DRAFT
WSPTP_102015
WSPTP_102015
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Washington State Public Transportation Plan<br />
Chapter Three: Goals and Action Strategies<br />
state’s commute trip reduction program, which has united large employers and public<br />
transportation providers to develop tools to help commuters find alternatives to driving to<br />
work alone. As a result, there have been 30,000 fewer cars on the road daily, 13,000 fewer<br />
hours of traffic delay in the Central Puget Sound Region daily, and millions of dollars saved in<br />
overall system efficiency. In Spokane, the commute trip reduction law has led to a reduction<br />
in over 5,400 vehicle trips per day, saving Spokane citizens over $1.1 million in fuel costs<br />
each year. Applying the lessons from successful examples of partnership and coordination<br />
systemwide, we can make progress toward reliability and integration to improve access for<br />
people in Washington state.<br />
EVALUATING ACCESS<br />
Desired<br />
Outcomes<br />
• Availability<br />
• Affordability<br />
• Reliability<br />
• Connected system<br />
• Integrated planning and<br />
services<br />
Measures<br />
Currently Available<br />
• Avoided annual hours of<br />
delay per traveler<br />
• Drive alone rate<br />
• Ridership and percentage of<br />
trips on time for Washington<br />
State Ferries and Washington<br />
sponsored Amtrak train<br />
service<br />
• Transit ridership<br />
• On-time transit performance<br />
Measures to<br />
be Developed<br />
• Public Transportation Dashboard<br />
»»<br />
Quality last mile/first mile<br />
transit access<br />
»»<br />
Special needs access<br />
»»<br />
Reduced system gaps<br />
»»<br />
Available transportation by<br />
subarea<br />
»»<br />
Frequency of local transit<br />
»»<br />
Access to public transportation<br />
by race, disability and income<br />
»»<br />
Access to human services and<br />
schools<br />
»»<br />
Access to jobs through means<br />
other than driving alone<br />
STRATEGIES<br />
As Washington state’s population continues to grow, transportation access is going to be<br />
increasingly vital to our economy’s growth and success. Improving the ways in which access is<br />
defined and measured will allow for better access to transportation.<br />
PP<br />
Allow for system gaps and deficits to be more quickly identified and addressed: for<br />
example, during routine congestion, incidents, emergencies and disaster response<br />
PP<br />
Remove barriers, such as conditions on special needs funding and other policy<br />
restrictions, and incentivize collaboration and integration between service providers<br />
PP<br />
Work with a broad range of partners to plan and invest based on systemwide needs,<br />
priorities and performance<br />
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WSDOT | <strong>DRAFT</strong> October 2015 | WaTransPlan.com
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