>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO THE SUSTAINABILITY
AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, MARCH 5th.
MY NAME IS MIKE O'BRIEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
STAFFED BY, WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS
ON THE AGENDA AND WE'RE GOING
TO START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT AS
WE ALWAYS DO.
FOLKS WILL HAVE UP TO TWO
MINUTES EACH.
MY NAME IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
I HAVE VERY GOOD NEWS FOR THE
YOU.
A VERY NICE ARTICLE FROM THE
ATLANTIC.
NUMBER ONE, EVERY DAY FOR 10
YEARS, MORE THAN 2200 TIMES.
I GIVE YOU CLASSIC EXAMPLE FROM
TRANSPORTATION SO YOU KNOW WHAT
ABOUT I AM TALKING.
THIS IS A SMALL STREET.
300FEET.
SO AT MOST, FIVE, 10 CARS
PARKING AND DISABLED PEOPLE.
RIGHT NOW AN IDIOT PUT SIX,
SIX, I REPEAT SIX, EVERYBODY
UNDERSTAND WHO CAN SPEAK
ENGLISH, SIX COMMERCIAL
PARKING.
THIS SIX COMMERCIAL PARKING FOR
300 FEET IN A CIVILIZED
COUNTRY.
IN THE EUROPEAN COUNTRY.
NOT ZIMBABWE COUNTRY.
ALL COMMERCIAL, FROM 11:00 TO
5:00 IN THE MORNING.
11P.M.
TO 5:00.
THIS IDIOT, NOT SURPRISE ME WE
HAVE RIGHT NOW.
THE CITY WAS BUILT BY FREAKIN'
IDIOT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAS
HAPPENED.
THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
IS GOOD.
PARKING FOR DISABLED.
MAKES THE SITUATION VERY HARD
FOR DISABLED PARKING FOR FIND
PARKING.
WE HAVE A PRIVILEGE SO RIGHT
NOW I SPEAK TO EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> CAN I APOLOGIZE TO THE
MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WHO HAD
TO LIVE THROUGH THAT AND
PARTICULARLY TO OUR YOUNGER
MEMBERS, THIS IS NOT WHAT
DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE.
>> MICHAEL --
>> MY NAME IS MICHAEL TAYLOR
JUDD AND I'M SPEAKING IN
SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION FOR
THE MULTIMODAL PROJECT.
TWO KEY POINTS I WANT TO MAKE.
FOR A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS, THE
PROJECT CANNOT MOVE FORWARD
FAST ENOUGH.
THE CURRENT ITERATION DATES
BACK TO 2015.
CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE ISSUES
HAVE BEEN DATING BACK SEVERAL
YEARS.
IT WAS A PAVING AND BOULEVARD
PROJECT.
WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FAR LONG
TIME IN ADVOCATING FOR SOME OF
THE THINGS IN THE PROJECT.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY WE WANT
TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
WHO HAS DONE EXCELLENT PUBLIC
OUTREACH.
SENDING POSTCARDS OUT.
HOLDING OPEN HOUSES, AND DOING
OUTREACH IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES
AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
POSSIBILITY YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT
THE ACTION PLAN UPDATE.
AND SDOT TOOK ADVANTAGE TO
PARTICIPATE IN OPEN HOUSES THAT
HAD ON-SITE TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILIZING FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO GO OUT AND
DO THINGS WHERE PEOPLE ARE IN
THEIR LANGUAGE AND WHERE THEY
ARE USED TO.
SO WE COULD NOT BE MORE
SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU.
>> RYAN --
>> RYAN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY
MEGAN MURPHY.
>> I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS HAPPENING
ON OUR STREETS.
THE PRELIMINARY DATA SHOWS THE
PAST FIVE YEARS WERE
INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE FIVE
YEARS BEFORE THAT WITH A 3%
REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF
THOSE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR
KILLED BY TRAFFIC.
NOT TERRIBLY SURPRISING GIVEN
THE LACK OF PROGRESS OUR CITY
HAS MADE.
AND ENFORCING EXISTING TRAFFIC
LAWS LIKE CROSSWALK COMPLIANCE.
FIVE PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN
COLLISIONS EVERY TWO DAYS.
THAT WAS THIRD YEAR IN A ROW
THAT 500 PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED
IN COLLISIONS.
FOR FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE THE
CHOICE TO CHOOSE AN ACTIVE MODE
IS REWARDED BY INJURY OR
POSSIBLY DEATH.
THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THESE
CORRIDORS ARE MINIMAL SPOT
IMPROVEMENTS.
HOW MANY CORRIDORS WOULD BE
COMPLETED IF WE ENSURED THAT
EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS THE
HIGHEST QUALITY POSSIBLE.
MAKING RAINIER AVENUE SAFE FOR
EVERYONE WHO USES IT.
THAT WOULD BE A BETTER OUTLOOK.
SO FAR IN 2019 WE'VE LOST THREE
LIVES WALKING AND BIKING ON OUR
STREETS.
IT'S TIME TO STOP RELYING ON
2006 TO GIVE US A GOOD TREND
LINE.
IT'S TIME TO SYSTEMATICALLY
CHANGE OUR STREETS.
>> THANK YOU, RYAN.
MEGAN--
>> IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO BE
HERE YESTERDAY.
I WANTED TO SAY FAREWELL TO
O'BRIEN IN NOVEMBER.
I GOT TO WATCH US BATTLE FOR
HOUSING AGAINST, AND IT WAS ON
CNN AGAINST AMAZON AND THE BIG
TAX.
BUT FIRST THERE WAS ALL THESE
MEETINGS DOWNSTAIRS AND I THINK
YOU WERE THE ONE WHO GOT THEM
STARTED.
THERE WAS A TON OF MEETINGS
ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
ONE OF THE ONLY COUNCILMEMBERS
WITH A GREEN VISION.
I NOW SAWANT DOES AND I'M
HOPING SHAWN SCOTT GETS
ELECTED.
YESTERDAY SEE WE ENVISION HOW
MUCH POWER A MAYOR HAS AND
BURGESS TOOK OVER FOR THE ONE
FOR THAT AND WHEN HE DID, THE
HOUSING THING GOT IN A HUGE
CRISIS.
AND HE STEERED US AWAY FROM
USING THE MONEY THE WAY THAT
MAYOR MOON WOULD HAVE USED IT.
AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING
TO CONTEMPLATE A PUBLIC SERVANT
LEADS US.
AND DURKAN IS THREATENING THE
WOMEN'S SHELTER.
AND CCS SUPPORTS JOHNSON.
AND THEY GOT $5 MILLION FROM
JEFF BEZOS.
AND IF SOMEBODY CALLED ABOUT A
PRIEST THAT WAS GOING TO BE AT
A CHURCH AND 200 PEOPLE CALLED
WE'RE WEEDING OUT ALL THE
PRIESTS THAT WE DON'T LIKE.
AND IF THAT MANY PEOPLE CALLED
ABOUT A PUBLIC SERVANT.
IT'S WORTH HAVING AT A PUBLIC
LEVEL TO WEED THEM OUT.
BUT ANYWAYS, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE
GET MAD AT O'BRIEN FOR WANTING
HOUSING.
I THOUGHT THAT'S SILLY IF THEY
ALL ORGANIZED.
THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.
BUT FOR WANTING SOMETHING GOOD
AND SHELTERING PEOPLE THAT
WOULD BE ON THE SPECTRUM OF A
VIRTUE AND NOT A SIN.
>> THANK YOU, MEGAN.
>> AND ROBERT, YOU'LL BE
FOLLOWED BY DON AND THEN VICKY
CLARK.
>> BEACON HILL SAFE STREETS.
I CAME HERE TO BRING UP THE
FACT THAT ANOTHER PERSON HAS
PASSED ON RAINIER AVENUE.
I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE.
THIS IS LIKE GROUND HOG DAY.
EVERY YEAR WE COME AND ASK FOR
THE CHANGES.
AND WE PLAY THIS GAME.
I THOUGHT WE FINISHED OUTREACH
AND PICKED A DESIGN.
WE GOT WORD THAT THE BIKE LANES
WERE REPLACED WITH BUS LANES,
AND STILL TRYING TO GET THEM ON
THE GROUND AND STILL GETTING
THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS OUT
THERE THAT ARE NOT JUST LIKE WE
THREW A FLEXY STICK IN THE
STREET.
THEY'RE GONE NOW AT HENDERSON.
THERE'S NO MORE FLEXY STICKS
UNLESSTHEY CAME BACK AND PUT
THEM IN.
I FEEL LIKE I KNOW PEOPLE THAT
DO CARE AND I KNOW YOU GUYS
CARE.
BUT IT'S A LITTLE FRUSTRATING
TO SEE THINGS IN THE REPORTS
THAT COME OUT WRONG.
SDOT TOOK 11 MONTHS TO RELEASE
THEIR TRAFFIC REPORT.
AND THEY FORGOT SEVERAL
FATALITIES IN SOUTHEAST SEATTLE
AND AS FAR AS I CAN TELL HAVE
NOT BEEN CORRECTED.
AND IT LITERALLY ERASES
SOMEONE'S DEATH.
AND I ENDED UP HAVING TO TALK
TO A FAMILY TO VALIDATE THAT
SOMEONE DIED AND THEY WERE
OFFENDED WHEN THE CITY DID NOT
COUNT THEIR LOVED ONE BEING
KILLED AND IT WAS REPORTED AS
AN INJURY COLLISION.
THE MAN WHO WAS RUN OVER BY THE
LINK LIGHT RAIL TRAIN WAS NOT
COUNTED.
THE MAN KILLED AT THE OTHER END
OF THE OTHELLO STATION WAS NOT
COUNTED.
THE LEAST WE COULD DO IS COUNT
THE DEATHS THAT WE ARE CREATING
ON THE STREETS.
AND I'M SAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE
DELAYING AND DELAYING AND
DELAYING THE THINGS THAT COULD
STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
>> THANKS FOR THE YOUR ONGOING
ADVOCACY, ROBERT.
DON?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS DONALD BRUBECK,
REPRESENTING PART OF THE GREEN
WAYS COALITION TO SPEAK IN
FAVOR OF THE, AND THE EXCELLENT
OUTREACH AND INVOLVEMENT OF THE
PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND OUTREACH
STAFF WITH US.
AND SEEKING INPUT AND ACTUALLY
GOING OUT AND TRYING ROUTES ON
BIKES WITH US.
SO WE SUPPORT THE DESIGN
OBJECTIVES.
AND TO DESTINATIONS ALONG THE
ROUTE TO CREATE AN ALL AGES AND
ABILITIES BIKE CORRIDOR THROUGH
THE FLATTEST AND MOST DIRECT
ROUTES AVAILABLE FROM WHITE
CENTER TO THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE.
THIS I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME
MIXED REVIEWS ON THE STATE OF
THE DESIGN AND 30% THAT THE
PROJECT REMOVES BIKE LANES IN
THE NORTH PART OF THE CORRIDOR.
THAT CAN BE AN ACCEPTABLE
TRADEOFF FOR A DEDICATED BUS
LANE IF THE ADJACENT PARALLEL
26th AVENUE GREENWAY IS
UPGRADED TO CURRENT STANDARDS.
AND IT DOES NOT SLOW TRAFFIC
SPEEDS OR ELIMINATE OR CUT
THROUGH TRAFFIC WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
WE HAVE OUTLINED IN A LETTER
DATED FEBRUARY 24th TO THE
PROJECT TEAM AND I'D LIKE TO
SUBMIT THAT TO YOU AS PART OF
THE RECORD HERE.
AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER SAFETY
CONCERNS IN OTHER SPOTS.
WE DO REALLY APPRECIATE THE
WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE ON JUNEAU
AND CROSS PLACE TO LINK THE TWO
AREAS.
>> AND VICKY, YOU'LL BE
FOLLOWED BY GORDON AND THEN
ANDREW.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS.
VICKY CLARK, CASCADE BICYCLE
CLUB.
>> WELCOME BACK.
>> HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT VISION
ZERO.
DATA SHOWS DEATHS FROM SERIOUS
INJURIES TRENDING DOWN, IT ALSO
SHOWS WE'RE NOT MAKING CHANGES
TO THE STREETS FAST ENOUGH.
EVERY DEATH IS A FAILURE OF THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
AND A FAILURE TO ACT WITH
URGENCY TO MAKE OUR STREETS
SAFER IS RECKLESS.
IT'S A FAILURE TO ACT WHERE A
FRIEND, NEIGHBOR, OR FAMILY
MEMBER COULD BE THE NEXT TO PAY
THE ULTIMATE PRICE.
IT'S A BURDEN CARRIED
DISPROPORTIONATELY.
ALL AGES AND ABILITY IS
ESSENTIAL TO MAKING OUR STREETS
SAFER.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY MAKE SAFE
PLACES FOR PEOPLE ON BIKES.
THERE'S LOW HANGING FRUIT.
REPAYMENT, IN SUCH A WAY THAT
PEOPLE ON BIKES ARE
ACCOMMODATED.
AND THE OLD METRIC OF MOVING
CARS QUICKLY IS REPLACED WITH
THE MODEL BUILDING A SYSTEM
THAT CONSIDERS AND KEEPS SAFE
EVERYONE.
THERE ARE LONG DELAYED
PROJECTS.
WE NEED TO ACT WITH URGENCY.
THE CITY IS PLANNING TO BUILD
2.3 MILES OF PROTECTED
GREENWAYS AND BIKE LANES.
THAT DOESN'T REFLECT THE SCOPE
OF CHANGES NEEDED TO MAKE SURE
THAT ALL SEATTLE RESIDENTS CAN
BE SURE TO GET HOME SAFELY.
WE ASK OUR CITY LEADER TOSS
COMMIT TO DOUBLING DOWN ON THE
CITY'S COMMITMENT TO DOUBLING
DOWN.
>> GORDON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M THE
DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS, IN A
VISION ZERO IS A REALLY
CRITICAL PROGRAM AND PRIORITY
FOR THE CITY.
AND SADLY IT'S BEEN UNDER
FUNDED AND UNDER-SUPPORTED AND
THE DEPARTMENTS AND OUR
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S CRITICAL
TO KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE NO
MATTER HOW THEY'RE GETTING
AROUND ON THE STREETS.
AND SPEAKING ABOUT RAINIER
AVENUE IN PARTICULAR, THE
COMMUNITY IS RIGHT TO BE
FRUSTRATED AND TO ASK WHY WE
SHOULD TRUST THE CITY ANY MORE
TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
THIS PROJECT WAS PROMISED IN
2016, 2017, 2018, AND 2019 AND
NOW WE'RE HEARING JUST WAIT.
IT WILL COME IN 2020.
AND I'M SORT OF AT THE END OF
MY LINE OF MAKING EXCUSES FOR
CITY.
AND I THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD
ACT TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT OVER
SDOT.
THIS IS THE MOST DANGEROUS
STREET IN THE CITY BY FAR.
PEOPLE ARE DYING, THERE'S A
CRASH EVERY SINGLE DAY ON
AVERAGE.
WHY HAVEN'T WE DONE MORE TO
KEEP THE STREETS SAFE FOR
EVERYONE?
THE COMMUNITY IS SUPPORTING
CHANGE.
BUT THE ACTION COALITION ALL
THE WAY TO THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE ARE IN SUPPORT OF
MAKING THE CHANGES.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO
GET DONE.
IF THIS WERE A NEW ARENA IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE YEARS AGO.
AND THOSE ARE GREAT PROJECTS,
BUT WHEN WE WANT TO AS A CITY
WE CAN MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO
GET PRIORITIES BUILT.
IT'S ON THE BACK BURNER AND
WE'LL GET TO IT.
THAT'S A BAD LOOK FOR THE CITY
AND ALL THE GOALS WE TRY AND
ESPOUSE.
AND ECHOING VICKY'S COMMENTS.
IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT WE'RE
PLANNING TO BUILD 2.3 MILES OF
BIKE FACILITIES IN SEATTLE.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE IT
SAFE?
THAT'S THE CITY WE ALL WANT TO
LIVE IN.
>> ANDREW, YOU ARE THE LAST ONE
SIGNED UP TODAY.
IF THERE'S OTHER FOLKS THAT
WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT,
LINE UP.
>> I'M WITH RAINIER VALLEY
GREEN WAYS.
I WALK AND BIKE ALL OVER.
AND THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION
OF RAINIER IS A DISASTER.
IT'S BASICLLY A CRASH ZONE.
LAST WEEK VLADIMIR WAS KILLED
AND LAST SUMMER JUST A FEW FEET
AWAY MY FRIEND ALEX WAS KILLED
ON HIS BIKE.
AND WHILE THESE PEOPLE WERE
KILLED THE CITY HAS DELAYED THE
RAINIER AVENUE SAFETY PROJECT.
SDOT HAS PLANS NOW, I'VE SEEN
THEM.
THE THING THAT CONTINUES TO
MYSTIFY US IS WHY THEY ARE
ROLLED OUT SO SLOWLY.
IT REALLY IS MOSTLY A QUESTION
OF PAINT.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO WORK
REALLY HARD AT GETTING THIS
DONE.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I
LIVE IN A PART OF THE CITY THAT
HAS REALLY GOTTEN THE SHORT END
OF THE STICK ON BIKE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
FUNDING AND FROM THE STANDPOINT
OF VIEW OF EQUITY, THIS IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO DO
NOW.
SO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING
THAT.
>> THANK YOU, ANDREW.
>> SOMEONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO
MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY?
WE HAVE SOME FOLKS IN THE BACK
HOLDING A SIGN.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT
TESTIFYING AT THE MICROPHONE
BUT I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS
THAT YOU'RE MAKING BY YOUR
PRESENCE.
>> WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT
AND MOVE ON TO AGENDA NUMBER
ONE.
I'LL INVITE THE PRESENTERS
FORWARD.
>> THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM
RELATED TO THE PIKE PINE
PROTECTED BIKE LANE DESIGN
WORKSHOP UPDATE.
>> WELCOME, EVERYONE.
WHY DON'T WE START BY A QUICK
ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS FOR THE
RECORD.
>> JOEL SISOLAK.
>> CLARA CANTOR, BRIE GYNCILD.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND I'LL LET YOU GUYS DECIDE
HOW TO START THE PRESENTATION.
>> WELL, I'LL START US OFF.
>> THANKS, BRIE.
>> THE PIKE PINE CORRIDOR IS
CRITICAL.
IT'S A B ROUTE BETWEEN CAPITOL
HILL AND DOWNTOWN.
AND IT'S A VITAL CORRIDOR IN
MANY OTHER WAYS FOR COMMUNITY.
AND WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT
WHEN SAFE INFRASTRUCTURE IS PUT
IN IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF OTHERS
IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
WE'RE HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP THAT WE
HOSTED THAT WE BELIEVE COULD
ALSO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR OTHER
PROJECTS IN THE CITY WHERE WHEN
PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR
EACH OTHER EARLY IN THE
PROCESS, THE HOPE IS THAT YOU
CAN STOP CONTROVERSY FROM
ERUPTING LATER ON.
THE GOAL IS TO AVOID SURPRISES
AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS TO
BE HEARD.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK
ABOUT.
>> THAT'S EXCITING OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO LEARN.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
JUMP IN.
>> SO THIS GOES BACK A NUMBER
OF YEARS.
IN 2017 DURING THE ONE, CENTRAL
SEATTLE GREENWAYS STARTED DOING
INITIAL BUSINESS OUTREACH,
BASICALLY JUST INFORMING
BUSINESS OWNERS THAT CHANGES
WERE COMING AND ASKING ABOUT
LOADING NEEDS AND THEIR
CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY IN THE
CORRIDOR.
SOME INITIAL QUESTIONS, TRYING
TO ENGAGE THEM IN THE SUBJECT.
AND THEN AFTER CITY COUNCIL
PASSED THE BASIC BIKE NETWORK
RESOLUTION LAST SUMMER, WE
PREPARED TO WORK WITH SDOT
PLANNERS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE
DESIGN WOULD WORK WITH EVERYONE
ON THE STREET.
AND WE REALIZED THAT WE DIDN'T
HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION WE
NEEDED TO ADVOCATE FOR THE
NEEDS OF THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
SO WE STARTED THIS PROCESS OF
CREATING THIS EVENT.
>> AND IT WAS GREAT TIMING FOR
US BECAUSE JUST ABOUT EVERY
YEAR AT LEAST FOR THE LAST
SEVEN OR EIGHT, THE DISTRICT
HOSTS A COMMUNITY FORUM ON SOME
TOPIC RELATED TO SUSTAINABILITY
FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE HAVE, I THINK ALL OF YOU
HAVE BEEN TO ONE OF THESE.
THEY'VE BEEN ON A VARIETY OF
TOPICS, EVERYTHING FROM
AFFORDABILITY TO HOW TO FIND
PATHWAYS TO OWNERSHIP TO RENT
TO ORGANIZING.
AND SOME OF THE IDEAS HAVE
TAKEN OFF.
THIS YEAR, WE PARTNERED WITH
FOLKS HERE AT THIS TABLE.
AND THEY'D ALREADY PLANNED TO
DO AN EVENT AND IT WAS
FORTUNATE.
WE HAD AN EVENT PLANNER UNDER
CONTRACT AND THE TOPIC WAS A
GREAT FIT FOR US.
IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY FOR US FOR
A WHILE.
WE ARE ARDENT SUPPORTERS OF
VISION ZERO AND PART OF THE
COMMUNITY PACKAGE COALITION
THAT HELPED THE CITY SECURE
FUNDS FROM THE CONVENTION
CENTER.
AND PART OF THAT WAS $10
MILLION FOR THE PIKE PINE
PROTECTED BIKE LANE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
THINGS.
I THINK AS CLARA MENTIONED THIS
GOES BACK A NUMBER OF YEARS,
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE
DID AS A LEADUP TO THE EVENT.
ONE OF THEM WAS THE POP-UP
PROTECTED BIKE LANE.
THAT'S PART OF PARKING DAY.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THAT.
>> WE DID A BUNCH OF BUSINESS
OUTREACH BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT
THE FOLKS WHO OWN AND OPERATE
RETAIL ALONG THAT CORRIDOR
WOULD LIKELY BE THE MOST
AFFECTED OR THE MOST CONCERNED
ABOUT IMPACTS.
SO WE DID A LOT OF OUTREACH
BEGINNING IN 2017.
THE RENTER INITIATIVE PARTNERED
WITH CENTRAL SEATTLE GREENWAYS
TO DO OUTREACH.
AND THE LEADUP TO THE EVENT.
AGAIN, CENTRAL SEATTLE
GREENWAYS WENT OUT IN TEAMS AND
SPOKE WITH A LOT OF FOLKS, AND
IT WAS REALLY GRATIFYING THAT
MANY OF THOSE FOLKS CAME TO THE
EVENT.
THEY WEREN'T ALL PLEASED ABOUT
THE PROJECT BUT I THINK THEY
FELT HEARD.
>> THE WORKSHOP WAS A LITTLE
BIT OF AN EXPERIMENT.
WE DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN OR HOW MANY
WOULD COME.
WE HAD 150 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE
IN GROUPS OF 12.
EACH OF THE SMALL GROUPS, AFTER
WE GAVE THE WHOLE ROOM SOME
CONTACTS.
THEN THE GROUPS IDENTIFIED THE
VALUES THAT THEY SHARED AND
DISCUSSED HOW TO BALANCE THE
NEEDS.
WE HAD BUSINESS OWNERS AT MOST
OF THE GROUPS AS PART OF THE
CONVERSATION.
AND WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM
DISABILITY COMMUNITIES AND
REALLY ALMOST EVERYONE IN THE
ROOM IS A PEDESTRIAN AT SOME
POINT AND THAT VIEWPOINT WAS
PRETTY STRONGLY HEARD.
EACH GROUP WAS LED BY A TRAINED
VOLUNTEER FACILITATOR AND A MAP
EXPERT.
AND WE PROVIDED MAPS OF THE
CORRIDOR AND SOME PIECES MADE
OF STICKY NOTES AND WE DIDN'T
KNOW HOW THOSE WOULD GO OVER.
BUT IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE A
PHYSICAL THING TO PLAY WITH
DONE TO SCALE TO SEE WHAT WOULD
FIT ON THE STREET AND WHAT
WOULDN'T.
AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE
CHALLENGES OF TRYING TO MEET
THE NEEDS FOR STREET USERS.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT WORKED
WELL WERE STICKERS, WE ASKED
FOLKS TO PUT STICKERS ON THEIR
NAME TAGS TO SHOW HOW THEY USE
THE STREET.
NONE OF US USE THE STREET IN
JUST ONE WAY.
I HAVE A DOG, I HAVE CHILDREN,
I EAT AT RESTAURANTS.
WHATEVER.
AND THAT WAS TREMENDOUSLY
SUCCESSFUL.
PEOPLE ENJOYED THE STICKERS AND
HELPED PEOPLE BOND.
AND WE GOT KUDOS FOR INDOOR
PARKING.
OFTEN AT THESE SORTS OF EVENTS,
THE PEOPLE WHO BIKE THERE FEEL
THEY HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE
PARKING SITUATION.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE
BIKE PARKING INSIDE THE
BUILDING SO EVERYONE COULD KEEP
AN EYE ON THEIR BIKE.
AND IT MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT
THOSE WILLING TO BIKE OUT ON A
RAINY NIGHT IN OCTOBER.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE WEATHER
THROUGH THE WINDOWS.
>> THAT WAS KIND OF FUN.
THE GROUPS WERE LED BY
FANTASTIC VOLUNTEER
FACILITATORS.
AND THOSE FOLKS WERE KEY TO
HELPING THE GROUPS USE THEIR
TIME CONSTRUCTIVELY.
AND WHAT WE HEARD, THE GROUPS
DID HAVE CONSTRUCTIVE AND
PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS.
WE HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT THE
LENGTH OF THE EVENT.
THREE HOURS AND HALF AN HOUR
BEFOREHAND.
SEEMED LIKE A STRETCH.
BUT PEOPLE GOT SO ENGAGED THAT
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO STOP THE
CONVERSATION.
THEY WANTED TO DIG IN AND TALK
WITH EACH OTHER WHICH WAS
GRATIFYING.
AND WE ALL HAVE A STAKE IN OUR
STREETS AND CARE ABOUT THEM.
WHAT WAS REALLY GRATIFYING IS
HOW MUCH THEY WANTED TO HEAR
EACH OTHER'S PERSPECTIVE.
PEOPLE TALKING TO EACH OTHER
AND UNDERSTANDING.
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, DISABILITY
ACCESS, ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.
ABLE TO HAVE REALLY PRODUCTIVE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ALL THE
EEDS AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE
STREET.
AND ONE THING THAT WE HEARD WAS
THAT THIS IS HARD WORK TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE
THE NEEDS.
WE HEARD SOME REAL APPRECIATION
FOR THE JOB THAT SDOT PLANNERS
DO WHICH YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET
TO HEAR.
THAT WAS A PERK.
WE DID HAVE SDOT FOLKS IN THE
ROOM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND
IT WAS GREAT FOR THEM TO HEAR
THAT I THINK.
AT THE END, EACH GROUP SHARED
THEIR MAP AND A WORKSHEET WITH
CONCLUSIONS.
NO TWO GROUPS HAD THE SAME
IDEAS BUT THEY ALL HAD
THOUGHTFUL IDEAS AND THERE WERE
CONSISTENT THEMES THAT WE'LL
SHARE IN A MOMENT.
THE WORKSHOP WAS REALLY GREAT.
WE WERE ALL THRILLED.
BUT WE FELL SHORT IN OUR GOALS
FOR RACIAL DIVERSITY AND
DISABILITY REPRESENTATIONS.
AND A THURSDAY NIGHT IS NOT
GREAT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT GREAT FOR PARENTS OR
BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND WE DISTRIBUTED A SURVEY
MEANT TO PARALLEL THE WORKSHOP.
AND WE WENT OUT AND TALKED WITH
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF
BLIND FOLKS AND DID SOME MORE
OUTREACH.
BUT THE SURVEY WENT OUT AND WE
GOT 435 RESPONSES AND MOST OF
THEM WERE REALLY SUBSTANTIVE.
THE THEMES AND THE PRIORITIES
WERE PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH
WHAT WE'D HEARD FROM THE
WORKSHOP.
THAT WAS GOOD TO SEE THERE WAS
CONSISTENCY THERE.
BUT IT REALLY MADE IT CLEAR HOW
DIFFERENT IT IS TO MEET AND
TALK TO PEOPLE FACE TO FACE
VERSUS AN ANONYMOUS SURVEY.
SOME OF THE RESPONSES WERE
HOSTILE OR FLIP OR CYNICAL.
IN WAYS THAT WE DIDN'T SEE IN
THE DIALOGUE IN THE WORKSHO.
IT EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO
TALK TO EACH OTHER AND HEAR
EACH OTHER AND WORK TOGETHER.
└> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, DID
YOU HAVE A COMMENT?
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL
THIS WITH US.
ONE QUESTION I HAD, THE SLIDE
WITH THE WHITE BOARD NOT WHITE
BOARD BUT THE, WHERE THAT'S
USEFUL.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE WERE
DISCUSSING GENERAL ASPECTS OF
WHAT THEY THINK SHOULD COME
INTO BEING.
WERE THERE DISCUSSIONS OR ARE
THERE PLANS TO DISCUSS
SPECIFICS OF THE BIKING
NETWORK?
AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PHONE
CALLS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT SOME
SPECIFIC THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE
TO SEE.
BECAUSE YOU'RE BIKING YOURSELF
YOU KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I WONDER IF INTERSECTION
SPECIFIC THINGS?
AND IF YOU CAN GET SOME BACK
FROM YOU BASED ON YOUR
EXPERTISE.
>> AND IN TERMS OF SPECIFICS,
WE CAPTURED SOME GENERAL
THINGS.
WE REALLY WANTED TO CAPTURE THE
SHARED PRIORITIES AND SHARED
VALUES.
WE KNEW THAT EVERY GROUP WOULD
COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT
CONFIGURATION, JUST THE NATURE
OF THE BEAST.
A LOT OF IT IS REALLY GENERAL
ABOUT SHARED PRIORITIES AND
SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS.
THE MAP ITSELF SHOWING
SPECIFICALLY.
THE DIFFERENT COLORED PAPERS
REPRESENT THINGS LIKE WHETHER
IT SHOULD BE A TWO WAY BIKE
LANE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE
STREET OR SEPARATE THE NORTH
AND THE SOUTH.
>> THE YELLOW?
>> THERE'S A COLOR KEY THAT I
DON'T HAVE MEMORIZED AT THE
MOMENT.
AND THERE'S A BIKE LANE ON EACH
SIDE OF THE STREET.
THE MAGENTA IS THE TRAVEL LANE
AND THE OTHER COLORS REPRESENT
PARKING OR LOADING ZONES OR
TURN LANES, SO IT'S A LITTLE
CHALLENGING TO MAKE OUT THOSE.
BUT AGAIN SINCE WE KNEW THAT
THE MAPS WERE NOT GOING TO BE
THE SAME FROM TABLE TO TABLE.
WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO HAVE
WERE THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES
AND SURFACE ANY ISSUES WE
WANTED TO ENSURE THE PLANNERS
WERE KEEPING IN MIND.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE PLANNING TO
DO WITH THE WORKSHEETS WAS
REALLY KIND OF PULL THOSE
THINGS TO THE TOP SO THAT WE
HAD A WAY AS ADVOCATES TO LOOK
AT THE DESIGNS THE CITY CAME UP
WITH AND BE ABLE TO SEE WHETHER
THEY MET THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> YES.
>> ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES WAS TO
MAKE PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY WERE
BEING HEARD.
WE FULLY DOCUMENTED.
WE HIRED ALEX GARLAND TO
PHOTOGRAPH THE WHOLE EVENT AND
WE DOCUMENTED EVERYTHING AND
TOOK PICTURES OF EVERY MAP.
AND THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT.
SO WE CAPTURED THE GRANULAR
DIFFERENCES AS WELL AS WHAT
PEOPLE PUT ON THEM.
>> SO WE DID CAPTURE ALL OF THE
GRANULAR DETAILS OF THE
DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S
DESIGNS, BUT THE BIG THINGS
THAT PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER
AROUND WERE THE BIG FOUR
PRIORITIES WE LISTED UP HERE.
AND THESE WERE OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT FROM EVERY TABLE FROM A
LOT OF THE SURVEYS THAT WE WERE
HEARING, FROM BUSINESS OWNERS,
FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE
AREA.
FROM PEOPLE WHO VISIT THE AREA
JUST TO HANG OUT AND PLAY AND
TO SHOP.
EVERYONE WAS AGREEING ON THESE
FOUR BIG THINGS.
THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
COMFORT, CONVENIENCE WAS BIG
FOR PEOPLE.
A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES IN THE
AREA DEPEND ON THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WALKING UP AND DOWN THE
STREET.
AND WE HEARD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC
INTERSECTIONS OVER AND OVER
AGAIN AS SPECIFIC PLACES WHERE
THEY FELT UNSAFE.
WE HIGHLIGHTED THOSE IN THE
DATA.
AND THEY WANTED THE SPACE TO BE
A MORE SAFE, COMFORTABLE
PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE HEARD PEOPLE TALKING
ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN
ENVIRONMENT IN TERMS OF WIDER
SIDEWALKS AND BETTER CROSSINGS
AND A BETTER PEDESTRIAN REALM
AS WELL.
THE CONTINUOUS SAFE INTUITIVE
BIKE ROUTE.
IT WAS OVERWHELMING THAT THEY
WANTED IT TO BE CONTINUOUS, ALL
THE WAY FROM BROADWAY TO SECOND
AVENUE.
THAT IT WOULD FEEL CONTINUOUS
AND WOULD FEEL LIKE ONE SAFE
INTUITIVE ROUTE.
AND HAVING IT BE PREDICTABLE
FOR PEOPLE.
THE LOADING ZONES FOR
BUSINESSES AND PASSENGERS WAS
HUGE.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT
WE HEARD FROM BUSINESS OWNERS
WAS THEY'RE OFTEN REALLY UPSET
WHEN THERE'S A REMOVAL OF
PARKING.
WHAT WE HEARD ALMOST
OVERWHELMINGLY IS THAT IT'S NOT
LONG-TERM PARKING IN FRONT OF
THE STORES.
IT'S LOADING ZONES.
AND A LOT OF THE OUTREACH
CONDUCTED IN THE CITY HAS
LOADING ZONES, SLASH PARKING.
AND THE BIGGEST CONCERNS WERE
LOADING FOR THE BUSINESSES
THEMSELVES.
A LOT OF THE LOADING ZONES ARE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK AND
NOT PARTICULARLY WELL ENFORCED.
SOME OF THE LARGEST TRUCKS
CAN'T GET IN AND OUT OF THEM
AND WE'RE ENDING UP IN THE
MIDDLE TURNING LANES.
PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT
WHERE THE LOADING ZONES WERE
GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND FOR TNC, UBER, LYFT, ALSO
BEING ABLE TO COME IN AND OUT
OF LOADING ZONES AT THE END OF
THE BLOCK IS A LOT EASIER THAN
PULLING INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE
BLOCK.
AND THEN JUST HAVING A VERY
CLEAR, PREDICTABLE TRAFFIC FLOW
FOR ALL USERS, WHETHER YOU'RE
DRIVING, TRYING TO CATCH A BUS,
BIKING, WALKING, WE HEARD THIS
PARTICULARLY FROM THE BLIND
COMMUNITY.
IF THE TRAFFIC FLOW IS OFF OF
WHERE YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE OR
WHERE YOU'RE EXPECTING IT TO
BE, THAT CREATES A DANGEROUS
SITUATION FOR ALL USERS.
AND THAT WAS THE CONCERN ON
BROADWAY.
JUST A GENERAL CONFUSION OF
PEOPLE NOT KNOWING WHERE THEY
WERE SUPPOSED TO BE.
WHAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN THE
LANES ARE STARTING AND ENDING
AND ALL OF THAT.
PEOPLE REALLY WANTED A CLEAR,
PREDICTABLE FLOW FOR ALL KINDS
OF TRAFFIC.
SO AS A CAR KNOWING WHERE THE
PEDESTRIANS ARE GOING TO BE AND
AS A BICYCLIST KNOWING WHERE
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
AND KNOWING WHICH DIRECTION
TRAFFIC IS COMING FROM AND
WHERE YOU ARE EXPECTED TO
ENCOUNTER IT.
AND THOSE FOUR THINGS SOUND
REALLY INTUITIVE.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF
SEATTLE'S PLANNING, A LOT OF
THINGS ARE NOT HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW.
WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE.
>> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE?
>> I WANT TO PASS THESE AROUND
SO YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE
PARTNERS AND ALSO BECAUSE I
HAVE A STACK OF THOSE IN MY
OFFICE.
IF YOU WANT MORE LET ME KNOW.
IN GENERAL, I WOULD SAY THAT
THE EVENT WAS GREAT.
THE FOLKS WHO WERE THERE AS
BRIE SAID WERE REALLY ENGAGED.
THEY STAYED.
IT DOESN'T HURT TO GIVE THEM
FOOD AND BEER.
BUT PEOPLE WERE INTO THE
CONVERSATION.
AND THERE WAS SOME
DISAGREEMENT.
BUT IT WAS VERY CIVIL.
SO ALL IN ALL, A REALLY GOT
PROCESS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF SAM IS
HERE.
BUT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
FOLKS FROM SDOT AS WELL AS KING
COUNTY.
>> SAM IS HERE.
>> HI, SAM.
>> AND HOPEFULLY, SHE'S -- THIS
IS A MODEL FOR COMMUNITY
DESIGN.
THIS IS PEOPLE COMING OUT AS
BRIE SAID TO HAVE REAL
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AN
IMPORTANT TOPIC.
AND A TOPIC THAT HAS ITS
CONTROVERSY.
A BIG PART OF WHAT MADE THIS
SUCCESSFUL WAS THAT IT WAS
COMMUNITY LED.
AND WE BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER
FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
IT WAS ALSO INCREDIBLY WELL
PLANNED.
I CAN SAY THAT BECAUSE I HAD
KIND OF A SMALL ROLE IN THE
PLANNING.
IT WAS THESE TWO AND MAKAYLA,
FROM OUR OFFICE.
CUTTING UP PIECES OF PAPER AND
KEEPING EVERYTHING ON TRACK.
KUDOS TO THEM.
WE HOPE THAT THIS CAN SERVE AS
A MODEL.
THAT THE CITY AND OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BENEFIT FROM
KIND OF THE TRIAL AND ERROR
THAT WE WENT THROUGH.
IT'S NOT PERFECT AS BRIE
MENTIONED.
WE HAD SOME CHALLENGE IN TERMS
OF GETTING THE AUDIENCE THERE.
I WOULD GO A STEP BEYOND JUST
SHORT OF SHARING WHAT WE'RE
SHARING AND SUGGEST THAT THE
CITY MAY WANT TO CONTRACT THE
PLANNING TEAM TO CREATE A TOOL
KIT FOR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.
NOT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A
CLARA AND A BRIE AND A MAKAYLA.
WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT
EASIER.
AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE MORE
PERMANENT PLAY PIECES THAN POST
IT NOTES.
THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THIS
PRESENTATION.
AD AM GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK
YOU DO.
AND JUST TO BUILD ON THE
OBSERVATIONS YOU MADE, JOEL,
AND WHAT YOU ALL HAVE SAID
THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION,
OFTENTIMES WHEN THE CITY SHOWS
UP.
SOMETIMES WE MAKE MISTAKES WHEN
WE DESIGN IT.
AND EVEN OUR BEST WORK IS
SOMETIMES GREETED WITH
SKEPTICISM.
AND THEN IT TURNS TO GROUPS
SHOWING UP AT A MEETING TO HAVE
A LOUDER VOICE.
AND WHEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME
TOGETHER WITHOUT A LOT OF
LEADERSHIP FROM THE CITY AND
TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES AND
WORK THROUGH THE DIFFERENCES
AND FOLKS SHOW UP AND THEY'RE
LIKE THE FOLKS WE'RE ADVOCATING
TO, THAT'S A DIFFERENT ROOM.
AND YOU ALL CAN PRESENT A SET
OF SOLUTIONS.
AND HELP US FIND WHERE THERE'S,
WHAT WE SHOULD PRIORITY SIZE.
AND FOLKS KNOW WHERE TO SHOW UP
TO ADVOCATE.
I THINK WE HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR
A BETTER OUTCOME.
I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF WHAT
YOU DID AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF
HAVING A TOOL KIT AND WE SHOULD
THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
HOW WE CAN CARRY THAT TO OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON CAPITOL
HILL HAS SOME GREAT ADVOCATES
AND ALSO HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE VERY ENGAGED AROUND
THESE ISSUES WHICH IS NOT
UNIQUE TO CAPITOL HILL.
BUT NOT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS
GOING TO GET PEOPLE OUT FOR
THREE HOURS.
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS.
>> I REALIZE THAT WE'VE
NEGLECTED TO MENTION THAT WE
úWERE DOING THIS LARGELY FOR OU
OWN EFFORTS.
BUT WE ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT THE
CITY.
SO WE HAVE SHARED ALL OF THE
INFORMATION FROM ALL OF OUR
OUTREACH WITH SDOT AND HAVE
BEEN WORKING WITH THE PLANNING
TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION INPUT.
AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO
GET ALL OF THIS TOO.
AND SAM IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS ON THAT FRONT TOO.
>> THERE WERE SOME SDOT PEOPLE
AT THE WORKSHOP?
>> WE INVITED REPRESENTATIVES
FROM SDOT AND METRO TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS PARTICIPANTS HAD
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE
CREATING A DESIGN THAT WAS
PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
THERE WERE THINGS THAT THEY
DIDN'T KNOW WERE GOING TO
HAPPEN.
AND I WILL ALSO MENTION THAT WE
GAVE PEOPLE SOME SPECIFIC, WHAT
WE KNEW TO BE WHAT THE CITY WAS
MOST LIKELY TO DO WHICH WAS TO
PUT LANES ON PIKE BETWEEN
BROADWAY AND BELLEVUE AND THEN
HAVE LANES FOLLOWING THE PIKE
PINE RENAISSANCE DOWN TO SECOND
LONG-TERM PERMANENT.
WE TOLD OUR FACILITATORS THAT
WHILE THEY COULD NOT LEAD
PEOPLE DOWN A DIFFERENT PATH.
BUT IF THE GROUP WENT.
WE HEARD IT AGAIN AND AGAIN ON
THE SURVEYS, AND WE'VE HEARD IT
AGAIN FROM THE BUSINESSES, LONG-
TERM THAT REALLY WANT, PROBABLY
THE BEST WAY IS TO EXTEND THE
RENAISSANCE ALL THE WAY TO
BROADWAY.
INSTEAD OF DOING, HAVING IT
BEING A COUPLET INSTEAD OF BOTH
ON PIKE AND THEN MOVING PEOPLE
OVER TO PINE TO CONTINUE WHICH
IS MUCH LESS GRACEFUL.
SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE
DIDN'T GIVE PEOPLE THAT OPTION.
BUT WE KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO
BRING IT UP AND THEY DID.
AND WE'VE SHARED IN A WITH SDOT
AS WELL.
>> COLLEAGUES, I APPRECIATE THE
WORK AND I APPRECIATE THAT SDOT
IS INVOLVED.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A
FOLLOW-UP WITH THE FOLKS AT
SDOT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE
NEXT STEPS IN THIS PROJECT AND
GET A SENSE OF WHERE THEY ARE.
AND TO BRING THEM BACK TO A
COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT THE
NEXT INVESTMENTS AND HOW SOON
WE CAN GET THEM ON THE GROUND.
>> OKAY.
>> ANYTHING ELSE?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS AS
SOMEBODY WHOSE POLITICAL
OWNERSHIP OVER A BIKE LANE TO
WATCH COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME
TOGETHER IS GREAT.
AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO
SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY
GOING BLOCK BY BLOCK,
NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD IN
ORDER TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR
PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO GET AROUND
BY BIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT AMOUNT OF
WORK.
BUT I'M STILL AS I ENTER CLOSER
AND CLOSER INTO MY RETIREMENT
AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
I'M STRUCK BY HOW HARD THAT
WORK IS.
AND HOW EASY IT HAS FOR THE
INFRASTRUCTURE TOWN BIBLICAL.
AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR YOU WORK.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
IT TAKES A SET ON GREAT
COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, 50 PEOPLE
BEING FED AND CAFFEINATED OR
LIQUORED UP AND GIVEN A GREAT
PATHWAY TO DISCUSSIONS.
ENDING UP BUILDING A MILE AND A
HALF OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES,
WHEN WE BUILD HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF CAR INFRASTRUCTURE
WITHOUT BATTING AN EYE.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU TO CREATE
THIS.
AT THE SAME TIME, I'M
REGRETTING WE HAVE TO SPEND SO
MUCH TIME AND ENERGY ON LITTLE
THINGS.
IF WE WERE ALL MAKING A
DECISION WE COULD BE BIGGER,
BOLDER, AND FASTER.
APOLOGIES FOR THE LAMENTATION.
IT'S BITTERSWEET.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND
WE'LL BE BACK IN TOUCH SHORTLY.
BUT THANKS FOR THE YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND THANKS FOR BEING
HERE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
COLLEAGUES, WE'RE GOING TO
SWITCH TO ANOTHER PRESENTATION
ON VISION ZERO.
DO YOU MIND READING THAT INTO
THE RECORD.
>> THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM
RELATED TO THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
VISION ZERO UPDATE.
>> WELCOME EVERYONE.
WHY DON'T WE START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS AND THEN I WANT
TO MAKE A FEW OPENING REMARKS.
>> THANKS FOR THE HAVING US.
I'M JIM CURTIN I'M WITH THE
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AT SDOT.
>> I'M ALLISON SCHWARTZ ON THE
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
>> I WANT TO ECHO SOME OF THE
COMMENTS WE HEARD IN PUBLIC
COMMENT.
I'VE BEEN RECEIVING THEM OVER
THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND
I'M SURE YOU HAVE TOO.
SO I APOLOGIZE THAT I'M GOING
TO SOUND A LITTLE PREACHY AND
YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING
TO SAY.
AND I WILL DO IT FOR THE SAKE
OF JUST DOING IT.
THIS IS SUCH CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT WORK.
AND I'M GRATEFUL OF THE CITY'S
COMMITMENT TO DO THIS WORK.
IT WAS UNDER A DIFFERENT MAYOR
AND A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT
DIRECTOR AND YOU ALL HAVE BEEN
THROUGH OVER A YEAR WITHOUT A
PERMANENT DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR
WHICH CAN MAKE IT CHALLENGING.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, HOLDING
IN A REALITY WITH THE FACT THAT
PEOPLE ARE GETTING HARMED ON
OUR STREETS.
AND WHILE WE HAVE GREAT
PLANNING AND GOOD COMMITMENTS,
I THINK I SHARE A LOT OF
COMMUNITY FRUSTRATION THAT WE
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MOVE
FASTER ON THIS.
AND I'M CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
THAT OVERSEES THE WORK OF Z
DOT.
AND IT'S HARD FOR ME.
I'M BEEN AN ADVOCATE LONG
BEFORE I WAS HERE AND NOW I'M
HERE IN A POSITION OF POWER AND
I FEEL ALSO SOMEWHAT POWERLESS
TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
PRESENTATION.
AND I ALSO WANT TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT WE CAN DO COLLECTIVELY AND
THIS WASN'T THIS MAYOR'S
COMMITMENT TO MAKE.
I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT SHE'S
COMMITTED TO VISION ZERO AND I
REALLY WANT TO HEAR HOW SHE
PLANS TO OWN THIS AND MOVE
FORWARD AND HOW WE AS A COUNCIL
CAN SUPPORT ACCELERATING THE
WORK.
AND I'M HOPING IT'S ABOUT TO
HIT THE GROUND AND WE CAN GET
EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
>> PLENTY.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
I TOO JUST WANT TO ADDRESS SOME
OF THE COMMENTS AND THANK
EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TO
HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT THAT WHAT
RYAN PACKER SAID THE 100%
CORRECT.
THAT TRAFFIC FATALITIES IS A
PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
40,000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED ON
OUR STREETS IN THE PAST YEAR.
THESE COLLISIONS ARE MOSTLY
PREVENTABLE AND DO NOT HAVE TO
HAPPEN.
THERE ARE 12 TO 13,000 CRASHES
ON SEATTLE STREETS EVERY YEAR
AS WELL.
BUT WE DO HAVE A VERY SAFE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK HERE IN
SEATTLE.
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO GET
TOWARDS VISION ZERO.
WHEN A TRAGEDY OCCURS ON OUR
STREETS, I KNOW BOTH ALLISON
AND I AND ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES
AT THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TAKE IT TO
HEART.
IT REALLY HURTS WHEN WE KNOW
SOMETHING ALWAYS HAS HAPPENED
OUT THERE.
AND I PERSONALLY EVERY MORNING
CHECK OUT THE SEATTLE TIMES AND
MY PHONE TO SEE IF ANYTHING
HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
ARE ALL OVER AND WORKING TO
ACCELERATE THE PACE OF OUR
IMPLEMENTATION.
RAINIER ITSELF HAS BEEN
TECHNICALLY CHALLENGING PROJECT
BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND
WE ARE MOVING FORWARD SOON.
WE HAVE ISSUED WORK ORDERS TO
ACCELERATE OUR PROJECTS OUT
THERE.
STARTING IMMINENTLY WITH THE
REDUCTION OF SPEED LIMITS ON
EVERY ARTERIAL STREET IN THE
URBAN VILLAGE WHICH INCLUDES
SOUTH ENDERSON, RENTON,
PORTIONS OF MLK TO 25 MILES PER
HOUR.
AND WE WILL BEGIN
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PHASE TWO
PROJECT THIS YEAR.
WE INTEND TO FINISH WITH OUR
2019 WORK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS
ON SEPTEMBER 1st.
BUT WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THERE IS MANY PLACES IN THE
CITY THAT WE NEED TO BE.
BEFORE THERE WAS THE TRAGEDY ON
RAINIER AVENUE JUST DAYS
BEFORE.
AN OLDER GENTLEMAN WAS HIT AND
KILLED AT NORTHEAST 85th
STREET.
AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO CROSS THE
STREET.
AND IT HIGHLIGHTS THE FACT THAT
WHILE WE HAVE PROJECTS ON THESE
STREETS WHERE WE HAVE TO RELY
ON ALL OF THE TOOLS THAT WE
HAVE TO REACH OUR VISION ZERO
GOAL.
>> WHAT WENT TO DO TODAY IS
HIGHLIGHT THE ONGOING NEED FOR
A CONTINUED COMPREHENSIVE
APPROACH TO GETTING TO ENDING
TRAFFIC DEATHS AND SERIOUS
INJURIES ON CITY STREETS BY
2030 WHICH IS WHAT VISION ZERO
IS ABOUT.
>> OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO WALK
YOU THROUGH IT REALLY QUICKLY.
WE'LL GO A LITTLE BIT OVER THE
BACKGROUND OF OUR SAFETY
EFFORTS HERE AT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND TALK ABOUT THE DATA
AND THE TRENDS, PROJECTS,
INITIATIVES, AND NEXT STEPS AS
WELL.
TO BRIEFLY RUN THROUGH THE
BACKGROUND, IN 1997.
VISION ZERO WAS LAUNCHED IN
SWEDEN.
AND ALLISON AND I GOT TO MEET
THE GUY WHO SPEARHEADED THAT IN
SWEDEN AND IT WAS SOMETHING
THEY DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH.
THEY SAW SO MUCH MOMENTUM WITH,
AND SAID THAT STREET DESIGN IS
THE MAJOR FACTOR IN DETERMINING
WHETHER A CRASH OCCURS.
IN THE YEAR 2000, I'D LIKE TO
TIP THE HAT TO THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON.
AND IN THE YEAR 2000 THEY
LAUNCHED THE TARGET ZERO
PROGRAM WHICH CONTINUES TODAY.
IN 2012, SEATTLE WAS THE FIRST
CITY IN THE UNITED STATES TO
DECLARE THAT ZERO FATALITIES
AND THEN IN 2015 WE BROUGHT IT
TO VISION ZERO WHICH WAS THEN
SUBSEQUENTLY CODIFIED THROUGH
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THE YEAR
AFTER THAT.
THANKS IN PART TO YOUR HELP IN
2016.
WE ALSO MADE A HUGE STEP
FORWARD BY REDUCING OUR DEFAULT
ARTERIAL SPEED LIMIT TO 25
MILES PER HOUR.
AND WE'VE REDUCED THE SPEED
LIMIT ON OUR NON-ARTERIAL
STREETS TO 20 MILES PER HOUR.
AND OUR DOWNTOWN CORE HERE TO
25 AS WELL.
WE'LL TALK A LOT MORE ABOUT
SPEED LIMITS LATER.
IN 2017, WE RELEASED OUR
GROUNDBREAKING BICYCLE AND
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ANALYSIS
WHICH WAS A PROACTIVE ATTEMPT
TO TREAT THE SYMPTOMS OF
TRAFFIC COLLISIONS PROACTIVELY.
AND LAST YEAR, ONE OF OUR
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS TO
GET THAT BPSA ASSESSMENT INTO
OUR COMPLETE STREETS CHECKLIST.
AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT THING FOR EVERYONE TO
UNDERSTAND.
THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM ITSELF
HAS A SMALLISH BUDGET.
WE HAVE ROUGHLY $3 MILLION A
YEAR TO ADDRESS SAFETY ON EVERY
STREET IN THE CITY.
AND BY INCLUDING A REVIEW OF
CRASH DATA ON OUR CAPITAL
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
WE'RE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WHEN
WE HAVE THE BIG DOLLARS ON THE
CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE'RE NOT
JUST GOING OUT AND ESSENTIALLY
REBUILDING THINGS.
WE ARE TAKING A THOUGHTFUL LOOK
AT THE CRASH PATTERNS, AND WE
ARE DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS SO
THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE CRASH
PATTERNS AND MOVE FORWARD.
IT'S VERY MUCH A BUDGET
MULTIPLIER AND I FEEL AS IF
THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP US
ACHIEVE OUR GOAL GOING FORWARD.
>> THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR, JIM.
AND THIS BULLET POINT FROM LAST
YEAR.
SO IS THAT FULLY IMPLEMENTED
AND MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS
GOING FORWARD?
>> YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
>> STUFF THAT'S GOING TO BE
IMPLEMENTED --
>> THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
WHEN WE'RE PLANNING A PROJECT
AND WE PUT TOGETHER THE
CHECKLIST AND WHEN WE'RE READY
TO DESIGN AND BUILD.
I THINK BY THE END OF THIS
YEAR, YOU'LL HAVE PROJECTS THAT
HAVE THOUGHTFULLY CONSIDERED
THE SAFETY DATA.
>> NO ONE IS ASKING YOU TO
DELAY OTHER PROJECTS.
I HOPE IF THERE ARE OTHER
PROJECTS THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE
BENEFIT OF THIS BUT THERE'S
OBVIOUS THINGS WE CAN DO, WE
WILL MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS
THERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> SO AS FAR AS THE TRENDS GO,
WE HAVE HAD MASSIVE GROWTH AS
YOU KNOW IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
BUT WE CONTINUE TO BE ON THE
RIGHT TRACK TOWARDS A SAFER
STREET.
WE ARE AMONGST THE SAFEST
CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE ONLY CITY WITH A BETTER
TRAFFIC FATALITY RATE IS NEW
YORK CITY WHICH HAS HUNDREDS OF
DEATHS PER YEAR, BUT THEY HAVE
9 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
AND WE LEARN AS MUCH AS WE CAN
FROM OUR COLLEAGUES IN NEW YORK
CITY THROUGH THE VISION ZERO
NETWORK, AN ORGANIZATION THAT
HELPS CONSOLIDATE WHAT IS GOING
ON NATIONALLY ON THE VISION
ZERO LEVEL SO THAT WE CAN ALL
GO OVER THE LESSONS LEARNED AND
MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS SAFER
STREETS.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR
HIGHLIGHTING THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE THE 10ER THAT
WE'RE ONE OF THE SAFEST BUT NOT
SAFE ENOUGH.
>> WE'RE WELL AWARE THAT WHEN
SOMEONE DIES, IT'S POTENTIALLY
A LOVED ONE OF SOMEONE AND
WEIGH TAKE THAT TO HEART.
AND ALSO, I WOULD GUESS THAT
MOST PEOPLE AT THAT TABLE AND
IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT HAVE
EXPERIENCED SOME SORT OF
TRAFFIC INCIDENT IN THEIR LIFE
WHETHER IT WAS SOMEONE IN THE
FAMILY OR A FRIEND.
I WAS IN THE THIRD GRADE THE
FIRST TIME THAT THIS IMPACTED
ME.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO RALLY AROUND
QUITE EASILY IN MY OPINION.
>> I'LL REPEAT SOMETHING I HEAR
FROM THE WSDOT DIRECTOR.
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON AND I ARE
AT A TABLE WITH HIM.
AND HE REPEATED TO THE PUGET
SOUND, SHORTLY AFTER THE AMTRAK
FAILURE WHERE A FEW PEOPLE DIED
AND HE WAS HAULED OUT TO
COMMITTEE HEARINGS IN OLYMPIA
TO COMMENT ON THAT.
AND AS YOU RELAYED IT TO OUR
COMMITTEE UP HERE HE SAID YES,
THIS IS TRAGIC, I'M HAPPY TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND EVERY MONTH, I FORGET THE
EXACT NUMBER.
TEN PEOPLE DIE IN THE STATE.
>> AND IF YOU WANT WE HAVE
IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THIS
SAFER.
AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT TO THE
POINT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
JOHNSON WENT TO.
WHAT WE GET USED TO AND WHAT WE
ACCEPT AND HOW MUCH WE
CONTEMPLATE CHANGE AND STEP
BACK AND LOOK AT THE DATA AND
THINK ABOUT WOW.
THE NUMBERS YOU MENTIONED
TODAY, I THINK ABOUT THE WORLD
POST 9/11 AND HOW MUCH THE
WORLD HAS CHANGED BECAUSE OF
THAT HORRIFIC INCIDENT AND
OBVIOUSLY LOSS OF LIFE.
AND YOU LOOK AT HOW MANY HAVE
DIED SINCE 2001.
AND THERE'S BEEN, IT DWARFS THE
NUMBER AND PALES IN COMPARISON
TO WHAT THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN I SAY AMEN TO THAT?
>> THIS IS PRELIMINARY DATA.
I WANT TO STRESS THAT THE DATA
MAY CHANGE.
BUT IT DOES APPEAR AS IF WE ARE
COMING OFF ONE OF THE BETTER
YEARS FOR THE TRAFFIC DEATHS IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
WHICH INCLUDES A 25% REDUCTION
IN FATALITIES BETWEEN 2017 AND
2018.
WE HAVE 170 SERIOUS INJURIES.
WE DID NOT MAKE A LOT OF
PROGRESS ON THE SERIOUS INJURY
FRONT WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT
WE ARE ABSOLUTELY CONCERNED
ABOUT.
IN MANY CASES THOSE CAN BE VERY
CLOSE TO FATAL CRASHES AND IN
MANY INSTANCES THEY ARE LIFE
CHANGING FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE
INVOLVED.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO LOOK
AT NOT JUST THE DEATHS BUT ALSO
THE FOLKS WHO WERE SERIOUSLY
INJURED.
PEDESTRIANS CONTINUE TO BE
OVERREPRESENTED IN OUR DATA.
IN 2017 WE HAD 11 PEDESTRIAN
FATALITIES.
AND IN 2018, WE HAD EIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO THE RIGHT
DIRECTION BUT THAT'S STILL
EIGHT PEOPLE.
AND WE HAD FOUR DRIVER,
PASSENGER FATALITIES, ONE
BICYCLE FATALITY, AND ONE
MOTORCYCLE FATALITY.
>> COUPLE THINGS I HEARD WAS
ABOUT THE DATA.
AND I'VE STRUGGLED WITH THAT
MYSELF BUT I'M NOT IN IT AS
MUCH.
OFTEN I FEEL I NEED TO DO A
SEATTLE TIMES SEARCH TOE READ
THROUGH ARTICLES.
ARE YOU ABLE TO ADDRESS WHAT WE
HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
I FOUND DEATHS THAT YOU WERE
NOT REPORTING.
>> WE WERE AWARE OF THE
INCIDENT.
OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS,
TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS GROUP
MANAGES THE DATA AND IT'S A
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE
WASHINGTON STATE PATROL.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FILLS OUT
THE COLLISION REPORTS AND THEN
WE SEND THEM TO THE STATE SO
THE STATE CAN CAPTURE THOSE AS
WELL.
THERE'S A LAG TIME AND THERE
ARE SOME COMMUNICATION ISSUES
THAT WE ARE BATTLING.
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON IN THE UNITED
STATES FOR THESE ISSUES TO COME
UP.
AND OUR DATA HERE IS IN MUCH
BETTER SHAPE THAN IN OTHER
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE
THERE'S SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS LAG
TIME BETWEEN WHEN A CRASH
HAPPENS AND WHEN THEY GET
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVED.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE ROOM FOR
IMPROVEMENT.
>> I IMAGINE THAT THE POLICE
ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED AND THE
INVESTIGATION FOLLOWS UP.
AND SOMEONE MAY BE INJURED.
SIX MONTHS LATER, IF THAT TURNS
INTO A FATALITY, THE POLICE ARE
PROBABLY OUT OF THE PICTURE, OR
ARE THEY NOT?
>> NOT NECESSARILY, BUT THERE
ARE MECHANISMS TO CAPTURE THAT.
OCCASIONAL ONE OF THEM FALLS
THROUGH THE CRACKS.
>> THE OTHER COMMENT ON THIS
GRAPH WAS, AND I'M NOT SURE
WHAT HAPPENED IN 2006 OR BEFORE
THAT, THE DROP FROM 2016 TO
2007 IS GREAT.
IF WE WERE TO FIT A LINE TO THE
DATA POINTS AND ELIMINATE 2006,
THAT TREND LINE WOULD BE
DIFFERENCE.
IT MAY BE FLAT.
AND SO I THINK IF I UNDERSTOOD
THE PUBLIC COMMENT, IT'S TIME
TO DROP 2006 OFF AND SEE WHAT
WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST 10
YEARS.
AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE NOT PLAYING WITH THE
DATA.
>> I THINK THAT'S A REALLY
INSIGHTFUL POINT.
AND HE'S RIGHT.
IN 2006, WE HAD FAR MORE
VEHICLE FATALITIES.
AND DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS ARE
INVOLVED FAR LESS BECAUSE OF
THE AIR BAGS AND ALL THE
TECHNOLOGY GOING INTO MAKING
VEHICLES SAFER.
WE DON'T HAVE A STEEL CHASSIS
TO PROTECT US.
AND IT'S UP TO US AS A CITY TO
DESIGN OUR STREETS.
WHEN SOMEBODY INEVITABLY MAKES
A MISTAKE, THE CONSEQUENCES ARE
NOT DEATH.
>> WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE SLIDES
ON DATA AND TRENDS.
THIS ONE HERE, YEAR OVER YEAR
WE SEE THE SAME SET OF
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO
CRASHES.
WE SEE DISTRACTIONS,
IMPAIRMENT, SPEEDING, AND
FAILURE TO YIELD CONSISTENTLY.
AND OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY FACE THE SAME ISSUES.
WITH THE LAST SET.
WE'RE SEEING DISTRACTIONS AS A
SECOND TOP CAUSE AND IMPAIRMENT
CONTRIBUTING TO 50% OF THE
FATAL CRASHES.
AND THEN WE'RE SEEING SPEEDING,
PARTICULARLY HIGH END SPEEDING.
WHEN FOLKS ARE GOING 10 OR MORE
MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT IN
CON JUST WITH IMPAIRMENT
LEADING TO THE REALLY BAD
CRASHES.
>> IF I MAY INTERRUPT, MR.
CHAIR, WE GET TO CONTROL TWO OF
THE VARIABLES AND NOT
NECESSARILY THE OTHER TWO.
WE CAN DESIGN THE STREETS TO
MAKE THEM SAFER.
AND ENFORCE THE SPEED LIMITS
AND LOWER THE SPEED LIMITS,
RECOGNIZING THAT PEOPLE FEEL
COMFORTABLE GOING 5 MILES OVER
THE SPEED LIMIT.
THE MORE RE-RATCHET IT DOWN.
PEOPLE ARE SURVIVING THE
INCIDENT.
MORE AND MORE OF THE NATIONAL
DATA IS POINTING TO THESE FANCY
DEVICES AS BEING THE LARGEST OR
LARGER CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.
A 300% INCREASE IN DISTRACTED
DRIVING.
THAT'S VERY SCARY.
IS THERE A MOVEMENT AFOOT AT
THE STATE LEVEL OR THE NATIONAL
LEVEL TO CONTEMPLATE A BAN ON
DATA SHARING FOR EXAMPLE WITHIN
CARS.
I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT SEASONAL
EXISTS THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR YOU
TO GET ACCESS TO DATA BUT ONLY
IN A HANDS FREE ENVIRONMENT.
NOT WITH A DEVICE IN YOUR HAND.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE
STATE OF THE NATURAL PRACTICE
MIGHT BE.
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH DRIVING A
CAR WHILE OPERATING A CELL
PHONE IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE
THE NORM.
AND THAT'S LEADING TO MORE AND
MORE DEATHS ON THE ROADS.
>> I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH
NATIONAL LEVEL RELATED TO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF JIM IS.
>> I THINK HERE IN WASHINGTON
STATE OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A MUCH
MORE STRICT LAW ABOUT USING
YOUR PHONE WHILE DRIVING.
AND THAT WAS REALLY SPEARHEADED
BY PUBLIC HEALTH, SEATTLE AND
KING COUNTY, AND HARBORVIEW
MEDICAL CENTER.
AND U-DUB.
AND MOVING FORWARD, I AM AWARE
OF MOVEMENTS WITHIN THE VISION
ZERO NETWORK TO TRY TO EXPAND
THOSE MORE STRICT LAWS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
I RECENTLY GOT BACK FROM A TRIP
WHERE IT WAS THE NORM TO STILL
TALK ON YOUR PHONE AND IT WAS
INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST.
AND QUITE FRANKLY FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE FRIGHTENING.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S
GOING TO BE A LOT OF
CONSTERNATION, DISCUSSION, AND
CONVERSATION OF STRICTER LAWS
AND THE ABILITY TO GET THAT
INFORMATION INTO THE HANDS OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN SOMETHING
BAD DOES HAPPEN.
>> I KNOW THERE'S A BILL IN
OLYMPIA THAT WAS INTRODUCED TO
MADE A VISUAL VERIFICATION AS
WE CONTINUE TO CONTEMPLATE.
I THINK THAT WILL BE
INTERESTING.
THE SOLUTION HERE CAN'T BE TO
PUT A POLICE OFFICER ON EVERY
CORNER AND PEEK IN YOUR WINDOW.
THE SOLUTION HAS TO BE AS
SEASONAL EVOLVES AND WE GET
SMARTER AND BETTER.
THEY COULD BE DOING A BETTER
JOB OF KEEPING US SAFE BY
MAKING THE SMALL SCALE TWEAKS
WHICH I'VE BEEN TOLD ARE
POSSIBLE BUT ARE CONTINUING TO
BE MET WITH PARDON THE PUN ROAD
BLOCKS.
>> THERE'S DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY
THAT'S AVAILABLE.
AND THEY ARE WORKING OUT THE
KINKS RIGHT NOW.
FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE TECHNOLOGY
TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU ARE THE
DRIVER AND WHEN YOU ARE A
PASSENGER BEING ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT'S AN ISSUE.
AND I THINK YOU'RE SPOT ON.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY DATA IN HERE
TO SEGREGATE AMONGST THE WHAT I
WOULD SAY THE TYPICAL CONSUMER
DRIVER VERSUS PROFESSIONAL
DRIVERS, I'M THINKING UBER AND
LYFT RELY ON THESE AND DELIVERY
MORE AND MORE.
AND I WANT TO HOPE THAT AS
PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS THAT THOSE
COMPANIES ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON
THINGS AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY
SAFER TO USE.
I'M CURIOUS IF WE HAVE DATA
LOCALLY OR NATIONALLY.
IF ACCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING THEN
WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM.
AND THAT'S A REGULATORY THING.
>> WE'RE DOING AN ANALYSIS ON
THAT RIGHT NOW.
DID YOU GET THE RESULTS A THAT
HAVE?
>> WE RELY ON DATA REPORTED
FROM THE COMPANIES.
SO THERE'S THAT.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT AT OUR
OWN CRASH DATA WE HAVEN'T SEEN
A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF DRIVERS
INVOLVED IN CRASHES.
I WILL SAY AND WE'LL TOUCH ON
THIS MORE LATER UNDER THE
EDUCATION COMPONENT IS THAT WE
ARE CONTINUES TO WORK WITH TNC
AND CAB COMPANIES TO NOT ONLY
REACH RIDERS AND PASSENGERS BUT
ALSO TO TALK TO THEIR DRIVERS
ABOUT HOW THEY SERVE AS
PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS AND THE
ROLE THAT THEY HAVE TO PLAY IN
VISION ZERO.
AND I WOULD ADD ONE THING
OUTSIDE THE POLICY AND
REGULATORY TECHNOLOGY
DISCUSSION ANOTHER THING THAT
WE'LL TOUCH ON IS HOW WE CAN
USE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE GOOD IN
AN EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN.
WE RAN A SAFE DRIVING CAMPAIGN
THAT GOT POSITIVE RESULTS
INCLUDING REDUCTIONS IN
DISTRACTIONS.
ALL OF THAT TO SAY IT TAKES SO
MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET AT
EACH OF THESE ISSUES.
AND THAT'S THE APPROACH THAT
WE'LL CONTINUE TO TAKE.
IN TERMS OF FAILURE TO YIELD TO
PEDESTRIANS.
JIM WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT
MOMENT BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT
PUTTING IN LEADING PEDESTRIAN
INTERVALS WHICH CAN CONTRIBUTE.
AND NEW YORK CITY HAS SEEN A
REDUCTION, A 30% REDUCTION IN
PED FATALITIES.
JUST GIVING THREE TO SEVEN
SECOND HEAD START AT THE
CROSSWALK.
I ALSO WANT TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT
WHO IS MOST IMPACTED BY FATAL
CRASHES AND MANY FOLKS WHO
PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT
TOUCHED ON THIS AS WELL.
PEOPLE WALKING, PEOPLE BIKING,
PEOPLE MOTORCYCLING ARE VASTLY
OVERREPRESENTED IN OUR DATA
SET.
AND OLDER ADULTS, THE TWO
RECENT FATALITIES THAT WE SAW
IN LAKE CITY WAY AND RAINIER
BEACH WERE OVER THE AGE OF 75.
AND THAT'S COMMON PLACE IN OUR
DATA SETS.
AS JIM MENTIONED.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
PROTECTED BY VEHICLES AND AS
YOU AGE YOU'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO
RECOVER AS QUICKLY AS YOU ARE.
I THINK THIS IS OUR LAST SLIDE.
TO WRAP THIS UP, ABOUT 90%,
LOOKS LIKE THE MATH IS, THE
LEGEND IS A LITTLE FUZZY.
>> IT DID NOT COME THROUGH.
>> DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE
ICONS AND THE LEGEND.
90% HAPPEN ON ARTERIALS.
IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE
REMEMBER THAT EACH DOT
REPRESENTS A HUMAN, A PERSON
WHO LOST THEIR LIFE OR WAS
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
SO THESE DOTS AND I NOTICED IN
THE BACK OF THE ROOM THE WHITE
SILHOUETTES ACROSS THE CITY ARE
DAILY REMINDERS ABOUT WHAT THIS
WORK IS ABOUT.
AND VISION ZERO KIND OF HELPS
US SET THE FRAMEWORK THAT EVEN
THOUGH THIS KIND OF STUFF
HAPPENS EVERY DAY IT IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE AND SHOULDN'T BE
TOLERATED.
SO TRADITIONALLY, APPROACHES
HAVE FOCUSED ON ENGINEERING,
ENFORCEMENTS, AND EDUCATION AND
WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THAT.
THEY ARE NOT ALL WEIGHTED
EQUALLY.
WE AS AN AGENCY ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE ENGINEERING.
EQUITY MORE AND MORE ACROSS
CITIES AS IT SHOULD IS, WE
SHOULD BE LEADING OUR FRAMEWORK
AROUND EQUITY.
AND WE ARE AS WE USE DATA TO
DECIDE AND DEFINE WHERE WE'RE
WORKING.
AND WE PUT OUR INVESTMENTS
TOWARDS THE PLACES THAT NEED IT
MOST.
AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THOSE
OVERLAP WITH COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
AND WE HAVE COLLEAGUES BUILDING
OUT A TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
PROGRAM.
AND WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
THERE TO WORK WITH THEM ON
MAKING SURE THAT SAFETY IS
INCORPORATED INTO THEIR WORK AS
THEY DEVELOP AN EQUITY AGENDA.
AND EQUITY IS REPRESENTED IF
OUR WORK AS WE MOVE FORWARD
WITH VISION ZERO.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT HOW WE'LL
BE WORKING HARDER ACROSS THE
DEPARTMENT TO REACH
HISTORICALLY UNDER REPRESENTED
COMMUNITIES AND HOW WE ENGAGE
THEM.
ONE OF THE COMMENTERS POINTED
OUT THE EFFORT IN DELL RIDGE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
TALKING TO PEOPLE IN
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
AND TALKING TO LIMITED ENGLISH
PROFICIENT FOLKS.
AND WORKING WITH SPD ON A
RACIAL EQUITY KIT RELATED TO
ENFORCEMENT.
THAT SHOULD BE READY THIS
SPRING.
>> OKAY.
SO I THINK WE TRANSITION TO
PROJECTS AND WHAT WE HAVE IN
THE WORKS.
SAFETY CORRIDORS BEING THE LEAD
PROGRAM FOR THE VISION ZERO
PROGRAM.
AND THANKS TO FUNDING FROM THE
LEVY, WE ARE LOOKING AT EIGHT
OR MORE DEPENDING ON THE
AVAILABILITY OF OUR CREWS.
WE ARE REALLY RAMPING UP OUR
EFFORTS AND I THINK YOU'LL
NOTICE MAJOR CHANGES ACROSS THE
CITY.
NORTHEAST 65th STREET IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION.
35th AVENUE IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AS WE SPEAK.
RAINIER PHASE TWO AS I
MENTIONED WE ARE MOVING FORWARD
WITH THIS YEAR ABSOLUTELY.
AND WE HAVE PROJECTS IN JUST
ABOUT EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY.
I WANT TO MENTION THAT WE'LL BE
WORKING IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS
DISTRICT EVERY YEAR UNTIL OUR
LEVY EXPIRES.
AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT IS
FOCUSING ON THE PEDESTRIAN
CROSSINGS.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON PROTECTING
PEDESTRIANS AT INTERSECTIONS BY
PUTTING IN PROTECTIVE TURN
PHASES.
AND WE HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR THE
SAFETY CORRIDOR PROGRAM.
WE KNOW THE STREET DESIGN IS
THE CRITICAL ELEMENT.
AND WE CAN SET EXPECTATIONS FOR
EVERYBODY USING THE STREETS.
>> THE CONTROLLED TURN
MOVEMENTS HAVE BEEN FACED
PHASED IN.
AND AS THE INTERVALS.
ARE WE STARTING TO SEE, IS IT
PREMATURE TO GET DATA?
>> IT'S A LITTLE EARLY.
I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT, IN A
LITTLE BIT.
WE HAVE 43 IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.
AND WE ARE EVALUATING HUNDREDS
OF OTHER INTERSECTIONS.
WE INTEND TO INSTALL A MINIMUM
OF 50 PER YEAR MOVING FORWARD.
BUT MOST LIKELY A WHOLE BUNCH
MORE THAN THAT AS WE DEVELOP
OUR POLICY AND SEE THEIR
EFFECTIVENESS.
>> I JUST WANT TO OFFER THAT AS
SOMEBODY WHO REPRESENTS A MILE
AND A HALF STRETCH OF SOMETHING
THAT MAY NOT BE COMPLETE UNTIL
MAY BUT IS FOR ALL INTENTS AND
PURPOSES SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE
FROM THE COMMUNITY'S
PERSPECTIVE.
BETWEEN 20th AND I-5 HAS
ALREADY RESULTED IN A LOT MORE
USERS, A LOT MORE FOLKS USING
THAT CORRIDOR THAN WOULD HAVE
OTHERWISE WHO TELL ME EVEN
THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THE STAN
SHUNS UP YET.
AND PARTICULAR INTERSECTIONS
WHERE WE'VE INSTALLED A LEADING
PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL THAT WAS A
PLACE WHERE WE HAD A FATALITY A
FEW YEARS AGO.
AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT SAFER
TURN MOVEMENTS IN THAT NECK OF
THE WOODS.
THESE ARE WORKING.
AND IT HAS BEEN, WE DID REQUIRE
A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
AND IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF
TIME.
BUT IT IS MAKING A BIG IMPACT.
NOTHING IS PERFECT.
MORE PEOPLE, MORE CROSSINGS,
WIDER SIDEWALKS, BETTER
LIGHTING.
ALL OF THOSE ARE PART OF THE TO
DO LIST.
BUT THE PROJECT ELEMENTS ARE
MAKING THE STREET A LOT SAFER
FOR A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS AND
THEY ARE GRATEFUL.
>> SPEED IS ONE OF THE
CORNERSTONES OF OUR PROGRAM AS
WELL.
DON'T REALLY HAVE TO REMIND YOU
OF THIS.
I THINK I'VE SAID IT THREE
TIMES ALREADY.
IT'S THE CRITICAL FACTOR.
IT'S SIMPLE PHYSICS.
AND SEATTLE HAS BEEN LEADING
THE NATION IN THE WAY THAT WE
ARE LOOKING AT AND EVALUATING
AND ADJUSTING OUR SPEED LIMITS.
BACK IN 2016, SINCE THEN WE'VE
HAD AN AGGRESSIVE PROGRAM TO
LOOK AT NOT JUST WHERE WENT TO
ADJUST SPEED LIMITS, BUT HOW WE
SET SPEED LIMITS.
AND OUR TEAM HAS BEEN FEATURED
ACROSS THE COUNTRY BASICALLY
WITH THE PIONEERING WORK THAT
WE'RE DOING, INTERESTINGLY
ENOUGH.
DUDS ALLOW CITIES TO USE
SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE 85
PERCENTILE TO SET SPEED LIMITS.
AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE THE
50th PERCENTILE TO SET SPEED
LIMITS BASED ON HOW FAST
VEHICLES ARE GOING.
AND DO WE HAVE HIGH VOLUMES OF
PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES.
DO WE HAVE A LOT OF DRIVEWAYS.
WE'RE LOOKING MORE NOT JUST AT
HOW FAST OR HOW SLOW VEHICLES
ARE DRIVING BUT WHAT IS GOING
ON ON THE STREET.
IT'S A MORE HOLISTIC WAY TO SET
SPEED LIMITS.
AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT
OUR WORK PLAN MOVING FORWARD.
WHICH WE HAVE ACCELERATED.
AND AGAIN, WE'VE REDUCED THE
SPEED LIMITS ON ALL NON-
ARTERIAL STREETS TO 20 MILES
PER HOUR.
AND SINCE 2016 WE REDUCED SPEED
LIMITS ON 200 MILES OF ARTERIAL
STREETS.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON URBAN
VILLAGES.
WE HAVE 80% OF OUR PEDESTRIAN
COLLISIONS OCCURRING IN THOSE
AREAS.
IT'S A STRONG DATA POINT THAT'S
HELPED EVERYBODY AT Z DOT RALLY
AROUND THE PLAN.
AND WE'RE ABOUT A THIRD DONE
WITH THE URBAN VILLAGES AND
WE'LL COMPLETE WORK IN THE NEXT
TWO OR THREE YEARS.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ARTERIALS
THAT DO NOT RUN THROUGH URBAN
VILLAGES, AND THOSE PROJECTS WE
WANT TO ADJUST THE DESIGN OF
THE STREET SO WE CAN ACHIEVE
LOWER SPEEDS, AND CREATE THE
COMFORTABLE CROSSINGS FOR FOLKS
TRYING TO CATCH THE BUS AND
CREATE A NICE ENVIRONMENT
WITHOUT VEHICLES WHIPPING BY 45
MILES PER HOUR.
WE'RE PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE
BEEN DOING AND WE FEEL WE HAVE
A REALLY AGGRESSIVE APPROACH
MOVING FORWARD TO EVALUATE AND
ADJUST THE ENTIRE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND JUST THE NEAR
FUTURE REALLY.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> JIM, YOUR COMMENT ABOUT
FEDERAL REGULATIONS, I DIDN'T
TOTALLY TRACK THAT.
BUT I THINK MAYBE WHAT I HEARD
WAS THAT PREVIOUSLY OUR ABILITY
TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMITS
REQUIRED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
STUDY AND ENGINEERING.
AND IS IT ACCURATE TO SAY THAT
THERE'S A LITTLE MORE
FLEXIBILITY?
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
85th PERCENTILE HAS BEEN THE
GOLDEN NUMBER IF YOU WILL FOR
TRAFFIC ENGINEERS.
AND THERE'S BEEN GREAT WORK
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING
AT THE WASHINGTON STATE D.O.T.
A GENTLEMAN DID RESEARCH INTO
WHERE THE 85th PERCENTILE CAME
FROM.
NOBODY KNOWS.
IT WAS USED ON A HIGHWAY
PROJECT IN RURAL OHIO IN THE
1960s.
AND FOR SOME REASON IT STUCK.
AND SEATTLE IS NOT RURAL OHIO.
SO IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL
EQUATION THERE.
SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY
THAT WE FOUND THAT FLEXIBILITY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A CITY TRAFFIC
ENGINEER WHO IS REALLY EXCITED
TO PUSH THIS AS FAR AS WE CAN.
>> GREAT.
I KNOW THAT SIMPLY CHANGING THE
NUMBER ON A SIGN OR WHEN
THERE'S NO SIGN, HAVING A
DIFFERENT POLICY WON'T
NECESSARILY COMMUNICATE TO THE
USERS THAT IT'S DIFFERENT.
DESIGN TAKES TIME.
BUT THAT SAID, I THINK THERE'S
A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE ANXIOUS
TO GET THE SIGNAGE UP OR
WHATEVER IT IS SO WE CAN START.
AND MAYBE WE ONLY GET SMALL
RETURNS ON THAT IMMEDIATELY.
I'M EXCITED WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE
AGGRESSIVELY AND LOVE TO
SUPPORT THAT.
>> EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT AWARENESS.
GET THE NEW SIGNS UP.
AND THEY ARE SUPER REFLECTIVE.
AND YOU COME INTO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND YOU CANNOT PASS A
SPEED LIMIT SIGN WHETHER
YOU'RE, YOU'RE PASSING A SIGN.
>> GOT THEM UP EVERYWHERE.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> AND HERE'S THE LPIs.
WE DID HAVE A VIDEO ATTACHED TO
THIS TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT AN LPI
IS.
AND LOOKS LIKE IT'S HERE.
>> OH, GOOD.
>> WE COULD ACT ONE OUT BUT IF
YOU HAVE A VIDEO THAT'S GREAT.
>> IT MIGHT NOT WORK.
IT'S NOT WORKING.
>> WE MIGHT NEED A REENACTMENT.
THAT WOULD BE PRETTY
ENTERTAINING.
IN GENERAL, PEDESTRIANS GET THE
WALK SIGNAL WHILE ALL THE
DRIVERS HAVE THE RED.
THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BE IN THE
CROSSWALK, TAKE THE CROSSWALK
AND BE SEEN BY DRIVERS.
TYPICALLY IN SEATTLE WE USE THE
THREE TO SEVEN SECOND HEAD
START.
BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY IT'S
BEEN MORE LIKE THREE TO 10.
WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP A
POLICY THAT PUSHES US TOWARDS
THE LONGER END OF THE SCALE.
WE HAVE 43 OF THESE THAT HAVE
BEEN INSTALLED AND WE HAVE A
LIST OF HUNDREDS THAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
AND WE RECEIVED A GRANT FROM
THE WASHINGTON STATE D.O.T.
TO INSTALL THESE THROUGHOUT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
THEY TYPICALLY REDUCE
PEDESTRIAN CRASHES BY 40 TO
60%.
THAT'S GENERAL CRASHES, CRASHES
OF ALL TYPES.
AND WHAT NEW YORK CITY HAS SEEN
WHERE THEY'VE INSTALLED 2,000
OF THESE.
PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES ARE
FALLING.
AFTER CONSULTING WITH OUR
COLLEAGUES IN NEW YORK CITY AND
NOTING THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE
THINGS WE HADN'T BEEN EMBRACING
AS A CITY.
WE FULLY BROUGHT THIS INTO THE
FOLD AT SDOT.
AND WE ARE EXCITING TO ROLL
THESE OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
>> IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I
READ THE RESEARCH.
THE LAST TIME I WAS CURRENT.
SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF OUR
COLLISIONS WERE HAPPENING WITH
LEFT TURN MOVEMENTS.
ARE WE PRIORITIZING THESE LPIs
FOR THE LEFT TURN COLLISIONS.
WHERE WE SEE A HIGH VOLUME AND
ALLOWING THE PEDESTRIANS TO
TAKE THE CROSSWALK BEFORE.
>> IDEALLY, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE
THEM BE PROTECTED LEFT-HAND
LANES.
WE OVERLOAD DRIVERS WITH THINGS
THEY NEED TO DO.
A RAINY NIGHT IN DECEMBER AND
YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT
TURN.
YOU HAVE TO GAUGE ON COMING
TRAFFIC.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S
NOBODY IN THE CROSSWALK.
YOU HAVE A LOT TO DO AND IF
YOU HAVE ANY DISTRACTIONSES IN
THE VEHICLE, KIDS, MAYBE,
THAT'S COMPOUNDS EVERYTHING.
IF WE CAN ELIMINATE THE KIND OF
FUDGE FACTOR THAT WE HAVE AND
REALLY JUST ORGANIZE AND
STRUCTURE OUR ROADWAYS SO THAT
THINGS ARE MUCH MORE
PREDICTABLE.
WE'LL SEE RESULTS THERE.
WE ARE PRIORITIZING.
>> BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
ANALYSIS.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGH CRASH
LOCATIONS AS WELL.
>> REGARDING ENFORCEMENT, THIS
IS AN E THAT I THINK IS REALLY
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT,
PARTICULARLY FOR THE IMPAIRMENT
ISSUE WHICH IS A HARD ONE FOR
US TO GET AT.
BUT I THINK VISION ZERO HAS
REALLY BEEN A GAME CHANGER AS
FAR AS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
SPD.
WE'VE NOW BEEN MEETING WITH
THEM MONTHLY SINCE 2015.
WE GO OVER THE DETAILS OF
RECENT CRASHES.
WE TALK ABOUT OUR EMERGING
ISSUES, AND BASICALLY SET FORTH
OUR ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES FOR
THE NEAR FUTURE.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A DATA
DRIVEN MODEL WHICH SPD
COMPLETELY EMBRACED AND THAT
WAS UNDER THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION WHERE THEY
PLACED A HIGH VALUE ON DATA
DRIVEN WORK.
THEY WOULD REVIEW CRIME AND
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
INFORMATION.
WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE
TRAFFIC COLLISION INVESTIGATION
SQUAD SO WE CAN GET THEIR
FORENSIC SCIENCE INFORMATION.
A BUNCH OF ENGINEERS AND
PLANNERS HAVE GONE THROUGH
BACKGROUND CHECKS AND WERE ABLE
TO GO THROUGH SPD AND READ
THROUGH THE AMAZING AMOUNT OF
INFORMATION THAT WE NEVER HAD
ACCESS TO BEFORE.
WE'RE LEARNING SO MUCH MORE.
IT'S BEEN ENLIGHTENING TO SAY
THE LEAST.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
MOVING FORWARD.
IT'S OUR DESIRE TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE KNOW ABOUT EVERY
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE
COLLISION THAT HAPPENS IN THE
CITY AND THE DETAILS OF THOSE
CRASHES.
WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE
CIRCUMSTANCES AND DEVELOP
SOLUTIONS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE
FOR THE ISSUES.
>> AND IT'S SO GREAT TO HEAR
THAT COLLABORATION IS HAPPENING
AND I'D BE INTERESTED IN
INVITING THEM TO COMMITTEE TO
TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERTISE.
IT'S AFTER THE FACT BUT LET'S
MAKE SURE WE LEARN LESSONS FROM
THEM AND THAT MIGHT BE
VALUABLE.
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON WAS
MENTIONING THE DISTRACTED
DRIVING.
AND THE FLIP SIDE ON IMPAIRED
DRIVING, I'M WONDERING WITH THE
INCREASED ABILITY OF UBER AND
LYFT AND MORE TRANSIT AVAILABLE
IN THE CITY.
ARE WE SEEING REDUCTION IN THE
IMPAIRMENT?
OR DOES THAT CONTINUE TO BE?
>> IT CONTINUES TO BE A TOP
ISSUE.
I'D LIKE TO SAY WE'VE SEEN A
REDUCTION, BUT YEAR AFTER YEAR,
IT'S THE NUMBER ONE FACTOR IN
FATAL CRASHES.
I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT MORE
PEOPLE ARE TAKING TRANSIT OR
UBER OR LYFT.
BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE
THAT FOR EVERY DRIVER THE COPS
GET THERE'S ASSUMED TO BE MANY
OTHERS THAT SLIP THROUGH THE
CRACKS.
THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE ISSUE AND
I DON'T WANT TO STEEL ALLISON'S
THUNDER, BUT WE HAVE RECENTLY
RENEWED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING
AND WE HAVE SOME THINGS IN THE
WORKS TO ADDRESS THAT FROM AN
AWARENESS AND EDUCATION
PERSPECTIVE.
BUT WE CLEARLY RELY ON THE DUI
PATROLS.
WE HAD A REALLY LONG DEPLOYMENT
WITH SPD AND A LONG PATROL
AROUND IMPAIRMENT.
AND THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF
NABBING MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO
SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BEHIND THE
WHEEL.
AND A RELATIVELY SAFE HOLIDAY
SEASON IN SEATTLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON
MENTIONED THE POTENTIAL FOR
TECHNOLOGY TO HELP WITH
DISTRACTED DRIVING.
AND WE REQUIRE FOR CERTAIN
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CHRONIC DUI
OFFENDERS TO HAVE VEHICLE
LOCKS.
AND WE SHOULD, THAT SHOULD BE A
STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON ANY
MOTORIZED VEHICLE.
>> I AGREE.
WASHINGTON STATE TENDS TO HAVE
SOME OF THE STRICTEST DUI LAWS
IN THE COUNTRY.
BUT THE LAWS DON'T DO ENOUGH.
AND AFTER A FEW DRINKS, THE
INHIBITION IS GONE.
AND IT CONTINUES TO BE A TALL
ORDER AND ONE THAT WE ARE
REALLY THINKING ABOUT.
PHOTO ENFORCEMNT IS ANOTHER
THING THAT WE'VE DEPLOYED IN
OUR SCHOOL ZONES.
WE ARE LOOKING TO INSTALL NEW
CAMERAS BEFORE THE NEXT SCHOOL
YEAR BEGINS.
WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT THE RED
LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM AS WELL.
AND WE'VE DROPPED COLLISIONS AT
INTERSECTIONS WHERE THOSE
CAMERAS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED BY
NEARLY 25%.
THAT'S A VERY CHALLENGING MARK
TO HIT.
>> THAT'S GREAT NEWS.
>> SO WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON
EDUCATION WHICH WE'VE TALKED A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT.
JUST TO GIVE YOU UNDERSTANDING
OF THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE
WORKING AROUND, LAST YEAR WE
PUT TOGETHER A STRATEGIC
COMMUNICATIONS PLAN THAT
CENTERS AROUND A GOAL OF
BUILDING AWARENESS, SHIFTING
ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
CULTURAL CHANGE AND SHIFTS.
TO ULTIMATELY CHANGE BEHAVIOR.
AND WE IDENTIFIED FOUR KEY
STRATEGIES AND ALSO A TACTICAL
APPROACH THAT AGAIN I'M
PROBABLY SOUNDING LIKE A BROKEN
RECORD BUT LOOKS AT A VARIETY
OF WAYS TO REACH PEOPLE.
>> WE LIKE THAT BROKEN RECORD.
>> HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE'RE
BUILDING AWARENESS?
>> EVERY COUPLE YEARS, SDOT
RUNS A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
SURVEY.
AND THIS PAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE
TO SLIDE IN A QUESTION ABOUT
WHETHER PEOPLE HAD HEARD OF
SEATTLE'S ZERO VISION EFFORT TO
END TRAFFIC DEATHS AND SERIOUS
INJURIES.
35% OF PEOPLE HAD.
IT'S A START.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT SETS A
BASELINE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE
ARE AND THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO
MEASURE THAT OVER TIME.
LATER THIS MONTH, WE'LL BE
KICKING OFF, ACTUALLY NEXT
WEEK.
MARKET RESEARCH WITH A RESEARCH
FIRM.
WITH FOLKS ACROSS THE CITY TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND PEOPLE'S
JENNIFER RECEPTIONS AROUND
TRAFFIC SAFETY.
SO WE CAN START TO GROUND OUR
EDUCATION AND MESSAGING
APPROACH ON DATA.
SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
WE'RE DOING WHEN IT COMES TO
EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
AROUND VISION ZERO?
WE ARE DEFINITELY FOCUSING BACK
ON THE TOP CONTRIBUTING CRASH
FACTORS, AND FOCUSED ON
REACHING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
AND PEOPLE WITH LIMITED ENGLISH
PROFICIENCY.
AND WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH
RADIO STATIONS REACHING KEY
AUDIENCES LIKE YOUNG MEN WHO
ARE OFTEN BEHIND THE WHEEL AND
RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY CRASHES.
WE'RE REACHING SPANISH
SPEAKERS, AND I'M WORKING ON A
NEW CONTRACT.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE
ETHNIC MEDIA PROJECTS.
AND FIVE OR SIX IN LANGUAGE
VIDEOS ON A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC
SAFETY TOPICS.
ALSO PART OF THAT PARTNERSHIP
WILL SPARK SOME CONVERSATIONS
WITH EAST AFRICAN TNC DRIVERS
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO, RUN
ONGOING ATS AND STORIES IN THAT
PUBLICATION.
THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LYFT
AND UBER AND YELLOW CAB IN THE
PAST BUT SPECIFICALLY WITH LYFT
OVER THE PAST ALMOST FOUR YEARS
AROUND THE ISSUE OF IMPAIRMENT.
THEY HAVE PROVIDED DISCOUNTED
RIDE CODES THAT WE PROMOTE AT
DIFFERENT EVENTS.
WE HAVE AN UPCOMING ONE IN
APRIL DISPELLING MYTHS AROUND
IMPAIRMENT, NOT JUST.
THAT'S INCREASING ACROSS THE
STATE.
DISPELLING SOME OF THE MYTHS
AND ENGAGING WITH PRIVATE
PARTNERS TO HELP PROVIDE PEOPLE
WITH SO MANY CHOICES AND
OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES.
YOU SHOULDN'T BE DRIVING
IMPAIRED.
HOW DO WE GET THAT OUT TO
PEOPLE IS WHAT WE'RE CONTINUING
TO WORK ON.
AND WE'RE BUILDING A
RELATIONSHIP WITH MADD AND WE
CONTINUALLY WORK WITH THE
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION.
AND THEY OFFER ANNUAL GRANTS
AND WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO PUT
TOGETHER A PROPOSAL FOCUSED ON
EDUCATION WHEN IT COMES TO
IMPAIRMENT.
AND I WANT TO MENTION THAT WE
WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
SEATTLE GREENWAYS AROUND THE
WORLD DAY OF REMEMBRANCE.
SUPPORTING AND PUTTING UP THE
WHITE SILHOUETTES.
AND A PLEDGE TO USE THE WORD
CRASH, NOT ACCIDENT.
WE ARE BUILDING OUT
PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS
ACROSS THE BOARD.
OTHER AGENCIES.
AND INDIVIDUALS REALLY.
WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT WE'RE
ALL MAKING DECISIONS AS WE'RE
TRAVELING ABOUT THE CITY AND
ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN TO ANY
ONE OF US.
SO HOW CAN WE GET THE MESSAGE
OUT.
HOW CAN WE HUMANIZE THE ISSUE
TO SHIFT TO THE BEHAVIOR WE'RE
LOOKING FOR.
>> AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF
PROVIDING A SMALL ALLIGATOR IN
EACH CAR.
>> I THINK I'D KEEP MY HANDLED
ON MY SIDE.
>> AND A JAR OF BEES.
>> SNAKES WOULD WORK.
>>> A COUPLE INITIATIVES IN
2019 A SECOND PHASE OF THE
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
ANALYSIS.
THE INITIAL STUDY LOOKED AT
CRASHES FROM 2007 TO 2014.
AND THE SECOND PHASE WILL USE A
NEW EXPOSURE MODEL AND ALSO
INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL THREE
YEARS OF DATA.
AND PROTECTED BIKE LANES FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER.
BUT SEATTLE'S SAFEST DRIVER WAS
ONE WAY TO USE TECHNOLOGY FOR
THE GOOD.
SO IN 2017 WE TEAMED UP WITH AN
APP COMPANY AND OFFERED CASH
PRIZES TO SAFE DRIVERS, AND THE
APP MEASURES WHETHER YOU'RE
SPEEDING, DISTRACTED, HARSH
BRAKING, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND YOU CAN COMPETE AGAINST
FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
WE ENGAGED 4,000 PEOPLE ACROSS
THE REGION.
WE WERE ABLE TO SEE RESULTS
WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE AFTER.
AND IT'S HARD TO MEASURE THAT
SOMETIMES.
TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE IT JUST
LIKE THAT WAS OUTSTANDING.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
RUNNING THAT COMPETITION AGAIN
THIS SPRING.
WITH THE HELP OF PEMCO AND WITH
BIGGER PRIZES.
>> DOES IT USE A PHONE TO
MEASURE IT.
>> THERE'S TECHNOLOGY IN YOUR
PHONE THAT CAN DO MATH.
>> WOW.
>> I WAS PART OF THE WASHINGTON
STATE ROAD USER CHARGE PILOT
ABOUT PRICING ON ROADS, AND YOU
PUT ONE OF THOSE DEVICES IN
YOUR CAR FOR THEM TO GET THE
DATA.
BUT IT WAS ALSO AVAILABLE ON
THE APP.
AND AS I STARTED TO PLAY AROUND
WITH IT, IT SCORED SPEEDING,
CORNERING, BRAKING, AND IT'S
GREAT.
IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH A TEENAGE
DRIVER AND MY WIFE AND I. AND I
COULD SEE HOW THEY DID.
AND THEY COULD PRETTY QUICKLY
SEE HOW I DID.
>> WE HAD FUN COMPARING WITH
SPD AND WHO WERE BETTER
DRIVERS.
THE OTHER TWO ITEMS, THIS
SUMMER WE'LL BE PUTTING OUT AN
ONLINE DASHBOARD THAT TELLS THE
VISION ZERO STORY AND WEAVES
TOGETHER THE DATA WITH THE
NARRATIVE AND HOPEFULLY,
PERSONAL STORIES THAT WEAVE
EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
AND LSULY, WE'RE WORKING ON
DEVELOPING A THREE-YEAR
PARTNERSHIP WITH SPD FOCUSED ON
CONDUCTING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
EMPHASIS PATROLS SO THOSE ARE
INSTANCES WHERE WE IN ADVANCE
TELL THE COMMUNITY AND THE
MEDIA THAT WE'LL HAVE
PLAINCLOTHES OFFICERS CROSSING
THE STREET.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER
OFFICER DOWN THE STREET IN CASE
PEOPLE ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE
RULES.
AND THE POINT IS TO DESPITE
EDUCATION AND A WARNING AND
POSSIBLE ENFORCEMENT.
BUT IT'S RAISING AWARENESS.
>> WHO YIELDS TO HIM?
>> AND THE NEXT SIDE IS KIND OF
REDUNDANT.
THIS WAS ALL MEANT TO BE A
LITTLE BIT OF A SNEAK PEEK ON A
BIGGER PROGRESS REPORT THAT
WE'LL BE ISSUING THIS SPRING.
AND WHAT'S TO COME LATER THIS
YEAR.
>> REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
ONGOING WORK AND THE TEAM
THAT'S DOING THIS STUFF.
I APPRECIATE HOW YOU'RE
INCORPORATING THE WORK TO THE
BROADER WORK OF ESDA WHICH IS
GREAT.
I ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR FRUSTRATING
THAT DESPITE GOOD WORK, WE HAVE
A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
>>> AND I'M INTERESTING IN
WORKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND INCLUDING THOSE WHO TESTIFY
ABOUT WHAT IS THE A SET OF
INVESTMENTS WE COULD LOOK AT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
LIVE UP TO THIS GOAL AND ON
TARGET TO HIT THE 2030 GOAL.
MAYBE EVEN ACCELERATE IT.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
OUT THERE WITH A LOT OF GREAT
IDEAS, BUT WE'D LOVE TO HEAR
YOUR IDEAS IF WE HAD X AMOUNT
OF DOLLARS, WE COULD INVEST IN
THIS.
NO ONE IS AGAINST SAFETY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF
US WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
WORKING ON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THINK WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU
WITH THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE.
I KNOW I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS
THAT WOULD TAKE ANOTHER HOUR.
I'D LOOK FORWARD TO CHATTING
WITH YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU BOTH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THE
NEXT TWO ITEMS IN 15 MINUTES BY
PRESENTER FORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3.
COUNCIL BILL 119473.
GRANTING THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON PERMISSION TO
MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A
PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL UNDER AND
ACROSS NORTHEAST PACIFIC
STREET.
>> WE WELCOME.
>> I'M AMY GRAY AND I WORK WITH
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
>> YOU MIGHT WIN THE AWARD FOR
THE THE MOST VISITS TO MY
COMMITTEE.
>> I THINK IT'S A LITTLE OF
BOTH.
I LIKE COMING HERE.
>> GO AHEAD AND WALK US THROUGH
THIS.
>> THE ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF
YOU IS TO ALLOW THE UW TO
MAINTAIN A PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL
UNDER NORTHEAST PACIFIC STREET
AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY PERMITTED
IN 1985 AND INCLUDED A
VEHICULAR TUNNEL AT THE TIME.
AND THE VEHICULAR TUNNEL WAS
TAKEN OUT AS PART OF THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE LINK LIGHT
RAIL STATION AT THE U-DUB AND
ALSO THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE
STREETS.
AND THIS IS NOW JUST FOR AN
EXISTING PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL.
>> WHERE WAS THE -- I'VE NEVER
BEEN IN THE PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL.
DO YOU DRIVE TO THE HOSPITAL?
>> YOU ACCESS THE GARAGE.
IT WOULD A BIZARRE
INTERSECTION.
IT DIDN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
>> I'M NOT HELPING MY TIME
FRAME.
I'LL STOP ASKING RANDOM
QUESTIONS.
>> I CAN GET BACK TO YOU.
>> THIS CONNECTS THE TRIANGLE
PARKING GARAGE TO THE U-DUB
MEDICAL CENTER.
AND I REALIZE THAT MY MAPS ON
MY PRESENTATION MATERIALS WERE
A LITTLE SMALL.
SO THAT'S THE LOCATION.
AND YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THAT IT
GOES FROM THE TRIANGLE GARAGE
AND HERE'S SOME IMAGES AS IF
YOU'RE WALKING FROM THE GARAGE
INTO THE TUNNEL.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE
OTHER IMAGE IS THE ESCALATORS
COMING UP.
THERE'S ALSO ELEVATORS THERE
FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT USE
ESCALATORS, BUT THE ESCALATORS
ARE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND NOT
PART OF THE PERMIT.
AND THE TUNNEL IS APPROXIMATELY
800 SQUARE FEET IN THE RIGHT-OF-
WAY AND THE FEE FOR, IT
ORIGINALLY EXPIRED IN 2015 AND
THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER
THE EXISTING TERMS IS $1,680.
WE DON'T REQUIRE BONDS FOR
PUBLIC AGENCIES SO THE U-DUB WE
ASSUME IS GOING TO BE AROUND
FOR A LONG TIME AND WON'T WALK
AWAY FROM THEIR OBLIGATIONS, SO
WE DON'T REQUIRE A BOND FOR
THAT.
>> SEEMS PURSUE DEPUTY.
AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL
OF THIS ORDINANCE.
>> EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE
RENEWAL.
PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD.
I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE ON ALL
OF THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON ARE YOU
OKAY WITH MOVING FORWARD.
>> I MOVE ADOPTION.
>> I WILL SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR.
>> 11434, AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
DELL RIDGE MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR
PROJECT.
>> WELCOME, EVERYONE.
WE'LL START WITH INTRODUCTIONS.
>>
>> C.J.
HOLT.
>> JUST GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THERE'S A LOT OF IMPORTANT
INFORMATION, WE MAY NOT GET
THROUGH IT IN 12 MINUTES.
APOLOGIZE FOR MY LACK OF
STAYING DISCIPLINED ON TIME AT
THE MOMENT.
BUT WE'LL GIVE IT AS MUCH TIME
AS IT NEEDS.
>> I'M GOING TO DO A QUICK
INTRODUCTION AND LET C.J.
AND MARIA DRIVE THE
PRESENTATION FROM THERE.
SO WE WERE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED
TO TALK TO YOU IN DECEMBER OF
LAST YEAR.
AND AT THAT POINT WE HAD
RECEIVED ESTIMATES FOR OUR
STORM WATER PORTION OF THE
PROJECT AND WE JUST FELT THAT
AS AN AGENCY WE NEEDED TO TAKE
A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT AND
REFINE OUR ESTIMATES AND REALLY
DEVELOP THE PROJECT SO THAT WE
FELT GOOD PROCEEDING BEYOND THE
30%.
WE'VE SPENT TIME WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND OUR ENGINEERS TO
GET US WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT NOW
THAT WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE TO
MOVE BEYOND THE 30% DESIGN
MILESTONE.
>> AND WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL.
>> I KNOW WE'RE SHORT ON TIME.
BUT I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT
OF BACKGROUND.
MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH
THE PROJECT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY AT THE 30%
MILESTONE AS SHOWN WITH THE
STAR THERE.
2015 THROUGH 2018 WE WENT
THROUGH PLANNING AND A VERY
ROBUST PROCESS OF OUTREACH
DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVES AND
COMING UP WITH SELECTED
ALTERNATIVE THAT WE THEN MOVED
INTO 10% DESIGN IN 2018.
AND WE CAME TO YOU IN JULY OF
2018 AND GAVE YOU A BRIEFING ON
THAT.
AND THEN WE ADVANCED THAT TO
30%.
JUST A REMINDER ON THE PROVISO.
YOU HAVE THE KEY POINTS.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE
ON 30% DESIGN.
AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE UPDATE
ON THE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE
FACILITIES, SPECIFICALLY.
AND REALLY HIT ON SOME OF THE
FEEDBACK WE'VE BEEN GETTING
FROM THE COMMUNITY AND HOW
WE'RE INCORPORATING THAT INTO
THE DESIGN.
SINCE WE MET LAST JULY.
WE HAVE CONDUCTED A ROBUST
OUTREACH BASED ON THE FEEDBACK
WE'RE GETTING.
OPEN HOUSE LAST YEAR, VERY WELL
ATTENDED.
AND WE HAD AN ONLINE SURVEY.
WE GOT 100, 150 COMMENTS ON
THAT.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE
ADVISORY BOARDS, LOCAL EVENTS,
MASS MAILINGS, E-MAIL UPDATES,
MEDIA WORK, WE'VE BEEN DOING A
LOT OF OUTREACH BASED ON THE
10% TO INFORM OUR 30%.
THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE
PROJECT AREA, KIND OF A
REMINDER AGAIN.
THIS IS THE OVERALL H LINE
PROJECT IS BASICALLY REPLACING
THE 120, TAKING THE 120 AND
BRANDING IT AS RAPID RIDE.
KING COUNTY, OUR PARTNERS WHO
ARE HERE TODAY.
THANKS FOR COMING JERRY AND
LAUREN.
AND ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE
BLUE AND RED AREA, SO ANYTHING
NORTH OF WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
AND SOUTH OF BARTON IS
DELIVERED BY KING COUNTY METRO
AND WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
ANYTHING IN THAT BLUE BOX,
THAT'S SDOT.
AND WE'RE DELIVERING THAT WITH
KING COUNTY AS SUPPORTING
PARTNERS.
AND THEY ARE A FUNDING PARTNER
AND A DESIGN PARTNER.
AND THE RED BOX, WE'RE
DELIVERING PAVING AS PART OF
THE PROJECT.
>> THIS IS RAIN CHANCES
PRINCIPLE ARTERIAL.
IT'S ABOUT 4 MILES, THERE ARE
SIDEWALKS ON THE CORRIDOR AND
BIKE FACILITIES.
AND IT'S A MIX OF PARKING,
RESTRICTED, UNRESTRICTED.
IT'S A VERY BUSY STREET.
AND THE 120 IS A VERY BUSY BUS
LINE.
I'M GOING TO GET INTO THE 30%
DESIGN AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO
LOOK AT THE MAP.
THIS GETS INTO A LOT MORE
DETAIL AS WE GO.
FOR TRANSIT, THIS IS PRIMARILY
A TRANSIT PROJECT.
WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE SPEED
AND RELIABILITY.
IT'S NOT JUST BUS STOPS.
IT'S NOT JUST THE BRANDING.
WE'RE ALSO IMPLEMENTING A MILE
AND A HALF OF 24/7 BUS LANES,
1.2 MILES OF PEAK ONLY BUS
LANES, 13 STATION PAIRS IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
AND THOSE ARE STATION UPDATES.
IT'S NOT JUST THE FURNISHINGS.
WE'RE ADDING OTHER AMENITIES AT
THOSE LOCATIONS.
AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF SIGNAL
UPGRADES, SO TRANSIT SIGNAL
PRIORITY.
WE'RE IMPLEMENTS 2 Q JUMPS TO
TRY TO GET THE BUSES MOVING
QUICKLY THROUGH THE CORRIDOR
AND RELIABLY.
>> A Q ZONE?
IS THAT THE TERM?
>> Q JUMP.
IT'S BASICALLY AT A SIGNAL THE
BUS CAN JUMP THE REST.
THEY GET AN ADVANCED SIGNAL SO
THAT THEY CAN GET AHEAD OF THE
GROUP AT THE INTERSECTION.
JUST A WAY TO KEEP THEM MOVING
QUICKLY.
SOME OF THE BIKE
INFRASTRUCTURE, THE WAY THAT
WE, THE ALTERNATIVE THAT WE
CAME DOWN ON THE TO HAVE A
SOUTHBOUND PROTECTED BIKE LANE
BETWEEN JUNEAU AND CAMBRIDGE.
THAT'S SHOWING THERE IN ORANGE.
NEWT LIESING THE GREEN WAYS
THAT RUN PARALLEL TO THE
CORRIDOR.
TO GET NORTH.
WE DON'T HAVE THE ROOM TO PUT
IN PROTECTED BIKE LANES
THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR IF
WE'RE RETAINING SOME OF THE
PARKING THERE.
SO ALONG WITH THAT SOUTHBOUND
PROTECTED BIKE LANE WHICH IS
ABOUT 2 MILES WE'RE DOING
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GREENWAYS
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GREENWAYS
ARE FUNCTIONAL AND CONNECTED TO
THE CORRIDOR SO THAT FOLKS
USING THE GREEN WAYS CAN EASILY
ACCESS THE CORRIDOR.
AND YOU SEE SOME OF THE
O'CLOCKS, HUDSON STREET.
FINLEY.
JUNEAU WHICH HAS ALREADY
COMPLETED.
WE'RE ALSO CREATING EAST WEST
CONNECTIONS ACROSS DELRIDGE.
RAPID FLASHING BEACONS.
AND UPDATING 88 FACILITIES AT
21 INTERSECTIONS.
AND WE'RE DOING SIGNAL
UPGRADES, AT MANY OF THE
INSPECTORS AS WELL.
THERE'S ALSO STORM WATER
DRAINAGE FACILITY
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GOES ALONG
WITH THAT.
LORELEI-- AND THE UTILITIES, SO
WE ARE PARTNERING WITH SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT.
AND THERE ARE LOCATIONS WHERE
WE'RE INSTALLING NEW WATER MAIN
AND SEWER MAIN.
AND WE'RE PUTTING IN SOME
PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING AT THE
SOUTH END OF THE CORRIDOR.
I THINK I'M GOING TO SKIP THE
CROSS SECTIONS IN THE INTEREST
OF TIME.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THOSE.
I WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF
TIME ON THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT.
THERE'S KIND OF A LOT OF
INFORMATION HERE BUT I WANT TO
TOUCH ON SOME OF THE BIG
PICTURE THINGS WE HEARD FROM
THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE'RE
ADDRESSING THEM.
WE HEARD AS I MENTIONED A LOT
MORE THAN THIS.
WE'VE KIND OF COMPILED SOME OF
THE MAIN THEMES WE'VE HEARD.
AND ONE OF THE TOP ONES, WE'VE
HEARD THAT THIS CORRIDOR NEEDS
PAVING LOUD AND CLEAR.
AND WE ADDED THAT AND
REALLOCATED FUNDS TO ADD PAVING
TO THE PROJECT WHICH IS REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS.
AND WE'RE ADDING A PLANTED
MEDIAN AT THE NORTH END OF THE
PROJECT.
AND GET THAT KIND OF BOULEVARD
FEEL AT THE CORRIDOR.
IT'S A BEAUTIFICATION EFFORT
BUT ALSO A SAFETY EFFORT TO
KEEP DRIVERS FROM USING THE
CENTER TURN LANE AS A PASSING
LANE.
WE ALREADY INCORPORATED THE
BIKE LANE EXTENSION.
AND WE WERE AGE TO DO THAT.
THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE 17th
AVENUE SOUTHWEST GREENWAY,
WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF INPUT ON
THAT AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING
WITH DON AND SOME OF THE
GREENWAY GROUPS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING THE
APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF FACILITY
THERE SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL
COMFORTABLE USING THAT AS A
NORTHBOUND ROUTE.
ONE OF THE BIG ONES WAS THE
STAIRCASE.
IT'S SHOWING HERE BETWEEN
WEBSTER AND MYRTLE ON 17th
AVENUE.
WE'RE CREATING AN ALTERNATIVE
ROUTE SO FOLKS DON'T HAVE TO
USE THE STAIRWAY ON 18th.
CLEARING OUT SIGHT LINES AND
PUTTING IN SPEED BUMPS AND
SIGNAGE.
AND LOOKING AT 16th AND
IMPROVING THAT.
IT'S AN ARTERIAL.
AND MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS WHO
ARE CONFIDENT RIDERS CAN USE
THAT SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE
THE MEANDER ON 15th BETWEEN
WEBSTER AND CANYON.
WE'RE KEEPING THE 15th AVENUE
GREENWAY FOR ALL AGES AND
ABILITIES.
BUT WE CAN ADD SOME BIKE LANES
ON 16th TO GET PEOPLE THROUGH.
WE ADDED SOME CROSSINGS.
I THINK I MENTIONED THE
GREENWAY CONNECTIONS.
ONE OF WHICH IS AT JUNEAU.
WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED THAT.
HUDSON, FINLEY, GRAHAM.
A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT WE GET
IS AROUND WHERE THE STATIONS
ARE LOCATED.
GENERALLY, THAT ALIGNMENT IS
SET.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT WHERE THOSE NEED TO GO.
WHAT THE STOP SPACING NEEDS TO
BE.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR
PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
SPEIGHTSING IS AROUND A THIRD
OF A MILE OR LESS.
AND THERE WAS ONE SPECIFIC
REQUEST THAT I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT AND THAT WAS MOVING
THE STATION FROM FINLEY TO
BRANDON WHICH IS KIND OF
TOWARDS THE NORTH END.
I KNOW BRANDON IS A
NEIGHBORHOOD DESTINATION.
IT'S A REAL CENTRAL POINT AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE A
STATION STOP THERE.
WE'LL BE EVALUATING THAT AND
THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT
EXTENDING THE LENGTH BETWEEN
STOPS TO BEYOND A THIRD OF A
MILE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
STILL EVALUATING BUT GENERALLY
OUR APPROACH IS TO KEEP THOSE
STATION STOPS WHERE THEY ARE.
>> I APOLOGIZE.
I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT TO A 4:30
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT.
BUT I KNOW YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS
WITH THE AUTHOR OF THE PROVISO
SITTING DIRECTLY TO MY RIGHT.
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR THE GOING
OVER.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU
HAVE IDENTIFIED ITEMS THAT ARE
GOING TO RECEIVE FURTHER
EVALUATION BETWEEN NOW AND THE
60% DESIGN PERIOD.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT.
I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE JUGGLING A
LOT OF PRIORITIES FOR MEMBERS
OF THE COMMUNITY AND APPRECIATE
SORT OF PUTTING A PIN ON THIS
STATION MOVE, RECOGNIZING THAT
A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE
HEARD EARLY ON IN THE PROJECT
WERE RELATED TO THE DISTANCE
BETWEEN STATIONS.
AND FRANKLY, JUST CONCERN THAT
THIS WAS GOING TO, THE FOCUS ON
THE SPEED OF THE CORRIDOR WAS
GOING TO BE MORE FOCUSED ON
SERVING PEOPLE TRYING TO GET
OFF THE PENINSULA THAN THE WAY
THE WORKHORSES THAT THE 120,
THE 10th MOST USED ROUTE FOR
METRO IS CURRENTLY FUNCTIONING
WHICH IS ALSO A LOT OF INTRA-
PENINSULA TRANSPORTATION.
SO APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS
GOING TO LOOK AT FUTURE
ANALYSIS AND WANT TO CALL OUT
OUR THANKS FOR PRETTY RANDOM.
WE RECEIVED A CONSTITUENT
REQUEST, SEQUENT WAS UNAWARE OF
THE PROJECT, NOT PLUGGED IN AS
A STAKEHOLDER, AND ADVOCATING
STRONGLY FOR A CROSSWALK ON
HUDSON.
AND WE WERE AGE TO TELL HIM
THAT THERE WAS ONE PLANNED SO
THAT'S ALWAYS NICE WHEN THOSE
LITTLE BITS OF SERENDIPITY
HAPPEN.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE
DONE THUS FAR.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SHOULD I KEEP GOING?
>> ONE OTHER REQUEST WE'RE
GETTING FROM FOLKS IS EXTENDING
THE BUS ONLY LANES TO THE
NORTHBOUND BUS ONLY LANE SOUTH
OF ALASKA.
THERE ARE BACKUPS THERE TODAY
THAT GO WELL SOUTH OF ALASKA.
WE'VE OBSERVED THEM AND HAVE
TAKEN DATA ON THAT.
THE TRADEOFF OF COURSE IS LOSS
OF PARKING.
SO AS YOU SEE A LOT OF THE
COMMENTS REMAINING ARE AROUND
PARKING.
SO IT'S A BALANCE BETWEEN
GETTING THAT ADDITIONAL BUS
ONLY LANE IN VERSUS KEEPING
PARKING AND WHAT THAT WOULD
BRING IN TERMS OF SAVINGS ON
THE BUS SERVICE.
>> HENCE LOOKING AT MAYBE NIGHT
AND WEEKEND PARKING AT
YOUNGSTOWN IF YOU DECIDED YOU
NEEDED TO MAKE THAT TRADEOFF.
>> THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION.
MAYBE IT'S PEAK ONLY.
WE'LL BE EVALUATING THE OPTIONS
AND LOOKING AT THE DATA.
>> THE DELAYS ARE MORNING RUSH
HOUR?
>> IT'S MORNING PEAK, YEAH.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT, EVALUATE
DESIGN IN THE LOCATION OF THE
SCHOOL.
THERE'S A LOT OF PARENT DROPOFF
AND PICK UP.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO MODIFY THE
ALIGNMENT TO ACCOMMODATE
ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THE AREA.
WE SEE THAT AS A WIN.
DIDN'T SACRIFICE ANYTHING IN
TERMS OF THE LANE
CHANNELIZATION.
WE JUST HAD TO CHANGE SOME
THINGS AROUND.
IN SOME CASES WE ARE ABLE TO
ACCOMMODATE FOLKS ON SPECIFY
REQUESTS LIKE THAT.
AND ON SOME WE AREN'T.
AT THE SOUTH END THERE ARE
PARKING IMPACTS WHERE WE'RE
PUTTING THE PEAK ONLY BUS LANE.
IT'S TOO NARROW TO ACCOMMODATE
ADDITIONAL PARKING.
WE ARE KEEPING THE PARKING ON
THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET.
BUT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE
STREET WHERE WE'RE PUTTING IN
THE PROTECTED BIKE LANE, WE
HAVE THE PEAK ONLY BUS LANES,
THERE'SSIMPLY NOT ROOM.
WE'LL BE DOING A PARKING
EVALUATION, AND LOOKING AT THE
OFF DELRIDGE PARKING ON SIDE
STREETS AND GETTING A HANDLE ON
THE PARKING SITUATION.
AND THERE'S AT LOVE OF
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT
THAT AS WE GO.
AND THEN THERE WAS THE REQUEST
TO LOOK AT KIND OF THE SOUTH OF
HENDERSON BETWEEN ROCKS BURY
AND HENDERSON LOOKING AT
TRAFFIC CALMING ELEMENTS TO GET
THE BIKERS SOUTH.
AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT GOING
INTO 60% F
>> I APPRECIATE THE PRESSURES
AROUND PARKING WE HEAR A LOT.
AND FOR ME, WHEN WE HAVE A BUS
ROUTE THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST
UTILIZED IN THE SYSTEM.
WHEN WE LOOK AT TRADEOFFS,
AMBULANCE IS IMPORTANT.
BUT I SKEW IN FAVOR OF LET'S
NOT HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
TAKING THE BUS BE HELD UP IF WE
DON'T HAVE TO.
F I DO WANT TO SAY A WORD ABOUT
THE STORM WATER CODE
COMPLIANCE.
THAT WAS A LARGE CHALLENGE
GOING INTO 30%.
WHEN WE CAME TO YOU AT 10%.
THE PAVING DESIGN HADN'T BEEN
DEVELOPED VERY FAR.
WE TOOK IT TO A 30% DESIGN
LEVEL AND QUICKLY FOUND THAT
STORM WATER ON DELRIDGE WAS
EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND PUT US
OVER BUDGET AND IMPACTED THE
SCHEDULE.
WE WANT TO HAVE THIS WRAPPED UP
BY THE END OF 2021 TO OVERLAP
WITH KING COUNTY METRO'S H LINE
SERVICE OPENING DATE.
SO WE TOOK A STEP BACK AND WE
KIND OF LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT
ALTERNATIVES.
AND WE DID A MINISTUDY TO LOOK
AT ALTERNATIVES TO GET THAT
STORM WATER SYSTEM WHERE IT
NEEDED TO BE IN TERMS OF BUDGET
AND SCHEDULE.
AND WE FOUND A SOLUTION TO GET
THE STORM WATER ON SIDE STREETS
AND ADDITIONALLY, WORK WITH SPU
TO TRY TO GET AN ALTERNATIVE
COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT IN PLACE.
WE'RE PAYING THEM BASED ON THE
DESIGN.
AND THEY TAKE THAT MONEY AND
INVEST IT IN A PROJECT ON LONG
FELLOW CREEK THAT MIGHT MAKE
MORE SENSE FOR THE OVERYAWL
BASIN.
AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO
DO ON THE DESIGN OF THE SIDE
STREET OPTION BUT WE THINK IT'S
PROMISING.
SPU IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH US
AND WE DO HAVE WORK BETWEEN 30
AND 60 TO GET THERE AND GET
THAT AGREEMENT IRONED OUT.
>> AND IS SPU IN THE DECISION
MAKING ROLE, ALTERNATIVE
AGREEMENT?
>> ASSUMING THAT YOU CONTINUE
WORKING TOWARDS THAT DESIGN FOR
THAT OTHER PROJECT ARE THEY THE
DECIDERS?
>> ESSENTIALLY, IT'S A
NEGOTIATION, BUT I WOULD SAY
SPU HOLDS THE KEYS TO ALLOWING
A FEE UNLOAD TO TAKE PLACE.
THEY HAVE A PROJECT AND A PLAN
TO BE ABLE TO USE IT.
WHAT SDOT IS COMMITTED TO DO IS
FULFILL THE CODE COMPLIANCE
WHICH WE CAN DO ON THE SIDE
STREETS.
BUT IF THERE'S A BETTER
INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY AS A
WHOLE.
>> THE COMPLIANCE THAT YOUR
EVERYONING TO IS CODE
COMPLIANCE, NOT SPU'S CONSENT
DECREE COMPLIANCE.
>> STORM WATER CODE COMPLIANCE.
>> AND WE'RE DESIGNING IT IN
SUCH A WAY THAT WE CAN BUILD IT
AND KEEP ON BUDGET AND KEEP ON
SCHEDULE IF WE DON'T MOVE
FORWARD ON ALTERNATIVE CODE
COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT.
BUT THAT WOULD BE OUR
PREFERENCE.
I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE'RE
WORKING WITH SOUND TRANSIT AT
THE NORTHENED.
WE KNOW THERE'S A LINK LIGHT
RAIL STATION BETWEEN GENESEE
AND WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE.
THERE'S ALTERNATIVES, FAIRLY
EARLY IN THE PROCESS.
WE KNOW THAT THERE COULD BE
IMPACTS TO THE AREA.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE NOT GOING TOO FAR WITH
THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK KNOWING
THAT WHEN SOUND TRANSIT COMES
THROUGH THEY'RE GOING TO TEAR
IT OUT.
WE'RE COORDINATING WITH SOUND
TRANSIT AND MAKING SURE THAT
WE'RE INTELLIGENT ABOUT THE
DESIGN THERE AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE'RE COORDINATED WITH
THEM AND NOT GOING TOO FAR WITH
THE DESIGN.
>> DO YOU FEEL THAT THOSE ARE
DECISIONS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO
BE MADE BEFORE THE 60% DESIGN?
>> YES, I DO.
>> AND WE'VE ALREADY, C.J.
MADE THE DECISION TO LIMIT THE
PAYMENT SCOPE.
IF THEY MOVE FORWARD IT WOULD
AFFECT THE PAVING.
THAT'S A PIECE THAT WE'VE
LIMITED.
>> FOR THAT OVERLAP PIECE.
>> AND WHEN YOU SAY LIMIT THE
PAVING SCOPE, YOU MEAN THE
NUMBER OF PAVING MILES THAT
YOU'RE DOING IN THE AREA?
>> INSTEAD OF FULL
RECONSTRUCTION WE'LL BE DOING
OVERLAY WITH SPOT REPLACEMENT.
IT'S A 10-YEAR FIX INSTEAD OF A
40 YEAR FIX KNOWING THAT
THERE'S A POSSIBILITY WE NEED
TO COME BACK WHEN SOUND TRANSIT
COMES IN AND DO ADDITIONAL WORK
THERE.
>> AND AGAIN, WHAT IS THE
DISTANCE THAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT?
>> BETWEEN GENESEE AND WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE.
IT'S PROBABLY HALF A MILE?
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH
METRO TO DEVELOP A PROJECT
SPECIFIC PARTNERSHIP.
IT'S REALLY CRITICAL WITH BOTH
ELEMENTS INTEGRATED INTO THE
DELRIDGE PROJECT AS WELL AS TO
THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF THE H
LINE PROJECT WHICH BENEFITS
PARTS OF SEATTLE BEYOND
DELRIDGE.
WE'RE NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT
FOR THEIR FUNDING CONTRIBUTION.
KING COUNTY'S BUDGET INCLUDES
FUNDING FOR THE H LINE AND WE
FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT A
CONTRIBUTION.
IT MIGHT BE LESS THAN $15
MILLION BUT BASED ON ACTUALS
AND COST SHARING FOR PROJECT.
WE ARE WORKING MOVING FORWARD
TO HAVING AN INTEGRATED PLAN
FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF DESIGN
AND THAT SPEAKS TO, IN THIS
CORRIDOR.
AND IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.
KING COUNTY HAS OFFERED TO SEND
COUNCILMEMBERS AN E-MAIL WITH A
MORE DETAILED UPDATE ON THE H
LINE IF THAT'S OF INTEREST.
>> I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
>> WHEN YOU SAY UPDATES ARE YOU
MEANING RELATED TO THEIR
OPENING DATE SPECIFICALLY?
>> NO, THE OPENING DATE IS
STILL FALL 2021 AND AS C.J.
SAID WE'RE WORKING HARD TO MAKE
SURE THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE
HELPS SUPPORT THAT OPENING
DATE.
MORE WITH UPDATES ON THEIR
PROCESS FOR MOVING FORWARD.
ESPECIALLY WITH SCOPE UPDATES
IN THE WESTWOOD VILLAGE.
>> HOW DOES THE STORM WATER
UPGRADES TAKE UNTIL 2022 IMPACT
THE 2021 OPENING?
>> ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS OF
PULLING THAT STORM WATER WORK
OFF DELRIDGE IS THAT SAVES THE
SCHEDULE ESSENTIALLY.
IT BRINGS US BACK TO THE 2021
DATE.
SO WITH STORM WATER ON
DELRIDGE, WE WOULD BE IN 2022.
>> A NON-ALTERNATE.
>> YES, EXACTLY.
>> THE SLIDES THAT WE HAVE
PREVIOUSLY IS SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT.
THERE'S A BULLET POINT ON THE
SLIDE IN FACT OF ME SAYS
CONSTRUCTION DELAYS COULD PUSH
THINGS TO 2022.
IT MAY BE BASED ON THE ONE I'M
LOOKING AT TOO.
>> SO OVERALL A COST ESTIMATE
WE'RE AT ABOUT A LITTLE OVER
$30 MILLION FOR THE TRANSIT
MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS.
PAVING IS UNDER $30 MILLION.
STORM WATER WE'RE WORKING ON
THAT NUMBER.
BUT WE PUT KNIT THE 10 TO $12
MILLION RANGE WHICH PUTS US AT
$70 MILLION FOR THE OVERALL
PROJECT.
AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE
AGREEMENT ON THE FUNDING
AGREEMENT SO SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
>> SO NEXT STEPS, WE'RE WORKING
ON 60% DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
JUNE OF 2019.
WE'RE ALSO DOING AS PART OF
THAT A VERY LARGE OUTREACH PUSH
TO GET BACK OUT AND REALLY GET
SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AND
PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE
WE'RE AT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH SPU ON THE
ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE
AGREEMENT I MENTIONED AND KING
COUNTY ADMINISTRATE ON TRYING
TO FINALIZE THE AGREEMENT BY
THE 60% DELIVERABLE AS WELL.
BUSY SPRING FOR US.
LOOKING TO FINALIZE DESIGN BY
THE END OF 2019.
AND THEN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN
2020, SPRING, EARLY SUMMER OF
2020.
WRAP UP CONSTRUCTION BY THE END
OF 2021 AND GET THE SERVICE
RUNNING.
>> I'VE GOT A NOTE HERE THAT
THE JULY 2018 PRESENTATION
NOTED A GRANT REQUIREMENT TO
GET DO 90% DESIGN BY JUNE 2019.
IS THAT STILL A REQUIREMENT?
>> WE'RE STILL PURSUING.
>> THAT'S A REGIONAL MOBILITY
GRANT.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
>> WE'RE PROCEEDING AND WE NEED
TO WORK WITH THE STATE ON
UPDATING SOME OF THE
COMMITMENTS AS PART OF THAT
GRANT.
BUT AT THIS POINT WE CONTINUE
TO UTILIZE THAT GRANT FOR
DESIGN WORK.
>> THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> IF YOU WANT TO GIVE ME THE
PROVISO OF WHAT THE
LEGISLATION.
>> THE LEGISLATION LIFTS THE
PROVISO THAT RESTRICTED 2018
SPENDING UNTIL COUNCIL RECEIVED
THIS INFORMATION AND HAD TO
PASS THIS LEGISLATION TODAY.
SO IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD
BUDGET LIFT.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO DEFER TO YOU IF
YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IT.
AND YOU'RE HANDING OUT AN
AMENDMENT.
>> I DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT.
AND SO THIS AMENDMENT BASICALLY
STATES THAT BEFORE
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR
CONSTRUCTION IN THE 2020 BUDGET
TO COUNCIL, ENSURE THE SCOPE
AND DESIGN.
AND INPUT IN THE PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT.
RATHER THAN ALIGNING THIS
PROVISO WITH A PERCENT DESIGN
STAGE WE'VE ALIGNED IT WITH THE
BUDGET PROCESS SO THAT THERE
WOULD BE NO INADVERTENT DELAYS
RELATED TO BUSY COMMITTEE
AGENDAS, SO HOPEFULLY, THAT
WORKS WELL WITH YOUR SCHEDULE.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH I THINK
OUR ONGOING INTEREST IN
OVERSIGHT.
THIS IS A WATCH LIST PROJECT ON
THE COUNCIL WATCH LIST THAT WAS
ADOPTED ON MONDAY.
AND FURTHER BACKGROUND ON THIS
IS JUST RECOGNIZING THAT STAGE
BASED APPROPRIATION, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE
THAT RELIANCE ON THOSE WITHOUT
UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCHEDULE AND
YOUR PRESSURES AND THE IMPACTS
THAT DELAYS HAVE ON BOTH OF
THOSE THINGS AND FUNDING, THAT
THEY CAN CARRY THE RISK OF
DELAYING A PROJECT, SO TRYING
TO AGAIN FIND THAT MIDDLE
GROUND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR THAT APPROACH.
I THINK FOR US IT LINES UP WITH
A NATURAL, THE BUDGET PROCESS
AS WELL AS A NATURAL HOLD POINT
TO MAKE SURE WE'RE READY TO GO
TO CONSTRUCTION.
>> I WILL SHARE MY APPRECIATION
ON THAT ONE.
>> SHALL WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE
THE BILL AND CONSIDER THE
AMENDMENT.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
COUNCIL BILL 119434.
>> SECOND.
>> AND NOW WE CONSIDER THE
AMENDMENT.
>> MAY I MOVE THE NEW SECTION 2
AS FOLLOWS BEFORE APPROPRIATING
FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE
DELRIDGE MULTIMODAL PROJECT
IT'S THE COUNSEL'S INTENT TO
REVIEW THE PROJECT TO ENSURE
THAT THE FINAL SCOPE AND
DESIGN.
>> I WILL SECOND THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT
SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NOW WE HAVE AN AMENDED BILL.
>> I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF PASSING 119434
AS AMENDED SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
I HEARD A LOT OF NICE COMMENTS
FROM THE BRICK TODAY.
AND IT'S GREAT TO HEAR.
WHEN THINGS GO WRONG WE TEND TO
FOCUS ON THAT.
AND SEEMS LIKE THERE'S BEEN A
LOT OF WORK DONE IN THE
COMMUNITY AND THERE'S A LOT OF
DESIRE TO GET THIS RIGHT FOR A
WHOLE HOST OF REASONS, AND I
WANT TO APPLAUD YOU.
AND WE'LL BE CHECKING IN.
>> I WASN'T AT THE TABLE BUT
LISTENING AT MY DESK AND
APPRECIATE THAT.
I WANT TO FLY BEFORE WE CLOSE.
I THINK THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT
WE DIDN'T GET TO REGARDING THE
BUDGET DESIGN DETAILS AND DAWN
HAS LEFT BUT I WANT TO MAKE A
PLUG FOR THE THEIR ADDITIONAL
RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND THE 26
AVENUE GREENWAY AND REQUEST
THAT YOU CONSIDER THOSE AS THE
DESIGN WORK CONTINUES.
>> GREAT.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE'LL
BE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU, ALL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.