Puget Sound Regional Council
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| Abbreviation | PSRC |
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| Formation | 1956 |
| Type | MPO |
| Purpose | Transportation and urban planning, economic development, data collection and research |
| Headquarters | 1011 Western Avenue, Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98104 |
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Region served
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Puget Sound region |
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Membership
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Puget Sound counties cities, towns, ports, and tribes transit and state agencies |
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President
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Pat McCarthy |
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Executive Director
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Josh Brown |
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Budget
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$30.4 million (two-year budget, from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2015) |
| Website | www |
The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) is a metropolitan planning organization that develops policies and makes decisions about transportation planning, economic development, and growth management throughout the four-county Seattle metropolitan area surrounding Puget Sound. It is a forum for cities, towns, counties, transit agencies, port districts, Native American tribes, and state agencies to address regional issues.
The Puget Sound Regional Council serves the central Puget Sound region of Washington state. The region is made up of King County, Kitsap County, Pierce County, and Snohomish County, which collectively encompass 6,290 square miles (16,300 km2) and comprise 73 cities and towns. The five major cities are Seattle, Bellevue in King County, Tacoma in Pierce County, Everett in Snohomish County, and Bremerton in Kitsap County. The region's population was estimated to be over 3.8 million as of April 2014.
In 1956 the four counties of the Puget Sound region established the Puget Sound Regional Planning Conference, which changed its name to the Puget Sound Governmental Conference (PSGC) in 1958. It launched the Puget Sound Regional Transportation Study (PSRTS) in 1962 with support from the Washington State Highway Commission, the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads (predecessor of the Federal Highway Administration), and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The study, completed in 1967, offered recommendations regarding transportation policy as well as land-use planning; its publication set the precedent of taking on "transportation planning duties previously done by Washington State".
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