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A MOTION expressing support for regional planning, coordination and funding efforts to address the implementation of METRO CONNECTS, King County Metro's long-range transit service and capital plan and the ongoing maintenance needs of King County's transportation infrastructure.
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WHEREAS, in July 2011, the King County council adopted Ordinance 17143, which adopted the King County Metro Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021 and the King County Metro Service Guidelines, and
WHEREAS, the strategic plan and the service guidelines incorporated regional transit task force recommendations for transparency and clarity, cost control, productivity, social equity, geographic value and sustainable funding, and
WHEREAS, in July 2013, the King County council adopted the 2013 update to the strategic plan and service guidelines under Ordinance 17641, and
WHEREAS, the 2013 update to the strategic plan incorporated a new strategy 6.1.2 which reads, "Establish and maintain a long-range transit service and capital plan developed in collaboration with local comprehensive and regional long-range transportation planning," and
WHEREAS, in January 2017, the King County council adopted Ordinance 18449, which adopted METRO CONNECTS, a long-range transit service and capital plan that was developed with input from transportation stakeholders, the King County council and executive, jurisdictions and riders, and
WHEREAS, METRO CONNECTS builds on Metro's strategic plan, service guidelines, the King County Strategic Plan 2010-2014, the policy framework and recommendations of the regional transit task force, Metro's work with the Linking Transit and Development process and the Access to Transit Report, and
WHEREAS, METRO CONNECTS outlines a vision for a seventy percent increase in bus service hours by 2040, accompanied by significant capital investments in fleet, operating base capacity, passenger access and facilities, transit pathways and other needs, and
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