HomeMy WebLinkAboutTrans 2016-08-15 Item 2E - Discussion - King County Metro Park and Ride IssuesCity of Tukwila
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
T{]: Transportation Conmmmittee
FROM: Laurel Humphrey, Council Analyst
CC: Mayor Ekberg
DATE: August 12, 2016
SUBJECT: King County Metro Park & Ride Issues
ISSUE
Parking availability at the King County Metro Tukwila Park & Ride on Interurban Avenue South.
BACKGROUND
|D January 2O14, due tO85O% rent increase, King County terminated the lease Of the small
auxiliary parking lot tO the main Tukwila Park & Ride located Gt13445 Interurban Avenue South.
The loss Uf the auxiliary parking lot with 41 parking stalls has resulted iD8D increased number Of
P8Sid8DU8| S0mnp|8iDtG about UD3v8i|8b|8 parking at the Dl8iD Park fk Ride lot. At that time, K48tFO
worked with Tukwila Public Works staff |O identify potential opportunities LO lease additional
space, but did not find success with nearby property owners.
King County Metro iS actively reviewing its parking lot program and working tOidentify strategies
k] address overcrowding 81 some Park @ Rides and UDd8nUhUz8bOO8t others. They are
currently hosting an online customer survey about parking management, including questions
seeking public input into a permit program that would allow users tO purchase priority access,
such as the program recently piloted by Sound Transit. In addition, Metro is working on its long
range plan, "Metro CODD8CtS,'' that identifies long term capital needs and strategies tOimprove
access tU transit. COUDCi|DlgOlb8[H0Ug8[dy represents the City OD the South County Area
Transportation Board as well as King County's Regional Transit Committee and has shared
resident feedback OO Park & Rides via these groups 8S they work through transit-related
planning. Tukwila is also represented on the staff-oriented King County Metro Long Range Plan
Technical Advisory Committee.
Since King County Metro is8regionally funded service agency, there are currently DOprograms
providing priority rights to individual ChU8G' DO[ are cities 8]k]vVed to grant special privileges to
Ul8i[ [OSid8DtG. Park fk Ride lots serve not only transit UG8n6, but hd8Sh8ne CODlDlUt8nS including
v8DpOO|S and carpools. When City {}OUOCi|OO8Dlb8[GO[ staff members receive concerns about
potential ViO|8tO[S, those iSSUeS are forwarded LO King County W1Ht[O Park & Ride K88O8g80eD1
for follow-up.
DISCUSSION
Provide members Ofthe Transportation Committee 8O opportunity k} discuss the challenges and
the City's role with regard to King County Metro's Tukwila Park & Ride. The draft Transit P|8D.
which will be presented to the Committee at a forthcoming meeting, includes a new section on
Park & Rides, addressing both King County Metro and Sound Transit properties.
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