Ordinance 3010-07 - Laserfiche WebLink

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN D. Non -Motorized Transportation Services 1. Bicycle Facilities The City of Everett provides a network of facilities for cyclists including trails, bicycle lanes, designated bicycle routes and bicycle lockers, as shown on Figure 2.10 The bicycle network actually constructed has significant gaps between facilities, requiring cyclists to use other roads or routes not specifically designated for bicycles. While there are many bicycle racks provided at parks, schools and by key businesses, there are only about 50 public bicycle storage lockers at park-and-ride facilities. The most significant trail facility is the regional north -south Interurban Trail which parallels I-5. The trail surface is twelve feet wide on a separate right-of-way that is 70 to 80 feet in width. The Interurban Trail provides recreational and commuter bicycle service. Most other trails, as listed on the following table, are recreational in nature with eight foot wide surfaces. There are more than twenty-five miles of trails, not including many wholly contained within parks. Table 2.8 Existing City of Everett Trail System Surface Length Trail Between Type Width (miles) 41stStreet and 128th Street Interurban W paved 12 ft 13.0 41 Street and Lowell- Lowell Riverfront Rotary Park Paved 8 ft 1.8 Alverson and Pigeon Harborfront Paved 8 ft 6.5 Creek Viewpoint Interurban Trail and Silver Lake Thornton A. Sullivan Park Paved 8 ft 0.6 Langus Riverfront Langus Riverfront Park and paved 8 ft 3.6 Spencer Island Forest Park Nature Mukilteo Boulevard and paved 8 to 12 ft 0.8 Trails Waterfront A signed bike route along East Marine View Drive and East Grand Avenue provides a temporary connection between the Lowell Riverfront Trail and the Harborfront Trail. The signed bike route does not have a separate bicycle lane but is signed to make drivers aware that bicycles share the roadway along these segments. The majority of the City of Everett's built bicycle network consists of separate bicycle lanes on arterial streets. The bicycle lanes are typically five feet wide on the curb side of the road and are clearly marked with paint striping. A few of the bicycle lanes are located on streets with on -street parallel parking. A full listing of the bicycle lane system is shown on Table 2.9. This network of more than thirty miles of bicycle lanes is more extensive than the trail system, but significant gaps in route continuity are still evident. TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT 23