Yakima Transit is required under RCW 35.58.2795 to prepare a Six-Year Transit Development Plan (Six-Year Plan) for the current calendar year and the ensuing five years annually. The annual plan is mandated to receive state and federal grant funding.
The Six-Year Plan must be consistent with comprehensive plans adopted by counties, cities, and towns and is required to contain information as to how the municipality intends to meet state and local long-range priorities for public transportation, capital improvements, significant operating changes planned for the system, and how Yakima Transit intends to fund plan needs. The Six-Year Transit Development Plan is reviewed and updated each year and is used as a guide in planning Transit programs and capital projects.
The Six-Year Plan must specifically set forth projects of regional significance for inclusion in the Transportation Improvement Plan within that region. In developing the Plan, Yakima Transit must also consider policy recommendations affecting public transportation contained in the State Transportation Policy Plan approved by the State Transportation Commission. |