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Transit <br /> Roads & <br /> ,.. -` Traffic Gridlock <br /> iThe Central Puget Sound region faces major transportation challenges. <br /> y.- ,.. Traffic is unbearable in some areas. Transit investments will include extend- <br /> i. <br /> =,,��� it <br /> "-'1, Many roads and bridges are inadequate, ing the light rail system that is currently <br /> -__, - and in need of repair or replacement. We under construction and scheduled to <br /> ,, ' i- j ..- need transit investments that will move open between downtown Seattle and <br /> "„� fy, .- - more people quickly and take some of Sea-Tac Airport in 2009. Regional <br /> k1411.”t h•- the cars off the road. Some areas are express bus and commuter rail service <br /> Ilk . [ not well served by transit. Thankfully, would be improved through investments <br /> %y /: '�! something is being done about it!A plan in park-and-rides, transit centers and <br /> I•' i•-r- is coming together to make roads and HOV freeway access ramps. <br /> '�� .r.:... o.. <br /> bridges better and safer, and to expand <br /> /�. 1Kn 1' y - and improve transit services. These transportation improvements will <br /> a be coordinated throughout Snohomish, <br /> \ ''I <br /> 1 .E `n_ Roads &Transit King, and Pierce counties to give goods <br /> �, �. Under the banner of Roads &Transit, and people more and better ways to <br /> •c -- move around the region. <br /> the region's local elected officials— 9 <br /> \ y� together with Sound Transit, the Regional <br /> i_ Transportation Investment District(RTID), The package will be placed before voters <br /> .� '` 7 the state Department of Transportation for their consideration in November 2007. <br /> . and the Puget Sound Regional Council— <br /> are developing a set of transportation Roads &Transit Priorities <br /> . improvements and a plan for paying <br /> : Population Growth : for them. • Focus investments on most con- <br /> • • gested, heavily traveled corridors <br /> Today's traffic congestion makes : Roads&Transit will call for investments • Finish or leverage projects already <br /> getting around the Puget Sound in the most heavily traveled corridors started <br /> region very difficult. Imagine what it and in transportation projects that can • Provide people with more transpor- <br /> t will be like in the future—if we don't • make the most difference. The idea is to tation choices <br /> do anything—as the population • build a more integrated regional trans- • Improve travel times for people and <br /> increases by more than 1.2 million : portation system. Road improvements freight <br /> people over the next 25 years. • will build upon the state's recent invest- • Integrate road and transit investments <br /> ments in our highways, continuing to <br /> improve traffic flow. <br /> Potential Road and Bridge Projects Potential Transit Projects <br /> Significant improvements would be made in the following corridors: • Light rail extensions east of <br /> • State Route 167 (Renton/Puyallup Valley Freeway) Lake Washington to Bellevue <br /> • State Route 162 (Orting) and as far as Redmond, north <br /> • Proposed State Route 704 (Cross Base Highway) of the UW as far as Lynnwood, <br /> • State Route 99 (Alaskan Way Viaduct) and south of Sea-Tac Airport as <br /> • 1-405 (Bellevue/Eastside) far as the Port of Tacoma area. <br /> • State Route 509 (Burien/Sea-Tac) • Improve regional express bus <br /> • State Route 520 (Evergreen Point Bridge) and commuter rail service <br /> • Interstate 5 @ State Route 18 (Federal Way) through additional park-and- <br /> • US Highway 2 (East Snohomish County) rides, new HOV freeway access <br /> • State Route 9 (Bothell/Snohomish) <br /> ramps and transit centers <br /> • SR 524 (Maltby <br /> • SR 527 (Mill Creek) <br />