PTBAs are granted the authority to impose a voter-authorized
sales tax of up to 0.9 percent and motor vehicle
excise tax of up to 0.4 percent within its boundaries.
Community Transit, the PTBA of
Snohomish County, was granted a sales tax limit of 1.2 percent in 2015 after exhausting the existing 0.9 percent.[5][6]: 1 PTBAs with boundaries on the
Puget Sound are also authorized to provide
passenger ferry service in addition to traditional
bus,
paratransit and
vanpool services.[3]
PTBAs are governed by a
board of directors of not more than nine elected officials, supplemented by a
union representative. In
Thurston County, the board is allowed to have citizen members; in
Mason County, elected officials on the board include representatives from school boards, fire districts, and hospital districts.[1]
A special type of PTBA for
unincorporated areas within counties, called unincorporated transportation benefit areas.[7] As of 2013[update], only two UTBAs exist, in
Garfield and
Whitman counties.
On July 1, 1975,
GovernorDaniel J. Evans signed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 2280 into law, creating the PTBA.[8] The bill had been proposed by the
Snohomish County Transportation Authority (SNO-TRAN), who would later use the legislation to establish the state's first PTBA, the Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation, later renamed
Community Transit, in November 1975.[9][10]
List of public transportation benefit areas
As of January 2015[update], Washington has 21 PTBAs and two unincorporated systems.[1]
^Planning, Research and Public Transportation Division (October 1984). "Local Transit".
Public Transportation in Washington State, 1984(PDF) (Report). Washington State Department of Transportation. pp. 19–20.
OCLC13007541. Archived from
the original(PDF) on December 28, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016 – via National Transportation Library.
PTBAs are granted the authority to impose a voter-authorized
sales tax of up to 0.9 percent and motor vehicle
excise tax of up to 0.4 percent within its boundaries.
Community Transit, the PTBA of
Snohomish County, was granted a sales tax limit of 1.2 percent in 2015 after exhausting the existing 0.9 percent.[5][6]: 1 PTBAs with boundaries on the
Puget Sound are also authorized to provide
passenger ferry service in addition to traditional
bus,
paratransit and
vanpool services.[3]
PTBAs are governed by a
board of directors of not more than nine elected officials, supplemented by a
union representative. In
Thurston County, the board is allowed to have citizen members; in
Mason County, elected officials on the board include representatives from school boards, fire districts, and hospital districts.[1]
A special type of PTBA for
unincorporated areas within counties, called unincorporated transportation benefit areas.[7] As of 2013[update], only two UTBAs exist, in
Garfield and
Whitman counties.
On July 1, 1975,
GovernorDaniel J. Evans signed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 2280 into law, creating the PTBA.[8] The bill had been proposed by the
Snohomish County Transportation Authority (SNO-TRAN), who would later use the legislation to establish the state's first PTBA, the Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation, later renamed
Community Transit, in November 1975.[9][10]
List of public transportation benefit areas
As of January 2015[update], Washington has 21 PTBAs and two unincorporated systems.[1]
^Planning, Research and Public Transportation Division (October 1984). "Local Transit".
Public Transportation in Washington State, 1984(PDF) (Report). Washington State Department of Transportation. pp. 19–20.
OCLC13007541. Archived from
the original(PDF) on December 28, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016 – via National Transportation Library.