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Home My WebLink AboutTIC 2019-07-16 Item 3G - SCATBd - 5/21/19 Meeting Summary / 6/18/19 Meeting AgendaSOUTH COUNTY AREA TRANSPORTATION BOARD (SCATBD) May Meeting Summary - May 21, 2019 1. Introductions & Approval of April Meeting Summary — April meeting summary approved. 2. Reports & Communications: • City of Burien did take a stand against the (Initiative 976) car tabs initiative. • The bill to create a task force to locate a second regional airport passed out of the legislature. • Puget Sound Gateway Project: Bill passed that accelerates the priority of the project and construction of SR 509 to 1-5. Bellevue added 405 tolling into this bill. • SR518 study being conducted on traffic impacts, deadline extended to provide more in- depth analysis. 3. Rob Gannon: Metro General Manager, Mobility Framework. Mr. Gannon showed a video that defined what mobility means to Metro and how it is becoming a mobility agency. The effort is transforming Metro from being a bus transit agency to becoming concerned with a broader mobility goal to include walking, rideshare, biking, and other alternative approaches toward getting on transit. The Seattle area has the largest growth in transit usage in the nation. Metro is responding to that change in the industry much like 90-100 years ago when transportation shifted from horses to cars. Trying to be as adaptive as private industry, geared to keep pace with regional growth and expectations of demand. Income inequality is growing. Nearly 500k people have incomes less than twice the federal poverty level. That is one quarter of the county's total population. Climate change is a threat multiplier. Vulnerability plus exposure equals risk. We are transferring from a diesel to a diesel hybrid agency and now to a zero emission agency in the future. By 2034 transitioning to zero emissions agency. Transportation emissions are 36% of regional greenhouse gas emissions and regional vehicle mileage traveled is increasing. Metro's emission reduction goals: 25% by 2020; 50% by 2030; 80% by 2050. Equity is a focus of Metro and a keystone initiative from the King County Executive and, Council. The role of government is to provide service and resources to all members of the community. Mr. Gannon described how Metro will use all of its policy documents toward transitioning to become a broader mobility agency. He described how Metro has established an equity cabinet of citizens to prepare a report to be issued this fall that will consider which of Metro's policies should be revised to become more equitable. Metro Connects (Metro's strategic plan) calls for a great expanse of service that is underfunded. Only 6-7 years of Metro's ten year plan is funded. Seattle's Transportation Improvement District needs to be renewed in 2020 and it currently isn't supporting enough of Seattle's demand. The Seattle City Council is considering Seattle renewal vs. a countywide approach. Metro has prepared a preliminary report that will assess the options and funding gap to be delivered to the Council in May. Outreach will occur in June, July and August. Q: Excellent presentation and how the agency is looking toward at more seamless transit connections. Particularly the look at upstream investments in communities that haven't had the resources to invest. Likely that there may be more investments in S King County. We know that there are many communities not as well served in the S King County. We want to bring more 43 service to those areas, a departure from our service guidelines that allow Metro to address growing demand. The funding piece is critical. All 40 areas of the county want more service. Countywide. Metro wants to facilitate partnerships with local communities. Q: 1.5M hours of funding gap. What does that translate to in terms of cost per hour? Working on a report now that clearly gives the funding gap. Roughly the cost per operating hour is $100 per hour and $160 fully loaded cost per hour. Q: Great presentation. Exemplifies the complexities of the whole system. Great Metro communication would be a presentation like this for us in S King County. Focus this presentation to S King County so local city council study sessions could view a shorter, abbreviated presentation. We are looking at doing that. Recognize that there is a sales job that has to occur in S King County. Q: Remarks as a member of the Regional Transit Committee: Metro is becoming a mobility agency — not just about just buses in our communities, but getting to the buses. Think about how we can get access to information — links to websites. In Tukwila there's "Tuwkila Talk" or "Tukwila Neighbors" for example. Give us tools or links, photos we can share. 4. Pierce Transit Bus Rapid Transit Update — Kim McGilvery from Pierce Transit provided the update showing a video about bus rapid transit, how it is different, and how it works. Off board paying, level boarding, bringing bikes on board, wifi, queue jumps, dedicated lanes, fewer stops. Pierce Transit is considering Bus Rapid Transit for Route 1. 12% of all ridership on Route 1 from Downtown Tacoma to Spanaway 14.4 miles. Q; Is this part of ST3? Yes. In addition to funding from Federal Transit Authority, New Starts Program. Sound Transit 3 funds and Sound Transit is partnering with us to create this line. Meeting adjourned 10:10 a.m. 44 SOUTH COUNTY AREA TRANSPORTATION BOARD (SCATBd) MEETING AGENDA Tuesday June 18, 2019 9:00 — 10:30 a.m. SeaTac City Hall 4800 South 188th Street SeaTac 1. Open Meeting (Breakfast treats provided by the City of Federal Way) • Introductions • Approve May SCATBd Meeting Summary Action 9:00 a.m. 2. Reports and Communications • Chair or Vice Chair • Participant Updates (from RTC and Other Regional Committees) Report and Discussion 9:05 a.m. 3. I-5 System Partnership Report & Update Patty Rubstello Assistant Secretary of Urban Mobility & Access Discussion 9:10 a.m. 4. King County Parks Levy Doug Hodson, King County Parks Financial Manager Discussion 9:40 a.m. 5. • Public Comment • Good of the order: ✓ JULY SCATBd Meeting Cancelled — Summer Vacation ✓ Next SCATBd Meeting: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 ✓ Breakfast treats provided by the City of Kent Discussion 10:10 a.m. 45