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• <br /> Evergreen Way Revitalization Plan 2 <br /> about half of the customers for those shops can access the businesses on foot. The <br /> residential neighborhoods on either side of the corridor are sufficient to provide the <br /> additional customer base needed. <br /> There are already a number of multi-family residential developments at or near the <br /> station area nodes, and most nodes contain over 600 dwelling units in their quarter mile <br /> radius. This same target of at least 1,000 dwelling units within most nodes is consistent <br /> with the population needed to support bus rapid transit (Bl,T) and to generate enough <br /> activity to make the area feel "lively." Thus, the additional residences will support the <br /> multiple purposes of growth management, transit support, business development, and <br /> the creation of more cohesive neighborhoods. The key is to.snake the residential areas <br /> at and around the nodes into attractive and livable neighborhoods. Therefore, • <br /> regulatory measures that help ensure the quality of new housing, as well as <br /> improvements that add neighborhood amenities, such as pedestrian walkways, <br /> playgrounds and pea-patches, for example, are recommended as potential <br /> improvements in several node areas. <br /> As the Evergreen Way corridor is expected to gain 3,500 units between 2010 and 2035. <br /> This would result in an average increase of approximately 500 units per node. Each <br /> node has at least 10 acres of land within the commercial zones that present <br /> opportunities for redevelopment. Assuming 10 acres of land, a 50 du/acre density is <br /> needed to house the additional 500 units. Fifty units per acre is readily attainable, even <br /> under existing zoning. Land use standards proposed with this plan will increase <br /> residential capacity above existing zoning. Because many nodes have much more than <br /> 10 acres of land that is likely to redevelop, there is room for a greater amount of <br /> residential development, with commercial uses to front Evergreen Way while residential <br /> uses can be slightly set back (but still in the commercial zone) so that residences can <br /> avoid the noise of the highway. <br /> With proactive investments in public amenities and development incentives, the total <br /> demand for the corridor could increase above 2,500 units, perhaps to 3,500 additional <br /> dwelling units. This added density would provide additional support for businesses in <br /> the corridor. In addition, many existing residential zones are not built out to their <br /> maximum allowed densities, and can absorb some additional units through infill <br /> development. In sum, the corridor can accommodate the projected population growth, <br /> and encouraging the additional units to locate in mixed use activity centers will generate <br /> lively nodes with well-supported retail and transit. <br /> Swift Transit Stop <br /> The nodes addressed in this study all feature a Swift stop that provides 10 minute <br /> headway transit access up and down the corridor. Some of the current SWIFT stops <br /> are not in ideal locations because at the time of construction, the adjacent uses at the <br /> ideal locations prevented transit stops because of existing driveways and other <br /> constraints. In these cases, consideration should be given to moving the stations when <br />