Washington Administrative Code › Title 468 - Transportation, Department of (See Title 88) › Chapter 468-63 - Commute trip reduction program › Section 468-63-020 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
Definitions.
The definitions
			 in this section apply throughout these rules.
(a)
Statutory definitions.
The
			 terms listed in this subsection are defined in the CTR statutes (RCW
			  70.94.521 through
			 70.94.555).
(i) "A major employer" means a private or
			 public employer, including state agencies, that employs one hundred or more
			 full-time employees at a single worksite who begin their regular work day
			 between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekdays for at least twelve continuous
			 months during the year.
(ii) "Major
			 employment installation" means a military base or federal reservation,
			 excluding tribal reservations, at which there are one hundred or more full-time
			 employees, who begin their regular workday between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on
			 weekdays, for at least twelve continuous months during the year.
(iii) "Person hours of delay" means the daily
			 person hours of delay per mile in the peak period of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., as
			 calculated using the best available methodology by the department of
			 transportation.
(iv) "Commute trip"
			 means trips made from a worker's home to a worksite during the peak period of
			 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on weekdays.
(v) "Proportion of single-occupant vehicle
			 commute trips" means the number of commute trips made by single-occupant
			 automobiles divided by the number of full-time employees.
(vi) "Commute trip vehicle miles traveled per
			 employee" means the sum of the individual vehicle commute trip lengths in miles
			 over a set period divided by the number of full-time employees during that
			 period.
(vii) "Growth and
			 transportation efficiency center" means a defined, compact, mixed-use urban
			 area that contains jobs or housing and supports multiple modes of
			 transportation. For the purpose of funding, a growth and transportation
			 efficiency center must meet minimum criteria established by the commute trip
			 reduction board under
			 RCW
			  70.94.537, and must be certified by a
			 regional transportation planning organization as established in
			 RCW
			  47.80.020.
(viii) "Affected urban growth area" means:
(A)An urban growth area, designated pursuant
			 to RCW
			  36.70A.110, whose boundaries contain a state
			 highway segment exceeding the one hundred person hours of delay threshold
			 calculated by the department of transportation, and any contiguous urban growth
			 areas; and
(B)An urban growth area,
			 designated pursuant to
			 RCW
			  36.70A.110, containing a jurisdiction with a
			 population over seventy thousand that adopted a commute trip reduction
			 ordinance before the year 2000, and any contiguous urban growth
			 areas.
(ix)
			 "Certification" means a determination by a regional transportation planning
			 organization that a locally designated growth and transportation efficiency
			 center program meets the minimum criteria developed in a collaborative regional
			 process and the rules established by the department of
			 transportation.