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Template:LinklessRoads and Transit is a ballot measure in the U.S. State of Washington concerning transportation, that will be sent to voters in Snohomish, King, and Pierce counties for approval on November 6, 2007.[1]

In 2006, the Washington State Legislature required Sound Transit and the Regional Transportation Investment District or RTID [2] planning committee to jointly submit to voters a transportation financing plan to voters in the 2007 general election. RTID and Sound Transit began working together on the Roads & Transit plan in June 2006. Along with regional planning and transportation agencies, they conducted years of engineering and design work. They also informed the public and collected public comments through open houses, surveys, letters, meetings and hearings.[3]

Content of the Proposal

Roads and Transit proposes to expand mass transit and improve roads in the most heavily traveled corridors in Snohomish, King and Pierce counties. It is a unified program of investments in highways, light- and commuter-rail, HOV lanes, park-and-ride lots, and express and local bus service.[4]

Working together, Sound Transit and RTID combined two plans in order to create a comprehensive and balanced Roads and Transit package.

Sound Transit's half of the Roads and Transit package is called ST2. [5] ST2 will extend the Puget Sound region’s light-rail system to 70 miles, create thousands of new Park and Ride slots, and expand bus and commuter-rail service. [6]

RTID's half of the Roads and Transit package is called Blueprint for Progress. [7] Blueprint for Progress will invest in Washington State highways, bridges and local roads in Snohomish, King, and Pierce counties. The proposed projects seek to ease choke-points and improve safety.

Counties

Snohomish County

In Snohomish County, Roads and Transit combines investments in both roads and transit. [8]

Transit
  • Extends light rail north from the University of Washington to Northgate, Shoreline,Mountlake Terrace, Lynnwood, Alderwood and the 164th Street/Ash Way area.
  • Funds study of future light rail to downtown Everett.
  • Builds Mukilteo Sounder parking garage.
  • Adds more express bus service and park and rides throughout the region.
  • Makes Community Transit improvements including new bike lanes, park and rides, and bus fleet improvements.
  • Funds the Edmonds Crossing Multi-modal Terminal, serving ferry, Sounder, Amtrak and bus riders.
  • Invests in more buses and vanpools for Community Transit.
Roads
   *  Widens SR9 between Clearview and Marysville to four lanes, adds four new park-and-ride lots in the area and replaces bridge over Snohomish River.
   * Improves interchanges and 6 ramps on I-5 in Everett and Marysville.
   * Completes Rte 522 between Woodinville and Monroe.
   * Reduces congestion and improves safety on Hewitt Ave Trestle on Hwy 2 near Everett.
   * Increases transit and vehicle capacity and safety at the US 2 / I-5 interchange by improving access.
   * Builds safety and congestion improvements on US 2 in Monroe.
   * Invests in transit options to ease congestion during road construction.

King County

In King County, Roads and Transit combines investments in both roads and transit. The plan focuses on investments in North [9] East, [10] and South King County [11]

Transit
  *  Funds light rail extension east to Bellevue and Microsoft/Overlake, south to Tacoma,and north from the University of Washington to Northgate, Shoreline, MountlakeTerrace, Lynnwood, Alderwood and the 164th Street/Ash Way area.
   * Funds study of light rail between the UW, Ballard, downtown Seattle, West Seattle, Renton and Burien.
   * Builds First Hill Street Car in Seattle connecting Capitol Hill, First Hill and theInternational District.
   * Builds a transit direct access ramp on I-5 to South Industrial Way.
   * Adds new transit lanes on SR 99 in Shoreline.
   * Adds express bus service to keep up with growth throughout the region.
   * Makes transit improvements including new bike lanes, more park and ride slots.
   *  Builds light rail extension connecting Sea-Tac Airport through Des Moines and Federal Way to the Tacoma Dome.
   * Funds an Express Bus Parking Garage in Burien.
   * Builds a permanent Sounder Station in Tukwila.
   * Builds an additional Sounder Parking Garage in Auburn.
   * Adds more express bus service to keep up with growth throughout the region.
   *  Builds light rail from downtown Seattle to Redmond’s Overlake area via Mercer Island and Bellevue.
   * Prioritizes extending light rail from Redmond’s Overlake area into downtown Redmond.
   * Funds high capacity transit studies for South Bellevue to Issaquah, the SR 520 corridor and the Eastside’s Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad corridor.
   * Builds express bus transit centers and parking garages in Bothell and Renton.
   * Adds express bus service to keep up with growth throughout the region.
   * Makes transit improvements including new bike lanes, more park and ride slots.



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