BILL REQ. #:  S-5148.1 

READ FIRST TIME 02/06/08.   

     AN ACT Relating to accommodating certain private transit providers at park and ride lots; and adding a new section to chapter 47.04 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 47.04 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) Any local transit agency that has received state funding for a park and ride lot must, to the greatest extent practicable, accommodate at that lot 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. The accommodation must be in the form of an agreement between the applicable local transit agency and private transit provider regulated under chapter 81.68 or 81.66 RCW. The agreement must include provisions coordinating arrival and departure schedules to best provide for the safe and efficient movement of passengers in the park and ride lot area.
     (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. However, the taxicab company must agree to provide service with reasonable availability, subject to schedule coordination provisions as agreed to by the parties.