{"id":3244,"date":"2025-02-25T19:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T19:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/?p=3244"},"modified":"2025-08-13T17:03:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:03:52","slug":"2050-transportation-scenario-visualization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/current-projects\/2050-transportation-scenario-visualization\/","title":{"rendered":"2050 Transportation Scenario Visualization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By 2050, the population of the central Puget Sound region is expected to grow by 1.5 million people to a total of 5.8 million. This project will evaluate several scenarios to illustrate how decisions about major transportation infrastructure investments and land use related to housing could affect the region by 2050. The researchers will look at the potential effects on the Puget Sound regional transportation system of major infrastructure investments that have either been identified or are in the early development stages. These include a third Puget Sound airport to complement SeaTac and Paine Field, I-5 lane expansion, ultra-high-speed rail from Oregon to British Columbia, and Amtrak Cascades passenger rail. They will also look at the effects of existing and potential housing zoning densities in Washington counties along the I-5 corridor. Scenarios will include evaluation of the travel times and costs for households and freight, as well as passenger air travel demand, cost, and availability. A holistic picture is needed for decision-makers to understand the tradeoffs and considerations for the future of Cascadia mobility. The results will provide decision makers and the public with a high-level understanding of major transportation needs and choices for the area\u2019s 2050 population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Principal Investigators:<br><a href=\"mailto:aragon@uw.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cecilia Aragon<\/a>, Human Centered Design and Engineering, UW<br><a href=\"mailto:btreece@uw.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bart Treece<\/a>, Mobility Innovation Center, UW<br><a href=\"mailto:rpavery@uw.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ryan Avery<\/a>, Washington State Transportation Center, UW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sponsors:<br>WSDOT<br>King County<br>Challenge Seattle<br>Alaska Airlines<br>Microsoft<br>Boeing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WSDOT Technical Monitor: <a href=\"mailto:ron.pate@wsdot.wa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ron Pate<\/a><br>WSDOT Project Manager: Jon Peterson<br>Scheduled completion: June 2025<br><a href=\"https:\/\/mic.comotion.uw.edu\/projects\/transportation-2050-visualization-scenarios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By 2050, the population of the central Puget Sound region is expected to grow by 1.5 million people to a total of 5.8 million. This project will evaluate several scenarios to illustrate how decisions about major transportation infrastructure investments and land use related to housing could affect the region by 2050. The researchers will look &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/current-projects\/2050-transportation-scenario-visualization\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2050 Transportation Scenario Visualization<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-projects","category-transportation-planning"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3244"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3459,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3244\/revisions\/3459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}