The City's transportation engineer is responsible for administrative and engineering duties including comprehensive transportation planning, budget management, design of improvements and regulation of development.
The current Transportation Plan was adopted in 2015 and the City has been working on the 2024 Transportation Plan Update in June 2023. This plan needs to conform with the comprehensive planning requirements listed in the Washington State Growth Management Act Chapter 36.70A.RCW and needs to be consistent with PSRC’s upcoming PSRC Vision 2050. The plan will include both short-range and long-range strategies leading to the development of an integrated multimodal transportation system facilitating the safe and efficient movement of people and goods while addressing current and future transportation demand as well as land use.
The plan will identify all existing conditions for the various modes of transportation, as well as the proposed safety and mobility improvement projects. Those projects consist of all projected improvements through 2044 (20-year plan horizon), including capacity/safety intersection improvements, revitalization corridor projects, traffic signal upgrades, proposed sidewalks, proposed bike lanes, and proposed multi-use paths. A methodology/criterion for the prioritization of identified projects will be established in order to include those in future planning documents, such as Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and Capital Improvement Plan (CIP/CFP). Projects need to be identified in those planning documents in order to be eligible for future State and Federal transportation grant funding opportunities.
As part of the previous Transportation Plans, concurrency was only based on motor vehicle infrastructure needs in order to support existing and future conditions (considering projected future growth). Multimodal Level of Service (MMLOS) is being introduced as part of this Plan, referring to a concurrency program recognizing infrastructure needs for the entire multimodal transportation system (including motor vehicles, pedestrians, transit, and bicycles). The City has developed a preliminary list of future projects for the entire transportation system (including capacity / safety intersection improvements, revitalization corridor projects, traffic signal upgrades, proposed sidewalks, proposed bike lanes, and proposed multi-use paths). Preliminary evaluation criterion has also been established to prioritize projects for both the MMLOS and non-MMLOS project lists. The preliminary identified criteria are areas of safety concerns (recent collisions recorded within project limits), proximity to schools, parks, transit stops, growth hubs, public buildings, and PSRC’s Opportunity Index (based on different Education, Economic Health, Housing and Neighborhood Quality, Mobility and Transportation, and Health and Environment levels identified in sections of Edmonds).
As part of the Comprehensive Plan, two land use alternatives are being considered to account for future growth throughout the City. Once the final land use alternative is selected in early November, the final MMLOS and non-MMLOS project lists will be established. The financial portion of the plan with all the project costs will then follow. The plan will go in front of City Council shortly thereafter. The project schedule can be found at this LINK.
The following items have been completed:
- Traffic Calming Program revisions
- Transportation Goals & Policies Audit
- Transportation System Existing Conditions Update
- Determination to Follow Multimodal Level of Service (MMLOS)
- Preliminary MMLOS and non-MMLOS project list of future transportation projects
- Preliminary selection criteria
- On-going meeting between Project Team and Transportation Committee
An Open House is scheduled in the Plaza Room (conference room above the Edmonds Library at 650 Main St.) on September 18, 2024 from 6:00-8:00 pm.
Additional links related to the Transportation Plan Update: