WSR 15-02-019 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION [Filed December 29, 2014, 1:34 p.m., effective January 29, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: In response to requests from transit agencies, the Washington state department of transportation seeks more flexibility to allow in-lane transit vehicle stops when appropriate and provide consistent language in rules that determine when and where a transit vehicle may stop temporarily in a roadway for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 468-46-060; and amending WAC 468-46-010 and 468-46-020.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 46.61.560.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-13-111 on June 18, 2014.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 31, 2014.
Kathryn W. Taylor
Assistant Secretary
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 79-01-033, filed 12/20/78)
WAC 468-46-010 Engineering and traffic investigation of request for transit vehicle stop zone.
When requesting a transit vehicle stop zone outside of any incorporated city or town, the public transit agency shall be responsible for conducting a field review to evaluate accessibility to the proposed location. When the requested location is within the roadway, the transit agency shall have a policy for in-lane stops that addresses safety and operational issues. Upon receipt of a request from a public transit authority for approval of a transit vehicle stop zone outside of any incorporated city or town, the department of transportation shall ((conduct an engineering and traffic investigation in an attempt to find a suitable location at which transit vehicles may stop wholly off the roadway for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers)) assess the sight distance at the proposed location.
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 79-01-033, filed 12/20/78)
WAC 468-46-020 Secretary of transportation or designee to approve transit vehicle stop zones.
((Should such a location not be found within a reasonable or practical distance suitable to the transit authority needs, and the public convenience requires that transit vehicles temporarily stop upon the roadway for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers,)) The secretary of transportation or any assistant secretary or district engineer to whom the secretary has delegated the authority, may approve a transit vehicle stop zone ((at the most suitable location available having adequate sight distance based upon engineering judgment, with stopping sight distance as a minimum. The secretary of transportation may approve transit vehicle stop zones at locations not meeting the above requirements)) that conforms to WAC 468-46-010 or where the secretary deems the circumstances warrant such exceptions.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
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