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- Introduced by Rep. Jim Moeller, (Vancouver) (D) on January 10, 2011, requires the Department of Transportation to create a grant program to encourage local governments to retro fit their street systems to better provide for bicyclists and pedestrians. The account is created in the state treasury and the Department may authorize expenditures. The Department may solicit and receive gifts, grants, and endowments from private and other sources. This act will apply to projects initially planned or scoped after July 1, 2011.
- Referred to the House Transportation Committee on January 10, 2011.
- Substitute offered in the House on January 27, 2011, removes the population requirement. The original bill defined sound engineering principles as those found in the ITE publication, while the substitute bill expands the definition of sound engineering principles to include peerreviewed context sensitive solution guides and publications. The substitute bill removes the requirement for a local jurisdiction to provide a funding contribution. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on January 27, 2011.
- Referred to the House Rules Committee on February 3, 2011.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Jim Moeller, (Vancouver) (D) on February 28, 2011, to require the Department of Transportation to include local governments and other organizations and groups that are interested in the complete streets grant in the development of the program. The amendment also expands eligible projects to include retrofit projects on state highways that are city streets and include the addition of, or significant repair to, facilities that provide street access to all users, allows the Department of Transportation to use complete street grant program funds for city streets and for city streets that are part of a state highway and allows the Department of Transportation to utilize subsequent context sensitive solutions guides, publications and materials. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on February 28, 2011.
- Referred to the House Transportation Committee on January 10, 2011.
- Passed 56 to 41 in the House on February 28, 2011, to require the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to establish a Complete Streets Grant Program. Creates the Complete Streets Grant Program Account in the State Treasury. Requires the WSDOT to consult with local jurisdictions prior to any design work when constructing or making major repairs to city streets that are part of a state highway.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the Senate on March 2, 2011.
- Referred to the Senate Transportation Committee on March 2, 2011.
- Amendment offered in the Senate on March 28, 2011, to add the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation to the list of entities that WSDOT must include in the program development. All references to the 2006 Urban Design Principles and Guidelines developed by the Institute of Transportation Engineers, titled "Context Sensitive Solutions in Designing Major Urban Thoroughfares for Walkable Communities" are removed. The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on March 28, 2011.
- Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on March 29, 2011.
- Referred to the Senate Transportation Committee on March 2, 2011.
- Passed 29 to 19 in the Senate on April 4, 2011, requires the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to establish a Complete Streets Grant Program. Creates the Complete Streets Grant Program Account in the State Treasury. Requires the WSDOT to consult with local jurisdictions and other state agencies prior to any design work when constructing or making major repairs to city streets that are part of a state highway.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the House on April 13, 2011.
- Passed 53 to 43 in the House on April 13, 2011, House concurred in Senate amendments. This bill requires the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to establish a Complete Streets Grant Program. Creates the Complete Streets Grant Program Account in the State Treasury. Requires the WSDOT to consult with local jurisdictions and other state agencies prior to any design work when constructing or making major repairs to city streets that are part of a state highway.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Signed by Gov. Christine Gregoire on May 5, 2011, requires the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to establish a Complete Streets Grant Program. Creates the Complete Streets Grant Program Account in the State Treasury. Requires the WSDOT to consult with local jurisdictions and other state agencies prior to any design work when constructing or making major repairs to city streets that are part of a state highway.
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1) Re: 2011 House Bill 1071 (Creating a complete streets grant program) by M_DragonKnight on April 26, 2011I cannot believe there are people who support this bill. Why give anyone who can't balance a checkbook, has no knowledge of engineering, and probably only knows what muniple planning is by watching Nova.
Why trust politicians with anything? It is time to clean house with people who care more about balancing the budget rather than how to screw the people out of more tax money.
DK
There are many many roads that have excess motor vehicle lane capacity - it is past time to re-engineer and right-size our roads, increasing their productivity and return on investment by serving more users. There are many cities where freight vehicles and bicycles coexist. Freight can be distributed on bikes: http://www.transalt.org/files/resources/blueprint/chapter15/chapter15b.html. I suggest that it is time to stop perpetuating the myth that the current system serves us perfectly and start retooling to make sure the infrastructure is functioning at the highest level of productivity for the greatest number of users. There is not "one right solution" to the transportation system - our approach must change with the times. Complete Streets is one part of that retooling. The system is in service to all - not the other way around and equity must be a component of its design. It must ensure that costs to clean air, clean water, and the taxpayer are as low as possible. Freight movement is only one aspect of the service the infrastructure must provide. We are presently struggling with a changed economy and are moving into a future ture burdened by a costly outdated system. And finally - the American highway system is one of the world's largest and most expensive examples of social engineering - with a great many failures among its touted success.
Complete streets concept is excellent for quality of life factors on where people choose to live as long as it does not reduce the amount of motor vehicle lane capacity. You cannot distribute freight on a bicycle and freight trucks and bicycles do not mix well on our streets. Complete streets are best designed for streets with little or no commercial traffic. Commercial and industrial activity is what generates the tax base so we can afford to build and repair our roads (and build pathways). Tax funds should be utilized proportionately based upon use of modes and not to social engineer how we travel. I am not apposed to spending funds on bike/ped as I bike over 2,000 miles per year but it should be as a compliment to our vehicle transport system. Joe Tortorelli
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