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Strategy 8: Locate, Design, and Provide Access to <br /> Transit Stations to Support TOD <br /> Decisions about the siting and design of transit facilities can have a significant impact on the <br /> cli <br /> potential for building transit communities within a given corridor. Current and future community <br /> 8--' members are best served and ridership potential is best supported where transit systems are <br /> designed to foster long-term TOD potential and connectivity to surrounding neighborhoods and <br /> communities. <br /> Puget Sound Regional Council <br /> 8.1 Consistent with existing regional policies and plans that call for integrating land use and transportation <br /> investments, refine regional policy guidance to clarify that, where possible, transit alignments and station <br /> location and design choices should promote TOD throughout the region, including in designated regional <br /> centers and other locations with potential for concentrated residential and/or employment uses. <br /> Transit Agencies <br /> 8.2 Strengthen criteria for selecting transit alignments and station locations to include TOD potential alongside <br /> other criteria such as environmental impacts, costs, and ridership potential. TOD potential should both existing <br /> C and planned uses and densities within transit station areas. <br /> o 8.3 Design and develop stations to include joint development, where feasible, with market rate and affordable <br /> 13 <br /> residential,commercial,or civic and other public uses. <br /> Q 8.4 Design stations to provide multimodal access to transit, including on foot, bicycle, and via connections with <br /> other transit services. <br /> T3 <br /> 8.5 Adopt transit access and parking management strategies that accommodate and encourage multiple modes of <br /> "0 travel to the transit system. Give priority to alternatives to automobile travel through approaches, such as: <br /> C <br /> CU transit connections to surrounding neighborhoods, bicycle and pedestrian connections, and demand <br /> E management strategies(e.g., parking fees). <br /> E 8.6 Where parking at transit stations is needed, minimize conflicts with TOD potential through tools such as parking <br /> v structure siting and design that complements walkable and active streets and public spaces, interim parking <br /> y strategies including facilities that can be redeveloped with residential or commercial uses in the future, and <br /> CC shared parking with nearby uses. <br /> 8.7 Coordinate planning and capital investment activities with those of other public agencies, including other transit <br /> agencies, local governments, and state agencies such as WSDOT. <br /> Local Governments <br /> 8.8 Partner with transit agencies on alignment of new transit facilities, station siting and design, and system access <br /> planning. <br /> 8.9 Adopt land use regulations and capital improvement plans that are consistent with and support transit corridor <br /> access strategies, to include zoning for transit supportive densities and funding for bicycle and pedestrian <br /> improvements. <br /> Priority Transit Communities for this Strategy <br /> • Communities with fixed guideway transit,such as light rail, streetcar,commuter rail <br /> • Communities with multimodal transit centers <br /> • Communities undergoing planning and implementation of new transit investments <br /> 35 <br /> The Growing Transit Communities Strategy ( Public Review Draft I May 2013 <br />