RCW 47.80.010 Findings—Declaration. The legislature finds that while the transportation system in Washington is owned and operated by numerous public jurisdictions, it should function as one interconnected and coordinated system. Transportation planning, at all jurisdictional levels, should be coordinated with local comprehensive plans. Further, local jurisdictions and the state should cooperate to achieve both statewide […]
RCW 47.80.011 Legislative intent. The legislature recognizes that recent legislative enactments have significantly added to the complexity of and to the potential for benefits from integrated transportation and comprehensive planning and that there is currently a unique opportunity for integration of local comprehensive plans and regional goals with state and local transportation programs. Further, approaches […]
RCW 47.80.020 Regional transportation planning organizations authorized. The legislature hereby authorizes creation of regional transportation planning organizations within the state. Each regional transportation planning organization shall be formed through the voluntary association of local governments within a county, or within geographically contiguous counties. Each organization shall: (1) Encompass at least one complete county; (2)(a) Have […]
RCW 47.80.023 Duties. Each regional transportation planning organization shall have the following duties: (1) Prepare and periodically update a transportation strategy for the region. The strategy shall address alternative transportation modes and transportation demand management measures in regional corridors and shall recommend preferred transportation policies to implement adopted growth strategies. The strategy shall serve as […]
RCW 47.80.026 Comprehensive plans, transportation guidelines, and principles. Each regional transportation planning organization, with cooperation from component cities, towns, and counties, shall establish guidelines and principles by July 1, 1995, that provide specific direction for the development and evaluation of the transportation elements of comprehensive plans, where such plans exist, and to assure that state, […]
RCW 47.80.030 Regional transportation plan—Contents, review, use. (1) Each regional transportation planning organization shall develop in cooperation with the department of transportation, providers of public transportation and high capacity transportation, ports, and local governments within the region, adopt, and periodically update a regional transportation plan that: (a) Is based on a least cost planning methodology […]
RCW 47.80.040 Transportation policy boards. Each regional transportation planning organization shall create a transportation policy board. Transportation policy boards shall provide policy advice to the regional transportation planning organization and shall allow representatives of major employers within the region, the department of transportation, transit districts, port districts, and member cities, towns, and counties within the […]
RCW 47.80.050 Allocation of regional transportation planning funds—Eligibility—Federally recognized tribes, voting membership. (1) Biennial appropriations to the department of transportation to carry out the regional transportation planning program shall set forth the amounts to be allocated as follows: (a) A base amount per county for each county within each regional transportation planning organization, to be […]
RCW 47.80.060 Executive board membership. In order to qualify for state planning funds available to regional transportation planning organizations, the regional transportation planning organizations containing any county with a population in excess of one million shall provide voting membership on its executive board to the state transportation commission, the state department of transportation, the four […]
RCW 47.80.070 Statewide consistency. In order to ensure statewide consistency in the regional transportation planning process, the state department of transportation, in conformance with chapter 34.05 RCW, shall: (1) In cooperation with regional transportation planning organizations, establish minimum standards for development of a regional transportation plan; (2) Facilitate coordination between regional transportation planning organizations; and […]
RCW 47.80.080 Majority vote on state matters. When voting on matters solely affecting Washington state, a regional transportation planning organization must obtain a majority vote of the Washington residents serving as members of the regional transportation planning organization before a matter may be adopted. [ 2003 c 351 § 2.]
RCW 47.80.090 Regional transportation planning organizations—Electric vehicle infrastructure. (1) A regional transportation planning organization containing any county with a population in excess of one million in collaboration with representatives from the department of ecology, the department of commerce, local governments, and the office of regulatory assistance must seek federal or private funding for the planning […]
RCW 47.80.902 Captions not part of law—1994 c 158. Captions used in this act do not constitute any part of the law. [ 1994 c 158 § 11.]
RCW 47.80.904 Effective date—1994 c 158. This act shall take effect July 1, 1994. [ 1994 c 158 § 13.]
