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Access, Mobility, and Transportation Choice <br />Council Role <br />• Ensure that local roadway systems are planned in ways that minimize short trips on the <br />regional highway system. <br />• Ensure that local infrastructure and land uses are planned in ways that are consistent <br />with managing access along the regional highway system and capitalizing on investments <br />in the regional transit system. <br />• Invest in transit improvements in corridors that serve existing transit demand and that can <br />effectively guide a significant level of future growth. <br />• Ensure that local comprehensive plans guide growth in and around transit stations and <br />near high -frequency transit services, commensurate with planned levels of transit service <br />and station typologies identified in the 2040 Transportation Policy Plan. <br />• Provide regional transit services to serve dense corridors and nodes where local <br />communities are adapting local policies to improve the success of transit. <br />• Support access to, and the future growth of, regional intermodal freight terminals as <br />identified in the 2040 Transportation Policy Plan. <br />Community Role <br />• Develop comprehensive plans that focus growth in and around regional transit stations <br />and near high -frequency transit services, commensurate with planned levels of transit <br />service and the station typologies (e.g., land use mix, density levels) identified in the 2040 <br />Transportation Policy Plan. <br />• Develop local policies, plans, and practices that improve pedestrian and bicycle <br />circulation, including access to regional transit services, regional trails, and regional <br />bicycle corridors. <br />• Seek opportunities to improve local street and pedestrian connections to improve access <br />for local trips. <br />• Consider implementation of travel demand management (TDM) policies and ordinances <br />that encourage use of travel options and decrease reliance on single -occupancy vehicle <br />travel. <br />• Engage private sector stakeholders that depend on or are affected by the local <br />transportation system. <br />• Adopt development requirements that improve the user experience, circulation, and <br />access for bicyclists and pedestrians. <br />• Adopt complete streets policies that improve safety and mobility for all road users. <br />Economic Competitiveness <br />Council Role <br />• Invest in regional amenities and services, including transit, regional parks and trails and <br />bikeways to support the Suburban area as an attractive place to locate and do business. <br />DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT <br />Last revised: February 21, 2014 94 <br />