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coordinated program of policy initiatives, public education, and provision of <br /> alternative travel modes. <br /> 1.c Promote carpooling, ridesharing, flexible working hours, subsidized transit <br /> passes and other programs to comply with Commute Trip Reduction Act objectives <br /> for reducing vehicle miles traveled to and within the city. <br /> Transit <br /> • -- - . <br /> eeffiniuting. <br /> 1.d Develop and maintain transit service as a preferred mode of travel for all trip <br /> purposes to and from downtown and other designated activity centers within the city <br /> and region. <br /> 1.e Expand transit commuting alternatives to increase the use of transit for <br /> commuting. <br /> l.f Provide, as appropriate, needed transportation infrastructure to support public <br /> and private transit-oriented development. <br /> 1.g Integrate any future high capacity transit system with transportation modes <br /> serving the city, including inter-city rail and bus, feeder-bus and rideshare as well as <br /> pedestrian. <br /> 1.h Participate in the development of the regional system of high-occupancy vehicle <br /> (HOV) improvements linking designated activity centers to the HOV system and to <br /> provide time and ease of travel advantages for HOV user over the SOV. <br /> 1.i Support the expansion of passenger rail services from Portland through Seattle <br /> and Everett to Vancouver, B.C., and cooperate with the state and federal governments <br /> and the Province of British Columbia to explore the feasibility of a high speed train <br /> service stop in Everett. <br /> 1.j Assist in providing a safe regional system of park-and-ride and park-and-pool <br /> lots to serve designated activity centers in the city, county and region in order to <br /> intercept trips by single-occupant vehicles closer to the trip origins, thereby reducing <br /> traffic congestion to and at trip destinations and reducing total miles traveled. <br /> 1.k Identify and preserve necessary rights-of-way for high capacity transit alignments <br /> and station locations at the earliest opportunity. <br /> Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities <br /> 1.1 Develop a Pedestrian System Plan to designate and upgrade specific city <br /> roadways as a pedestrian circulation network in order to promote pedestrian travel. <br /> 1.m Develop a Bicycle System Plan to be used in the planning, design, designation <br /> and construction of bicycle routes in the city. <br /> 190 <br /> T-19 <br />