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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Table 3.1 <br />Mode of Travel Share by Subarea <br />SOV% <br />Transit% <br />Carpool% <br />Ped/Bike% <br />Totals <br />Existing 2005 <br />72 <br />6 <br />15 <br />7 <br />100 <br />Subarea 1 <br />69 <br />8 <br />15 <br />8 <br />100 <br />Subarea 2 <br />71 <br />6 <br />16 <br />7 <br />100 <br />Subarea 3 <br />78 <br />6 <br />13 <br />3 <br />100 <br />Subarea 4 <br />75 <br />6 <br />15 <br />4 <br />100 <br />Subarea 5 <br />73 <br />5 <br />16 <br />6 <br />100 <br />Subarea 6 <br />75 <br />6 <br />15 <br />4 <br />100 <br />Future 2025 <br />68 <br />10 <br />14 <br />8 <br />100 <br />Subarea 1 <br />64 <br />13 <br />13 <br />10 <br />100 <br />Subarea 2 <br />68 <br />9 <br />15 <br />8 <br />100 <br />Subarea 3 <br />71 <br />11 <br />13 <br />5 <br />100 <br />Subarea 4 <br />70 <br />8 <br />15 <br />7 <br />100 <br />Subarea 5 <br />70 <br />9 <br />14 <br />7 <br />100 <br />Subarea 6 <br />73 <br />8 <br />14 <br />5 <br />1.100 <br />The Plan contains a balanced investment among modes of travel, increasing the commitment to <br />travel by transit, ridesharing, bicycles and pedestrians and consequently creating, through a shift <br />in financial resources, a potential shortage of vehicular capacity. This strategy may create <br />somewhat higher levels of roadway congestion in specific areas, but provides more travel options <br />for those who choose to use other modes of travel. Implicit in this Plan is the effect of the <br />somewhat higher levels of congestion on the choice to use other modes of travel. <br />The investment strategy assumes the expansion of transit service, investments that improve <br />access to the transit system, non -motorized facilities, and demand management programs that <br />may require participation in alternative travel mode programs. The development of alternative - <br />mode investment proposals is significantly affected by the establishment of mode -of -travel <br />policies and participation assumptions. Higher participation rate assumptions are reflected in <br />vehicle demand forecasts and result in moderating the levels of congestion remaining on the <br />system in 2025. <br />Financial obligations and broadly defined investment priorities must be established to satisfy the <br />concurrency requirements of the Growth Management Act. This commitment is intended to tie <br />available City financial resources to an investment strategy that supports the Comprehensive <br />Plan and indicates that resources will have to be scheduled and prioritized in an expeditious <br />manner to build the necessary improvements. The intent of this requirement is to demonstrate <br />the capability of the City to bring new improvements on line in the same timeframe as the new <br />growth is approved. <br />The precise timing of the facilities will also depend upon the availability of State and Federal <br />support, the collection of an appropriate private share from new developments, and the <br />environmental process for physically placing a new facility on the ground. The details of the <br />TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT 40 <br />