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Transportation System Concept P y p Land Use/Transportation Relationship The Vision 2020 Growth and Transportation Strategy for the central Puget Sound area ' endorses the concept of concentrated employment centers, which will be connected by regional rapid transit. However, Everett is assuming that the regional high capacity rapid transit system will not be built early enough within the planning period to promote relatively high levels and densities of population growth. Even if it were to be built sooner than anticipated, it would not significantly affect travel demand within the City. Everett is assuming that commuter rail will be established along the shoreline Burlington Northern ' rail lines with approximately five years of the adoption of this Plan. This new corridor service would benefit downtown Everett and support redevelopment efforts in the central business district. ' Therefore, Everett's local transportation system will require a variety of improvements and supportive land use strategies. The public transit system will be improved with more ' frequent service, and revisions to bus routes and schedules to support development and activities in desired growth areas. In turn, higher land use intensities will be encouraged in areas where improvements to the transit system are proposed. Land use strategies will also include requiring transit compatible site and building development in and near transit corridors. While the automobile will remain the dominant mode of transportation, the proportion of trips made using other forms of transportation will increase. Improvements will be made to the street system to encourage walking and bicycling for both recreational and transportation purposes. System Concept The multi-modal circulation concept shown in Figure 2 illustrates the transportation ' investment strategy that is necessary to carry out the intent of the Land Use Concept and the goal, objectives and policies of the Transportation Element. This circulation concept demonstrates the role of each mode of travel, and establishes an appropriate balance among modal investments. This graphic illustration of this concept(Figure 1) depicts, in general, how each particular mode functions in providing for the movement of persons or vehicles around, to and through the City Planning Area. This concept is supported by ' improvement concepts that were derived from the initial project lists described in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement. The projects identified in this Element are general in nature and do not have specific designs nor, in some cases, locations, but are needed to ' provide guidance for when these facilities should be funded, designed and built. Figure 2 and the accompanying text opposite depicts the overall circulation concept for ' vehicular, transit and pedestrian/bicycle modes for the Preferred Plan. This circulation concept will be clarified in more detail as part of the regulatory/implementation program that must be developed following Plan adoption. A six-year transportation construction program will become the near-term phase for the preferred 2012 transportation circulation concept. Investments for this program are shown in Figure 1 as year 2000. An intermediate year(year 2006)provides a basis for middle-term investment phasing, T-9