2025/05/28 Council Agenda Packet

6 employment densities are in the Southwest Everett/Paine Field Industrial Area and around downtown. Boeing, Everett’s largest employer, is located within the Paine Field industrial area along with other major CTR-affected employers. This industrial area is quite isolated and provides few housing opportunities in the immediate area, which limits commute options such as walking or biking. Businesses located around Downtown Everett experience a walkable community with several business and housing opportunities as well as infrastructure that supports several transportation modes. According to the Alliance for Housing Affordability, 86.5% of the City’s workforce lives outside of Everett which creates regional traffic from employees whose commute begins outside of the City. Everett Transit operates 10 routes and 3 transit centers as the public transportation service provider for the City. Most of these routes are designed to provide a viable alternative to driving for those traveling to and from major employer worksites within the City and are scheduled to accommodate peak commute times. In addition, Community Transit operates bus rapid transit (BRT) within the city, including the SWIFT Blue and Green lines. Everett Station serves as the largest northern multimodal hub served by Everett Transit, Community Transit, Sound Transit commuter rail, Sound Transit, Island Transit, Skagit Transit, Flix Bus, Greyhound, Northwest Trailways and Amtrak. Everett Transit has a series of projects planned in order to improve transit use in the City, including: • Continuing the transition from diesel buses to electric and hybrid buses. • Constructing electric vehicle charging infrastructure at various field locations. • Installing real-time electronic wayfinding signage at Everett Station, College Station and Mall Station. • Continuation of a transit consolidation study between Everett Transit and Community Transit. Everett’s Public Works department has a series of capital projects that are currently in design or construction to improve accessibility for multimodal transportation connections. These projects include: • Extending the sidewalk network and installing pedestrian safety and other infrastructure including lighting, signage and other associated ADA-compliant improvements. • Improving the bikeway network, bicycle facilities and wayfinding with bike detection sensors, indicator lights and signage at controlled intersections. • Updating Everett’s Bicycle Master Plan to more accurately address the present City’s environment and community needs for future projects. c. Describe whether and how commuting patterns have changed in the past few years. The changes to commuting patterns in Everett in the last few years include: