ETA believes there are clear transportation choices that will allow us to go where we want to go, how we want to go, and when we want to go. We are a private-sector group whose membership includes concerned citizens, business representatives and transportation professionals who are dedicated to making these choices happen.

Our goal is to bring objectivity and simplification to the political decision-making process to define, select, fund and implement transportation projects. We support policies that encourage each mode of transportation to operate efficiently and economically to meet growing demands.

Rather than using costly transportation projects to try to change or influence human behavior, we want to develop a transportation system that supports increased efficiency, productivity and quality of life.

Finally, ETA recognizes that state funding must be uniform and is limited by the economies of rural areas. We believe, therefore, that state dollars must be supplemented by regional funding to meet the growth demands of the three-county region of King, Pierce, and Snohomish.