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Implementation Working Group (IWG)
Transportation
The goal of the Transportation IWG is to identify actions that can result in significant reductions in transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Washington State. GHG emissions from transportation account for nearly half of Washington's total emissions. The Transportation IWG will recommend tools and best practices to achieve the vehicle miles travelled (VMT) reduction goals in
HB 2815. In addition, the Transportation IWG will define and advance specific non-VMT transportation policy proposals for implementation, and/or identify specific next steps, given the need for a scalable multi-pronged approach to address the climate impacts of the transportation sector.
Meetings and Agendas
(all documents are in PDF format)
To listen to the meeting by phone, call 1-800-704-9804, and enter code 783712#
Public comment can be submitted in person at the meetings or via the internet.
Next Meeting 
Past Meetings
September 11, 9:00a-4:30p - Pierce Transit Building 5
Training Center, Rainier Room, 3720 – 96th ST SW, Lakewood, WA.
Directions are included on the agenda.
Seattle to Tacoma ST Route 591/594 will get you from
Downtown to the SR512 P & R Lot, and it is about a 0.6 mile walk
to the meeting location. A teleconference will be available for
those who wish to call-in (phone number above). Meeting
Documents:
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Agenda
- Background References for Funding Discussion:
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Transportation Resource Manual: A key resource on
existing revenue options is the Transportation Resource
Manual. This manual is a comprehensive primer on the
policy, finance, governance, and legislative authority
for the provision of transportation systems in
Washington. Included in this manual are state taxes and
fees for transportation as well as local taxes. The
manual also includes estimates of the revenues generated
by the various taxes and fees and the authorization by
the Legislature. Local taxes for transportation begin on
page 119 and cover currently imposed taxes such as the
commercial parking tax (page 123), high capacity
transportation (Sound Transit page 124), regional
transportation investment districts (page 128),
transportation benefit districts (page 129), and transit
taxes (page 133).
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Study of Long-term Transportation Financing Options:
This study was completed for the Washington
Legislature's Joint Transportation Committee in January,
2007.
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Revenue Options Worksheet: This worksheet is
generally produced each biennium for use by legislative
staff to answer basic questions during session, and may
be of use to the Transportation IWG in its discussions.
- HB 2815
(See Section 8 for Transportation IWG-specific responsibilities)
- Meeting Documents to be handed out at meeting:
August 28, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - this
meeting will be in-person at the Amsterdam Room, Sea-Tac
Airport. Participants are encouraged to
take
transit or other modes of transportation to the meeting.
A call-in number (see above) will also be available.
Meeting Materials:
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Agenda [link attached Transportation IWG Agenda PDF]
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Transportation Funding Presentation [link attached
Transportation Funding Presentation PDF]
- Background documents on Transportation Pricing
Strategies and their implementations domestically and
internationally:
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Compact and Transit Oriented Development Discussion Paper:
This document reflects the latest thinking of the T-4
subgroup and includes information on Bicycle and Pedestrian
(T-8). The last section is an excerpt from the 2007 CAT
report describing how the VMT reductions for T-4 are
measured.
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Quantitative VMT/GHG Reduction Analysis for T-1 options:
The table called "Results Long Summary" will be the starting
point for Thursday's discussion. "Results Long Summary"
contains summarized GHG and VMT reduction numbers for 2020.
The table called “Master Expansion Scenarios” compiles all
the data on 2006/2007 and 2020 service supply and service
demand. There are worksheets for each sub-strategy that are
used to calculate the GHG impacts of that sub-strategy.
Emission factors, fuel economy factors, and other universal
parameters are included in separate worksheets. The GHG
reduction numbers for each of the sub-strategies are
calculated separately and then accounting for overlap,
include an aggregate GHG reduction projection.
Thursday, August 7, 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. -
Teleconference (see phone number, above)
- Documents and Call Resources
Monday, July 14, 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Documents and Call Resources:
Monday, June 23 9:00a-11:00a Documents and
Call Resources:
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Agenda
- Transportation
Resource Manual: A key resource on existing
revenue options is the Transportation Resource Manual. This
manual is a comprehensive primer on the policy, finance,
governance, and legislative authority for the provision of
transportation systems in Washington. Included in this
manual are state taxes and fees for transportation as well
as local taxes. The manual also includes estimates of the
revenues generated by the various taxes and fees and the
authorization by the Legislature. Local taxes for
transportation begin on page 119 and cover currently imposed
taxes such as the commercial parking tax (page 123), high
capacity transportation (Sound Transit page 124), regional
transportation investment districts (page 128),
transportation benefit districts (page 129), and transit
taxes (page 133).
-
Study of long-term transportation financing options:
This study was completed for the Washington Legislature's
Joint Transportation Committee in January, 2007.
-
Revenue options worksheet: This worksheet is
generally produced each biennium for use by legislative
staff to answer basic questions during session, and may be
of use to the Transportation IWG in its discussions.
- Homework Assignment: Between
meetings, the Transportation IWG has been reviewing the
transportation recommendations from the
2007 CAT. The IWG members have been identifying and
prioritizing the top 3-5 VMT-reduction strategies that
members believe the Transportation IWG must consider to meet
the GHG reduction goals in 2015. Initial results from 23 of
the 29 workgroup members were
summarized and discussed on the June 23 call.
Monday, June 9 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Conference Call Documents:
Monday, June 2, 9:00 a.m. - noon Documents:
May 21, 2008
Documents:
Additional Documents
- Bicycle Alliance of Washington
- King County Metro Transit
- Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
- Sound Transit
- Seattle Department of Transportationn
- Washington State Department of Transportation
- Zip Car
Members
- Co-leads
- Dennis McLerran, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
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Katy Taylor, Washington Department of Transportation
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Lon Wyrick, Thurston Regional Planning Council, MPO/RTPO/WSDOT Coordinating Committee
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Team Members
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Genesee Adkins,
Transportation Choices Coalition
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Gordon Black, Bicycle Alliance of Washington
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Bill Clark, Washington Association of Realtors
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Barbara Culp,
Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center
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Preston Feight,
PACCAR/Kenworth Trucks
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Bonnie Geers,
Weyerhaeuser
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KC Golden,
Climate Solutions
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Lynne Griffith,
Pierce Transit
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Wayne Grotheer, Port of Seattle
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Jemae Hoffman,
Seattle Department of Transportation
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Bryan Imai,
Washington State Auto Dealers Association
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Bill Kidd,
BP
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Mike Kreidler,
Washington State Insurance Commissioner
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Kim Lyons,
Washington State University Energy Program
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Bonnie Mager,
Spokane County Commissioner
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Michael McGinn,
Sierra Club
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Glenn Miles,
Spokane Regional Transportation Council
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Carol Moser,
Washington State Transportation Commission
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Dave Overstreet, AAA
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Ashley Probart,
Association of Washington Cities
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Carla Pryne,
Earth Ministry
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Larry Pursley,
Freight/Trucking Industry
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Bob Saunders,
Department of Ecology
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Harold Taniguchi, King County
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Kirk Vinnish,
Tribal Transportation Planning Organization
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Liz Warman,
Boeing and Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Board
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