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Washington State Public Transportation Plan Chapter Three: Goals and Action Strategies EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION When making decisions about potential investments, criteria geared toward mutually beneficial outcomes can keep planning processes focused on integrated multimodal transportation options that open doors for the upward mobility and improved health of every member of the community. A more inclusive approach to planning, funding, and implementing transportation will increase opportunities to build alliances, develop community support, and collaborate on solutions that leverage resources to achieve thriving communities. Given the increasingly diverse and complex challenges in communities across the state, public transportation is a critical tool for promoting social integration and equity for people to access every service and amenity that our communities have to offer. EVALUATING THRIVING COMMUNITIES Desired Outcomes • Healthy people • Prosperity • Sustainable environment • Equity Measures Currently Available • Tons of greenhouse gases caused by transportation • Jobs created or sustained by transportation projects • % increase in miles of trails Measures to be Developed • Thriving Communities Dashboard »» Economic, environmental and community benefits of public transportation »» Mode split by subarea »» Costs of transportation as a portion of household income »» Air quality »» Number and types of housing units in proximity to public transportation STRATEGIES Implicit in the concept of thriving communities is a recognition that public transportation benefits go beyond simply transporting people from one place to another. Where public transportation is more accessible, people can more easily connect with others, resulting in productivity gains, economic investment, better health, and improved quality of life. PP Research, test and share tools and best practices to advance sustainable and equitable transportation planning and investment PP Quantify and communicate the economic, environmental, health and community benefits of public transportation to Washington state PP Test ways to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of transportation strategies that support people throughout their lives PP Align and coordinate transportation investments to support local comprehensive plans and community priorities, such as improving first and last mile pedestrian connections or connections between bus and ferries 62 WSDOT | <strong>DRAFT</strong> October 2015 | WaTransPlan.com
Washington State Public Transportation Plan Chapter Three: Goals and Action Strategies EARLY ACTIONS Immediately after this plan is adopted, WSDOT will prepare a work plan and budget to begin working through these early actions. Each year, WSDOT will update that work program in conjunction with its public transportation partners. • Update, develop and publish tools and best practices to support sustainable and equitable transportation planning and investment Lead: Partner with University of Washington • Share and provide support for best practices in transportation efficient land use planning Lead: To be identified • Develop and propose thriving community benchmarks to establish performance targets and monitor outcomes of strategies and investments; assess and report associated data and evaluation gaps Lead: To be identified • Continue to refine WSDOT’ practical solutions, least cost planning and other methodologies that integrate state and local planning, operations and investments to optimize transportation efficiency and quality. Lead: WSDOT • Better identify and coordinate policies on transportation and public health (to generate significant long-term health benefits and economic savings to individuals and the state as a whole) Lead: To be identified • Initiate discussions to include health and equity in the Washington Transportation Plan goals Lead: To be identified WSDOT | <strong>DRAFT</strong> October 2015 | WaTransPlan.com 63
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