2006/07/12 Council Agenda Packet

PLAN ELEMENTS T- 9 Plan for high-capacity transit on Broadway. Long-range plans by Sound Transit include extending the Link Light Rail CT, Transit (LRT) service into Everett Station from Seattle. Everett Station is RP-4 already served by Sounder Commuter Rail service and by Express regional bus service. Redevelopment of Broadway in downtown must consider connections to the Everett Station from other neighborhoods in Everett. Current development plans for expansion of Everett Community College and Providence Everett Medical Center north of downtown offer a significant opportunity for improved transit services. Implementation of a Link light rail line in Tacoma servicing the Tacoma Dome Commuter rail station, the University of Washington and downtown Tacoma produced a ridership gain of more than 400% over a free shuttle bus operation. A trolley or LRT line should be planned to extend north from the Everett Station Multi-modal Center along Broadway to provide service to Everett Community College and Providence Hospital to capture increased transit ridership. T- 10 Plan for other transit services to downtown. Everett Transit is working with other transit agencies to provide Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) services along SR-99 and entering downtown on Colby Avenue at Pacific, Any BRT stop in downtown Everett should be enhanced with appropriate shelters and other amenities. The recent Everett Vision Team also proposed a streetcar or trolley line along Hewitt Avenue from the riverfront to the waterfront. This service could be similar to the existing Seattle Waterfront or proposed South Lake Union streetcar service or the streetcar service connecting Portland's Pearl District to its LRT system, Increased residential and commercial densities in the downtown core could support some type of high capacity transit services. EVERETT DOWNTOWN PLAN — DRAFT 6/29/2006 77