, both new bicycle and new transit inrastructure create40% more jobs.
It is not only the right thing to do or our economy; it is the right thing to do or our
environment. Our transportation system continues to be the leading polluter o our
air and water. We can no longer ignore the toxic runo and climate pollution rom
cars and trucks. We have to make sure that our transportation investments provide or
cleaner and healthier transportation choices.
Washingtonians deserve better.
Our leaders need to address the importance o transportati on investments in growing
the economy and improving mobility while being realistic about what the state can
responsibly nance, build, upkeep and operate given the changing demographics and
needs o Washingtonians.
Washington only works when we all have an opportunity to get where we needto go. This action plan will ensure more Washingtonians have the reedom to getaround saely and aordably, while securing a transparent transportation system that
generates equal opportunity or all through the next decade.
Sincerely,
Hilary Franz, Futurewise Rob Johnson, Transportation Choices Coalition
Dear Governor Inslee and Chairs o the Transportation Committees,
Picking up your children rom daycare, delivering goods to the market, getting to
school or workwhatever the destination, we all deserve the opportunity to getwhere we need to go.
Transportation should be a path to prosperity or working amilies and businesses.
When we invest in our transportation inrastructure, we create thousands o jobs
to help grow our economy. Smart investments will also provide Washingtonians
the reedom to get to work and school reliably and aordably, giving all people
opportunities or success.
Unfortunately, our system is broken.
Transportation investments no longer reect what Washingtonians want and need.Our transportation system should provide opportunity not expense, headache, and
danger. We need sae, efcient roads that we can rely on. For too long though, we
have ocused limited transportation dollars on expanding highways, not preserving
our existing system. Now, our roads are in disrepair. The same is true or our erry
system. And because most o our states transportation budget is spent on roads, bus
service has been slashed by as much as 43% in some communities despite record high
ridership.
These are the wrong priorities or today and tomorrowand dont reect our changing
social and economic trends and needs. Washingtonians want to spend less money atthe gas pump and spend more time with their amily. Thats why Washingtonians are
driving less and choosing to live in aordable, walkable communities connected by
transit. Its time to give more Washingtonians this opportunity.
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Fix It First Prioritize new highway investments to x bridges and roads, and maintain
and replace our erry system: at least $300 million annually.
Increase direct state investments and authorize new local unding tools
to enable local governments to repair, maintain, and improve local roads,trac signals, and acilities or sae biking and walking.
Adopt a Fix It First policy to guide state investments and ederal unds
allocation.
Invest in strategic road projects that will increase the movement o people
and goods, create jobs, and improve the health, saety and sustainability
o our communities, and have realistic nancing plans that are scally
responsible.
More Transit Increase direct state unding or transit, and intercity rail operations and
maintenance, rom diversied revenue sources, to maintain current service
levels: $400 million annually.
Invest in strategic transit improvements to accommodate anticipated
population growth. Authorize a diverse menu o additional local or regional revenue options o
all transit agencies, including a local option motor vehicle excise tax (MVET)
Build Great, Healthy Communities Provide grants or local governments to implement Complete Streets, Sae
Routes to Schools and bicycle and pedestrian inrastructure: $150 million
annually.
Establish an Equitable Transit Communities grant program to incentivize
afordable housing near high-capacity transit stations: $50 million annually
or local governments to use on transportation improvements.
Invest in clean water inrastructure to reduce polluted stormwater runof:
$75 million annually. Create a Deputy Secretary or Sustainable Communities within WSDOT to
make sure that policies to improve transportation choices, housing, health
status and environment are coordinated throughout state government.
Adopt a plan to ensure that the transportation system meets the states
greenhouse gas emission limits.
Key Findings
From 2001 to 2009, young people between the ages o 1634
drove less, cutting miles driven by 23%.1
AARP estimates that 1 in 5 people age 65+ do not drive and
more than 50% o these non-drivers stay home due to lack o
transportation options.2
Fixing a road that is already worn out can cost three times
as much as keeping a road in good condition with regular
maintenance.3
Road and bridge repair projects create 17 percent more jobs
per billion dollars than building new highway miles.4
New transit and bicycle inrastructure both generate 40
percent more jobs per dollar invested than similar spending on
new highways.5
Less than 2% o the states $9.8 billion transportation budget is
allocated to keeping buses and trains running.6
Twelve transit agencies have had to reduce service since 2009. 7
13% o all trips and 10% o all miles traveled are made by
bicycle or on oot; yet, bicycle and pedestrian projects get less
than 1% o the states transportation budget.8
In Seattle, a household can save an estimated $11,622 each yearby riding transit instead o driving.9
Transportation accounts or more than hal o our states
greenhouse gas emissions.10
Solutions
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Opportunity for All:A Transportation Action Plan for Washington
Driving Less
Across America people started driving signican
less in 2008. And in the Pacic Northwest, peop
have been steadily driving less every year or mo
than decade.11
Comparison of Job Creation byType of Infrastructure Project
I you want to create jobs through new
inrastructure, road repair and new pedestrian,
bike, and transit projects all create more jobs tha
new roads.4, 5
Washington only works when it creates inrastructure that
gives us all an opportunity to succeed. The key to a sae, reli-
able, and ecient transportation system is to ace economic
reality and the changing preerences o our states residents.
We can provide all Washingtonians with the reedom to get
around saely, eciently, and afordably by ocusing our in-vestments around three key principles: x it rst, more transit,
and build great, healthy communities.
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25-29
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16-17
2009
2001
Changing Demographics
Young adults and retirees are driving much less.
With so many baby boomers leaving the work
orce and no one to replace their previous drivin
behaviors, a permanent change to travel pattern
has set-in. Gas consumption will continue to dromaking the gas tax an unsustainable unding
source while the need or new walking, biking, a
transit inrastructure will grow.AnnualVM
Tpercapitabyyear
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ollingAnnualTotalVMTinUS
VMT per capita,
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1. Fix It FirstFix the crumbling bridges, roads and erries rst, and then ensure
that strategic road investments create jobs, improve commerce, and
increase the saety, health and sustainability o our communities.
Washington State has a transportation unding crisis. We need targeted, scallyresponsible investments that achieve maximum benet or the most residents.
The states primary transpor tation revenuethe gas taxis limited and mostlydedicated to pay of debt rom previous transportation packages.
The current condition o our state roads threatens the saety o our amilies.Across Washington State, 200 bridges have low saety ratings, many o whichare in major trac corridors like I-5 and I-90.12 Our local city and county streetsare also in disrepair. And our marine highways are similarly threatened. Withoutnew investment in our erry system, aging vessels and terminals will mean morebreakdowns, and declines in service level.
Maintaining our current roads and bridges is cheaper than xing ailed inra-structure tomorrow. According to the American Association o State Highwayand Transportation Ocials, xing a road that is already worn out can cost threetimes as much as keeping a road in good condition with regular maintenance. 3
Prioritizing maintenance o our current roads will signicantly reduce our costs downthe road. Fixing our current road and erry system will improve saety and save money,and it will also create 17% more jobs than building new highways. 4
156 Structurally decient bridges12
Over $3.1 billion needed or road
maintenance and preservation
Washingtonians overwhelmingly
support unding or road preservation
and maintenance13
Solution Prioritize new highway investments to x bridges and roads, and maintain and
replace our erry system: at least $300 million annually.
Increase direct state investments and authorize new local unding tools to enable
local governments to repair, maintain, and improve local roads, trafc signals, and
acilities or sae biking and walking.
Adopt a Fix It First policy to guide state investments and ederal unds allocation.
Invest in strategic road projects that will increase the movement o people and
goods, create jobs, and improve the health, saety and sustainability o our
communities, and have realistic nancing plans that are scally responsible.
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2. More TransitIncreasing transportation choices will reduce congestion, improve
freight mobility, decrease pollution, connect people to jobs,
connect our rural communities, and ensure that everyone has the
opportunity to get where we need to go.
Transit ser vice is critical to our states economy. Transit supports tens o thou-
sands o jobs in Washington State, and provides a necessary means or people toaccess their jobs, homes, and other destinations.
Major demographic changes are having huge impacts on our transportationsystem. Transit ridership and gas prices are reaching all-time highs while transitchoices are being slashed across the state. Drastic cuts in revenue and the reces-sion have orced service cuts, are increases, and deerred capital investments.
Investments in buses and trains are critical or making sure that Washington ami-lies can travel saely and afordably, without being stuck in trac. Right behindowning or renting a home, transportation is the second highest household costor the average Washington amily; its more than they spend on ood and more
than twice what they spend on out-o-pocket health care costs.14
Current local transit unding sources are too limited to meet ridership needs andtoo volatile to withstand economic and demographic changes. Washingtoniansneed more diverse, progressive and robust local transit investment options topreserve and enhance transit service across the state.
Declining sales tax revenues have orced
transit agencies to increase ares and
cut service. Community Transit in SnohomishCounty eliminated all Sunday bus service, Pierce
Transit will soon have 80% less bus service than
in 1980, and King County Metro aces drastic cutswhen temporary unding runs out in early 2014.7
Households can save $11,662 each year
when they switch rom car dependency
to transit.9
Voters will reject an unbalanced
transportation package without transit.13
Solution Increase direct state unding or transit, and intercity rail
operations and maintenance, rom diversied revenue sources,
to maintain current service levels: $400 million annually.
Invest in strategic transit improvements to accommodate
anticipated population growth.
Authorize a diverse menu o additional local or regional
revenue options or all transit agencies, including a local optionmotor vehicle excise tax (MVET).
Numbe
rofactons
takenb
ytransitagencies
Fare increases
since 2008
Service cuts
since 2009
63%
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Americans are 65% more likely to walk in a
neighborhood with sidewalks. Studies have shownthat 43% o people with sae places to walk within
10 minutes o their home met the Surgeon Generals
recommended activity levels compared to only 27%
o those without sae walking conditions.16
Solution Provide grants or local governments to implement
Complete Streets, Sae Routes to Schools and bicycle and
pedestrian inrastructure: $150 million annually.
Establish an Equitable Transit Communities grant program
to incentivize afordable housing near high-capacity transit
stations: $50 million annually or local governments to use on
transportation improvements.
Invest in clean water inrastructure to reduce polluted
stormwater runof: $75 million annually.
Create a Deputy Secretary or Sustainable Communities within
WSDOT to make sure that policies to improve transportation
choices, housing, health and environment are consistent and
coordinated throughout state government.
Adopt a plan to ensure that the transportation system meets
the states greenhouse gas emission limits.
In addition to these negative health impacts, our current transportation system is alsoharming our environment. Transportation accounts or more than hal o our statesclimate pollution and it creates our top water pollutant: polluted stormwater runof.10
Toxic oil runs of our streets and parking lots into lakes, s treams, rivers, and ultimatelythe Columbia River or Puget Sound. Our transportation investments should reduceuture toxic pollutants and lessen our existing impact.
3. Build Great, Healthy CommunitiesInvesting in more afordable and healthy neighborhoods will create
equal opportunity or more Washingtonians.
Our transportation systemwhat, where, and how we build itwill have an enor-mous impact on our shared prosperity, our health, and our environment as our
population grows by 1.7 million people in the next 30 years.
Our poorest communities are most challenged by limited transportation choic-es. Thousands in marginalized population groups across Washington State haveinadequate access to afordable, reliable, and quality transportation options.By building more afordable housing and jobs along transit corridorsand bybetter serving our existing job and housing centers with transitwe can reducetransportation costs and make our communities healthier.
Todays transportation net work not only shapes our communities , it also afectsthe health o the people who live, work and play in them. Physical activity hasbeen engineered out o our system, leading to the steady rise in rates o obesity,diabetes, heart disease, stroke and other chronic health conditions. Transporta-tions impact on health has become unnecessarily harmul; pedestrian deaths arethe third leading cause o death or Washington children.15 Improving our streetsto extend sidewalks and bicycle lanes will make it saer and healthier or peopleo all ages.
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Revenue SourcesIt is critical that our next Governor and legislature employ multiple
revenue streams dedicated to the three-tier action plan to x our
crumbling system, invest in more transit, and build great, healthy
communities. Transportation or Washington supports the ollowing
guidelines when choosing revenue sources:
Every option should be on the table but the legislature should
prioritize sources that are stable and air.
Because all transportation improvements provide widely
dispersed benets to all transportation users, no one mode o
transportation should be solely unded by any one tax or ee.
The legislature must consider public suppor t to guide decisions on
revenue because the voters will likely have the nal say.
The Connecting Washington Taskorce identied a range o
unding options. Here is a list o those and others:
State level increase user ees such as thepassenger and commercial weight ees; gas tax or
movement o people and goods; tolling; barrel tax;
hazardous substance tax; road user charge; and
emissions tax.
Local options Motor vehicle excise tax (MVET),
uel tax, property tax; tolling; parking ee or levy; car
insurance surcharge; congestion reduction charge;
and street utilities.
Additional options carbon tax; tire and
battery ees; rental car tax; hotel/motel tax; and
transportation utility ees; and elimination o the
sales and use tax exemption on gas tax.
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End Notes1 2001 American Community Survey; 2009 American Consumer Survey; and Davis, Dutzik & Baxandall, Transportation and the New
Generation, The Frontier Group & US PIRG (2012).
2 Bailey, Stranded without Options, Surace Transportation Policy Project (2004).
3 Rough Roads Ahead, American Association o State Highway & Transportation Ocials (2009).
4 Heintz, Pollin & GarrettPeltier, How Inrastructure Investments Support the U.S. Economy: Employment, Productivity and
Growth, Political Economy Research Institute, Univ. o Mass. at Amherst (Jan. 2009),
http://www.peri.umass.edu/leadmin/pd/other_publication_types/green_economics/PERI_Inrastructure_Investments.
5 Garrett-Peltier, Pedestrian and Bic ycle Inrastructure: A National Study o Employment Impacts, Political Economy Research Institute,
Univ. o Mass. at Amherst (June 2011), http://www.peri.umass.edu/leadmin/pd/published_study/PERI_ABikes_October2011.pd.
6 Washingtons Transportation Budget or 2011-13 Biennium Based on the 2011 Legislative Budget, 2011 March Forecast
7 Washington State Department o Transportation, Summary o Public Transportation,
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/SustainableTransportation/.
8 2009 National Household Travel Survey; and 2009 American Community Survey.
9 Transit Savings Report, American Public Transportation Association (Nov. 2012).
10 Washington State Department o Transportation, Sustainable Transportation, http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/SustainableTransportation/.
11Federal Highway Administration, Historical Monthly VMT Report, http://www.hwa.dot.gov/policyinormation/travel/tvt/history/;
and Williams-Derry, Shiting Into Reverse: Northwest gasoline consumption makes a modest decline, Sightline Institute (Aug. 2012),
http://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/08/gas-report_2012.pd.
12 Washington State Department o Transportation, Structurally Decient Bridges Report (Sept. 2011),
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6A570363-EC34-4010-986E-591A89CEA6FB/0/SD_AUG2010v2.pd.
13 Washington State Transportat ion Commission & EMC, 2011 Statewid e Transpor tation Survey Repor t and Findings (Feb. 2012),http://www.wstc.wa.gov/StudiesSurveys/StatewideTransportationSurvey/documents/2012_0209_WSTCToplineResults.pd.
14 A New Economic Analysis o Inrastructure Investment, Department o Treasury and the Council o Economic Advisers (March 23, 2012).
15 Washington Trac Saety Commission, http://www.wtsc.wa.gov/programs-priorities/pedestrians-bicycles/.
16 Powell, Martin & Chowdhury, Places to walk: convenience and regular physical activity, American Journal o Public Health (2003), vol.
93, pp. 1519-1521; Giles-Corti & Donovan, The relative infuence o individual, social, and physical environment determinants o physical
activity, Social Science & Medicine (2002), vol. 54, pp. 1793-1812; and Complete Streets Promote Good Health, National Complete Streets
Coalition, http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/documents/cs/actsheets/cs-health.pd.
Photo CreditsFront Cover Sound Transit train, Seattle, Oran Viriyincy; bridge, Spokane, Roger Lynn;
bicycling, Bellingham, Buf BlackPage 1 C-Tran bus, Vancouver, C-Tran
Page 3Ferry, Elliott Bay, Futurewise
Page 4 Two children at Columbia City Link Light Rail Station, Seattle, Transportation Choices CoalitionPage 5 Construction workers, Seattle, Seattle DOT
Page 6 Community Transit bus, Everett, Oran Viriyincy
Page 7 Park, Tacoma, Pierce Transit
Page 8 Family holding T4W sign, Seattle, Transportation For Washington
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