Regional Transportation Council

P.O. Box 1366

Vancouver, WA 98666-1366

360-397-6067

www.rtc.wa.gov

info@rtc.wa.gov

 

General Information

Incorporation: Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council (RTC) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Clark County, Washington, portion of the larger Portland (Oregon)/Vancouver urbanized area. RTC is also the state-designated Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO) for the three-county area of Clark, Skamania and Klickitat. Responsibility for these functions was assumed by RTC on July 1, 1992.

The Region: The region is located in the southwest part of Washington State. The Columbia River forms the southern boundary of the three-county area as well as the western boundary of Clark County. To the south of the Columbia River is the state of Oregon. Clark County is largely urban in character with downtown Vancouver and downtown Portland (Oregon) separated by a distance of less than ten miles. Klickitat and Skamania counties are rural in character. Within the RTC region is Mount St. Helens and the foothills of Mount Adams.

Mission: To encourage and promote the development of a balanced, efficient and affordable regional transportation system to meet the mobility needs of people and goods, within and through this region, and minimize transportation-related air pollution.

 

Form of Government

Appointed Board of Directors

Elected Officials

A board of elected officials is made up with representatives of the jurisdictions critical to transportation issues in the region. The Board of Directors is charged with appropriate representation of each jurisdiction.

Three Clark County Commissioners

Steve Stuart (RTC Vice Chair)

Marc Boldt

Tom Mielke

City of Vancouver

Mayor Tim Leavitt

Jeanne Harris

City of Camas or City of Washougal

Molly Coston (RTC Chair, City of Washougal City Council)

City of Battle Ground, City of Ridgefield, City of La Center or Town of Yacolt

Bill Ganley (City of Battle Ground City Council)

Skamania County, City of Stevenson, City of North Bonneville or Port of Skamania

Paul Pearce (Skamania County Commissioner)

Klickitat County, City of White Salmon, City of Bingen, City of Goldendale, or Port of Klickitat

Betty Barnes (Mayor, City of Bingen)

Executive Director/CEO of C-Tran

Jeff Hamm

Southwest Regional Administrator of Washington Dept. of Transportation

Don Wagner

Commissioner from the Port of Vancouver, Port of Ridgefield, or the Port of Camas-Washougal

Nancy Baker (Port of Vancouver)

Region One Manager of the Oregon Department of Transportation

Jason Tell

Metro of Portland Councilor

Rex Burkholder

15th State Legislative District

Senator Jim Honeyford

Rep. Bruce Chandler

Rep. David Taylor

17th State Legislative District

Senator Don Benton

Rep. Deb Wallace

Rep. Tim Probst

18th State Legislative District

Senator Joe Zarelli

Rep. Jaime Herrera

Rep. Ed Orcutt

49th State Legislative District

Senator Craig Pridemore

Rep. Bill Fromhold

Rep. Jim Moeller

Engagement Opportunities

• Public participation is an important part of the regional transportation decision-making process carried out by RTC. RTC's Public Participation Plan outlines a broad range of opportunities for the public and stakeholders to participate in the region's transportation planning process. In the Plan, RTC continues its commitment to publish, or make available for public view, transportation plans and Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs), and to hold public meetings at convenient and accessible times and locations. RTC also commits to use maps, charts, graphics and website information in order to help explain the metropolitan transportation planning process and to make metropolitan transportation planning information available to the public.

• The latest update to RTC's Public Participation Plan was adopted on August 7, 2007. The current plan meets federal requirements for metropolitan transportation planning. The draft plan is available at branches of the Fort Vancouver library system and at Camas library. The draft plan was also posted to RTC's website.  

Staff

• Dean Lookingbill, transportation director
• Lynda David, senior transportation planner