Poll Results Show 60% of Washingtonians Willing To Pay Higher Taxes For Transportation Improvements
Sixty percent of Washington State residents are "willing to consider raising some transportation taxes and fees" to pay for transportation improvements (a nine percent increase from a year ago), according to results from the latest "Voices of Washington" Survey.
Participants were asked how they feel about the transportation system, what their transportation investment priorities are, and if they think the state has enough revenue to meet future needs. And the 5800 people that participated had some interesting responses.
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
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