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Eastside Transportation Partnership (ETP)

Mission: The mission of ETP is to provide an Eastside forum for inter-jurisdictional cooperation to implement coordinated, prioritized transportation plans and programs through leadership, education, and advocacy.

History: The Eastside Transportation Partnership (ETP) was established through an Interlocal Agreement in 1987, which provided funds for a study that resulted in recommendations for transportation improvements on the Eastside. That study was completed, recommendations were adopted, and staffing responsibility was transferred in 1990 from the City of Redmond to King County. Efforts have continued to implement the recommended projects, and many of which have been completed or are currently underway.

By 1995, because of increases in jobs, population and vehicle miles traveled, declining transportation revenues, and new legislation, including the Growth Management Act and Commute Trip Reduction Act, ETP determined that the1991 recommendations needed to be updated.  In 1995 the ETP was awarded a federal grant of Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act funds.  This was supplemented by matching contributions from ETP member jurisdictions, a new Interlocal Agreement was approved, and a consultant was hired in January 1997 to complete the update.  This was completed and adopted in 1998.  Since that time, ETP has focused its attention on regional coordination and advocacy for ETP priorities.

The 2007 Chair and Vice Chair for ETP are:
Mayor Ava Frisinger from the City of Issaquah (Chair)
Councilmember Don Gerend from the City of Samammish (Vice Chair)

Goals:To achieve its mission, ETP adopted the following goals on January 26, 1996:

1. Develop and adopt a package of transportation priorities based on adopted land use plans that improves overall mobility for people, freight and goods, and addressing peak hour congestion on the Eastside.
2. Jointly implement adopted priorities through leadership, education, and advocacy within communities, cities and the region.
3. Adopt and implement a strategy for increasing funding for transportation improvements and programs.

In recent years, ETP has focused its efforts on regional coordination and advocacy.

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Recent Events

On December 14, 2007 ETP celebrated its 20th anniversary at the Woodmark Hotel in Kirkland. Members spoke about the value of the collaboration that ETP has developed over the years.  Guest speakers, which included Rep. Fred Jarrett, retired judge Terry Lukens and Attorney General Rob McKenna, encouraged ETP to continue its leadership and advocacy for transportation improvements.  ETP presented Aubrey Davis with a Distinguished Service Award.

Photos and presentations from the event can be found here.

Eastside Transportation Partnership 2007 Annual Report (pdf file 821K)
Eastside Transportation Partnership 2007 Work Program (Word Document 32K)
Map of the Eastside Transportation Partnership (366K PDF File)

Contact Us:

Office of Regional Transportation Planning
Department of Transportation
201 South Jackson Street MS KSC-TR-0814
Seattle, WA 98104-3856
(206) 263-4710
sally.marks@kingcounty.gov

Last update: February 07, 2008