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9. Future Transit and Non-Motorized Facilities As noted in Section 6, a significant shift in employee travel behavior is required to meet Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) goals and thereby minimize traffic impacts and the number of parking spaces required. The aggressive CTR goals assume that the proportion of carpool and vanpool commute trips made by employees will increase from about 17% in 2001 to about 25% by 2005. These assumptions are used in calculating the parking requirements and the traffic impacts and the County must therefore continue to provide strong incentives to encourage the use of car pools and van pools. Similar aggressive increases are required in transit and non-motorized modes to achieve the CTR goals. Promotion of these modes through the County CTR program is required along with investments the appropriate infrastructure. 9.1 Transit Usage and Facilities A major increase in transit usage is required to meet the CTR goals. Currently,about 80 employees (5%) use transit services to commute. The use of this mode must increase to 15%, or about 275 employees by 2005, to meet the CTR goals and minimize the parking requirements. The County currently pays for employee bus passes through its CTR program. It needs to continue this program and promote the benefits that employees receive even beyond the commute trip. As part of its promotion package, the County should develop a"transit map" that clearly shows all of the bus services that are available to employees and others trying to reach the campus, including the routes, schedules, park and ride locations, and current sources of electronic schedule information for all transit service providers. The package should be updated once or twice a year. The County will also need to invest in local transit supportive infrastructure and take an aggressive position in convincing Everett Transit, Community Transit and Sound Transit to maintain service directly to the campus as well as to the Everett Station. In terms of infrastructure improvements, it is recommended that upgraded transit shelters should be provided on the campus frontage along Pacific Avenue and along Wetmore Avenue. These shelters should be architecturally designed to match the existing or proposed streetscapes, such as the new shelters proposed for Hewitt Avenue, or to match the adjacent buildings on the campus. The shelters need to be visible from the street or from active campus buildings, and they need to have appropriate lighting in order that passengers feel comfortable and safe. It would be preferable that the shelters be monitored by CCTV for security. Relevant bus schedules should be posted at the shelters. Pedestrian access routes on the campus to transit facilities must also be significantly improved to encourage increased ridership. It is preferable that public access doors to new and existing buildings be located near bus stops along the frontage streets. The pedestrian access routes to bus stops must either be direct interior routes or well lit, CRI Transportation Impact Analysis Page 38 June 2002