As transportation is integral to the well-being of our community, the LWVCC supports an integrated and balanced transportation system. The system should be cognitive of technological advances and anticipate the future needs of Southwest Washington.

The LWVCC support a transportation system which is:

• Multimodal in design, serving those in need of road, water, air, rail, pedestrian, bicycle, and other modes of transportation;
• Regional, serving all communities within the County;
• Integrated into and coordinated with local comprehensive land-use plans;
• Accessible to drivers, non-drivers, students, elderly, handicapped and others;
• Designed to enhance or not significantly degrade view corridors, noise levels, or air and water quality;
• Designed to preserve historic features whenever possible;
• Safe and appropriately maintained;
• Convient and dependable;
• Considerate of the preservation and maintenance of existing infrastructure and rights of way when appropriate;
• Efficient, economical and takes advantage of financial resources at the Federal, State and Local levels;
• Supportive of the goals of Transportation Demand Management and Transportation System Management planning;
• Designed with a high degree of public outreach, education and public participation;
• Designed to support the movement of grids and economic vitality in the community;
• Designed to consider social, economic and environmental cost and impact; and
• Coordinated between government jurisdictions, agencies and other groups.

In addition, LWVCC supports a financing mechanism for transportation which utilizes dedicated gasoline fund and the use of motor vehicle license fees for mass transit, recognizing that this may mean an increase in these taxes. The LWVCC also supports vehicle taxes based upon energy efficiency.

In order to shift emphasis from automobile to mass transportation, we endorse the design and implementing of a comprehensive parking plan. Alternative modes of travel should be encouraged such as car and van pooling. Mass transit routes should enable movement directly from one outlying community to another.
(Adopted 1993)