Jefferson County Transit Port Townsend, Washington Activating Voters: Winning Campaigns in Small Communities

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Jefferson Transit History Service began June 30, 1980 Service subsidy of.3% from county sales tax revenues Three county service by 1988 Transit Park & Ride opens in 1995 Voter approved increase of sales tax subsidy to.6% in 2000 Port Townsend Visitor Information Center relocated to the Park & Ride in 2008 Economic downturn in 2009 leads to service reductions in neighboring counties Voter approved increase of sales tax subsidy to.9% in 2011

Jefferson Transit Connecting Services Clallam Transit: Access to the Olympic National Park Connections to ferry to Victoria, B.C. Kitsap Transit Access to the largest metropolitan area on the Olympic Peninsula Connections to WSF to Seattle

Public Transportation to Sea-Tac International Airport Jefferson Transit$1.50 Kitsap Transit$2.00 Washington State FerriesFree (eastbound) Sound Transit Light Rail$2.50 Total$6.00 Return Trip add Washington State Ferries$6.90 (westbound) Total$12.90

Sales Tax Levy Campaign Message Transit integral to the local economy oTourism is a growth industry-weekend service essential oCommuters: 20 minutes to 3 hours Transit integral to local social services oAging population growth demands/deserves public infrastructure oWe will all eventually use Dial-A-Ride Transit integral to local environmental goals oGoal to reduce carbon emissions by 20% by 2020

Jefferson County Demographics Population: 29,300 Port Townsend (only incorporated city) 8,945 Median annual income: $46,780 Median home value: $386,365 Median age: 47.1 Unemployment rate: 11.1%

Jefferson County Workforce Demographics Wage and salary sources account for a declining 30% share of the personal income in Jefferson County 8,200 residents work in the county 1,500 residents commute out of county 1,096 residents have incomes below the poverty line 427 residents have incomes below 50% of the poverty line

Means of Transportation to Work S.O.V.69% Carpool12% Work at home10% Walk 5% Bicycle 2% Bus 1% Ferry 1%