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Everett 2044 <br />Planning our future together <br />TRANSPORTATION [TR] <br />SCOPE <br />EVERETT 2044 <br />TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT <br />PROPOSED GOALS/POLICIES <br />The Transportation Element addresses how people and goods get around the city by all modes including cars, <br />buses, walking and rolling, rail, and trucks. <br />GOALS <br />GOAL TR-1: Everett has a safe, resilient, sustainable, equitable, and accessible multimodal transportation <br />system that serves all members of the community. <br />GOAL TR-2: Everett's transportation system is complete, integrated, and fulfills the daily needs for residents, <br />businesses, major institutions, and industrial centers in an efficient and sustainable manner. <br />GOAL TR-3: Everett's multimodal transportation network is developed based on adopted land use vision and <br />zoning to accommodate and support the City's targeted population and employment growth. <br />GOAL TR-4: Everett's transportation system supports a strong and diverse economy, enhances the <br />competitiveness of the city and region, and maintains the city's role as a West Coast trade gateway and <br />freight hub by providing efficient and reliable goods movement, multimodal access to employment areas and <br />e ducational institutions, as well as enhanced freight access to industrial areas and intermodal freight <br />facilities. <br />GOAL TR-5: Everett has a safe, reliable, well -marked and implemented freight routes to meet mobility <br />n eeds. <br />GOAL TR-6: Everett's public transportation system seamlessly provides convenient, safe, comfortable, and <br />e quitable service for residents', visitors', and workers' needs, with daily boardings tripling by 2044. <br />GOAL TR-7: Everett has safe pedestrian routes connecting community hubs, neighborhood nodes, transit <br />stops, and parks to adjacent neighborhoods. <br />GOAL TR-8: A complete network of safe bicycle routes and facilities connects transit and community hubs, <br />n eighborhood nodes, employment centers, recreational amenities, and residential areas. <br />GOAL TR-9: Intelligent transportation systems optimize the movement of people and vehicles. <br />GOAL TR-10: Everett prevents traffic related fatalities and serious injuries by employing comprehensive <br />efforts to improve transportation safety through the Safe Systems approach. <br />GOAL TR-11: Everett's transportation system is resilient to the impacts of climate change, employs <br />technological advancements, and supports achieving regional greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, <br />such as by reducing vehicle miles traveled. <br />12/10/2024 <br />TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT <br />PROPOSED GOALS/POLICIES <br />Page 1 <br />