About Roads & Transit
Roads & Transit is a proposal to improve roads and transit in Snohomish, King and Pierce counties. It is being developed jointly by Sound Transit and the Regional Transportation Investment District (RTID) Planning Committee.
The proposal will be on the November 2007 ballot for voters in the Sound Transit and RTID Planning Committee districts. These districts include portions of Snohomish, King and Pierce counties.
The 2006 Washington State Legislature required the RTID Planning Committee and Sound Transit to jointly submit a transportation financing plan to voters in the 2007 general election. RTID and Sound Transit began working together on the Roads & Transit plan in June 2006. Along with regional planning and transportation agencies, they conducted years of engineering and design work. They also informed the public and collected public comments through open houses, surveys, letters, meetings and hearings.
Sound Transit is currently completing Phase 1 of a regional mass transit system, including light rail, commuter rail and express bus service. Sound Transit’s Phase 2 plan calls for expanding the regional mass transit system and is the transit part of the Roads & Transit package.
The RTID Planning Committee has recommended a plan for road and bridge investments in key highway corridors in Snohomish, Pierce and King Counties. These investments would build on improvements that WSDOT has already made or are underway. The plan, called the Blueprint for Progress, is the roads part of the Roads & Transit package.
The Washington Legislature authorized the creation of both Sound Transit (in 1990) and the RTID Planning Committee (in 2002). The purpose of Sound Transit is to build a mass transit system that connects employment and population centers in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties. The purpose of the RTID Planning Committee is to enable citizens of King, Pierce and Snohomish counties to choose transportation investments.
Please visit the Sound Transit and RTID Planning Committee web sites for more information about the organizations and their plans.
| Sound Transit Board | Regional Transportation Investment District | |
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John W. Ladenburg, Chair Connie Marshall, Vice Chair Mark Olson, Vice Chair Julie Anderson Mary-Alyce Burleigh Fred Butler Dow Constantine David Enslow Doug MacDonald, Secretary Richard Marin Richard McIver Greg Nickels Julia Patterson Larry Phillips Aaron Reardon Ron Sims Claudia Thomas Pete von Reichbauer |
Executive Board: Shawn Bunney, Chair Julia Patterson, Vice-Chair Dow Constantine Reagan Dunn Tim Farrell Dave Gossett Gary Nelson Planning Committee: All Executive RTID Board members Doug MacDonald, Secretary of Transportation, Non-voting Chair Roger Bush Jane Hague Bob Ferguson Barbara Gelman Calvin Goings Larry Gossett John Koster Kathy Lambert Terry Lee Dick Muri Larry Phillips Pete von Reichbauer Kirke Sievers Dave Somers |