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The Highline Forum held a meeting on November 28, 2018, at the Highline School District's Educational Resource Activity Center in Burien, WA, focusing on the impacts of Sea-Tac Airport on local education and regional aviation capacity. Key agenda items included an update from the Port of Seattle's StART Working Group on community engagement, a report from Highline School District's Chief Operations Officer on school-related concerns, and a presentation by the Puget Sound Regional Council's Executive Director on the ongoing Aviation Capacity Study. The meeting also addressed emerging issues and planning for the 2019 meeting schedule.

The Highline Forum held a meeting on November 28, 2018, at the Highline School District's Educational Resource Activity Center in Burien, WA, focusing on education impacts and regional aviation capacity. Key agenda items included a StART Working Group update from the Port of Seattle, a Highline School District update, and a presentation on the PSRC Regional Aviation Baseline Study by Puget Sound Regional Council Executive Director Josh Brown. The document also outlines six bimonthly Highline Forum meeting dates scheduled throughout 2019, all running from 2:30pm to 4:30pm.

This document lists the weighted voting allocations for the General Assembly meeting held on May 31, 2018, covering member jurisdictions including counties, cities, tribal governments, and statutory members in the Puget Sound region. King County holds the largest county share at 264.52 votes, while Seattle leads all cities at 99.12 votes, and ports, WSDOT, and the Washington State Transportation Commission collectively contribute 153 statutory votes. The grand total of all weighted votes across all member categories equals 1,153.00.

The Regional Transportation Plan — 2018 is a draft planning document produced by the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) in May 2018, outlining the regional transportation vision and investment priorities for the greater Puget Sound area, including King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties. Funded in part by federal transportation agencies and Washington State, the plan addresses multimodal transportation networks including roads, transit, and non-motorized travel. Note: this document does not specifically address Sea-Tac Airport noise policy and may have limited relevance to airport noise concerns.

The Puget Sound Regional Council's 2018 Regional Transportation Plan outlines how the central Puget Sound region, which has seen rapid population and job growth since 2010, intends to manage an additional one million residents by 2040. The plan details major investments across highway, transit, rail, ferry, bicycle, and pedestrian systems to reduce traffic congestion and better connect housing, employment centers, and freight hubs. It aims to provide equitable access to the region's natural, cultural, and recreational assets while keeping the transportation system sustainable through projected growth.

The Puget Sound Regional Council's May 2018 Annual Report highlights the rapid growth and development occurring across the greater Seattle-Puget Sound region, including new housing, transportation, and infrastructure projects under construction. The report acknowledges challenges such as housing affordability, rising cost of living, and uneven economic growth across the region, while emphasizing the council's role in bringing local leaders together to find collaborative solutions.

The Puget Sound Regional Council's 2018 Regional Transportation Plan outlines strategies to manage the central Puget Sound region's rapid growth, which has added over 375,000 residents and 330,000 jobs since 2010. The plan details investments in highway, transit, rail, ferry, bicycle, and pedestrian systems to reduce traffic congestion and better connect housing with employment centers and freight hubs by 2040. Note: This document focuses on regional transportation planning broadly and does not specifically address Sea-Tac Airport noise policy.

Sea-Tac Airport saw record activity between 2014 and 2017, with over 46 million passengers and 425,895 metric tons of cargo passing through in 2017 alone. Passenger growth is slowing — dropping from a 13% year-over-year increase in 2015 to just 2.6% in 2017 — while air cargo, driven largely by domestic freight, surged 16% compared to the prior year. Summer months remain the busiest for passengers, and air mail volumes have shown a steady annual increase throughout the period.