Design of State Funded
Transportation Systems

Position Statements

• A/E Procurement
• Architects in Government
• Architectural Education
• Capitol Budgeting
• Codes and Standards
• Community
• Design of State Funded Transportation Systems
• Energy--Codes & Energy
• Equal Opportunity
• Historic Preservation
• Housing
• Insurance Regulation/Tort Reform
• Owner’s Project Representative
• Public Works Project Delivery
• Registration and Licensing
• Regulatory Reform
• School Construction
• Statute of Repose
• Sustainable Design
• Taxes
• Transportation

The AIA Washington Council recommends that as transportation expenditures are considered, the Legislature enact mechanisms to require that all transportation projects incorporate designs that reinforce the aesthetic character and quality of local communities, specifically projects utilizing state funds such as bridges, railings, sound barriers, retaining walls, buildings, and similar elements of transportation systems and facilities include quality of design as part of the evaluation system for contracts to be awarded by state and local jurisdictions, to ensure a positive impact on our local communities.

In addition, an appropriate level of the Legislature's transportation funding should include expansions of local and regional pedestrian, bicycle, and mass transit systems as critical components of the state's transportation network.