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Comprehensive Transit Service Plan EVERETT TRANSIT Executive Summary ❑ Everett Transit should work with other service providers to develop a "seamless"fare and fare collection system. ❑ Everett Transit should redouble efforts to work with employers and developers to develop strategies to decrease reliance on single occupancy vehicles. ❑ Everett Transit should continue to work with City and County government to promote increased transit use among employees ❑ Everett Transit needs to work with the Navy Homeport to identify services and programs that meet the needs of Navy personnel ❑ Everett Transit must work with social and health program providers to better meet the needs of their clients Transit Access Improvements Everett Transit needs to step up its role in evaluating new developments within its service area. Specifically, ET needs to continue to work with the City of Everett to develop land use policies that are supportive of both pedestrian and transit uses, including: ❑ Improving pedestrian linkages in existing developments ❑ Requiring transit access and facilities improvements in new developments Everett Transit should also assess proposed projects on streets served by transit for: ❑ Pedestrian access, including crosswalks and other pedestrian amenities such as bulb-outs, ❑ Building setbacks from and orientation to the street: Buildings that are close to the street with entrances facing the street are more likely to support a pedestrian and transit environment. ❑ Pedestrian Scale: site and building design elements that are dimensionally less than those intended to accommodate automobile traffic, flow and buffering. Comprehensive Planning Everett Transit should be involved in the updates of the City of Everett and Snohomish County comprehensive plans and participate in the work of the technical committee on those updates. Additionally: ❑ Everett Transit should explore designating Rucker, Evergreen, Colby and Broadway as major transit streets in the City of Everett, ❑ Everett Transit should request that a map of proposed transit corridors in the Urban Services Area be adopted as part of the comprehensive plan along with objectives and strategies for development in these areas to encourage a pedestrian environment friendly to transit, and ❑ Everett Transit should be more pro-active in working with the Everett Planning Department and take a more active role reviewing development in these areas and commenting to the County. Perteet Engineering,Inc. Page ix