2017-2022 Transit Development Plan
(This page intentionally left blank.) Table of Contents Section 1 – Organization 3 Section 2 – Physical Plant 7 Section 3 – Service Characteristics 11 Section 4 – Service Connections 27 Section 5 – Notable Activities in 2016 31 Section 6 – Proposed Action Strategies: 2017 – 2022 51 Section 7 – Capital Improvement Program: 2017 – 2022 61 Section 8 – Operating Revenues and Expenditures: 2017 - 2022 65 Appendices Appendix A – Six-Year Financial Plan: 2017 - 2022 Appendix B – Operating Data 2016 Appendix C – Unfunded and Unprogrammed Projects Appendix D – Inventories: Rolling Stock Appendix E – Inventories: Equipment and Facilities 1 Transit Development Plan 2017 – 2022 (This page intentionally left blank.) 2 Transit Development Plan 2017 – 2022 Section 1 - Organization Governance and Structure Pierce Transit is a Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation (PTBA) incorporated under authority of Chapter 36.57A of the Revised Code of Washington. In 1979 voters passed a 0.3 percent sales tax to fund public transportation, which also formed the PTBA. Pierce Transit is currently funded through a combination of sales tax revenues, fares and grants, as further detailed in Section 9: Operating Revenues and Expenditures. Pierce Transit provides public transport services in the urbanized portions of Pierce County, as illustrated in Figure 1-1. This is an area covering 292 square miles that generally conforms to the county’s growth management boundary and contains an estimated 70 percent of the county population. The service area includes the incorporated cities and towns of Auburn, Edgewood, Fife, Fircrest, Gig Harbor, Lakewood, Milton, Pacific, Puyallup, Ruston, Steilacoom, Tacoma, and University Place. It also includes multiple population centers within unincorporated Pierce County.
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