A February 1999 fact sheet outlining the Joint Transportation Study jointly undertaken by the City of SeaTac and the Port of Seattle under an Interlocal Agreement. The study aims to address ground transportation needs through 2020, covering topics such as population and passenger growth, parking, new transit modes including light rail, neighborhood protection, and pedestrian and bicycle access. It also examines Transportation Demand Management strategies to reduce vehicle traffic around Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

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A fact sheet describing the Joint Transportation Study required by an Interlocal Agreement between the City of SeaTac and Port of Seattle. The study provides a unified analysis of ground transportation needs covering topics such as passenger and population growth, parking, new transit modes, transportation demand management, neighborhood protection, pedestrians, bicyclists, and financing. The plan outlines transportation needs through 2020.

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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.

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