BILL REQ. #:  H-0100.1 

Read first time 01/24/11.   Referred to Committee on Capital Budget.

     AN ACT Relating to eliminating restrictions on vehicle miles traveled; amending RCW 47.01.078; and repealing RCW 47.01.440 and 70.235.070.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
     (1) RCW 47.01.440 (Adoption of statewide goals to reduce annual per capita vehicle miles traveled by 2050 -- Department's duties -- Reports to the legislature) and 2008 c 14 s 8; and
     (2) RCW 70.235.070 (Distribution of funds for infrastructure and capital development projects -- Prerequisites) and 2009 c 519 s 9.

Sec. 2   RCW 47.01.078 and 2007 c 516 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
     To support achievement of the policy goals described in RCW 47.04.280, the department shall:
     (1) Maintain an inventory of the condition of structures and corridors in most urgent need of retrofit or rehabilitation;
     (2) Develop long-term financing tools that reliably provide ongoing maintenance and preservation of the transportation infrastructure;
     (3) Balance system safety and convenience through all phases of a project to accommodate all users of the transportation system to safely, reliably, and efficiently provide mobility to people and goods;
     (4) ((Develop strategies to gradually reduce the per capita vehicle miles traveled based on consideration of a range of reduction methods;
     (5))) Consider efficiency tools, including high occupancy vehicle and high occupancy toll lanes, corridor-specific and systemwide pricing strategies, active traffic management, commute trip reduction, and other demand management tools;
     (((6))) (5) Promote integrated multimodal planning; and
     (((7))) (6) Consider engineers and architects to design environmentally sustainable, context-sensitive transportation systems.