BILL REQ. #:  S-3820.1 

Read first time 01/18/10.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to accommodating certain private transportation providers at designated transit only lanes on public highways; and amending RCW 47.04.290.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 47.04.290 and 2008 c 257 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Any local transit agency that has received state funding for a park and ride lot or designated transit only lanes on public roads for vehicles with eight or more passengers shall make reasonable accommodation for use of that lot or transit only lane by auto transportation companies regulated under chapter 81.68 RCW and private, nonprofit transportation providers regulated under chapter 81.66 RCW, that intend to provide or already provide regularly scheduled service at that lot or transit only lane. The accommodation must be in the form of an agreement between the applicable local transit agency and private ((transit)) transportation provider regulated under chapter 81.68 or 81.66 RCW. The transit agency may require that the agreement include provisions to recover actual costs ((and fair market value)) for the use of the lot or transit only lane and its related facilities, including parking fees from owners with vehicles parked in one of these facilities, and to provide adequate insurance and indemnification of the transit agency, and other reasonable provisions to ensure that the private ((transit)) transportation provider's use does not unduly burden the transit agency. No accommodation is required, and any agreement may be terminated, if the park and ride lot or transit only lane is at or exceeds ninety percent capacity during off-peak hours.
     (2) A local transit agency described under subsection (1) of this section may enter into a cooperative agreement with a taxicab company regulated under chapter 81.72 RCW in order to accommodate the taxicab company at the agency's park and ride lot, provided the taxicab company must agree to provide service with reasonable availability, subject to schedule coordination provisions as agreed to by the parties.