Above: New sidewalks and crosswalks at the intersection of 128th Street East and Woodland Avenue East.

Nonmotorized Transportation Plan

Nonmotorized transportation planning is important to help increase mobility choices, relieve traffic congestion, reduce air pollution and fuel consumption, promote physical activity and health, and improve quality of life.

Pierce County has adopted a Nonmotorized Transportation Plan (NMTP) (PDF), which is incorporated by reference into the Pierce County Code. The policies of the NMTP also appear in the Transportation Element of the Pierce County Comprehensive Plan.

The links below include the project recommendations from the NMTP for specific areas in Pierce County.

• East Pierce County Nonmotorized System (PDF)
• Mid Pierce County Nonmotorized System (PDF)
• North Pierce County Nonmotorized System (PDF)
• Peninsula Pierce County Nonmotorized System (PDF)
• South Pierce County Nonmotorized System (PDF)
• West Pierce County Nonmotorized System (PDF)

Free copies of the Nonmotorized Transportation Plan are available at the Public Works and Utilities Records Counter, Room 150, 2401 South 35th Street, Tacoma.

Community Plans

Subsequent to the adoption of the NMTP, Pierce County has adopted several Community Plans for different unincorporated areas of the county. These Community Plans have included nonmotorized recommendations which have essentially updated or replaced the previous recommendations in the NMTP. For the unincorporated areas which are not covered by a Community Plan, the project recommendations in the NMTP are still applicable.