http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/04/29/friday-visioning-the-regions-transportation-future/ Transit in the Greater Seattle Area Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/04/29/friday-visioning-the-regions-transportation-future/#comment-42784 Andrew Smith Sat, 02 May 2009 07:58:08 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=4793#comment-42784 I'm 100% with you on this. The more I read about it, the more it seems the only way to eliminate congestion is to reduce VMT via congestion pricing.
I’m 100% with you on this. The more I read about it, the more it seems the only way to eliminate congestion is to reduce VMT via congestion pricing.

]]> http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/04/29/friday-visioning-the-regions-transportation-future/#comment-42780 John Niles Sat, 02 May 2009 07:06:54 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=4793#comment-42780 Several panelists at the Friday Town Hall meeting in City Hall advocated road user fees widely applied as very important to the future of regional transportation, Councilwoman Jan Drago, notably. I agree. PSRC's transportation planning group is modeling the impact of congestion-sensitive (time-of-day and location-sensitive) road pricing on all regional expressways and arterials in 2040. It reduces VMT, raises buckets of money, and motivates transit usage. This is Option 5 in the Destination 2040 plan. I recommend everybody pushing for Option 5 to be advanced to the mainstream. In related news, the state legislature just authorized curb-to-curb tolling with off-peak discounts on the present SR 520 bridge starting next year to help pay for the construction of the new bridge, which by the way has a cross-Lake BRT plan coming along in parallel to run on its new HOV lanes. What was NOT authorized according to panelist Kevin Desmond, Metro's General Manager, is applying road toll revenue to transit operations or vehicles. Transit wise for the time being, the tolls will pay for the lanes that bus transit runs on.
Several panelists at the Friday Town Hall meeting in City Hall advocated road user fees widely applied as very important to the future of regional transportation, Councilwoman Jan Drago, notably. I agree. PSRC’s transportation planning group is modeling the impact of congestion-sensitive (time-of-day and location-sensitive) road pricing on all regional expressways and arterials in 2040. It reduces VMT, raises buckets of money, and motivates transit usage. This is Option 5 in the Destination 2040 plan. I recommend everybody pushing for Option 5 to be advanced to the mainstream.
In related news, the state legislature just authorized curb-to-curb tolling with off-peak discounts on the present SR 520 bridge starting next year to help pay for the construction of the new bridge, which by the way has a cross-Lake BRT plan coming along in parallel to run on its new HOV lanes. What was NOT authorized according to panelist Kevin Desmond, Metro’s General Manager, is applying road toll revenue to transit operations or vehicles. Transit wise for the time being, the tolls will pay for the lanes that bus transit runs on.

]]> http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/04/29/friday-visioning-the-regions-transportation-future/#comment-42291 Andrew Smith Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:18:17 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=4793#comment-42291 I'm going, looks like a good one.
I’m going, looks like a good one.

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