Volume 2: Draft Gorst Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement

GORST PLANNED ACTION EIS | AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, AND MITIGATION MEASURESBellevue/Eastgate; Boeing in Eastgate, Everett, Kent, Renton, and Seattle; Everett Naval Station; Fort Lewis;Keyport; Mountlake Terrace; Naval Station Bremerton; PSNS; and numerous Seattle destinations.Park and RideKitsap Transit manages 24 Park and Ride lots located throughout the county. Collectively, these lots have acapacity of more than 2,563 parking stalls. None of these Park and Ride lots are located within the Gorst UGA. Theclosest Park and Ride lot is located 5 miles from the Gorst UGA. The closest park and ride lot to the east is locatedapproximately five miles from the center of Gorst in Port Orchard. The closest park and ride to the north is alsoapproximately five miles from the center of Gorst and is located in Bremerton.Transportation Demand ManagementTDM consists of strategies that seek to maximize the efficiency of the transportation system by reducing demandon the system. The results of successful TDM can include the following benefits.• Travelers switching from driving alone in a SOV to HOV modes such as transit, vanpools, or carpools.• Travelers switching from driving to non-motorized modes such as bicycling or walking.• Travelers changing the time they make trips from more congested to less congested times of day.• Travelers eliminating trips altogether either through means such as compressed workweeks, consolidation oferrands, or use of telecommunications.CTR LawPassed in 1991 as part of the Washington Clean Air Act (Chapter 70.94 RCW), the CTR law seeks to reduceworkplace commute trips in the 10 most populous counties in the state. This law requires that in designated highpopulation counties, including Kitsap County and Bremerton, each employer with more than 100 employees willadopt a CTR plan. Programs provide various incentives or disincentives to encourage use of alternativetransportation modes other than the SOV. City of Bremerton and County ordinances set goals for the reduction ofSOV trips. Kitsap County maintains a CTR Plan, codified in KCC Chapter 20.08.In 2006, the Legislature amended the CTR law with the CTR Efficiency Act to make the CTR program more effective,efficient, and targeted. The modified CTR program requires WSDOT to work with cities, counties, planningorganizations, and transit systems to develop programs that reduce drive-alone trips and VMT per capita.TDM ProgramsKitsap Transit serves as the TDM lead for the County, and is the agency responsible for the implementation of CTRLaw requirements for major Kitsap employers. The agency works with local governments and state agencies topromote its services and alternatives to SOV, including pedestrian/bicycle access and the facilities and land usepatterns that support alternative modes. Kitsap Transit also advocates for TDM programs and overall land useprograms that will benefit the array of alternatives described above throughout the county. TDM programs arebriefly described below.• Smart Commuter. To be in the Smart Commuter Program, a person must regularly commute to work bywalking, bicycling, riding a bus, carpooling, vanpooling, or riding a ferry as a foot passenger at least three timesper week. Participants must register in the program, at which time they receive a Smart Commuter DiscountCard from Kitsap Transit, which provides discounts on a variety of merchandise and services from more than100 local merchants.• Guaranteed Ride Home. Employers may participate in Kitsap Transit’s Guaranteed Ride Home program. Underthis program, for employees registered as Smart Commuters, Kitsap Transit will arrange guaranteedtransportation in case of emergency.Draft | June 2013 3-160