Transportation Committee
Meeting - Third Thursday (see calendar), 7:00 PM,
South Hall, to the left of the Multipurpose room at McMurray Middle School, 17210 Vashon Hwy SW
Contact - Chair currently vacant - please apply
Mission of the Transportation Committee
To make a positive contribution to the Vashon Island Community by providing education, practical guidance, timely responses and accurate information to island residents and to State legislators, agencies and County agencies regarding transportation issues through meaningful advocacy and communication.
The Transportation Committee is looking for people interested in the following areas:
- PO boat issues and representation in a focus group regarding PO boat schedules and input;
- South end ferry issues;
- Bus connectivity/service issues off island;
- Bus connectivity/service issues on island;
- Road and parking improvements/project input;
- Car ferry general issues:
- General legislative issues
- Surveys
- Getting information out to island residents thru emails, fliers , etc;
Current Transportation Documents
2009 Legislative Wrapup Word Document
2008 Transportation Survey Summary Word Document
2008 Ferry Postion Paper Word Document
Ferry Service Petition Word Document
2008 Transportation Survey Presentation Powerpoint Presentation (640k bytes)
Older Activities
Passenger Only Ferry Survey Results
The committee carried out a survey of Passenger Only Ferry users on May 11, 2005.
The results can be read by clicking here.
This is a large (1.4mb) file, so it may take a while to download.<
Island Wide Transportation Needs Survey
The committee has been working with a number of volunteers to create
and implement a survey of islanders to answer a number of questions
about island transportation needs. The survey was carried out from
September 16 through the 20th.
If you would like to explore some of the results of the survey,click here
to get to the site we've set up.
The results of the earlier business survey are here:
(click on the links to read the documents)
Questionaire
Summary
List of Businesses Surveyed
Full Results of Survey - HTML
Full Results of Survey - Excel Spreadsheet
Charter - To deal with transportation problems on the island
and make recommendations to King County Roads and the Washington
State Ferry System.
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