Meeting Agenda – West Coast Commissions – September 11, 2024

Scoping a West Coast Transportation Network Plan

 

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

TVW Meeting Recording


Item 1: 9:00 a.m.

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Presenter: Debbie Young, Chair, Washington State Transportation Commission
Carl Guardino, Chair, California Transportation Commission
Julie Brown, Chair, Oregon Transportation Commission

The 2023 Washington State Legislature provided funding to carry out a scoping effort to determine how a future West Coast Transportation Network Plan could be developed between the three West Coast states.

Item 2: 9:10

Introduction and Overview of West Coast Transportation Network Scoping Study

Presenters: Reema Griffith, Executive Director, Washington State Transportation Commission
Paula Reeves, Senior Policy Analyst, Washington State Transportation Commission
Jonathan Overman, Senior Associate, Cambridge Systematics

An overview of the scoping study will be provided, along with a review of input gathered to date from representatives of the three state Departments of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, and other transportation agency leaders in California, Oregon, and Washington.

West Coast Transportation Network Scoping Study  (pdf 1.2mb)

Item 3: 9:30

Thoughts From West Coast Departments of Transportation

Presenters: Ann Fox, Deputy Director for Planning and Modal Programs, California Department of Transportation (CalTrans)
Amanda Pietz
, Administrator of Policy, Data and Analysis Division, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)
Marshall Elizer
, Assistant Secretary, Multimodal Development & Delivery, 
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)

Transportation planning leaders from the Departments of Transportation in California, Oregon, and Washington will provide thoughts and perspectives on the scoping and purview of a future West Coast Transportation Network plan.

California Department of Transportation  (pdf 1.7mb)
Oregon Department of Transportation (pdf 756kb)
Washington State Department of Transportation  (pdf 84kb)

Item 4: 10:00

Tri-State Commission Discussion

California Transportation Commission
Oregon Transportation Commission
Washington State Transportation Commission

Item 5: 10:45

Public Comment

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Adjourn: 11:00


 

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