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Valley Transit was founded as the Walla Walla County Public Transportation Benefit Area in 1979, becoming the county's public transportation benefit area. A 0.3 percent sales tax was approved by voters on March 18, 1980, allowing for service to begin on January 5, 1981. [ 2 ]
Pages in category "Transportation in Walla Walla County, Washington" ... U.S. Route 730; U.S. Route 730 Spur (Wallula, Washington) V. Valley Transit (Washington) W.
On July 1, 1975, Governor Daniel 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 ...
Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad: UP: 1868 1910 Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company: Walla Walla Valley Railway: WWV NP: 1910 1985 N/A Electric until 1949 Washington Railway and Navigation Company: NP: 1903 1903 Northern Pacific Railway: Washington Central Railroad: WCRC 1986 1996 BNSF Acquisition, Inc., Columbia Basin Railroad ...
The first Travel Washington bus route to open was the Grape Line, which began service in December 2007. It was also the first bus service to be funded through a private-public partnership between the Federal Transit Administration and private operators, with the former matching the latter's investments with grant money.
In 1923, the State Highways Department separated from the Public Works Department and organized the first official system of highways, Washington's state road system. In 1926, the U.S. government approved the U.S. route system, which connected the country by road. 11 U.S. Routes entered Washington at the time. Later in 1929, the Highway ...
A map produced by the Tri-City Herald in 1974 showing routes considered for I-82 and I-182 The routing of I-182 also remained affected by the unresolved routing of I-82 between Prosser and Oregon; among the options considered were a full route through the Tri-Cities towards the Wallula Gap as well as routes in the Horse Heaven Hills with a ...
The Oregon–Walla Walla highway was originally a two-lane road that was the site of hundreds of collisions in the 1960s, prompting the state government to consider new designs. After proposals to build a bypass to carry SR 125 around Walla Walla were shelved, the state began construction of a four-lane divided highway in 1987. It was completed ...