Ordinance 2021-94 - Laserfiche WebLink

Transportation system management is represented specifically by the $8 million signalization program and indirectly through improvements that utilize existing capacity or maximize capacity within a corridor. These include improvements in the 112th St. corridor and in all of the multimodal corridors discussed above. In multimodal corridors, existing lane capacity will remain constant with improvements focused on moving additional people and goods through the same physical roadway dimensions. Overall, it is estimated that $15 to $20 million over the planning period will be devoted to system management improvements. Successful system management is critical to Everett's ability to accommodate increased travel demand. Transportation Demand Management The management of travel demand involves the establishment of programs that effectively reduce the number of vehicles that must be accommodated on the system and/or the number of miles traveled by those vehicles. The City is committed to the effective implementation of the State Commute Trip Reduction Act and has established a program of employer-based tactics to increase the use of ridesharing, transit, flexible work hours and other trip substitutes. While no specific resources are identified in the investment strategy, the administrative costs of en- couraging demand management is assumed under the "administration" category. Since demand management is key to the success of the Preferred Plan, it is a principal policy feature of the entire investment program and is carried out through the expansion of alternative travel modes and improvements that make the management of demand easier than under present conditions. Regional Project/Program Coordination Everett is dependent upon the transportation plans, programs and projects of the County, State and region. Under both State and Federal requirements and guidelines, Everett must co- ordinate its planning and investments with these regional strategies. In the preparation of Everett's Comprehensive Plan and Transportation Element, the City has assumed its share of both regional growth and travel demand. In doing this, the City has followed the Growth Management Act as well as other State and Federal requirements and guidelines. The share of responsibility that Everett accepts in its Comprehensive Plan has assumed coordination with regional interests. Since the County and neighboring jurisdictions have not reached the stage in their planning processes where specific plans or prioritized investment strategies are available for review and coordination, the City has made assumptions in its Transportation Element that are based upon existing plans and information as well as an application of Growth Management Act Principles. These assumptions must eventually be compared to assumptions developed by the County, State and other jurisdictions. Interlocal agreements are proposed for the unincorporated parts of the City's Planning Area to formally establish commitments that assure coordinated planning and implementation programs. The content and basis for these agreements will be established within six months of Comprehensive Plan adoption. Transit Plan, Pedestrian/Bicycle Plans, Other Functional Plans The Transportation Element provides a policy framework for all transportation functional components, including transit, pedestrian and bicycle elements. The current draft of the Transit (functional) Element represents a functional amplification of the Transportation Element. The overall transportation policies reviewed in the Draft EIS and included in the Preferred Transportation Element represent the conceptual policy basis for all modes of travel in the Comprehensive Plan. The impacts, mitigation and investment strategy have been reviewed at a programmatic level and establish an overall commitment to programs identified in the Draft Transit Element. Additional project environmental review may be required of specific transit projects or programs prior to implementation. 194 T-36