Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPO) are state-designated entities with responsibilities established in RCW 47.80. In this capacity the Peninsula Regional Transportation Planning Organization (PRTPO) is responsible for ensuring on-going coordinated transportation planning amongst its members and identifying long-range issues or opportunities affecting the region.
PRTPO was first established in 1990, under the administration of WSDOT Olympic Region. In 2019, PRTPO was redesignated as an RTPO independent of WSDOT administration and is operating under its own leadership and organizational structure since July 1, 2019.
PRTPO’s organizational structure builds on and strengthens the intergovernmental partnerships and cooperative relationships established over decades of working together to meet mobility needs of the Peninsula region. The region’s 27 members include four counties and nine cities, four transit agencies and four port districts, five Indian tribes, and WSDOT Olympic Region. Kitsap Transit is the Lead Planning Agency and Jefferson Transit is the Lead Fiscal Agent for PRTPO. PRTPO members work collaboratively across borders and government sectors to support mobility of people, goods, and services today and in the future.
Details on PRTPO membership, organizational structure, and operating policies can be found in the PRTPO Resource Manual, available in the sidebar.
Staff
Thera Black
PRTPO Coordinator
TheraB@PeninsulaRTPO.org
Phone (360) 878-0353
Edward Coviello
PRTPO Coordinator — Lead Planing Agency & Title VI Coordinator
Kitsap Transit
EdwardC@kitsaptransit.com
Phone (360) 824-4919
Fax (360) 377-7086
Leadership
Executive Board Chair
Councilmember Lindsey Shromen-Wawrin
City of Port Angeles
Executive Board Vice Chair
Councilmember Ben Thomas
City of Port Townsend
Executive Board Secretary
Commissioner Gary Anderson
Port of Bremerton
Technical Advisory Committee Chair
Jayme Brook
Jefferson Transit
Technical Advisory Committee Vice Chair
Marty Allen
Skokomish Indian Tribe
Members
Clallam County
Jefferson County
Kitsap County
Mason County
Bainbridge Island
Bremerton
Forks
Port Angeles
Port Orchard
Port Townsend
Poulsbo
Sequim
Shelton
Port of Allyn
Port of Bremerton
Port of Port Angeles
Port of Shelton
Clallam Transit
Jefferson Transit
Kitsap Transit
Mason Transit
WSDOT, Olympic Region
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Makah Nation
Skokomish Tribe
Squaxin Island Tribe
PRTPO Public Records Request
In accordance with its Public Records Policy, PRTPO adopts the Public Records Request procedures of Kitsap Transit, as the PRTPO Lead Planning Agency. Kitsap Transit is in compliance with the Public Disclosure Law of the State of Washington as found in Chapter 42.56 RCW. PRTPO Public Records Requests can be made of Kitsap Transit’s Public Records Officer here. Kitsap Transit’s Public Records Officer will respond to any public records requests made of PRTPO.
It is the responsibility of PRTPO to assure that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color or national origin, as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be discriminated against under any of its federally funded programs and activities. Any person who believes his or her Title VI protection has been violated may file a complaint with PRTPO. For Title VI complaints and additional information, please call (360)-824-4919 or email Edward Coviello at edwardc@kitsaptransit.com.
Seguro PRTPO Título VI: Es responsablementede PRTPO, segúnlo dispuestoenel TítuloVI de la Ley de Derechos Civilesde 1964, asegurarque ningunapersona, por motivosde raza, color o nacionalidadde origen, sea excluidade la participaciónen, se le nieguenlos beneficiosde, o de otramanerasea discriminadaenvirtudde cualquierade sus programasy actividadesfinanciadospor el gobiernofederal. Cualquierpersona que creaque suprotecciónde TítuloVI ha sidoviolada, puedepresentaruna quejaante el PRTPO. Para quejassobreel TítuloVI e informaciónadicional, llameal (360) 824-4919 o correoelectrónico Edward Coviello en edwardc@kitsaptransit.com.
Responsibilidad ng PRTPO na tiyakin na walang sinumang tao, sa batayan ng lahi, kulay o bansang pinagmulan, gaya ng itinatadhana ng Title VI ng Civil Rights Act of 1964, ay hindi isasama sa pakikilahok sa, pagkakaitan ng mga benepisyo ng, o kung hindi man ay diskriminasyon laban sa ilalim ng alinman sa mga programa at aktibidad na pinondohan ng pederal. Sinumang tao na naniniwala na ang kanyang proteksyon sa Title VI ay nilabag ay maaaring magsampa ng reklamo sa PRTPO. Para sa mga reklamo sa Title VI at karagdagang impormasyon, mangyaring tumawag sa (360)-824-4919 o mag-email kay Edward Coviello sa edwardc@kitsaptransit.com.
PRTPO Title VI Complaint Forms
PRTPO Title VI Complaint Form (English)
Formulario de queja del Título VI de la PRTPO (Spanish)
PRTPO Title VI Form ng Pagrereklamo (Filipino)