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3. Alternative Mode: any means of commute transportation other than that in which the <br /> single-occupant motor vehicle is the dominant mode, including telecommuting and <br /> compressed work weeks if they result in reducing commute trips. <br /> 4. Alternative Work Schedules: work schedules which allow employees to work their <br /> required hours outside of the traditional Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. schedule. <br /> Programs such as compressed work weeks that eliminate work trips for affected employees <br /> are an example. <br /> 5. Base Year: the period from January 1, 1992,through December 31, 1992,on which goals <br /> for vehicle miles traveled(VMT)per employee and proportion of single-occupant vehicle <br /> (SOV)trips shall be based. <br /> 6. Carpool: a motor vehicle occupied by two(2)to six(6)people traveling together for their <br /> commute trip that results in the reduction of a minimum of one motor vehicle commute <br /> trip. <br /> 7. Commute Trips: trips made from a worker's home to a worksite with a regularly <br /> scheduled work start time between 6:00 a.m.and 9:00 a.m. (inclusive)on weekdays. <br /> 8. CTR Task Force Guidelines: A document prepared in 1992 (subject to revision)by the <br /> statewide Commute Trip Reduction Task Force. The document includes guidelines for <br /> preparing plans and ordinances,as well as model programs and data from worksites across <br /> the country. <br /> 9. CTR Law: A law passed in 1991 (Chapter 202, Laws of 1991) and codified in RCW <br /> 70.94.521-551,and amended in 1997 requiring counties of over 150,000 residents, with <br /> one or more affected employers to implement a CTR ordinance and plan.All cities in such <br /> counties with one or more affected employers are also required to adopt CTR ordinances <br /> and plans. <br /> 10. CTR Plan: Everett's plan and ordinance to regulate and administer the CTR programs of <br /> affected employers within its jurisdiction. <br /> 11. CTR Program: an employer's strategies to reduce affected employees' SOV use and <br /> VMT per employee. <br /> 12. CTR Zone: One of three areas, such as a census tract or combination of census tracts, <br /> within Snohomish County, characterized by similar employment density, population <br /> density, level of transit service, parking availability, access to high occupancy vehicle <br /> facilities, and other factors that are determined to affect the level of SOV commuting. <br /> Everett,Mukilteo and parts of unincorporated Snohomish County have been combined to <br /> form one zone. <br /> 3 <br />