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EVERETT 2044 <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 6/17/2025 <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT <br /> Page 133 <br />areas and educational institutions, as well as enhanced freight access to industrial areas and intermodal <br />freight facilities. <br />GOAL TR-5: Everett has a safe, reliable, well-marked and implemented freight routes to meet mobility <br />needs and minimize freight conflicts with pedestrians. <br />GOAL TR-6: Everett’s public transportation system seamlessly provides convenient, safe, comfortable, <br />and equitable service for residents, visitors, and workers, with daily boardings tripling by 2044. <br />GOAL TR-7: Everett has safe pedestrian routes connecting community hubs, neighborhood nodes, <br />transit stops, and parks to adjacent neighborhoods. <br />GOAL TR-8: Everett has a complete network of safe bicycle routes and facilities connecting transit and <br />community hubs, neighborhood nodes, employment centers, recreational amenities, and residential <br />areas. <br />GOAL TR-9: Everett efficiently uses intelligent transportation systems to optimize the movement of <br />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 supports achieving regional greenhouse gas emissions <br />reduction goals and reducing per capita vehicle miles traveled. <br />GOAL TR-12: Everett’s proportion of commute trips by single occupant vehicles decreases. <br />Policies <br />Engagement <br />TR-1 When planning transportation systems and designing facilities, consult and actively engage <br />communities, people, businesses, and other stakeholders, including historically underserved or <br />underrepresented groups and communities. <br />Transportation And Land Use <br />TR-2 Develop a Citywide Multimodal Grid Network Plan to be used in the planning, design, and <br />construction of new roadway connections. Identify and seek control of land needed in the <br />future for any transportation purpose when the opportunity arises. <br />TR-3 Require developments to provide right-of-way dedications or access easements in support of <br />the development of a robust grid network for all modes. Require developments to complete <br />those connections as a permit condition or appropriate alternatives. <br />TR-4 Update City of Everett design and construction standards to complement adjacent zoning/land <br />use with consideration given to minimizing total right-of-way improvement footprint required <br />while meeting emergency responder, transit, and multimodal transportation needs. <br />TR-5 Design city transportation network and require private development to accommodate all <br />modes consistent with all adopted city transportation and land use plans.