TIC 2018-09-24 Item 3D - SCATBd - 7/17/18 Meeting Summary / 8/1/18 Meeting Agenda

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SOUTH COUNTY AREA TRANSPORTATION BOARD (SCATBD) Meeting Summary —Tuesday, July 17, 2018 Introductions ii. Reports: Chair Johnson attended the Assoc. of WA Cities, state conference where sessions were video-taped and are available on line. CM Peloza attended the National Assoc. of Cities event that occurred the same week. CM Hougardy: KC Regional Transit Committee does not meet in July and August. The committee is working on Metro Connects implementation and cities that don't have last mile community connections. All cities here should have access to Metro's Community Connections Program that will partner with cities to develop connections to transit. Mark Hoppen: Normandy Park is in that process, we are systemically connecting the city of NP, using different modes. Not a simple thing, there is a complex process of analysis, survey and public interaction to develop services. Very exciting. iii. June meeting summary: approved iv. PSRC Regional Integrated Transit Network: The PSRC's Regional Transportation Plan includes an integrated 2040 transit network map. The PSRC presented a map illustrating fixed route transit types: Frequent, Express and Local. The maps illustrated 2018 vs. 2040 transit in the south area of King County. Heat maps illustrating plan performance and accessibility to people and places — illustrating #of people that live within 1/2 mile of transit service. Questions: Pushing out transit into S King County 20 years from now, can't we push that sooner? A: Our point and time is 2040 for planning but transit is coming on line sooner. Metro will be rolling out a schedule for rapid ride implementation that will be balanced geographically. We plan on partnering with cities to implement as soon as possible. Q: More detailed schedule for Metro's implementation? Will be announced with our budget but not everything is funded. Q: Is there an application that tells you how to get there on transit? Google map with transit app's. One Bus Away and also Metro's Trip Planner. Q: Are you looking at autonomous vehicles? Trying to acknowledge in our plan, update every four years and are looking at that further and will be able to update it then. Q: Could we do any of this sooner? Important questions, with implementation of GMA one of the solutions to secure affordable housing is to move farther from Seattle where more transit is needed and this is happening more quickly than transit agencies can come up with. Transit is a solution to our housing affordability being decreased by our markets. A: Washington State is among the lowest to receive transit funding in the country. People are moving further out and spending the delta on transportation. Q: Find it frustrating when looking at maps that three major south King County cities Covington, Black Diamond and Maple Valley — not on the map. We don't exist while traffic is increasing and people are moving to Maple Valley. We've got to be on the map. Q: This group is supposed to initiate interest in getting transportation to our communities. What do you recommend, should we get our legislators talking to PSRC to prioritize this further? 2040 is too late. A: You are already part of PSRC. Your voice continuing to talk about that. Funding shortfall in terms of local (transit) revenue. State funding for transit. Q: Not only funding but prioritization. We don't want all the money to go to Seattle. A: We know that people want service faster. We are working to deliver ST3 early. Federal Way opens 2024, then extends to Tacoma. Buses will change routes once that opens. Also looking at early implementation for buses to run on shoulders on shoulders on state highways. Metro has a capacity problem to service and store buses and it is hard to find drivers. 107