2005 State of Mobility Report - City of Bellevue

CHAPTER 4: Transportation Planning and Programming
4-C. Comparison of 2001-2012 TFP and 2004-2015 TFP
2001-2012 TFP 2004-2015 TFP Reduction
Total Value of Projects Listed $284 million $174 million $110 million
Total Number of Projects in Plan 98 73 25
Average Project Cost $2.9 million $2.5 million $500,000
The reduction in transportation funding places
greater than usual importance on the transportation
planning and programming process.
In September, 2005, the Transportation Department
initiated the 2006-2017 TFP Update process, which
started with the Transportation Commission and
staff identifying, evaluating and prioritizing more
than 100 candidate projects. On December 1, 2005,
the Transportation Commission recommended the
proposed TFP project list for City Council approval.
The list will be advanced through an evaluation
process in 2006 that includes the preparation of an
EIS to document the potential citywide impacts of
implementing the 12-year project plan.
Capital Investment Programming
The final step in the process to plan for and
finance transportation system improvements is the
development of the seven-year Capital Investment
Program (CIP) plan. The CIP is updated every
two years. The biennial process reviews the City’s
priorities and criteria for selecting projects that
will vie for future funding. The City’s CIP is
organized into major program areas including
Parks, Public Safety, Neighborhood Enhancement,
and Transportation. Each program area may be
further sub-divided into project categories. The
Transportation CIP is allocated to the following
categories:
• Roadways
• Intersections
• Walkways/Bikeways
• Maintenance/Minor Capital
Map 4-B shows the projects included in the 2005-
2011 CIP Plan.
Table 4-D indicates the distribution of citywide CIP
funds to Transportation and the sub-allocation of
those revenues to the specific project categories for
the past five CIP cycles.
Trends in Transportation Funding
Chart 4-E reflects the four primary categories of
revenue that generally support the Transportation
Program Area in the relative proportion that funded
the 2005-2011 CIP. The categories of funding
include:
• General CIP revenue, comprised of state and
local option sales taxes and local business and
occupation (B&O) taxes;
• State and federal grants and contributions from
other local agencies, such as King County and
the City of Redmond;
• Transportation Impact Fees and other developer
contributions; and
• Transportation dedicated taxes and fees such as
motor vehicle fuel taxes and specified portions of
real estate excise tax and the local B&O tax.
Based on the past two CIP update cycles (2003-2009
CIP and 2005-2011 CIP), the following trends will
need to be monitored as the department completes
the 2007-2013 CIP Update process in 2006:
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