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Evergreen Way Revitalization Plan <br /> 7 <br /> Congestion is heaviest at the intersection of Evergreen Way/Airport Road (LOS F) and <br /> at the intersections of Evergreen/Casino Road and Rucker/41st Street (LOS E). <br /> Evergreen Way is a designated truck route, providing an alternate north-south freight <br /> corridor parallel to 1-5 between Seattle on the south and the Port of Everett and Naval <br /> Station Everett on the north, with access to the Mukilteo Ferry via SR 525 and to the <br /> City's Southwest Industrial Area (including the Boeing Company Plant) near Paine Field <br /> via Airport Road and SR 526. <br /> Evergreen Way has the highest number of bus riders of any corridor in the City, and <br /> ridership is continuing to grow. It also has the most frequent bus service outside of <br /> Downtown Everett, with buses less than 10-minutes apart in the peak hour, on routes <br /> operated by Everett Transit, Community Transit and Sound Transit. In order to serve <br /> planned population and employment growth in the area, both Community Transit and <br /> Sound Transit are planning high capacity transit system expansions. <br /> Collision rates along the Evergreen Way corridor are nearly twice as high as the <br /> average for all highway routes in the Northwest Region of Washington State, and <br /> several areas have collision rates that are many times higher than the average — <br /> especially south of 41st Street, near 148th Street SW, Casino Road and 112th St SW. <br /> Arterial Classification and Freight Movements. SR 99/Evergreen Way is a <br /> designated T2 truck route, providing a parallel route to 1-5, and important roadway <br /> connections to the Mukilteeo Ferry terminal, the Boeing Company Plant (accessed via <br /> Airport Road and SR 526), and in the downtown Everett vicinity, the U. S. Naval <br /> Homeport, Port of Everett, and the Delta and Bayside BNSF rail yards. Evergreen Way <br /> carries an estimated 4,807 trucks per day between SR 526 (Boeing Freeway) and 41st <br /> Street, with estimated annual freight of 4,126,300 tons. <br /> Cross-Section. The SR 99/Evergreen Way roadway cross section varies from 5 to 7 <br /> travel lanes, with on-street parking permitted in several areas. Approaching the City of <br /> Everett from the south, the SR 99 roadway south of Airport Way includes two travel <br /> lanes in each direction plus a center, two-way left turn lane. North of Airport Way, <br /> approaching 112th Street SW, the Evergreen Way roadway widens to three travel lanes <br /> in each direction, plus turn lanes, and this cross section continues northward to 41st <br /> Street. On Rucker Avenue, north of 41st Street, the roadway narrows again to two travel <br /> lanes in each direction plus a two-way center left turn lane and on-street parking both <br /> sides. <br /> Traffic Volumes. The predominant direction of flow on SR 99/Evergreen Way is <br /> southbound in the morning toward Seattle and northbound toward Everett inthe <br /> afternoon. As a continuous, multi-lane major street that parallels 1-5, Evergreen Way <br /> provides a "relief valve" for 1-5, serving diverted traffic during periods of heavy freeway <br /> congestion. The major destinations along the corridor, including the Boeing plant and a <br /> Page <br /> 25 6 <br />