Strategic Plan
Table 1
Executive Summary
Summary Table of Metro Strategic Plan Elements
Objectives
Strategies
Measures
Goal: Invest upstream and where needs are greatest (INVESTMENTS) Invest in and measure the outcomes of services, programs, and improvements in geographic areas, at times of day, and within priority populations where there are unmet needs. Lead with racial justice. Outcome: Priority populations have greater access to mobility products and services and use them to meet their needs.
To support access to mobility, use a targeted universalism approach and lead with racial justice, prioritizing services, programs, policies, and products that tailored to the needs of priority populations. Continue complying with all legal requirements related to serving priority populations. Regularly evaluate the unmet needs of priority populations and how populations shift across King County. Prioritize service in geographic areas that have highly dense, transit-supportive development; a high proportion of priority populations; and limited midday and evening service.
Commute Times: from Rider/Nonrider survey, broken down by priority populations* and all riders countywide Accessibility: meaning a measure of scheduled travel times using transit to connect to jobs, opportunities, and community assets (schools, grocery stores, medical facilities, places of worship, food banks, etc.) − Highlight areas of priority populations
Create and promote products, services, programs, and partnerships that are accessible and easy to use and understand. Outcome: Metro better serves customers by reducing barriers to mobility.
Engage with communities to understand barriers to transit ridership. Develop, evaluate, and adjust products, services, and programs that address barriers and increase mobility, especially among priority populations.
Reduced Fare Trips: Number by youth, Regional Reduced Fare Permit (RRFP), ORCA LIFT, subsidized annual pass, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit
Goal: Address the climate crisis and environmental justice (SUSTAINABILITY) Reduce demand for singleoccupant and high-emissions transportation modes and increase transit ridership. Outcome: Transportation-related emissions decrease, in part because fewer people drive alone, and more people ride transit.
Prioritize investments that reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), to include providing more frequent service and expanding service areas, as funding allows. Support equitable policies and programs for pricing vehicle usage to disincentivize driving alone.
Transportation Emissions: Countywide transportation GHG emissions and avoided countywide transportation emissions from Metro’s contribution to mode shift, congestion relief, and land use change Vehicle Miles Traveled: by passenger and light-duty vehicles.
Help King County achieve its GHG emissions reduction and other climate goals through Metro’s operations. Outcome:
Reduce vehicle emissions in all of Metro’s fleets transition to zeroemissions, efficient operations, and other strategies. Reduce energy use in Metro facilities, make investments to reduce fossil fuel use in buildings,
Metro Operational Emissions: GHG emissions and energy use, including: − Fleet (bus and non-bus) and water taxi − Facilities
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