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Transportation Choices

Introduction
	Choose Your Way by Bus
	Choose Your Way by Carpool
	Choose Your Way by Vanpool
	Choose Your Way to School

Walking and Biking in Bellevue
	Pedestrian-Bicycle Plan

Commute Trip Reduction

Commute Trip Reduction

In an effort to reduce congestion on highways and local streets, the state supports programs that lower the number of cars, particularly those with one occupant, on the roads during peak travel periods.

For Employers
The City of Bellevue is required by the state to maintain a Commute Trip Reduction plan, which is focused on employers citywide with 100 or more full-time employees. By state and city law, certain employers with 100 or more employees must provide Commute Trip Reduction programs. Choose Your Way Bellevue offers details to help employers draft CTR programs.

As of January 2010, there were 59 Bellevue worksites with 34,000 workers affected by this program, approximately 24 percent of all workers in the city.

Connect Downtown
Bellevue also operates the Connect Downtown plan, under the state's voluntary Growth and Transportation Efficiency Center program. This plan addresses commute tips to downtown businesses with fewer than 100 employees, as well as trips by residents.

Plans adopted in 2008
The Commute Trip Reduction and Connect Downtown plans identify strategies and recommend programs that increase travel options to driving alone for commuters and residents. Examples include walking, biking, taking the bus or joining a car- or vanpool. The City Council adopted the plans in March 2008.

The state Department of Transportation offers detailed information about the Commute Trip Reduction Efficiency Act. For information on travel options in Bellevue, see the ChooseYourWayBellevue.org website. For additonal information, contact Kate Johnson (contact information in right column of this page).

Contact Information

Transportation Department
450 110th Ave. NE
P.O. Box 90012
Bellevue, WA 98009
Contact: Kate Johnson
Phone: 425-452-7896
E-mail: kmjohnson@bellevuewa.gov