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Pierce Transit pitches Destination 2045 plan to University Place council; restores service depends on added funding
Summary
Pierce Transit presented its Destination 2045 long‑range plan, showing service scenarios tied to funding and growth; staff emphasized a 500,000 annual‑service‑hour baseline, capital needs (buses, facilities, mechanics), and options including a 'fast, frequent and reliable' BRT‑light network.
Pierce Transit staff briefed the University Place City Council on Jan. 21 about Destination 2045, a new long‑range plan that lays out alternatives for restoring and expanding transit service countywide if additional funding becomes available.
Darren Stavish, principal planner for Pierce Transit, and Anna Peterson, senior planner, described four illustrative growth scenarios the agency has modeled. The agency’s pre‑pandemic metric was about 500,000 annual service hours; the scenarios show incremental service increases — for example, 20% more hours for Scenario A and up to 80% more in Scenario D — with each scenario requiring more buses, operators and facility capacity.
Stavish said the scenarios are illustrative and dependent on funding:…
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