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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1. CTR Program The City administers the state -mandated Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) program within the City limits through its public transportation department, Everett Transit. The CTR program requires CTR Employers to set targets to reduce commuter trips by single occupant vehicles (SOV) and to identify and implement transportation demand management (TDM) techniques to meet those targets. There are about thirty CTR Employers in Everett who must report on a biennial basis. The State of Washington revised the CTR program, and signed the CTR Efficiency Act into legislation in March 2006. This new statute continues the previous program but allows the designation and certification of Growth and Transportation Efficiency Centers (GTEC) by cities, towns and counties. GTEC are defined, mixed-use urban areas that contain jobs or housing and support multiple modes of transportation. This will allow greater flexibility and efficiency in administering CTR programs, by coordinating adjacent and complimentary employment sites into one program. It will also allow the City to designate other employers within a geographic GTEC as participants, increasing the coverage of the CTR program. The City may designate existing or new activity centers as GTEC's and establish a transportation demand management (TDM) program for the designated area. 2. TMA's and GTEC's The City has also proposed development of a Transportation Management Agency (TMA) for the Downtown Core area. TMA's are voluntary organizations of business and residential groups that wish to implement TDM measures to reduce parking demands, peak traffic volumes, or just to provide greater travel options to their employees or residents. TMA's are currently operating in downtown Seattle, downtown Bellevue, and Redmond. The Downtown Everett TMA will be developed as part of the Downtown Everett Subarea Plan to complement significant land use revisions. The Downtown Everett TMA will be developed within the first six-year plan period. The City will also develop a plan to implement the 2006 CTR Efficiency Act. A significant element of the plan will be defining the goals, objectives and benefits of Growth and Transportation Efficiency Centers (GTEC). These centers must meet minimum criteria established by the State Commute Trip Reduction Board and must be certified by the PSRC. Initially, the GTEC zones may be restricted to urban center designations. The City will undertake planning for up to six GTEC's within the UGA area. Development of the GTEC's and relevant transportation demand management (TDM) is a key feature of the Plan to achieve the 2025 "mode -of -travel" targets. B. Vehicular Transportation Services Strategy The Plan provides improvements for new vehicle capacity in key travel corridors to assure mobility for both people and goods. The future arterial street network is shown on Figure 4.2. 1. Proposed Vehicular Traffic Capacity Improvements These capacity improvements are programmed for planning, design and construction over the three program periods, short-term TIP, Mid -Term plan and Long -Term plan, as shown on Table 4.1. TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT 47