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Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) Annual Report for June 2020, authored by PSRC President Bruce Dammeier and Executive Director Josh Brown. Covers PSRC’s distribution of $538,464,177 in federal CARES Act funding to the region’s transit agencies — including King County ($243,712,053), Sound Transit ($166,282,134), Washington State Ferries ($39,237,605), Community Transit ($33,045,123), Pierce Transit ($20,679,602), and others — across the Bremerton, Marysville, and Seattle–Tacoma–Everett Urbanized Zone Areas. Also describes the regional federal transportation funding competition of over $540 million for 2023–2024, with project evaluation criteria including health and equity, emissions reduction, active transportation, and safety. Addresses COVID-19 impacts on transit ridership, farebox revenue, racial injustice, and PSRC’s shift to remote work.