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Appendix 5 <br /> Defining the State-Owned and the State-Interest Systems <br /> Ensuring a seamless transportation network across jurisdictional boundaries is important for all <br /> modes of transportation and is addressed at the regional and state level. At the regional level, <br /> RCW 47.06 requires a bicycle and pedestrian element as part of a statewide comprehensive <br /> transportation plan. At the state level, a pedestrian and bicycle network is defined as being either <br /> state-owned or in the state's interest. <br /> The state-owned transportation system from a bicycling and pedestrian perspective <br /> refers to the state highways, state-owned bicycle trails, interstates, ferries, and Amtrak. <br /> To summarize, the Washington State Department of Transportation(WSDOT) has <br /> developed policies that provide bicycle and pedestrian facilities along state-owned <br /> facilities or ensure state-owned facilities do not impede local bicycle and pedestrian <br /> connections. <br /> The state-interest transportation system is defined under the premise that most travel in <br /> the state occurs within a region. State-interest facilities are local, regional, or statewide <br /> facilities that are vital to the statewide economy and the mobility of people and goods. <br /> WSDOT, serving as the lead agency, has an interest in ensuring bicycle and pedestrian <br /> networks are seamless, regardless of jurisdictional boundaries. <br /> The primary focus is developing the state-interest component of the bicycle and pedestrian <br /> transportation element of Washington's Transportation Plan. Addressing bicycle and pedestrian <br /> needs is placed in the format of broad service objectives that are refined into action strategies. <br /> The bicycle and pedestrian service objectives are: <br /> Bicycle Transportation <br /> • Increase the use of bicycling for transportation purposes, principally utilitarian and <br /> commuting trips and connections to intermodal facilities. <br /> • Improve bicycle safety. <br /> Pedestrian Use of the Transportation System <br /> • Increase the use of walking as a transportation mode, principally utilitarian and commuting <br /> trips and connections to intermodal facilities. <br /> • Improve pedestrian safety. <br /> W:\PLANNING\TRAILS\COMP96.DOC 47 <br />