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One thing is certain about visionaries, facilitating meetings In FY 2015–16, the team
the future of transportation in of the WCTFS Advisory Committee developed two growth scenarios.
Washington County: There are a lot and partner agencies to develop Both reflect how the economy,
of questions. Those questions don’t scenarios of what could be, based future technologies and changing
have definitive answers, but they on what is. travel behavior can impact
offer something better: Possibilities. transportation needs.
“The WCTFS is looking at the
The Washington County long-term transportation needs “One thing we know for certain
Transportation Futures Study of the county and evaluating is that we can’t predict the future,”
(WCTFS), funded by the state transportation strategies that will said Dyami Valentine, senior
Legislature in 2013, is focused on be needed to sustain its economic planner, Long Range Planning.
identifying a host of possibilities health and quality of life in the “Which is why we worked with
for transportation in the future. coming decades,” Deffebach said. local and national experts who
It’s been an exciting opportunity, “Throughout the study, we’ve think about the future a lot to help
according to Chris Deffebach, policy collected input from the public and us create two plausible scenarios.”
analyst, who’s leading the study. other city and agency partners to
Deffebach and her team are develop an approach.”

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