| Lead Agency |
Project Title |
Amount Requested |
| Ben Franklin Transit |
Columbia Park Trail
Park & Ride Lot Expansion |
$300,000 |
Our vanpool program ridership has exceeded the physical capacity of our park & ride facilities. We are therefore seeking a $300,000 grant to expand the Columbia Park Trail Park & Ride Facility by over 300 spaces. This lot will also be used for commuter bus service.
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| City of Bellingham |
Lincoln Creek Transportation Center (LCTC) |
$3,090,000 |
The LCTC project proposes to redevelop a former drive-in theater (approximately 9.7 acres) on Lincoln Street for public transportation-related improvements, including a park-and-ride site to serve Whatcom County. The development will include facilities for transit pick-up and drop-off, shuttle service to WWU and surrounding areas, and parking for approximately 680 vehicles. The growth of Whatcom and Skagit Counties increases the need for mass transit between and among areas within the counties, and for transit hubs that will serve both as connectors and transit centers. LCTC serves as a collector of single occupant vehicles (SOVs) and pedestrians who board buses destined for local and regional destinations, and serves as a center for buses from other regions (such as Skagit County) to drop riders who might catch another bus or access their vehicles. The project will support alternative modes of transportation, such as carpooling, bicycling and walking, and provide incentives to reduce use of SOVs.
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| City of Des Moines |
South Sound Passenger Ferry - Transit - Airport Connector Feasibility Study |
$280,000 |
This is a proposed study of establishing a new Passenger Ferry service in the Southern end of Puget Sound. It would be a public transportation service that definitively coordinates and integrates the existing public transportation service in the south sound with the region’s highway system. If found feasible, the service would improve the interconnectivity of the counties and the regional population centers, fully utilize and interconnect existing and new Park and Ride lots, shorten many south sound rush hour trips, and enhance the efficiency of several corridors.
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City of Edmonds |
Edmonds Crossing Multi-modal Terminal |
$2,000,000 |
The funds will help pay for final design and permitting activities in preparation of the eventual construction of a multimodal transportation facility to serve Washington State Ferries, Amtrak, Sound Transit commuter rail, Community Transit and Sound Transit bus service, in addition to providing parking, bicycle, pedestrian, and HOV access.
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City of Federal Way |
Pacific Highway South HOV Lanes Phase III (South 284th Street to Dash Point Road)
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$1,214,000 |
This project is within the City of Federal Way. This project is listed on the City of Federal Way adopted Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) 2006-2011, included in the PSRC Regional TIP, identified in Regional Network of High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes, the Regional Arterial Network (RAN), Freight Mobility, identified as a route for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and on the list of High Accident Corridor (HAC), High Accident Location (HAL) and Pedestrian accident Location (PAL). Consistent with the corridor goals, improvements of this project include adding an HOV lane in each direction, curb, gutter and sidewalks both sides, illumination system, modifying the signal system, undergrounding of the overhead utilities and improved drainage system. The combination of increased transit use, more carpooling, and greater pedestrian usage will reduce VMT thereby reducing both congestion and vehicle emissions. The percent improvement with this project for the person delay at 39.2 percent. This project currently under Design and ROW acquisition. Construction of this project anticipated to begin in Summer 2006 and completed Summer 2008.
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City of Lakewood |
Lakewood Commuter Rail Station |
$2,700,000 |
This project provides for the construction and on-going operation and maintenance of a commuter rail station including a 620 stall parking garage, multi-agency transit center, and intermodal roadway improvements. This project provides for regional transit and commuter service between Thurston, Pierce, and King Counties reducing impacts on the congested corridors along Interstate 5, reducing rider delays, and providing reliable transportation for many modes.
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| City of Mukilteo |
Mukilteo Multimodal Terminal |
$3,500,000 |
This project includes the construction of a new multimodal Terminal Building; New ferry dock with two ferry slips; Transit Center with 7 bus bays for service connections with Community Transit and Everett Transit; Overhead pedestrian bridge with direct access to the passenger deck of the ferries, transit and the Sounder Commuter Rail Station; Bike facilities and special bike ferry staging; Pedestrian waterfront promenade for public access to the water; Vehicle holding area for 260-300 vehicles with HOV priority staging and bypass lanes; Interim (SR-525) highway access improvements with HOV bypass; and, Four booth toll plaza with HOV priority. The project will allow for increased service, mitigation of auto congestion on SR-525, promote seamless HOV connections, increase ferry through-put for faster load-unload improve travel time savings, safety and operational problems at existing site and pave the way for a broader commercial and recreational development of the Mukilteo waterfront.
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| City of Pacific |
Stewart Road Corridor Improvements (City of Pacific) |
$2,092,800 |
The project will widen the existing 2-lane Stewart Road (a principal arterial and proposed truck route) to 4 continuous lanes with a two-way left turn lane and install new water and storm water transmission facilities. Sidewalks, a multi-use trail, new and modified traffic signals including interconnect to other signals throughout the corridor are included. Expansion of this heavily-used corridor will relieve congestion, improve access for future public transportation, provide capacity for the distribution of goods and services, and accommodate multi-modal forms of transportation.
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| City of Redmond |
Increase of Route 269 Service Frequency |
$585,000 |
This project will: add trips on Metro Route 269 between the Issaquah Highlands Park and Ride and the Overlake employment center in Redmond for a three-year period; provide transit operational improvements to enhance travel times along the route; and market/promote the route. Currently, over 3,200 people live on the Sammamish/Issaquah Plateau and commute into employment sites in the Redmond Overlake area contributing significant congestion in Redmond and Sammamish along the SR 202 (Redmond-Fall City Road)/Sahalee Way/228th Ave. NE/East Lake Sammamish Parkway corridor. This project will also further leverage the: (1) investments Overlake employers have made in providing their employees with free or reduced cost transit passes/FlexPasses and other commuter incentives; (2) the investments made in Park and Ride facilities at the Issaquah Highlands, Sammamish/228th Park and Ride, and Overlake Park and Ride; (3) facility enhancements along SR 202 between Sahalee Way and SR 520.
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| City of Renton |
NE 4th St. and Union Ave. NE |
$800,000 |
The construction of this project will facilitate transit flow and reduce delays, improve transit stops, improve pedestrian crossing safety and convenience, improve the sidewalk system, improve provisions for bicyclists, accommodate the demands of increasing traffic volumes, improve safety for turning vehicles, reduce accidents, and improve access to driveway locations.
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| City of Renton |
North Renton Park-and-Ride |
$1,500,000 |
The construction of this project will improve mobility for transit users in a quickly developing area. It will allow for purchase of right-of-way as soon as possible for a north Renton park-and-ride prior to losing the opportunity to acquire property in the redevelopment area in Renton’s Urban Center-North (UC-N).
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| City of Renton |
SW 27th St / Strander Blvd. Connection |
$1,184,000 |
The proposed project, when construction of Segment 2b is complete, would decrease travel time and increase reliability, relieve congestion, serve the Sound Transit multimodal/intermodal Tukwila Transit Station, encourage transit-oriented development, improve freeway operation, and promote freight mobility and economic development.
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| City of Seattle |
King County In Motion |
$563,522 |
There are so many transportation choices offered by so many providers that citizens can easily avoid seeking out the information they need to drive less because they don’t know where to find it. In Motion reduces drive alone trips by providing citizens with information on their choices and how they work together as a coordinated “toolbox of solutions”. In Motion educates and motivates citizens to drive less by interacting with them directly at the personal and community level rather than through conventional, impersonal advertising..
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| City of Tacoma |
S. 48th St. and Tacoma Mall Blvd. Intersection Improvement Project |
$1,170,000 |
The intersection of S. 48th St. and Tacoma Mall Blvd. experiences heavy congestion and significant traffic delays. Pierce Transit operates 4 routes and Intercity Transit operates 1 route through this intersection. The significant delays on the north and south legs create delay for all legs and impact these transit routes. This project will add one left turn lane for northbound traffic and one right turn lane for southbound traffic. The roadway section will be reconstructed to provide a long term driving surface. The existing traffic signal will be reconstructed.
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| City of University Place |
University Place Intermodal Transit Center |
$2,000,000 |
As part of a transit oriented New Town Center, this project will resolve a serious shortage of park and ride facilities in and near the University Place Town Center by constructing an inter-modal transit center including 300 park and ride stalls on three levels, bike lockers, way finding, improved bus stops and pedestrian plaza connecting the park and ride/transit center to bus stops. The project will improve park & ride capacity in the University Place Town Center and encourage increased transit ridership; as well as improve interconnectivity between University Place, the Lakewood Town Center, Downtown Tacoma, the Tacoma Community College and Tacoma Light Rail. The project is located on Pierce Transit Route 2 – one of the highest transit ridership routes in the system.
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| City of West Richland |
West Richland Transit Center Park & Ride Expansion |
$134,100 |
Construct an asphalt parking lot with grassy swales, landscaping and lighting to accommodate 111 vehicles adjacent to the existing West Richland Transit Center.
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| Clark County and C-Tran |
99th Street Park & Ride Implementation |
$600,000 |
The construction of this road is beyond the FTA funded scope of the 99th Street Park & Ride and additional funds are needed to fulfill this requirement. The proposed Regional Mobility Grant would allow C-TRAN to move ahead with construction of the 99th Street Park & Ride and the associated service improvements by early 2007.
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| Community Transit |
Commute Connections |
$76,000 |
Community Transit proposes a comprehensive marketing and public outreach campaign to generate awareness of alternative parking solutions to address overcrowding at specific Park & Rides. Included in that effort are print advertising. bus interior cards, direct mail, a dedicated page on the website, information brochures, press releases, and Park & Ride signage, among other measures.
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| Community Transit |
I-5 Commuter Bus Expansion |
$2,912,000 |
This project provides funding to purchase eight, high capacity buses to expand peak-hour commuter service from Snohomish County to downtown Seattle. The new buses will operate on the I-5 corridor out of the major Park & Rides in south Snohomish County, but primarily out of the Ash Way Park & Ride and the Lynnwood Transit Center. This bus expansion will enable Community Transit to expand cross-county commuter service in response to increased consumer demand, help mitigate traffic congestion in downtown Seattle and increase transit/HOV use on the high priority I-5 freeway.
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| Community Transit |
Mountlake Terrace I-5 Commuter Parking (I-5 at 236th Street SW) |
$1,740,2620 |
The project will construct an enhanced transit hub on the existing park and ride lot at Mountlake Terrace (located at I-5 and 236th street SW) that will include a 690-stall parking garage within the footprint of the existing lower-level surface parking lot and 190 stalls of surface parking on the site's upper level lot, increasing parking capacity from about 388 stalls to approximately 880 stalls. Improvements will include an elevator, landscaping, lighting, pedestrian walkways, information kiosks, public telephone, security cameras and bicycle racks.
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| C-Tran |
Articulated Buses |
$1,520,000 |
C-TRAN is requesting Regional Mobility Grant funds to assist with purchase of four articulated buses for use on commuter service from Vancouver, Washington to Portland, Oregon. C-TRAN's commuter service operates mainly along the congested Interstate 5 (I-5) and Interstate 205 (I-205) corridors. Adding articulated buses to commuter service during peak periods would allow additional transit capacity and increase person throughput in these congested corridors.
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| Douglas County |
McGinnis Canyon Road Construction |
$1,000,000 |
McGinnis Canyon Road (Badger Mountain Road), from milepost 19.5 to 22.1, currently is a substandard hardened surface (dirt and decomposed rock) county road positioned between two sections of asphalt roadway that connect the urban centers of the greater Wenatchee area and Waterville. The County proposed to widen the roadway from the existing 24 feet to a width of 28 feet, remediate existing roadway and driveway intersection deficiencies, replace the existing surfacing with a designed hot mix asphalt roadway section, install guardrail, flatten roadway side slopes, and adjust horizontal and vertical alignments to correct sight distance problems and increase allowable design speeds. These improvements would markedly upgrade the connection between Waterville and the greater Wenatchee urban area thereby improving farm-to-market transport, shorten drive times to and from the County seat of Waterville, allow use of the corridor by regional transit systems (LINK Transit) and improve school bus transportation routes.
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| Grays Harbor Transit |
Redesign Aberdeen Station |
$597,874 |
Redesign Aberdeen Transit Station for safety and capacity; provide a park and ride, removing cars from downtown streets. The project allows for the demolition and removal of derelict buildings, and subsequent leveling and paving creating a new lot for expansion of the existing transit station. Buses will be rerouted internally to increase motorist and pedestrian safety as they exit the station, and also save some 13,500 miles each year.
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| Intercity Transit |
Martin Way P&R Lot Renovation and Expansion |
$1,259,360 |
The proposed project will renovate an existing 139-space park-and-ride facility located adjacent to I-5 in Lacey,Washington, by improving lighting, security, and vehicle flow and adding an additional 151 parking stalls by using adjacent land owned by the Washington State Department of Transportation. The current Martin Way P&R Lot, utilized by inter-county transit Express service customers and rideshare participants, is at or beyond capacity throughout the week. This situation became even more pronounced at the end of last year (2004) with the loss of the WSDOT Marvin Road P&R Lot (also at capacity) that was 2.5 miles away (Marvin Rd/I-5: 144 stalls). Intercity Transit has committed to expanding inter-county express bus service and commuter vanpool use in the congested and vital I-5 corridor but park-and-ride capacity is essential to further the growth in both express bus and vanpool ridership.
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| Island Transit |
Island Transit Langley / Noble Park & Ride Lot Phase 1 * |
$385,000 |
As a grant recipient, it is Island Transit's intent to utilize these funds for land purchase, design and construction of a Park & Ride Lot in the City of Langley on Whidbey Island. This project enjoys very passionate local support (see attached letters), and the end result of this partnership will create a beautiful gateway to the City, which will include a new Park & Ride Lot, fire hall, preservation of existing woodland / open space, and a community park. This property is located on an existing Island Transit route on a "Rural Roadway of Significance" across the street from the Island County Fair Grounds, and would provide immediate relief to three overflowing Park & Ride Lots: Clinton / Mukilteo Ferry, Bayview, and Trinity Lutheran Church in Freeland.
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| Jefferson Transit |
Jefferson Transit Park & Ride Enhancement Project |
$300,000 |
Jefferson Transit requests funding to create an information center at the Port Townsend Haines Place Park & Ride. The center will provide Jefferson County residents and visitors a transfer point, along with parking, schedule information to facilitate connections to other transit systems, public and private ferry systems, trails, bicycle corridors and intercity bus routes, as well as provide a state of the art communication capability to access all kinds of transportation, travel and safety information for auto, transit, bike and pedestrian transportation information resources. This project is designed to alleviate corridor congestion, improve access to multi-modal transportation and increase use of transit as an alternative to the single occupancy vehicle.
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| King County Metro |
North I-405 Transit Access Project - Brickyard Park and Ride Expansion - Phase 1 |
$2,000,000 |
Currently the Brickyard Park and Ride lot is operating at 107% of its capacity. The expansion project would build additional capacity at his lot in two phases. Phase 1 of the project would increase the capacity of the lot by 100 stalls through construction of a surface lot on property owned by King County DOT that boarders the state owned lot. Phase 2 of the expansion would add an additional 80 to 100 stalls and improve external access to the lot, internal circulation, improve the pedestrian and customer waiting environment, bicycle access, bicycle storage and expand rider information.
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| King County Metro |
Online Travel Tool Enhancements:
Online Trip Planner (OTP) Expansion, RideshareOnline.com (RSO) Replacement and Secure Group Match |
$1,105,000 |
The project takes two widely-used communication tools that provide separate pieces of the public transportation picture, expands the capabilities of each and combines the powers of both. The proposed expansions will enable the public and transportation providers to make efficient and effective use of public transportation resources for daily as well as emergency applications.
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| King County Metro |
Sea-Tac Airport Connector |
$975,000 |
The grant would fund a two-year advance implementation of a new two-way, weekday expanded peak hours transit service, the Sea-Tac Airport Connector, operated by King County Metro (KCM) in South King County, along with transit facility improvements in Tukwila needed to support the restructure of bus service. The Airport Connector would provide direct service from Sound Transit's Auburn and Kent commuter rail stations to Sea-Tac Airport with either no transfer or a maximum of one transfer, as well as a connection in Kent to restructured bus service serving and supported by transit facility improvements in Tukwila.
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| King County Metro |
Seattle North CBD Transit Access Improvements, Stewart St/Howell St/Olive Way & Virginia/Fairview Corridors |
$1,800,000 |
The project is requesting grant funds in the amount of $1.8 million to improve transit access and transit travel time and reliability due to roadway congestion in the vicinity of Stewart St/Howell St/Olive Way corridors. Metro, Community Transit, Sound Transit and Pierce Transit operate service in these congested corridors and serve over 9,800 daily weekday transit riders to Seattle north CBD from 18 cities in Snohomish County, King County and Pierce County.
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| Kitsap Transit |
Kingston Passenger Ferry Terminal |
$300,000 |
Purchase additional elements of the Kingston Passenger Ferry Terminals constructed by AquaExpress inDecember 2004.The barge for debarking/embarking will be purchased to complete the public ownership ofKingston POF assets.
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| Kitsap Transit |
Poulsbo Transfer Center |
$250,000 |
| This project involves the final construction work to build a transit transfer center for buses only on designated City and State ROW at three existing locations lightly offset by new SR305 lane improvements. The project is an important regional transfer centers, serving riders from Kitsap Clallam and Jefferson Counties to Bainbridge Island and to Seattle. |
| Kitsap Transit |
SR-305 Corridor Plan Right-of-Way Process for Mass Transit |
$120,000 |
| Kitsap Transit is requesting OTM funds to add an additional planning module to the SR305 Planning Study update, slated to commence in January 2006 for the potential preservation of WSDOT ROW for Public transportation in long range plans. |
| Pierce Transit |
Pierce Transit Peninsula Park and Ride Project |
$2,000,000 |
| The project consists of the construction of a new park and ride facility located in Gig Harbor, WA on the west side of SR-16 approximately ¼ mile south of the Pioneer Way/Wollochet Drive intersection. The project will accommodate between 450-600 cars. It will include a pedestrian bridge connecting to the existing Kimball Drive Park and ride located directly across SR-16. A second phase of the project will include an in-line station on SR-16 to facilitate express transit service on SR-16. This application is only requesting funds for Phase I. |
| Skagit Transit and Island Transit |
Skagit/Island Commuter Connector Service to Everett Station Phase 1 ** |
$1,970,000 |
The partnership Tri-County Connector service, between Island, Whatcom and Skagit Transits, is such a smashing success that we must keep the momentum going!! This two-year demonstration project will be a cooperative partnership between Skagit Transit and Island Transit to provide express commuter service from both Skagit Station in Mount Vernon and Terry's Corner Park & Ride on Camano Island, directly to Everett Station. The project will finally provide the missing public transportation link between the North and South I-5 corridor.
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| Skamania County |
Salmon Falls Park & Ride |
$295,000 |
Skamania County will construct a Park & Ride facility along SR-14 designed to enhance the safety and efficiency of public transit between Skamania County and Clark County. This facility will include 50 single car parking stalls (including two ADA accessible spaces), bus shelter, bicycle parking facilities, restroom facilities, concrete sidewalk for site mobility, interpretive kiosk, landscaping with native plant varieties, porous concrete paving for stormwater disposal and treatment, and lighting as permitted.
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| Sound Transit |
Airport Link: Extension of Light Rail to Sea-Tac International Airport |
$5,000,000 |
This project will construct an extension of Link light rail to Sea-Tac International Airport. The $5m grant request would be applied to the construction of the SeaTac/Airport Light Rail Station. The Airport Station alone is expected to serve 5,000 riders per day by 2030. The ridership for the light rail from Sea-Tac Airport to downtown Seattle’s Westlake Station is estimated to be 47,000 per day in 2030. The Airport Link extension is 1.7 miles long (52 percent elevated, 48 percent at grade), connecting the Tukwila International Blvd. Station in Tukwila and the Sea-Tac Airport in the city of SeaTac. With this extension, the Central Link light rail line will cover a total of 15.6 miles from downtown Seattle to Sea-Tac Airport.
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| Spokane Transit |
Spokane / Kootenai Connector |
$1,070,930 |
The project will provide a critical commuter link along I-90 between Coeur d'Alene, ID and Post Falls, ID to Mirabeau Park and Ride in the City of Spokane Valley, WA with connections to downtown Spokane and Spokane International Airport. Commuter bus service will be provided during peak travel times with 30-minute frequencies. The project will increase the amount of passenger trips using public transportation service and will reduce the amount of traffic congestion on I-90.
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| Yakima County |
Powerhouse Road/Painted Rocks Park & Ride |
$200,000 |
Phase I of the Powerhouse Road/Painted Rocks Park & Ride project will be include the land acquisition and design engineering for a 20+ lot Park & Ride facility at the Painted Rocks Historical Site. Phase I has tentatively been funding through the 2004-06 Transportation Enhancement Program. The P&R facility will complement Yakima County's reconstruction of Powerhouse Road and Powerhouse Bridge (#786) and WSDOT's Suntides Interchange Project. Facilities may also include: interpretive signage, wetlands enhancement, bus and mass transit stops, picnic tables, pathways, improved access to historic site, and pedestrian/bicycle crossing facilities. Phase II, a partnership between Yakima County and Washington State Parks, WSDOT, and Yakima Transit will result in the construction of the Park & Ride facility (including access to Powerhouse Road, aforementioned interpretive enhancements, crosswalk facilities, and State Parks access improvements to the Historic "Painted Rocks" Park site.
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| Yakima Transit |
Union Gap Route Expansion |
$232,000 |
It took 39 years, but starting in July 2005, Yakima Transit began with cooperation of the City of Union Gap, limited bus service to that community. (Including the WSDOT campus) However, Yakima Transit only serves a tiny fraction (just 5 stops) for an area that has 5500 inhabitants. That leaves almost their entire city without transit service. Union Gap residents have been calling us, their City Hall and writing to the local newspaper requesting more stops and frequent service. They are asking for the southern and western portions of their community to be included. Our project proposal is to add one more bus route to meet those transit needs.
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| Yakima Transit |
West Side Transit Facility Park and Ride Lot |
$87,000 |
The City of Yakima has expanded westward into Yakima County through major annexations over the past several years. That has shifted our population centers away for our existing transit locations. This results in considerable "dead head" time/mileage in having to serve these annexed areas. Yakima Transit is planning on acquiring property in early 2006 to provide a new transit facility for this part of our community. Our project proposal is to add a 40 space Park/Ride lot into the infrastructure design of the property.
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| Yakima Transit |
Yakima Transit Expanded Service Hours |
$344,800 |
Yakima Transit needs to expand it system's operating times to cover early morning work schedules, evening activities and begin limited Sunday service. YT currently operates on a 12-hour daily schedule from 6:30 AM. To 6:30 PM. (limited Saturday/no Sunday) that has been in place for most of its 39 year history. Employees who work an early starting shift can't use YT to get to the workplace. And those working restaurant/retail services until early evening's closing can't use us either. On weekends our transit buses operate only hourly on Saturday with only Dial-A-Ride service on Sunday. Our proposal is to increase our service hours to cover these on-going passenger requests.
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| Yakima Transit |
Yakima/Kittitas (Inter-County) Transit |
$248,000 |
Our dispatch center continues to receive daily inquiries on "How can I get to Ellensburg?" from both a large contingent of Central Washington University's students (CWU is our nearest 4 year college) and those employees residing in the Yakima area who work in Kittitas County. In addition, the U.S. Army's training facility (between Yakima and Ellensburg) has up to 2500 soldiers based there throughout the year - A transit stop at that facility has been sought for years that would allow the access of military personnel to the Selah and Yakima communities for shopping/recreational activities.There are also two Park/Ride lots (Resthaven & I-82 @ SR 823) along the proposed route that have a total of 115 parking spaces. Currently, there is not any transit service to either location which limits the available commute options. Our project will link the two cities, the two counties, the two Park/Ride lots and the U.S. Army military base together with a limited transit schedule that fills a public transportation connection void.
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Total Regional Mobility Grant Requests
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$51,501,648
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*Additional funds in the amount of $875,000 will be requested in the next funding cycle
**Additional funds in the amount of $3.17 million will be requested in the next funding cycle |