About the Statewide HSTP

The Washington State Department of Transportation is dedicated to working closely with its partners and stakeholders, inclulding the state's Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPO) and local governments, to ensure efficient transportation options are available and accessible to all.

The state now has a unique opportunity to advance key themes and common strategies from each of the 14 RTPO-sponsored plans to a statewide level. WSDOT will advocate for interjurisdictional strategies that encompass multiple service areas. Regional efforts already have succeeded in revealing local needs and unique issues. It is time to draw upon these successes to address statewide deficiencies.

Project Advisory Committee

• Jerry Ayres, WSDOT Public Transportation Division, Planning Liaison & SHSTP Project Manager
  
  
• Madelyn Carlson, People for People
  
  
• Don Chartock, WSDOT Public Transportation Division, Access Development Manager
  
  
• Victor Harris, stakeholder
  
  
• Tom Hingson, Everett Transit
  
  
• Charlene Kay, WSDOT Eastern Region planning engineer
  
  
• Danette Klemens, Senior Services of Snohomish County
  
  
• Colleen Kuhn, Human Services Council
  
  
• Patrick Lynch, consultant team project manager
  
  
• Lynn Moody, Hopelink
  
  
• Pat Morin, WSDOT Capital Program Development & Management
  
  
• Karen Parkhurst, Thurston Regional Planning Council
  
  
• Tim Renfro, Pierce Transit
  
  
• Rep. Cindy Ryu, 32nd District, Washingotn State House of Representatives
  
  
• Kelly Scalf, president CTANW
  
  
• Page Scott, Yakima Valley Conference of Governments
  
  
• Connie Soper, consultant team
  
  
• Kim Stube, Cowlitz Tribe
  
  
• Margaret Tully, Pierce County
  

The Partners

The HSTP partners include all 15 RTPOs in Washington state, as well as special needs transportation service providers, social service non-profits, tribal governments and transportation organizations, veterans, local and regional transit agencies and other
municipal agencies.

Regional transportation planning

The Federal Transit Administration requires the establishment of local coordinated plans for all human services transportation programs. Applicants for WSDOT's public transportation grant program are required to participate in the planning process with their local regional transportation planning organization (RTPO) or metropolitan planning organization (MPO).

RTPO Human Service Plans

• Benton-Franklin-Walla Walla RTPO ( pdf 1 mb) Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties
  
• North Central RTPO and Wenatchee Valley Transportation Council
  (pdf 1.8 mb) Chelan, Douglas, and Okanogan counties
  
• Northeast Washington RTPO ( pdf 4.7 mb) Ferry, Pend Oreille, and Stevens counties
  
• Palouse RTPO ( pdf 4 mb) Asotin, Columbia, Garfield and Whitman counties
  
• Peninsula RTPO (pdf 8 mb) Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap and Mason counties
  
• Puget Sound Regional Council King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties
  
• Quad County RTPO ( pdf 2.1 mb) Lincoln, Adams, Grant and Kittitas counties
  
• San Juan County ( pdf 2.1 mb)
  
• Skagit-Island RTPO ( pdf 4.4 mb) Skagit and Island counties
  
• Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council
  Clark, Skamania andKlickitat counties
• Southwest Washington RTPO
  (pdf 5.5 mb) Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, Lewis, Pacific and Grays Harbor counties
  
• Spokane Regional Transportation Council (pdf 3 mb) Spokane County
  
• Thurston Regional Planning Council (pdf 5 mb) Thurston County
  
• Whatcom Council of Governments( pdf 7.4 mb) Whatcom County
  
• Yakima Valley Conference of Governments (pdf 4.2 mb) Yakima County