REALITY vs Vision 2040 Spring 2011— New! April 26, 2011: How does King County measure up? Pitfalls with 10 year planning assumptions Sharp-sighted Dr. Dick Conway and Professor William Beyers brief King County Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee, April 26, 2011, File 2011-B0075 "King County: How does it measure up?" New! Updated Version of "Vision 2040 REALITY CHECK" download below Abstract: The 2010 U.S. Census confirms the flaws in PSRC's Vision 2040 (2000-2040) that shifts the region's "growth strategy" to five mega-cities from the more realistic multiple centers of the preceding Vision 2020 (2000-2020) — reality continues just the opposite. Washington's Growth Management Act sanctifies PSRC planning, but has much less to say about accuracy. Seattle justifies major "Updates" on the basis of PSRC's mandate to turn-the-tide fifty years out, maybe, assuming Cascade Land, et al, can shame mortals into thinking there is such a thing as 100 year planning. Where to find the raw data: Washington State OFM tables and summaries of the initial 2010 census reality here: http://www.ofm.wa.gov/pop/census2010/data.asp Minor Vision 2040 tinkering here: http://psrc.org/assets/1737/Part_II_Regional_Growth_Strategy.pdf (several targets were changed and a few "small cities" re-categorized as "larger cities"). A somewhat out of date statement — ~"our efforts will turn the tide"—(Appendix II A) downloads here:  waiting for the interurban—Ballard Locks |
