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Chapter 1: Background ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1 Chapter 2: Study Area ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 5 Chapter 3: Design Options and Evaluation ��������������������������������������������������������������������� 11 Chapter 4: Recommended Corridor Concept ����������������������������������������������������������������� 17 Chapter 5: Public Involvement ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 27 Chapter 6: Next Steps ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 29
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A: Recommended Corridor Concept 10% Design B: Capital Costs Memo This page intentionally left blank to allow for double-sided printing CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND
The Roosevelt to Downtown High Capacity Transit • 10% Conceptual Design (RDHCT) Study represents the Seattle Department of • Project Commitments Transportation’s (SDOT) project definition phase and its • Descriptive Scope of Work purpose is to identify how to best provide high capacity transit (HCT) service along this corridor. The Roosevelt to • Decision Memo Downtown Corridor is one of seven RapidRide corridors funded through the Levy to Move Seattle. They will form PLANNING PROCESS the Seattle RapidRide Expansion Network. The RDHCT planning process, shown in Figure 1, included an existing conditions analysis as well as This report describes the recommended corridor examination of HCT options for mode, alignment, and concept, including the technical background and treatments for transit and bikes. This process culminated analysis. The specific analysis assumptions, data, outputs, in a Recommended Corridor Concept, including 10% and recommendations are included in the following design. Technical analysis and cost estimates were documents: developed for the initial design options as well as the • Mode Analysis Report final Recommended Corridor Concept. Next steps will involve detailed design, environmental clearance, and • Transit Operating Plan construction for a 2021 opening to coincide with the • Capital Costs U District, Roosevelt, and Northgate Link stations. The • Traffic Operations Plan planning process also included three rounds of outreach, • Multimodal Traffic Analysis Report shown in Figure 1. • Public Involvement Report
RDHCT Planning Process
Existing Technical Recommended Mode and BRT Design Conditions Analysis and Corridor Next Steps Alignment Options Analysis Cost Estimates Concept
• Assessment of • Identify • Identify options • Analyze parking, • Define • Detailed Design transit, bicycle, alignment and for BRT and auto speed, recommended • Environmental pedestrian, and mode options multimodal bicycle, and alignment, Clearance auto conditions improvements transit impacts stop locations, • Construction • Employment • Estimate capital operational • Operation and population and operating characteristics, growth costs transit improvements, • Purpose and and bicycle/ need pedestrian • Project goals improvements • 10% design
Outreach Outreach Outreach Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Figure 1: RDHCT PROCESS
RDHCT CORRIDOR CONCEPT FINAL REPORT | 1 Broadview Pinehurst Haller Lake NE NORTHGATE WAY
SAND POINT WAY NE CORRIDOR DESCRIPTION Bitter Lake Victory Heights
N 105TH ST N NORTHGATE WAY NE AVE 3RD MERIDIAN AVE N AVE MERIDIAN For this study the Roosevelt to Downtown Corridor NE AVE 1ST Matthews Beach GREENWOOD AVE N AVE GREENWOOD Northgate Transit Center
extends from the Northgate Transit Center, southNW 100TH alongST 3RD AVE NW AVE 3RD th North Beach/Blue Ridge th NE WAY ROOSEVELT RAVENNA AVE NE 5 Avenue NE, the Roosevelt Way NE/11NW 96TH ST Avenue HOLMAN RD NW North College Park Maple Leaf th 5th Ave NE & NE 95th NE 95TH ST
NE/12 Avenue NE couplet, Eastlake Avenue CrownE, Fairview Hill N AVE AURORA NE 92ND ST Avenue N, the Virginia Street/Stewart Street couplet, Greenwood N 90TH ST
and ending at 3rd Avenue and Stewart Street, as shown NELAKE CITYWAY 5TH AVE NE AVE 5TH NW 85TH ST N 85TH ST NE 85TH ST CORLISS WAY N 5th Ave NE & NE 85th in Figure 2. RapidRide service along the corridor is N AVE WALLINGFORD GREEN LAKE DR N
NW 80TH ST expected to extend south of the Westlake Station along LINDEN AVE N NE 80TH ST the 3rd Avenue Transit Corridor. Analysis for this corridor NE AVE 15TH SR522 View Ridge Loyal Heights Whittier Heights 12th &NE 75th 75TH ST
included multiple alignment options (see Alignment Roosevelt & 75th 20TH AVE NE AVE 20TH Options section), and it is recommended that Phase 1 Green Lake NE AVE 25TH Roosevelt NE 70TH ST of this project extend to NE 67th Street in the north, with NW 8TH AVE
N 65TH ST 12th & 65th NE 65TH ST NE 65TH ST a potential future phase serving the Northgate Transit Roosevelt & 65th Ravenna
24TH AVE NW 24TH AVE
Center. The corridor concept and analysis NW 20TH AVE reflects this Roosevelt & Ravenna EAST GREEN LAKE WAY N 12th & Ravenna recommendation. NE RAVENNA BLVD Bryant Adams N 56TH ST NW MARKET ST NE 55TH ST
LATONA AVE NE AVE LATONA 35TH AVE NE AVE 35TH
PHINNEY AVE N PHINNEY AVE 40TH AVE NE AVE 40TH West Woodland NE 11TH AVE Windermere LEARY AVE NW
The corridor is 5.5 miles in length and passes through 22ND AVE NE SHILSHOLE AVE NW
UNIVERSITY WAY NE UNIVERSITYWAY NE 50TH ST NE 50TH ST 11th & 50th N MARKET ST Roosevelt & 50th several neighborhoods, connecting entertainment NW 14TH AVE and
NW 48TH ST NE AVE 47TH 30TH AVE NE AVE 30TH
20TH AVE NE 20TH AVE
15TH AVE NW 15TH AVE NW 46TH ST W COMMODORE WAY N 46TH ST NE17TH AVE retail destinations, schools and universities including PL NE THACKERAY NE 45TH PL Roosevelt & 45th 11th & 45th N 45TH ST NE 45TH ST
LEARY WAY NW the University of Washington, and several major medical Wallingford University District Laurelhurst GILMAN AVE W NE 41ST ST
7TH AVE NE7TH AVE NE 42ND ST
BROOKLYN AVE NEBROOKLYN AVE facilities including the Virginia Mason MedicalBALLARD BR Center Fremont Roosevelt & 42nd Eastlake & 41st
W EMERSON PL N 40TH ST FREMONT AVE N AVE FREMONT and the University of Washington Medical Center. N 39TH ST W EMERSON ST MONTLAKE BLVD NE
STONE WAY NSTONEWAY
N 36TH ST N 38TH ST Lawton Park W NICKERSON ST This corridor will connect two urban centers that are UNIVERSITY BR
NE PACIFIC ST W BERTONA ST N 35TH ST experiencing substantial growth—the University District N WALLINGFORD AVE Eastlake & Harvard W DRAVUS ST N NORTHLAKE WAY NICKERSON ST
and South Lake Union—with Downtown Seattle. W 11TH AVE Portage Bay
22ND AVE W AVE 22ND AURORA BR AURORA Eastlake & Hamlin
THORNDYKE AVE W W RAYE ST
6TH AVE N
WESTLAKE AVE N
3RD AVE W 3RD AVE QUEEN ANNE DR Interbay GILMAN DR W Eastlake Montlake Eastlake & Lynn
15TH AVE W AVE 15TH BOSTON ST
BOYER AVE E
43RD AVE E 43RD AVE
6TH AVE W 6TH AVE 10TH AVE W 10TH AVE East Queen Anne
QUEEN N ANNE AVE
MAGNOLIA BR Eastlake & Gar eld W GALER ST Westlake E GALER ST
10TH AVE E 10TH AVE
24TH AVE E24TH AVE ELLIOTT AVE W
FAIRVIEW AVE N TAYLOR AVE N AVE TAYLOR South Lake E ALOHA ST W OLYMPIC PL Fairview & Aloha Union Stevens E MADISON ST
MERCER ST DEXTER AVE N DEXTER AVE Broadway
15TH AVE E15TH AVE
19TH AVE E 19TH AVE
EASTLAKE AVE E AVE EASTLAKE FAIRVIEW AVE N AVE FAIRVIEW
BELLEVUE AVE E BELLEVUE AVE
23RD E AVE Fairview & Thomas E THOMAS ST
BROAD ST E 12TH AVE
WESTLAKE N AVE
DENNY WAY E DENNY WAY 9TH AVE
1ST AVE Virginia & 9th MADRONA DR 5TH AVE 15TH AVE
23RD AVE ALASKAN WAY E PINE ST Stewart & 9th 19TH AVE
VIRGINIA ST E PIKE ST
STEWART ST BROADWAY Roosevelt to DowntownE UNION ST Corridor PINE ST M WAY L KING JR
PIKE ST Potential Future PhaseMann
14TH AVE SENECA ST First Hill Pike-Market CBD Existing Link BOREN AVE 6TH AVE 12TH AVE Minor E CHERRY ST 34TH AVE 0 0.5 Miles 3RD AVE MADISON ST Under Construction E JEFFERSON ST LAKEWASHINGTON BLVD
Figure 2: RDHCT CORRIDOR Yesler Terrace Base Map E YESLER WAY Leschi
S JACKSON ST 23RD AVE S AVE 23RD
2 | SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION This map illustrates a long-range, 40-year vision Aurora TC POLICY FRAMEWORK for the development of a top quality network of transit corridors that will carry high volumes of In April 2012, the Seattle City Council adopted the Transit travelers, operate at speeds competitive with any other mode, run on facilities that allow high levels of reliability and protection Master Plan (TMP), which provides a long-range vision for N 145th Street by hubs that are great places for people. the future of transit in Seattle. Bitter Lake N 130th Street Lake City
North Northgate SDOT conducted the RDHCT study to further evaluate Greenwood
HCT options and provide a recommended concept for Maple Crown Hill N 85th Street Leaf the Roosevelt to Downtown Corridor. SDOT’s definition of HCT includes both rail and rubber-tired transit modes that Loyal Heights Roosevelt Green Lake Sand Point can operate in exclusive right-of-way or in mixed traffic Ballard University Wallingford along with improved or enhanced roadway geometry, District Fremont Husky traffic signal timing, and vehicle and station amenities. Stadium Interbay Link Regional Per the TMP definitions, the mode for HCT can be either Queen Light Rail Anne South Capitol Rapid Streetcar (RSC) or Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). BRT was Lake Hill Madison Union selected as the preferred HCT mode as detailed in the Seattle Streetcar Uptown Other Seattle following section and confirmed in the TMP update. First Hill High Capacity Westlake Hub Central District Transit Corridors In Spring 2015, Move Seattle: Mayor Edward B. Murray’s Colman Dock RDHCT King Street 10-Year Strategic Vision for Transportation was released. I-90
The RDHCT was identified in this document along with Lander other Seattle RapidRide network corridors. Then, in Mount Baker Avalon November 2015 voters passed The Levy to Move Seattle,
The Junction which also included the RDHCT corridor as a proposed Columbia City Delridge project. In February 2016 the Seattle City Council Morgan Graham St Rainier adopted an update to the TMP, which described the Valley seven new RapidRide corridors. Othello Fauntleroy
In addition to the TMP, a number of plans and studies White Center Rainier Beach prepared by SDOT and other agencies were identified and reviewed for relevant information to this corridor Figure Seattle3: S ELong-RangeATTLE LONG -HighRANGE Capacity HIGH CAPAC TransitITY VTisionRANSIT study, including the following: VISION (TMP, AMENDED 2016) • Seattle Comprehensive Plan • Bicycle Master Plan • Pedestrian Master Plan • South Lake Union Neighborhood Rezone • U District Urban Design Framework • Northgate Urban Center Framework • Sound Transit University Link Extension • Sound Transit Northgate Link Extension • Roosevelt Way NE Paving and Safety Improvements Project Additional detail on the plans and projects described here and their relevance to the RDHCT project is provided in the RDHCT Multimodal Traffic Analysis Report.
RDHCT CORRIDOR CONCEPT FINAL REPORT | 3 PROJECT PURPOSE AND NEED The project purpose and need identifies the overall need for high capacity transit in the corridor and guides the development and evaluation of potential improvements. The project purpose and need was developed based on findings from the Transit Master Plan, existing conditions, and public input. The project purpose and need is comprised of a series of distinct statements that address issues along the corridor, and include the following:
• Improve Transit Service Provide high capacity transit service that is fast, reliable, comfortable, and easy to use to replace existing crowded, unreliable, and slow service along the Roosevelt to Downtown corridor • Improve Conditions for People Biking and Walking Develop streetscape enhancements to existing pedestrian and bicycle facilities, including smooth sidewalks, ADA-compliant curb ramps, and improve the bicycle network, to promote access, circulation, and safety • Meet Transit Mode Share Goals Provide high capacity transit service to support the transit mode share goals defined in the Seattle Comprehensive Plan • Strengthen the North-South Connection Strengthen the north-south connections to the regional transit system, including future Link light rail stations, to improve livability and support growth in the Northgate, Maple Leaf, Roosevelt, U District, Eastlake, South Lake Union, and Downtown neighborhoods • Serve Growing Population and Employment Centers Connect residential developments, especially moderate income housing in the Roosevelt, U District, and Eastlake neighborhoods, to new major technology employment and medical service centers, in South Lake Union, U District, and Downtown Seattle
4 | SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Broadview Pinehurst Haller Lake NE NORTHGATE WAY
SAND POINT WAY NE CHAPTER 2 Bitter Lake Victory Heights
N 105TH ST N NORTHGATE WAY NE AVE 3RD 1ST AVE NE AVE 1ST
MERIDIAN AVE N AVE MERIDIAN Matthews Beach STUDY AREA N AVE GREENWOOD Northgate Transit Center
NW 100TH ST 3RD AVE NW AVE 3RD
North Beach/Blue Ridge North College Park NE WAY ROOSEVELT RAVENNA AVE NE NW 96TH ST HOLMAN RD NW Maple Leaf 5th Ave NE & NE 95th NE 95TH ST
Crown Hill N AVE AURORA The study area (Figure 4) for the existing conditions NE 92ND ST rd analysis extends from Stewart Street and 3 Avenue north Greenwood N 90TH ST
LAKE CITY WAY NELAKE CITYWAY to the Northgate Transit Center (see Figure 4). Existing NE AVE 5TH NW 85TH ST N 85TH ST NE 85TH ST CORLISS WAY N 5th Ave NE & NE 85th conditions presented reflect analysis that was conducted N AVE WALLINGFORD GREEN LAKE DR N
NW 80TH ST in 2015 and includes an option for the South Lake Union LINDEN AVE N NE 80TH ST Alignment (also described in Route Alignment Options NE AVE 15TH SR522 View Ridge Loyal Heights Whittier Heights 12th &NE 75th 75TH ST
section in Chapter 3). The north terminus for the purpose Roosevelt & 75th 20TH AVE NE AVE 20TH Green Lake NE AVE 25TH of the final corridor concept is the Roosevelt Link Station Roosevelt NE 70TH ST (NE 65th Street) with an assumed turn-around and layover NW 8TH AVE N 65TH ST 12th & 65th NE 65TH ST NE 65TH ST extending to NE 67th Street. Roosevelt & 65th Ravenna
24TH AVE NW 24TH AVE
20TH AVE NW 20TH AVE Roosevelt & Ravenna EAST GREEN LAKE WAY N 12th & Ravenna NE RAVENNA BLVD Bryant Adams JOBS AND POPULATION N 56TH ST NW MARKET ST NE 55TH ST
LATONA AVE NE AVE LATONA 35TH AVE NE AVE 35TH
PHINNEY AVE N PHINNEY AVE 40TH AVE NE AVE 40TH West Woodland NE 11TH AVE Windermere LEARY AVE NW
The study area has several residential, employment, and 22ND AVE NE SHILSHOLE AVE NW
UNIVERSITY WAY NE UNIVERSITYWAY NE 50TH ST NE 50TH ST 11th & 50th N MARKET ST Roosevelt & 50th activity centers in Seattle. According to 2013 U.S. NW 14TH AVE Census
NW 48TH ST NE AVE 47TH 30TH AVE NE AVE 30TH
20TH AVE NE 20TH AVE
15TH AVE NW 15TH AVE NW 46TH ST W COMMODORE WAY N 46TH ST NE17TH AVE data, the study area has a population of more than 83,000 PL NE THACKERAY Roosevelt & 45th 11th & 45th N 45TH ST NE 45TH PL NE 45TH ST
LEARY WAY NW people and there are 169,710 primary jobs within the Wallingford University District Laurelhurst GILMAN AVE W NE 41ST ST
7TH AVE NE7TH AVE NE 42ND ST
BROOKLYN AVE NEBROOKLYN AVE Roosevelt to Downtown Corridor, which is 36BALLARD BR percent of Fremont Roosevelt & 42nd Eastlake & 41st W EMERSON PL N 40TH ST the total jobs in the City of Seattle. The Downtown to N AVE FREMONT W EMERSON ST N 39TH ST MONTLAKE BLVD NE
STONE WAY NSTONEWAY
N 36TH ST N 38TH ST Lawton Park W NICKERSON ST Roosevelt Corridor includes land uses that are more high- UNIVERSITY BR
NE PACIFIC ST W BERTONA ST N 35TH ST density residential and more commercial than the City of N WALLINGFORD AVE Eastlake & Harvard
W DRAVUS ST N NORTHLAKE WAY NICKERSON ST
Seattle overall. Jobs are concentrated in the far southernW 11TH AVE Portage Bay
22ND AVE W AVE 22ND AURORA BR AURORA portion of the corridor, within and near South Lake Union Eastlake & Hamlin
THORNDYKE AVE W W RAYE ST
6TH AVE N and Downtown, and the central portion of the corridor WESTLAKE AVE N
3RD AVE W 3RD AVE QUEEN ANNE DR Interbay GILMAN DR W Eastlake near the U District. Montlake Eastlake & Lynn
15TH AVE W AVE 15TH BOSTON ST
BOYER AVE E
43RD AVE E 43RD AVE
6TH AVE W 6TH AVE 10TH AVE W 10TH AVE East Queen Anne
QUEEN N ANNE AVE
MAGNOLIA BR Eastlake & Gar eld W GALER ST Westlake E GALER ST
10TH AVE E 10TH AVE
24TH AVE E24TH AVE ELLIOTT AVE W
TAYLOR AVE N AVE TAYLOR FAIRVIEW AVE N South Lake E ALOHA ST W OLYMPIC PL Fairview & Aloha Union Stevens E MADISON ST
MERCER ST DEXTER AVE N DEXTER AVE Broadway
15TH AVE E15TH AVE
19TH AVE E 19TH AVE
EASTLAKE AVE E AVE EASTLAKE FAIRVIEW AVE N AVE FAIRVIEW
BELLEVUE AVE E BELLEVUE AVE
23RD E AVE
BROAD ST Fairview & Thomas E THOMAS ST
12TH AVE E 12TH AVE
WESTLAKE N AVE
DENNY WAY E DENNY WAY 9TH AVE 1ST AVE MADISON ST Virginia & 9th Half Mile Study Area MADRONA DR 5TH AVE ALASKAN WAY 15TH AVE E PINE ST 23RD AVE Stewart & 9th Roosevelt to Downtown19TH AVE Corridor VIRGINIA ST E PIKE ST
STEWART ST BROADWAY Potential FutureE PhaseUNION ST PINE ST M WAY L KING JR
PIKE ST South Lake Union Opt.Mann Alignment
14TH AVE Pike-Market CBD SENECA ST First Hill Existing Link BOREN AVE 6TH AVE 12TH AVE Minor E CHERRY ST 0 0.5 Miles 34TH AVE 3RD AVE Under Construction
E JEFFERSON ST LAKEWASHINGTON BLVD
Yesler Terrace Base MapFigure 4: EXISTING CONDITIONS STUDY AREA E YESLER WAY Leschi
S JACKSON ST 23RD AVE S AVE 23RD
RDHCT CORRIDOR CONCEPT FINAL REPORT | 5 Broadview Pinehurst Haller Lake NE NORTHGATE WAY
SAND POINT WAY NE Three of the city’s urban centers (South Lake Union, U Bitter Lake Victory Heights
N 105TH ST N NORTHGATE WAY NE AVE 3RD MERIDIAN AVE N AVE MERIDIAN 1ST AVE NE AVE 1ST Meadowbrook District, and Northgate) and two urban villages (East Lake Northgate Urban Center Rezone Matthews Beach GREENWOOD AVE N AVE GREENWOOD Northgate Transit NW 100TH ST (Final EIS Dec 2009)* and Roosevelt) would be connectedNorth along Beach/Blue Ridgethe Roosevelt NW AVE 3RD Center 1,000 to 4,000 new households (year 2030) NW 96TH ST RAVENNA AVE NE HOLMAN RD NW North College Park 900 toMaple 10,000 Leaf new jobs (year 2030) to Downtown Corridor if the corridor were extended to NE 95TH ST
Crown Hill N AVE AURORA NE 92ND ST the Northgate Transit Center. As shown in Figure 5, the N 90TH ST Greenwood
three urban centers are identified as areas of employment NELAKE CITYWAY 5TH AVE NE AVE 5TH NW 85TH ST N 85TH ST
CORLISS WAY N
WALLINGFORD AVE N AVE WALLINGFORD Wedgwood
and residential growth, including up to 21,000 new GREEN LAKE DR N ROOSEVELT WAY NE WAY ROOSEVELT NW 80TH ST LINDEN AVE N NE 80TH ST
households and 36,000 new jobs based on planning NE AVE 15TH
SR522 View Ridge
documents for these areas. A descriptionLoyal Heightsof populationWhittier Heights NE 75TH ST
20TH AVE NE AVE 20TH 25TH AVE NE AVE 25TH and employment growth in these plans is provided below. Green Lake NE 70TH ST
NE RAVENNA BLVD Roosevelt
8TH AVE NW 8TH AVE LATONA AVE NE
N 65TH ST N 65TH ST • South Lake Union Neighborhood Rezone: The NE 65TH ST NE 65TH ST Ravenna 24TH AVE NW 24TH AVE Phinney Ridge
incentive zoning program will provide affordable NW 20TH AVE EAST GREEN LAKE WAY N LATONA AVE NE AVE LATONA Bryant Adams housing and new infrastructure investment, including N 56TH ST U District Urban Design
NW MARKET ST NE 55TH ST 35TH AVE NE AVE 35TH
PHINNEY AVE N PHINNEY AVE 40TH AVE NE AVE 40TH West Woodland NE 11TH AVE Framework Windermere LEARY AVE NW
roads, sidewalks, and other neighborhood amenities. 22ND AVE NE SHILSHOLE AVE NW (Final EIS Jan 2015)*
UNIVERSITY WAY NE UNIVERSITYWAY NE 50TH ST N MARKET ST 5,000 new households (year 2035)
14TH AVE NW 14TH AVE
17TH AVE NE17TH AVE
NW 48TH ST NE AVE 47TH 30TH AVE NE AVE 30TH This will support growth of 12,000 households and 4,800 NE 20TH AVE new jobs (year 2035)
15TH AVE NW 15TH AVE NW 46TH ST W COMMODORE WAY N 46TH ST 22,000 jobs over the next 20 years. N 45TH ST NE 45TH PL NE 45TH ST
LEARY WAY NW PL NE THACKERAY Wallingford NE7TH AVE University District Laurelhurst GILMAN AVE W NE 41ST ST NE 42ND ST • U District Urban Design Framework: The city BALLARD BR Fremont W EMERSON PL N 40TH ST
BROOKLYN AVE NEBROOKLYN AVE FREMONT AVE N AVE FREMONT W EMERSON ST N 39TH ST MONTLAKE BLVD NE published the Final Environmental Impact Statement NSTONEWAY
N 36TH ST N 38TH ST Lawton Park W NICKERSON ST UNIVERSITY BR (EIS) in January 2015. Based on the EIS, the estimated NE PACIFIC ST W BERTONA ST N 35TH ST
WALLINGFORD AVE N AVE WALLINGFORD
W DRAVUS ST N NORTHLAKE WAY growth resulting from this proposal would be 5,000 NICKERSON ST
11TH AVE W 11TH AVE 22ND AVE W AVE 22ND new households and 4,800 new jobs by 2035. North Queen Anne BR AURORA Portage Bay
THORNDYKE AVE W W RAYE ST
6TH AVE N
WESTLAKE AVE N • Northgate Urban Center Rezone: According to the W 3RD AVE QUEEN ANNE DR Interbay GILMAN DR W Eastlake Montlake
FEIS published in December 2009, the estimatedW AVE 15TH BOSTON ST
BOYER AVE E
43RD AVE E 43RD AVE
6TH AVE W 6TH AVE growth for Northgate Urban Center Rezone W 10TH AVE East Queen Anne Madison
QUEEN N ANNE AVE LAKEVIEW BLVD E Park alternatives would vary between 1,000 andMAGNOLIA 4,000 BR new W GALER ST Westlake E GALER ST
10TH AVE E 10TH AVE
24TH AVE E24TH AVE households, and between 900 and 10,000 new jobsELLIOTT AVE W
TAYLOR AVE N AVE TAYLOR South Lake FAIRVIEW AVE N
E ALOHA ST by 2030. W OLYMPIC PL Union South Lake Union Rezone Stevens E MADISON ST MERCER ST (Final EIS Apr 2012)*
DEXTER AVE N DEXTER AVE Broadway The current corridor as recommended would connect the 12,000 new households (year 2031)
15TH AVE E15TH AVE
19TH AVE E 19TH AVE EASTLAKE AVE E AVE EASTLAKE
BELLEVUE AVE E BELLEVUE AVE 22,000 new jobs (year 2031) 23RD E AVE Harrison/ E THOMAS ST
South Lake Union and U District urban centers and the E 12TH AVE BROAD ST
WESTLAKE N AVE N AVE FAIRVIEW Denny-Blaine DENNY WAY E DENNY WAY
Roosevelt neighborhood to Downtown Seattle. 1ST AVE STEWART ST
MADRONA DR
15TH AVE
23RD AVE ALASKAN WAY E PINE ST Roosevelt 19TH AVE to Downtown Corridor OLIVE WAY E PIKE ST
Belltown BROADWAY E UNION ST Madrona Jobs and Population Westlake Station Major Growth Areas M WAY L KING JR Mann
PIKE ST 14TH AVE PINE ST SENECA ST First Hill Pike-Market CBD *Growth estimates from area-speci c EISs. Formal BOREN AVE 6TH AVE 12TH AVE Minor E CHERRY ST 34TH AVE 3RD AVE growth estimates for 2035 will be assigned through 0 0.5 1.0 Miles MADISON ST revisions to the EComprehensive JEFFERSON ST Plan this year. Existing LAKEWASHINGTON BLVD
1/2 -mile of City of Seattle Yesler Terrace MajorFigure Growth 5: AreasJOBS AND POPULATION E YESLER WAY Corridor Leschi
Population 83,920 624,681 S JACKSON ST 23RD AVE S AVE 23RD Jobs 169,710 469,566
Source: 2013 American Community Survey (5-year estimates)
Future Growth Three urban centers, Northgate, U District, and South Lake Union, are identified as areas of employment and residential growth, including up to 21,000 new households and 36,000 new jobs (growth projections for the year 2030-2035).
6 | SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Broadview Pinehurst Haller Lake NE NORTHGATE WAY
SAND POINT WAY NE TRANSIT Bitter Lake Victory Heights
N 105TH ST N NORTHGATE WAY NE AVE 3RD MERIDIAN AVE N AVE MERIDIAN 1ST AVE NE AVE 1ST Meadowbrook Matthews Beach
When analysis was conducted in 2015, three Metro bus N AVE GREENWOOD NW 100TH ST Northgate Transit routes operated along portions of Norththe Beach/Blue corridor: Ridge Routes 66 NW AVE 3RD Center NW 96TH ST RAVENNA AVE NE HOLMAN RD NW North College Park Maple Leaf (Express), 67, and 70. Route 67 travelled from Northgate NE 95TH ST
Crown Hill N AVE AURORA
Transit Center to Roosevelt to the U District (see Figure Greenwood N 90TH ST
LAKE CITY WAY NELAKE CITYWAY 6). Route 70 travelled from the U District to Eastlake to NW 85TH ST
N 85TH ST NE AVE 5TH
CORLISS WAY N
WALLINGFORD AVE N AVE WALLINGFORD Wedgwood Downtown Seattle. Route 66 was discontinued in Spring GREEN LAKE DR N NW 80TH ST 2016 and ran express service throughout the corridor. The LINDEN AVE N NE 80TH ST
SR522 View Ridge
combined frequency along the corridorLoyal is Heights 5 to 10 minutesWhittier Heights NE 75TH ST 25TH AVE NE AVE 25TH Green Lake Roosevelt during weekday peak periods. Bus speeds are 50 percent NE 70TH ST NE RAVENNA BLVD slower than those for general traffic. Buses make frequent NW 8TH AVE LATONA AVE NE N 65TH ST N 65TH ST NE 65TH ST NE 65TH ST 11TH AVE NE 11TH AVE Ravenna stops to board/alight passengers, and have NW 24TH AVE physical Phinney Ridge
20TH AVE NW 20TH AVE EAST GREEN LAKE WAY N limitations when driving in congested traffic. Buses NE AVE LATONA Bryant
Adams N 56TH ST
NW MARKET ST NE 55TH ST 35TH AVE NE AVE 35TH
PHINNEY AVE N PHINNEY AVE also experience long dwell times at stops due to slow West Woodland NE AVE 40TH Windermere LEARY AVE NW
22ND AVE NE SHILSHOLE AVE NW
UNIVERSITY WAY NE UNIVERSITYWAY NE 50TH ST passenger boarding or passenger payment procedures. N MARKET ST
14TH AVE NW 14TH AVE
17TH AVE NE17TH AVE
NW 48TH ST NE AVE 47TH 30TH AVE NE AVE 30TH
20TH AVE NE 20TH AVE
15TH AVE NW 15TH AVE NW 46TH ST W COMMODORE WAY N 46TH ST LEARY WAY NW N 45TH ST NE 45TH PL NE 45TH ST
THACKERAY PL NE THACKERAY
Wallingford NE7TH AVE Laurelhurst GILMAN AVE W University District NE 41ST ST NE 42ND ST BALLARD BR Fremont W EMERSON PL N 40TH ST
BROOKLYN AVE NEBROOKLYN AVE FREMONT AVE N AVE FREMONT W EMERSON ST N 39TH ST MONTLAKE BLVD NE
STONE WAY NSTONEWAY
W NICKERSON ST UNIVERSITY BR Lawton Park N 36TH ST N 38TH ST
NE PACIFIC ST
W BERTONA ST N 35TH ST
WALLINGFORD AVE N WALLINGFORD AVE
W DRAVUS ST N NORTHLAKE WAY NICKERSON ST
11TH AVE W 11TH AVE 22ND AVE W AVE 22ND
North Queen BR AURORA Portage Bay Anne
THORNDYKE AVE W W RAYE ST
6TH AVE N
WESTLAKE AVE N
3RD AVE W 3RD AVE QUEEN ANNE DR Transit Interbay GILMAN DR W Eastlake W MCGRAW ST Montlake
15TH AVE W AVE 15TH BOSTON ST
BOYER AVE E
43RD AVE E 43RD AVE
6TH AVE W 6TH AVE 10TH AVE W 10TH AVE East Queen Anne Madison Transit Peak Hour Speed: QUEEN N ANNE AVE Park West Queen Anne MAGNOLIA BR 7.0 mph W GALER ST Westlake Travel SpeedE GALER in STMiles Per Hour (mph)
24TH AVE E24TH AVE Reliability: ELLIOTT AVE W 0.0 - 10.0 mph Northbound TAYLOR AVE N AVE TAYLOR South Lake 0.0 - 10.0 mph Southbound
10TH AVE E 10TH AVE E ALOHA ST W OLYMPIC PL On-time performance of transit is below FAIRVIEW AVE N E MADISON ST Union Boardings (Lines 66,Stevens 67, 70) 70% for routes 66 and 70 during the MERCER ST Southbound Northbound DEXTER AVE N DEXTER AVE Broadway 0 - 50
LAKEVIEW BLVD E
15TH AVE E15TH AVE
19TH AVE E 19TH AVE EASTLAKE AVE E AVE EASTLAKE
BELLEVUE AVE E BELLEVUE AVE morning or evening peaks 23RD E AVE 51 - 100Harrison/ E THOMAS ST
BROAD ST E 12TH AVE WESTLAKE N AVE 101 - 200Denny-Blaine Overcrowding: DENNY WAY E DENNY WAY 1ST AVE N AVE FAIRVIEW STEWART ST 201 - 300 MADRONA DR
Occurs on 32% of trips throughout the day 23RD AVE
ALASKAN WAY E PINE ST 15TH AVE
19TH AVE E PIKE ST 301 - 400 OLIVE WAY
and 63% of trips in the morning peak BROADWAY Belltown E UNION ST Madrona Westlake Station M WAY L KING JR VIRGINIA ST Roosevelt to DowntownMann Corridor
PIKE ST 14TH AVE Average Weekday Ridership (Existing King PINE ST SENECA ST First Hill Pike-Market CBD Roosevelt to Downtown Corridor, BOREN AVE 6TH AVE 12TH AVE Minor E CHERRY ST 34TH AVE 3RD AVE MADISON ST County Metro routes 66, 67, & 70): 0 0.5 1.0 Miles South Alternative E JEFFERSON ST Total - 8,270 daily riders LAKEWASHINGTON BLVD Average Annual Daily Tra c Yesler Terrace Figure 6: TRANSIT CONDITIONS E YESLER WAY Leschi
S JACKSON ST 23RD AVE S AVE 23RD
RDHCT CORRIDOR CONCEPT FINAL REPORT | 7 Broadview Pinehurst Haller Lake NE NORTHGATE WAY
SAND POINT WAY NE Bitter Lake Victory Heights
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY N 105TH ST N NORTHGATE WAY NE AVE 3RD MERIDIAN AVE N AVE MERIDIAN Meadowbrook Matthews Beach Most segments along the corridor have sidewalks on N AVE GREENWOOD Northgate Transit NW 100TH ST North Beach/Blue Ridge NW AVE 3RD Center
RAVENNA AVE NE both sides of the street as well as planting stripsNW 96TH ST between HOLMAN RD NW North College Park Maple Leaf NE 95TH ST
Crown Hill N AVE AURORA the sidewalk and curb. There are locations with missing NE 92ND ST sidewalks as well as sidewalk conditions with cracking and Greenwood N 90TH ST
LAKE CITY WAY NELAKE CITYWAY 5TH AVE NE AVE 5TH raised unevenness. While bicycle facilities are providedNW 85TH ST N 85TH ST CORLISS WAY N
WALLINGFORD AVE N AVE WALLINGFORD Wedgwood GREEN LAKE DR N on certain portions of the corridor, there is a need for a NE WAY ROOSEVELT NW 80TH ST LINDEN AVE N NE 80TH ST continuous bicycle network. There are several locations NE AVE 15TH SR522 View Ridge Loyal Heights Whittier Heights NE 75TH ST
with higher than average bicycle and pedestrian collisions NE AVE 20TH 25TH AVE NE AVE 25TH
Green Lake NE 70TH ST (Figure 7). NE RAVENNA BLVD Roosevelt
8TH AVE NW 8TH AVE LATONA AVE NE
N 65TH ST N 65TH ST NE 65TH ST NE 65TH ST Ravenna 24TH AVE NW 24TH AVE Phinney Ridge
20TH AVE NW 20TH AVE EAST GREEN LAKE WAY N Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety NE AVE LATONA Bryant
Adams N 56TH ST
NW MARKET ST NE 55TH ST 35TH AVE NE AVE 35TH
PHINNEY AVE N PHINNEY AVE 40TH AVE NE AVE 40TH West Woodland NE 11TH AVE Windermere LEARY AVE NW
22ND AVE NE SHILSHOLE AVE NW
UNIVERSITY WAY NE UNIVERSITYWAY Pedestrian Network NE 50TH ST N MARKET ST
14TH AVE NW 14TH AVE
17TH AVE NE17TH AVE
NW 48TH ST NE AVE 47TH 30TH AVE NE AVE 30TH
20TH AVE NE 20TH AVE
NW 15TH AVE Missing sidewalk at six locations along NW 46TH ST W COMMODORE WAY N 46TH ST N 45TH ST NE 45TH PL NE 45TH ST
corridor LEARY WAY NW PL NE THACKERAY Wallingford NE7TH AVE University District Laurelhurst GILMAN AVE W NE 41ST ST NE 42ND ST Fair or poor sidewalk conditions along BALLARD BR Fremont th W EMERSON PL N 40TH ST
BROOKLYN AVE NEBROOKLYN AVE portions of Roosevelt Way NE, 11 Avenue N AVE FREMONT W EMERSON ST N 39TH ST MONTLAKE BLVD NE
STONE WAY NSTONEWAY
N 36TH ST N 38TH ST Lawton Park W NICKERSON ST NE, and Eastlake Avenue E. UNIVERSITY BR NE PACIFIC ST
W BERTONA ST N 35TH ST
WALLINGFORD AVE N WALLINGFORD AVE
High Pedestrian Collisions: W DRAVUS ST N NORTHLAKE WAY NICKERSON ST
th W 11TH AVE 22ND AVE W AVE 22ND Roosevelt Way NE and NE 45 Street North Queen Anne BR AURORA Portage Bay
THORNDYKE AVE W Denny Way and Fairview Avenue W RAYE ST 6TH AVE N
WESTLAKE AVE N
3RD AVE W 3RD AVE QUEEN ANNE DR
th th GILMAN DR W 12 Avenue NE and NE 75 Street Interbay Eastlake Montlake
th W AVE 15TH Roosevelt Way NE and NE 65 Street BOSTON ST BOYER AVE E
43RD AVE E 43RD AVE
6TH AVE W 6TH AVE 10TH AVE W 10TH AVE East Queen Anne Madison
QUEEN N ANNE AVE Bicycle Network: LAKEVIEW BLVD E MAGNOLIA BR Park Need for continuous network W GALER ST Westlake E GALER ST
10TH AVE E 10TH AVE
24TH AVE E24TH AVE ELLIOTT AVE W
TAYLOR AVE N AVE TAYLOR High Bicycle Collisions: South Lake FAIRVIEW AVE N
E ALOHA ST W OLYMPIC PL Sidewalk Condition Eastlake Avenue E and Fuhrman Avenue E Union Stevens E MADISON ST
MERCER ST Poor: sidewalk conditions include 11th Avenue NE and NE 45th Street N DEXTER AVE Broadway moderate to high amounts of cracking
15TH AVE E15TH AVE
19TH AVE E 19TH AVE EASTLAKE AVE E AVE EASTLAKE and raised uneveness
BELLEVUE AVE E BELLEVUE AVE 23RD E AVE Harrison/ E THOMASPoor: ST sidewalk conditions include E 12TH AVE Eastlake Avenue E between Harvard Avenue BROAD ST WESTLAKE N AVE N AVE FAIRVIEW low to moderate amountsDenny-Blaine of cracking E and Fuhrman Avenue E DENNY WAY and raised uneveness E DENNY WAY 1ST AVE STEWART ST
MADRONA DR
15TH AVE
th 23RD AVE ALASKAN WAY E PINE ST Roosevelt Way NE and NE 66 Street Missing19TH AVE Sidewalk OLIVE WAY E PIKE ST
Belltown BROADWAY E UNION ST Madrona Eastlake Avenue E and E Edgar Street Westlake Station 1/2-Mile Walkshed M WAY L KING JR Mann
14TH AVE Collisions (from 2010 to 2014) PIKE ST Pike-Market PINE ST SENECA ST First Hill CBD 4 - 7 Bicycle Collisions BOREN AVE 6TH AVE 12TH AVE Minor E CHERRY ST 34TH AVE 3RD AVE MADISON ST 0 0.5 1.0 Miles 4 - 7 Pedestrian Collisions E JEFFERSON ST LAKEWASHINGTON BLVD
Yesler Terrace SidewalkFigure Conditions7: BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CONDITIONSE YESLER WAY Leschi
S JACKSON ST 23RD AVE S AVE 23RD
8 | SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Broadview Pinehurst Haller Lake NE NORTHGATE WAY
SAND POINT WAY NE TRAFFIC Bitter Lake Victory Heights
N 105TH ST N NORTHGATE WAY NE AVE 3RD MERIDIAN AVE N AVE MERIDIAN 1ST AVE NE AVE 1ST Meadowbrook Matthews Beach
There are 63 signalized intersections along the corridor N AVE GREENWOOD NW 100TH ST Northgate Transit between Stewart Street and 3rd AvenueNorth Beach/Blue and Ridge the NW AVE 3RD Center NW 96TH ST RAVENNA AVE NE HOLMAN RD NW North College Park Maple Leaf Northgate Transit Center. Traffic and congestion are NE 95TH ST
Crown Hill N AVE AURORA present at some intersections, including on Roosevelt Greenwood N 90TH ST 9,700
LAKE CITY WAY NELAKE CITYWAY th th
Way NE, 11 Avenue NE/12 Avenue NE, EastlakeNW 85TH STAvenue
N 85TH ST NE AVE 5TH
CORLISS WAY N
WALLINGFORD AVE N AVE WALLINGFORD Wedgwood E, Fairview Avenue N, Virginia Street, and Mercer Street GREEN LAKE DR N NW 80TH ST LINDEN AVE N NE 80TH ST (Figure 8). Congestion at these locations not only impacts 10,800
SR522 View Ridge Loyal Heights Whittier Heights NE 75TH ST general traffic, but also bus speeds. 21,000 Roosevelt NE AVE 25TH Green Lake NE 70TH ST
NE RAVENNA BLVD
8TH AVE NW 8TH AVE LATONA AVE NE Note: AADT in locations between N N 65TH ST N 65TH ST 45th St and NE 75th St includes EE E NE 65TH ST NE 65TH ST
11TH AVE NE 11TH AVE Ravenna 15TH AVE 24TH AVE NW 24TH AVE Phinney Ridge bi-directional tra c on both Traffic Roosevelt Way NE and adjacent
20TH AVE NW 20TH AVE EAST GREEN LAKE WAY N Northbound Route (11th and 12th NE AVE LATONA Bryant Ave). Adams N 56TH ST
NW MARKET ST NE 55TH ST 35TH AVE NE AVE 35TH
PHINNEY AVE N PHINNEY AVE West Woodland NE AVE 40TH Windermere Northgate: LEARY AVE NW 22ND AVE NE SHILSHOLE AVE NW
UNIVERSITY WAY NE UNIVERSITYWAY NE 50TH ST N MARKET ST All intersections operate at LOS D or better NW 14TH AVE
17TH AVE NE17TH AVE
NW 48TH ST NE AVE 47TH 30TH AVE NE AVE 30TH 16,600 NE 20TH AVE
15TH AVE NW 15TH AVE NW 46TH ST W COMMODORE WAY N 46TH ST Roosevelt and University: LEARY WAY NW E N 45TH ST NE 45TH PL NE 45TH ST
THACKERAY PL NE THACKERAY
Wallingford NE7TH AVE th University District Laurelhurst GILMAN AVE W NE 41ST ST Roosevelt Way NE & NE 65 Street: LOS E NE 42ND ST BALLARD BR Fremont W EMERSON PL N 40TH ST
(AM and PM) NEBROOKLYN AVE FREMONT AVE N AVE FREMONT W EMERSON ST N 39TH ST MONTLAKE BLVD NE
STONE WAY NSTONEWAY th th W NICKERSON ST UNIVERSITY BR 12 Avenue NE & NE 65 Street:Lawton Park LOS E N 36TH ST N 38TH ST 27,800 NE PACIFIC ST
W BERTONA ST E N 35TH ST (PM) N WALLINGFORD AVE W DRAVUS ST N NORTHLAKE WAY NICKERSON ST th W 11TH AVE
W AVE 22ND Roosevelt Way NE & NE 45 Street: LOS E North Queen BR AURORA Portage Bay Anne (AM) THORNDYKE AVE W W RAYE ST 15,000
6TH AVE N
WESTLAKE AVE N
3RD AVE W 3RD AVE QUEEN ANNE DR All other intersections operate at LOSInterbay D orGILMAN DR W Eastlake W MCGRAW ST Montlake
better W AVE 15TH BOSTON ST 15,600 BOYER AVE E
43RD AVE E 43RD AVE
6TH AVE W 6TH AVE 10TH AVE W 10TH AVE East Queen Anne Madison Eastlake: QUEEN N ANNE AVE Park
MAGNOLIA BR West Queen Anne 15,100 Fairview Avenue N and Fuhrman Avenue E: W GALER ST Westlake E GALER ST
24TH AVE E24TH AVE LOS E (PM) ELLIOTT AVE W TAYLOR AVE N AVE TAYLOR South Lake
10TH AVE E 10TH AVE E ALOHA ST W OLYMPIC PL All other intersections operate at LOS D or Union FAIRVIEW AVE N Stevens E MADISON ST 10,400EF FE10,900 MERCER ST F
DEXTER AVE N DEXTER AVE E better E Broadway Intersection Level of Service (LOS)
LAKEVIEW BLVD E
15TH AVE E15TH AVE
19TH AVE E 19TH AVE EASTLAKE AVE E AVE EASTLAKE AM PM
BELLEVUE AVE E BELLEVUE AVE 23RD E AVE Harrison/ E EE THOMASLevel ST of Service
Downtown and South Lake Union: BROAD ST E 12TH AVE WESTLAKE N AVE Denny-Blaine DENNY WAY F F Level of Service E DENNY WAY Valley Street and Westlake Avenue: LOS E 1ST AVE N AVE FAIRVIEW STEWART ST Average Annual Daily Tra c 18,900 MADRONA DR
23RD AVE
ALASKAN WAY E PINE ST 15TH AVE (AM and PM) Location19TH AVE of Tra c Count E PIKE ST
OLIVE WAY Belltown BROADWAY E UNION ST Madrona Mercer Street and Westlake Avenue: LOS E Westlake Station 000 Bi-direction Tra c Count M WAY L KING JR VIRGINIA ST Mann PIKE ST 14TH AVE Roosevelt to Downtown Corridor PINE ST SENECA ST First Hill (AM and PM) Pike-Market CBD BOREN AVE 6TH AVE 12TH AVE Minor E CHERRY ST Roosevelt to Downtown Corridor, 34TH AVE 3RD AVE MADISON ST 0 0.5 1.0 Miles SouthE JEFFERSON Alternative ST Valley Street and Fairview Avenue: LOS F LAKEWASHINGTON BLVD (AM) and LOS E (PM) Average Annual Daily Tra c Yesler Terrace Figure 8: TRAFFIC CONDITIONS E YESLER WAY Mercer Street and Fairview Avenue: LOS F Leschi
(AM) and LOS E (PM) S JACKSON ST 23RD AVE S AVE 23RD All other intersections operate at LOS D or better
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10 | SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER 3 DESIGN OPTIONS AND EVALUATION
Screening of options for the Roosevelt to Downtown Memo prepared in October of 2015. As shown in Table 1, Corridor included mode options, route alignment the analysis revealed that RSC held advantages for three options, and level of investment for HCT design options. variables, while BRT had advantages in the remaining The routing and design of bicycle facilities was ongoing eight. Concerning the two variables rated as being of very during the project planning process and coincided with high importance, RSC had an advantage with ridership design of transit facilities. while BRT had an advantage in costs. Even though both RSC and BRT are viable for the corridor, BRT was MODE selected as the preferred mode due to its advantages in In the 2012 TMP, rapid streetcar was identified as the more variable categories and minimal disadvantage in mode for this corridor. The TMP also recommended that others. The 2016 amendment of the TMP identified the the mode be validated during the planning phase. As Roosevelt to Downtown Corridor as one of Seattle’s seven such, the mode analysis was completed as an early task of RapidRide corridors, confirming BRT as the preferred the RDHCT study. mode. A detailed version of this analysis is available in the RDHCT Mode Analysis Report. Two mode alternatives were considered for providing HCT along the Roosevelt to Downtown Corridor: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) or Rapid Streetcar (RSC). These two alternatives were analyzed in the Mode Alternatives
Table 1: SUMMARY OF MODE OPTIONS ANALYSIS Overall Criteria BRT Unique Advantage Rapid Street Car Unique Advantage Importance Advantage Vehicles More availability and increased flexibility Higher capacity Medium Max BRT Fuel/Power Brief ‘off-track’ use possible N/A Low Min BRT Stations Higher service interoperability N/A High Max BRT Service Greater frequency, reliability, and flexibility Higher passenger capacity High Min BRT Ridership N/A Higher expected ridership Very High Max RSC Transit Experience N/A Greater comfort Medium Min RSC Impacts to Other Modes Greater interoperability with existing modes Less wear on pavement Medium Min BRT Project Phasing Smaller minimum segments N/A Medium Max BRT Construction Simpler construction N/A Medium Max BRT Land Use Less exterior noise and vibration May spur greater development High Min RSC Costs Significantly lower capital costs Slightly lower operating costs Very High Max BRT
RDHCT CORRIDOR CONCEPT FINAL REPORT | 11 Broadview Pinehurst Haller Lake NE NORTHGATE WAY
SAND POINT WAY NE ROUTE ALIGNMENT Bitter Lake Victory Heights
N 105TH ST N NORTHGATE WAY NE AVE 3RD MERIDIAN AVE N AVE MERIDIAN The route alignment options include South Lake Union NE AVE 1ST Matthews Beach GREENWOOD AVE N AVE GREENWOOD Northgate Transit Center
alignment, the Northgate extension, and the southernNW 100TH ST 3RD AVE NW AVE 3RD
North Beach/Blue Ridge NE WAY ROOSEVELT
RAVENNA AVE NE extension into Downtown Seattle, as NWshown 96TH ST in FigureHOLMAN 9. RD NW North College Park Maple Leaf 5th Ave NE & NE 95th NE 95TH ST
Crown Hill N AVE AURORA HCT service along this corridor will extend south of NE 92ND ST Greenwood N 90TH ST
Westlake Station with routing in Downtown to be NELAKE CITYWAY 5TH AVE NE AVE 5TH determined by the One Center City planningNW 85TH ST process. N 85TH ST NE 85TH ST
CORLISS WAY N 5th Ave NE & NE 85th WALLINGFORD AVE N AVE WALLINGFORD For the purposes of planning and analysis, it is assumed GREEN LAKE DR N
NW 80TH ST rd LINDEN AVE N NE 80TH ST
the RDHCT service travels through Downtown along 3 NE AVE 15TH
SR522 Avenue to the Pioneer Square area, ultimately terminating NE 75TH ST View Ridge Loyal Heights Whittier Heights Roosevelt & 75th 12th & 75th
on S Main Street between 3rd Avenue and 4th Avenue. 20TH AVE NE AVE 20TH Green Lake NE AVE 25TH This segment was included in ridership and operations Roosevelt NE 70TH ST 8TH AVE NW 8TH AVE
N 65TH ST planning, but infrastructure improvements are not 12th & 65th NE 65TH ST NE 65TH ST Roosevelt & 65th Ravenna included in this study. NW 24TH AVE
20TH AVE NW 20TH AVE Roosevelt & Ravenna EAST GREEN LAKE WAY N 12th & Ravenna NE RAVENNA BLVD Bryant
Adams N 56TH ST NW MARKET ST NE 55TH ST
LATONA AVE NE AVE LATONA
South Lake Union NE AVE 35TH
PHINNEY AVE N PHINNEY AVE 40TH AVE NE AVE 40TH West Woodland NE 11TH AVE Windermere LEARY AVE NW
22ND AVE NE SHILSHOLE AVE NW
For the southern segment of the corridor, between the NE UNIVERSITYWAY NE 50TH ST NE 50TH ST 11th & 50th N MARKET ST Roosevelt & 50th
14TH AVE NW 14TH AVE
NW 48TH ST NE AVE 47TH 30TH AVE NE AVE 30TH Westlake Hub and the current South Lake Union Streetcar NE 20TH AVE
15TH AVE NW 15TH AVE NW 46TH ST W COMMODORE WAY N 46TH ST NE17TH AVE
THACKERAY PL NE THACKERAY terminus, the 2012 TMP identified the following two Roosevelt & 45th 11th & 45th N 45TH ST NE 45TH PL NE 45TH ST
LEARY WAY NW Wallingford University District Laurelhurst GILMAN AVE W NE 41ST ST potential alignments: NE7TH AVE NE 42ND ST
BROOKLYN AVE NEBROOKLYN AVE BALLARD BR Fremont Roosevelt & 42nd Eastlake & 41st W EMERSON PL N 40TH ST
• Westlake Avenue N: Westlake Avenue N and Valley N AVE FREMONT W EMERSON ST N 39TH ST MONTLAKE BLVD NE
STONE WAY NSTONEWAY
N 36TH ST N 38TH ST Lawton Park W NICKERSON ST Street UNIVERSITY BR
NE PACIFIC ST W BERTONA ST N 35TH ST • Fairview Avenue N: Fairview Avenue N and Stewart N WALLINGFORD AVE Eastlake & Harvard W DRAVUS ST N NORTHLAKE WAY NICKERSON ST 11TH AVE W 11TH AVE Portage Bay
Street/Virginia Street W AVE 22ND AURORA BR AURORA Eastlake & Hamlin
The two alignment options were evaluatedTHORNDYKE AVE W based on W RAYE ST
6TH AVE N
WESTLAKE AVE N
3RD AVE W 3RD AVE QUEEN ANNE DR existing transit planning projects that could impactGILMAN DR W Interbay Eastlake Montlake service, access, and connections. Eastlake & Lynn
15TH AVE W AVE 15TH BOSTON ST
BOYER AVE E
43RD AVE E 43RD AVE
6TH AVE W 6TH AVE 10TH AVE W 10TH AVE East Queen Anne Three high frequency routes already use Westlake Avenue QUEEN N ANNE AVE N, including the South Lake Union Streetcar,MAGNOLIA BR RapidRide Eastlake & Gar eld W GALER ST Westlake E GALER ST
10TH AVE E 10TH AVE
24TH AVE E24TH AVE C, and Route 40. Potential capacity issues wereELLIOTT cited AVE W and FAIRVIEW AVE N for this reason, the Fairview Avenue N alignment was N AVE TAYLOR South Lake E ALOHA ST W OLYMPIC PL Fairview & Aloha recommended as the preferred route. Union Stevens E MADISON ST MERCER ST DEXTER AVE N DEXTER AVE Broadway
15TH AVE E15TH AVE
19TH AVE E 19TH AVE
EASTLAKE AVE E AVE EASTLAKE FAIRVIEW AVE N AVE FAIRVIEW
BELLEVUE AVE E BELLEVUE AVE
23RD E AVE Fairview & Thomas E THOMAS ST
Northgate Extension E 12TH AVE BROAD ST
WESTLAKE N AVE
DENNY WAY E DENNY WAY The northern terminus for the Roosevelt to Downtown 9TH AVE 1ST AVE Virginia & 9th Roosevelt to Downtown Corridor MADRONA DR 5TH AVE 15TH AVE E PINE ST 23RD AVE Corridor was initially recommended to be located at ALASKAN WAY Stewart & 9th Northgate Extension19TH AVE Alignment th VIRGINIA ST E PIKE ST STEWART ST NE 65 Street, adjacent to the Roosevelt Link Station. BROADWAY South Lake UnionE UNION Opt. ST Alignment PINE ST M WAY L KING JR
PIKE ST Southern Extension AlignmentMann However, SDOT decided to also study an extension 14TH AVE SENECA ST First Hill Pike-Market CBD Existing Link BOREN AVE 6TH AVE 12TH AVE Minor E CHERRY ST 34TH AVE of the corridor to the Northgate Transit Center, where 3RD AVE MADISON ST 0 0.5 Miles Under Construction E JEFFERSON ST future population and job growth and a Link Station are LAKEWASHINGTON BLVD planned and as recommended in the 2012 TMP. This Figure 9: ROUTE ALIGNMENT OPTYesler ITerraceONS Base Map E YESLER WAY potential extension or future phase is assumed to travel Leschi along Roosevelt/12th Avenue NE to NE 75th Street to S JACKSON ST Banner Way NE to 5th Avenue NE. Along 5th Avenue NE S AVE 23RD
12 | SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION the route will use NE 100th Street and NE 103rd Street to connect to the Northgate Transit Center. The capital costs to extend catenary to the Northgate Transit Center, where no existing catenary infrastructure exists, is cost prohibitive. Thus, it is recommended that the preferred northern terminus of the RDHCT project be NE 67th Street (northernmost station at NE 65th Street), with consideration of a future phase serving the Northgate Transit Center and connecting the Maple Leaf and Northgate neighborhoods.
RDHCT CORRIDOR CONCEPT FINAL REPORT | 13 LEVEL OF BRT The Targeted Investments approach is recommended as Three HCT design options were identified based on three the cost is more consistent with the planning level budget levels of BRT investment: identified in Move Seattle, the City’s 10-year strategic transportation vision. It also addresses right-of-way • RapidRide limitations along the corridor. Branded RapidRide service with consolidated stops, improved stations with off-board fare payment, Initial consideration of design included concepts for pedestrian improvements near stations, and transit side-running or center-running transit-only lanes. Both signal priority were presented as possible alignments for the Full BRT option, with center identified as initially preferred due to • Targeted Investments fewer right turn vehicle conflicts, fewer bicycle conflicts, RapidRide service with additional transit priority and shared platform opportunities for northbound and treatments, such as queue jump lanes and transit-only southbound service. lanes at select, high priority locations and bicycle facility investments However, side-running design was selected for the • Full BRT RapidRide and Targeted Investments options because Service with center-running and side-running transit- it provided consistency with existing RapidRide service, only lanes along the entire length of the corridor enabled existing transit to use transit stations, and right- door buses were preferred for better interoperability with Table 2 shows characteristics included in each of the HCT other routes. design options. Estimated costs proved to vary widely between the options.
Table 2: TRANSIT CHARACTERISTICS COMPARISON Targeted Characteristics RapidRide Full BRT Investments Stop Consolidation P P P Curb-running service with right-door loading articulated vehicles P P Maximize center-running service with articulated vehicles P Potential for left-door loading vehicles P Transit signal priority and communications P P P Enhanced stations with shelters, off-board fare collection, real time arrival information, lighting and level boarding P P P Station area pedestrian enhancements P P P Corridorwide pedestrian facility improvements P P Corridorwide bicycle facility improvements P P Minor roadway geometric changes that may include use of queue jump, business access and transit lanes, or dedicated transit lanes P P Limited/targeted parking and access modifications P Significant parking and access modifications P Redistribution of curb-to-curb or ROW width allocation by travel mode P P
14 | SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BICYCLE FACILITIES An on corridor bicycle facility will be built as part of Route options were considered both on corridor RDHCT between Fairview Avenue and Valley Street and off corridor and ultimately, the bicycle facilities intersection and the Roosevelt Link Station. The recommended for implementation with this project remainder of the all ages and abilities facility will be off provide continuous protected bike lanes and other corridor and provided through planned projects identified options for bicyclists who are more comfortable riding in the Implementation Plan for the Bicycle Master Plan with traffic. Additional details are available in the RDHCT and connecting to the 2nd Avenue protected bicycle Bicycle Decision Memo. lanes. A more detailed description of the RDHCT corridor bicycle facilities can be found in Chapter 4. The RDHCT recommended bicycle facilities must be all ages and abilities. In some segments, a commuter facility The design concepts shown for the portion of the corridor using sharrows or minor in-lane separation is maintained north of NE 65th Street through the Maple Leaf and or added, while the all ages and abilities facility is off Northgate neighborhoods will be refined and validated corridor on a parallel street. This is the case in South Lake as part of the potential future phase conceptual design Union. process.
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16 | SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Broadview Pinehurst Haller Lake NE NORTHGATE WAY
SAND POINT WAY NE CHAPTER 4 Bitter Lake Victory Heights
N 105TH ST N NORTHGATE WAY NE AVE 3RD
MERIDIAN AVE N AVE MERIDIAN 1ST AVE NE AVE 1ST Matthews Beach
RECOMMENDED CORRIDOR CONCEPTN AVE GREENWOOD
NW 100TH ST 3RD AVE NW AVE 3RD
North Beach/Blue Ridge NE WAY ROOSEVELT
RAVENNA AVE NE NW 96TH ST HOLMAN RD NW Maple Leaf North College Park th This section describes the Recommended Corridor • Northbound buses will use NE 67 Street to navigate NE 95TH ST
Crown Hill N AVE AURORA Concept for RapidRide service along the Roosevelt to from 12th AvenueNE 92NDNE ST onto Roosevelt Way NE. Greenwood N 90TH ST
Downtown High Capacity Transit Corridor, including Buses are assumed to layover on 67th Street NELAKE CITYWAY when 5TH AVE NE AVE 5TH NW 85TH ST N 85TH ST NE 85TH ST
alignment, station locations, transit priority, targeted converting from northboundCORLISS WAY N to southbound service. WALLINGFORD AVE N AVE WALLINGFORD improvements, and operating characteristics. This section GREEN LAKE DR N NW 80TH ST LINDEN AVE N NE 80TH ST also includes early implementation improvements and NE AVE 15TH
SR522 View Ridge
project phasing recommendations.Loyal Heights Whittier Heights NE 75TH ST 20TH AVE NE AVE 20TH Green Lake NE AVE 25TH Roosevelt NE 70TH ST ALIGNMENT AND STATIONS NW 8TH AVE
N 65TH ST 12th & 65th NE 65TH ST NE 65TH ST The RDHCT Recommended Corridor Concept Roosevelt & 65th Ravenna
24TH AVE NW 24TH AVE
alignment and stations are illustrated NW in20TH AVE Figure 10. The Roosevelt & Ravenna EAST GREEN LAKE WAY N 12th & Ravenna recommended study corridor is 5.5 miles in length, NE RAVENNA BLVD Bryant Adams N 56TH ST rd NW MARKET ST NE 55TH ST
LATONA AVE NE AVE LATONA 35TH AVE NE AVE 35TH
PHINNEY AVE N PHINNEY AVE 40TH AVE NE AVE 40TH extending from 3 Avenue and Stewart Street inWest Woodland NE 11TH AVE Windermere LEARY AVE NW
22ND AVE NE SHILSHOLE AVE NW th Downtown to Roosevelt Way NE and NE 67 Street. While NE UNIVERSITYWAY NE 50TH ST NE 50TH ST 11th & 50th N MARKET ST Roosevelt & 50th
14TH AVE NW 14TH AVE
NW 48TH ST NE AVE 47TH 30TH AVE NE AVE 30TH outside of the study area for the RDHCT study, RapidRide NE 20TH AVE 15TH AVE NW 15TH AVE NW 46TH ST W COMMODORE WAY N 46TH ST NE17TH AVE
THACKERAY PL NE THACKERAY service will extend into Downtown with a path determined Roosevelt & 45th 11th & 45th N 45TH ST NE 45TH PL NE 45TH ST LEARY WAY NW Wallingford University District Laurelhurst GILMAN AVE W NE 41ST ST through the One Center City planning process. With NE7TH AVE NE 42ND ST
BROOKLYN AVE NEBROOKLYN AVE BALLARD BR th Fremont Roosevelt & 42nd Eastlake & 41st
future phasing the route may also extendW EMERSON PL past NE 67 N 40TH ST FREMONT AVE N AVE FREMONT W EMERSON ST N 39TH ST MONTLAKE BLVD NE Street to the Northgate Transit Center. NSTONEWAY N 36TH ST N 38TH ST Lawton Park W NICKERSON ST UNIVERSITY BR
NE PACIFIC ST W BERTONA ST N 35TH ST Described from south to north, the following provides N WALLINGFORD AVE Eastlake & Harvard
W DRAVUS ST N NORTHLAKE WAY NICKERSON ST
a physical description of the streets used for theW 11TH AVE Portage Bay
22ND AVE W AVE 22ND AURORA BR AURORA recommended alignment: Eastlake & Hamlin
THORNDYKE AVE W W RAYE ST
6TH AVE N rd WESTLAKE AVE N 3RD AVE W 3RD AVE QUEEN ANNE DR
• Beginning at 3 Avenue and Stewart Street,GILMAN DR W the Interbay Eastlake Montlake bus will travel northbound using Virginia Street to Eastlake & Lynn
15TH AVE W AVE 15TH BOSTON ST
BOYER AVE E
43RD AVE E 43RD AVE
Fairview Avenue and southbound using Stewart W 6TH AVE 10TH AVE W 10TH AVE East Queen Anne Street and Boren Avenue. QUEEN N ANNE AVE MAGNOLIA BR Eastlake & Gar eld W GALER ST Westlake E GALER ST
• The alignment continues through South Lake Union E 10TH AVE
24TH AVE E24TH AVE ELLIOTT AVE W
FAIRVIEW AVE N
on Fairview Avenue to the current northern terminus N AVE TAYLOR South Lake E ALOHA ST W OLYMPIC PL Fairview & Aloha of the South Lake Union Streetcar at Fairview Avenue Union Stevens E MADISON ST N and Yale Avenue N. MERCER ST DEXTER AVE N DEXTER AVE Broadway
15TH AVE E15TH AVE
19TH AVE E 19TH AVE
EASTLAKE AVE E AVE EASTLAKE FAIRVIEW AVE N AVE FAIRVIEW
BELLEVUE AVE E BELLEVUE AVE • North of the Streetcar station, the corridor alignment 23RD E AVE Fairview & Thomas E THOMAS ST
BROAD ST E 12TH AVE follows Fairview Avenue N and Eastlake Avenue E WESTLAKE N AVE DENNY WAY E DENNY WAY 9TH AVE
1ST AVE through the Eastlake neighborhood. Virginia & 9th MADRONA DR 5TH AVE 15TH AVE
23RD AVE ALASKAN WAY E PINE ST Stewart & 9th 19TH AVE • On the north side of the University Bridge, the VIRGINIA ST E PIKE ST STEWART ST BROADWAY E UNION ST
PINE ST M WAY L KING JR
alignment travels through the U District and PIKE ST Roosevelt to DowntownMann Corridor
14TH AVE SENECA ST First Hill Roosevelt neighborhoods along 11th Avenue NE and Pike-Market CBD Existing Link BOREN AVE 6TH AVE 12TH AVE Minor E CHERRY ST 34TH AVE 3RD AVE MADISON ST th 0 0.5 Miles Under Construction E JEFFERSON ST 12 Avenue NE (Northbound) and Roosevelt Way NE LAKEWASHINGTON BLVD (Southbound) to NE 65th Street, connecting with the Yesler Terrace Roosevelt Link Station. Base MapFigure 10: RECOMMENDED RDHCT ALIGNMENT ANDE YESLER STAT WAY IONS Leschi
S JACKSON ST 23RD AVE S AVE 23RD
RDHCT CORRIDOR CONCEPT FINAL REPORT | 17 There are a total of 24 stations situated along the corridor. shares a platform with the Seattle Streetcar, which is Attempts were made to provide farside stations to recommended to be moved to the west of the transit-only improve transit speeds, while additional adjustments and auto lanes in a separate alignment. Table 1 provides to the station location were made based on curb a description of station locations and types. They are cuts and driveways. Station type and amenities were presented in northbound and southbound pairs. determined based on space availability and location. Stations in Downtown are designed as urban canopy TRANSIT PRIORITY IMPROVEMENTS stations. However, along most of the corridor, stations As previously described, the selection of BRT as the are designed as transit islands with a free standing corridor transit mode occurred early in the planning shelter. The Fairview and Aloha southbound station process. Budget and right-of-way constraints led to the concept of using RapidRide features as a starting point Table 3: STATION LOCATIONS and building from there to incorporate as much full- Street Cross Street Direction Type featured BRT capabilities as possible within an efficient Virginia St 9th Ave Northbound Urban / Canopy design package. Stewart St 9th Ave Southbound Urban / Canopy Existing and future no-build peak hour transit speed Fairview Ave Thomas St Northbound Urban / Canopy and reliability were evaluated and the plan took form Fairview Ave Thomas St Southbound Urban / Canopy with the overall objective of significantly improving Fairview Ave Aloha St Northbound Sidewalk w/Shelter transit speed and reliability with more frequent service. Fairview Ave Aloha St Southbound Transit Island w/Shelter Modeling of the Roosevelt to Downtown Corridor revealed that by targeting investments at key segments Eastlake Ave E E Garfield St Northbound Transit Island w/Shelter and intersections, transit speeds between Downtown and Eastlake Ave E E Garfield St Southbound Transit Island w/Shelter NE 65th Street during the AM and PM peak hour and Eastlake Ave E E Lynn St Northbound Transit Island w/Shelter off-peak hours could be improved by 22 percent and 25 Eastlake Ave E E Lynn St Southbound Transit Island w/Shelter percent, respectively. To achieve these improvements, Eastlake Ave E E Hamlin St Northbound Transit Island w/Shelter the following targeted transit performance improvements Eastlake Ave E E Hamlin St Southbound Transit Island w/Shelter and strategies are included in the RDHCT Recommended Corridor Concept. Eastlake Ave E Harvard Ave E Northbound Transit Island w/Shelter Eastlake Ave E Harvard Ave E Southbound Transit Island w/Shelter • The design includes in-lane RapidRide stations using Eastlake Ave E NE 41st St Northbound Transit Island w/Shelter existing curb space or station platforms (concrete Roosevelt Way NE 42 St (east Southbound Transit Island w/Shelter islands) that allow the bus to remain in traffic lanes, NE leg) avoiding delays associated with re-entering the traffic stream. 11th Ave NE NE 45th St Northbound Transit Island w/Shelter Roosevelt Way NE 45th St Southbound Transit Island w/Shelter • Bus stop spacing was increased and stops were NE consolidated. 11th Ave NE NE 50th St Northbound Transit Island w/Shelter • Transit-only lanes were included at key segments Roosevelt Way NE 50th St Southbound Transit Island w/Shelter where traffic congestion exists. These lanes allow for NE the bus to proceed without being delayed by traffic 12th Ave NE NE Ravenna Northbound Transit Island w/Shelter congestion or right-turning traffic. Blvd • Business Access and Transit Only (BAT) lanes were Roosevelt Way NE Ravenna Southbound Transit Island w/Shelter used at key links of the Roosevelt to Downtown NE Blvd Corridor where congestion is problematic, but 12th Ave NE NE 65th St Northbound Transit Island w/Shelter where right-turning movement is also important for Roosevelt Way NE 65th St Southbound Transit Island w/Shelter General Purpose (GP) traffic mobility. With the BAT NE lanes, RapidRide buses can avoid traffic queues and
18 | SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Broadview Pinehurst Haller Lake NE NORTHGATE WAY
SAND POINT WAY NE delays at critical intersections where traffic modeling Bitter Lake Victory Heights
N 105TH ST N NORTHGATE WAY NE AVE 3RD MERIDIAN AVE N AVE MERIDIAN identified long delays for GP traffic. The BAT lanes NE AVE 1ST Matthews Beach can also be used by GP vehicles making right turns at N AVE GREENWOOD
NW 100TH ST 3RD AVE NW AVE 3RD intersections or driveways.North Beach/Blue Ridge NE WAY ROOSEVELT NW 96TH ST RAVENNA AVE NE HOLMAN RD NW North College Park Maple Leaf NE 95TH ST
• Transit signal priority (TSP) will be used at Crownall of Hill the N AVE AURORA NE 92ND ST signalized locations from Denny Way to the north Greenwood N 90TH ST
corridor boundary at NE 67th Street. TSP modifies the NELAKE CITYWAY 5TH AVE NE AVE 5TH NW 85TH ST N 85TH ST NE 85TH ST CORLISS WAY N traffic signal operation by providing an earlier green N AVE WALLINGFORD GREEN LAKE DR N
NW 80TH ST for an approaching bus or holding a green longer LINDEN AVE N NE 80TH ST than normal, allowing a bus to pass through an NE AVE 15TH SR522 View Ridge
intersection where it wouldLoyal Heights otherwise needWhittier to Heights stop. NE 75TH ST 20TH AVE NE AVE 20TH Green Lake NE AVE 25TH • Off-board fare collection using the One Regional Roosevelt NE 70TH ST 8TH AVE NW 8TH AVE Card for All (ORCA) readers will be deployed at N 65TH ST NE 65TH ST NE 65TH ST Roosevelt & 65th – SB queue jump lane Ravenna stations. This will enable all door NW 24TH AVE boarding/alighting 12th & 65th – NB queue
20TH AVE NW 20TH AVE jump lane of passengers, which relates to a reduction in dwell EAST GREEN LAKE WAY N NE RAVENNA BLVD Bryant Adams time at stations. Riders will also have the option of N 56TH ST NW MARKET ST NE 55TH ST
LATONA AVE NE AVE LATONA 35TH AVE NE AVE 35TH
PHINNEY AVE N PHINNEY AVE 40TH AVE NE AVE 40TH West Woodland NE 11TH AVE Windermere using paper transfers or cash. CashLEARY AVEtickets NW will be
22ND AVE NE SHILSHOLE AVE NW
UNIVERSITY WAY NE UNIVERSITYWAY NE 50TH ST NE 50TH ST available for purchase at off-board ticket vending N MARKET ST
14TH AVE NW 14TH AVE
NW 48TH ST NE AVE 47TH 30TH AVE NE AVE 30TH 11th & 50th NE 20TH AVE – NB queue
15TH AVE NW 15TH AVE NW 46TH ST machines at stations. W COMMODORE WAY N 46TH ST jump NE17TH AVE lane THACKERAY PL NE THACKERAY N 45TH ST NE 45TH PL NE 45TH ST
LEARY WAY NW • Transit queue jump signals will be used at Roosevelt & 45thWallingford – SB queue jump lane University District Laurelhurst GILMAN AVE W NE 41ST ST
7TH AVE NE7TH AVE NE 42ND ST
BROOKLYN AVE NEBROOKLYN AVE intersections with transit-only or BAT lanesBALLARD BR where the Fremont
W EMERSON PL N 40TH ST FREMONT AVE N AVE FREMONT number of receiving lanes isW EMERSONless ST than the number of N 39TH ST MONTLAKE BLVD NE
STONE WAY NSTONEWAY
N 36TH ST N 38TH ST Lawton Park W NICKERSON ST feeding lanes. Queue jump signals will allow the bus UNIVERSITY BR
NE PACIFIC ST W BERTONA ST N 35TH ST to get an early green interval of about eight seconds Eastlake from Allison N WALLINGFORD AVE to Harvard – NB W DRAVUS ST dedicated curb lane and queueN NORTHLAKE WAYjump at NICKERSON ST
to jump ahead of general traffic. Thus, the busW 11TH AVE will Harvard Portage Bay
22ND AVE W AVE 22ND AURORA BR AURORA not incur merge delays associated with re-entering
THORNDYKE AVE W W RAYE ST
6TH AVE N a traffic stream. In many cases, the bus will leave the WESTLAKE AVE N 3RD AVE W 3RD AVE QUEEN ANNE DR Interbay GILMAN DR W Eastlake queue jump and make a stop at a far-side RapidRide Montlake
15TH AVE W AVE 15TH BOSTON ST
station. BOYER AVE E
43RD AVE E 43RD AVE
6TH AVE W 6TH AVE 10TH AVE W 10TH AVE East Queen Anne Targeted transit improvements along the Roosevelt to QUEEN N ANNE AVE MAGNOLIA BR Downtown Corridor were developed for the following six W GALER ST Westlake E GALER ST
10TH AVE E 10TH AVE Fairview & Valley – E24TH AVE ELLIOTT AVE W SB queue jump lane focus areas and are shown in Figure 11. FAIRVIEW AVE N TAYLOR AVE N AVE TAYLOR South Lake E ALOHA ST W OLYMPIC PL Fairview from Aloha to Valley - Move streetcar Union Stevens E MADISON ST to the northwest, reduce street width, move Virginia and Stewart Streets MERCER ST streetcar stop south Fairview from Valley N DEXTER AVE to Fairview fromBroadway Yale to Valley - SB dedicated
15TH AVE E15TH AVE
Mercer, Republican to Denny E 19TH AVE EASTLAKE AVE E AVE EASTLAKE
• Provide a southbound transit-only lane along Stewart N AVE FAIRVIEW transit lane BELLEVUE AVE E BELLEVUE AVE – SB dedicated transit lane 23RD E AVE E THOMAS ST
th BROAD ST E 12TH AVE Street between Boren Avenue and 5 Avenue. WESTLAKE N AVE DENNY WAY E DENNY WAY 9TH AVE Fairview from Denny to Valley - NB • Provide a northbound shared transit-bike lane along 1ST AVE dedicated transit lane MADRONA DR 5TH AVE 15TH AVE
Stewart from Boren to 5th - 23RD AVE ALASKAN WAY E PINE ST rd th Virginia from 3rd to SB dedicated transit lane 19TH AVE Virginia Street from 3 Avenue to north of 9 Avenue. 9th – NB dedicated VIRGINIA ST E PIKE ST STEWART ST BROADWAY E UNION ST
transit lane M WAY L KING JR PINE ST Roosevelt to Downtown Corridor PIKE ST Mann
14TH AVE SENECA ST First Hill Potential Future Phase Fairview Avenue (Yale Avenue to Denny Way) Pike-Market CBD BOREN AVE 6TH AVE 12TH AVE Minor E CHERRY ST 34TH AVE 3RD AVE Existing Link • Move streetcar tracks along Fairview Avenue N 0 0.5 Miles MADISON ST E JEFFERSON ST Under Construction LAKEWASHINGTON BLVD between Aloha Street and Valley Street to the northwest from the center of the roadway onto Yesler Terrace Base MapFigure 11: TARGETED TRANSIT PERFORMANCE IMPRE OVYESLER WAYEMENTS exclusive space located on the northwest side of the Leschi
S JACKSON ST 23RD AVE S AVE 23RD
RDHCT CORRIDOR CONCEPT FINAL REPORT | 19 roadway, and moving streetcar terminus south from TRANSIT OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS Ward Street to Aloha Street. The following provides a summary of transit operating • Provide a southbound transit-only lane along Fairview characteristics. Avenue between Yale Avenue N and Mercer Street and between Republican Street and Denny Way. Service Plan • Provide a northbound transit-only lane along Fairview The recommended daily span of service is: Avenue between Denny Way and Valley Street. • Monday through Saturday up to 20 hours (5 a.m. to 1 • Provide a queue jump traffic signal phase northbound a.m.) along Fairview Avenue at Valley Street. • Sundays/Holidays up to 17 hours (6 a.m. to 11 p.m.) Eastlake Avenue E/Fuhrman Avenue E Proposed headways are: • Provide a northbound curbside transit-only lane • Every six minutes between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. on along Eastlake Avenue E between E Allison Street weekdays and Harvard Avenue E. • Every 15 minutes during all other hours of operation • Provide a queue jump traffic signal phase along northbound Eastlake Avenue E at Harvard Avenue E. Assuming RapidRide is implemented in this corridor in the same manner that it has been implemented in other Roosevelt Way NE/NE 45th Street corridors, the existing Route 70 will be replaced with • Provide a southbound queue jump lane along RDHCT RapidRide service. It is assumed that all other Roosevelt Way at NE 45th Street. The queue jump King County Metro and regional transit agency bus, lane would be one block long and located between streetcar, and light rail routes that use any portion of NE 47th and NE 45th Streets. the RDHCT alignment would remain without any service modifications. 11th Avenue NE/NE 50th Street • Provide a northbound queue jump lane along 11th Vehicle Technology Avenue NE at NE 50th Street. The queue jump lane The vehicle used is expected to be the New Flyer XT60 would be one block long and located between NE 60-foot electric trolleybus, operated using catenary for 47th Street and NE 50th Street. power supply. It is estimated 16 vehicles will be needed for this service. Roosevelt Way NE/12th Avenue NE/NE 65th Street Fare Collection • Provide queue jump lanes along southbound Off-board fare collection using the ORCA readers will be Roosevelt Way NE and northbound 12th Street NE at deployed at stations in order to allow all-door boarding NE 65th Street. These block-long queue jump lanes and alighting of passengers. This service will incorporate would be provided between NE 66th Street and NE the “proof-of-payment” policy based on off-board 65th Street in the southbound direction, and between fare payment, all-door boarding, and fare enforcement NE 64th Street and NE 65th Street in the northbound officers. direction. Riders will also have the option of using paper transfers or cash. Cash tickets will be available for purchase at off-board ticket vending machines.
20 | SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Operating and Maintenance Cost PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS The estimated annual operating and maintenance cost for The RDHCT project includes design improvements the Recommended Corridor Concept is $13.1 million with to help create a vibrant, walkable environment that a fleet cost of $33.3 million.1 The operating cost model enhances safety, accommodates people with disabilities is based on the following high-level, planning based (in accordance with ADA requirements), and provides approach: lighting and other amenities that are inviting to all pedestrians. Pedestrian improvements are summarized • Identify proposed RDHCT RapidRide service below. characteristics • Estimate annual revenue hours • Countdown pedestrian signal displays that identify the number of seconds before the end of the flashing • Estimate annual operating cost don’t walk interval will be added at signalized Fleet costs represent the net change in fleet requirements intersections adjacent to stations that do not have between existing and Route 70 and the proposed this feature. RapidRide service. However, the elimination of Route • Accessible Pedestrian Signal (APS) push buttons will 70 and any potential associated cost savings are not be added to all pedestrian crossings that require included in the operating and maintenance costs. A push buttons or for any signalized crossing directly detailed description of the operating and maintenance nearby a transit station (even if no push button is cost estimate can be found in the Transit Operating Plan. required – such push buttons are on a continuous recall to provide the walk interval, and most importantly – serve to inform blind and deaf-blind pedestrians of traffic signal indications). • Intersection crossings will be designed to meet the SDOT lighting guidelines for pedestrian walking. • The light levels throughout the corridor sidewalk areas, and at all transit stations, will be designed for light levels consistent with SDOT lighting guidelines. • Light levels within the project walking areas will incorporate guidance strategies within the Pedestrian Lighting Citywide Plan. • Crossings within the project boundary where any concrete work is being completed on the roadway or at intersection corners shall include new curb ramps and detectable warnings for the blind and deaf-blind where they do not already exist or are not in compliance with SDOT standards.
1 O&M and fleet costs based on 2015 dollars; O&M cost per hour $157.21 (2016 dollars), was taken from the 2015 Transit Service Funding Agreement by and between King County and the City of Seattle.
RDHCT CORRIDOR CONCEPT FINAL REPORT | 21 Broadview Pinehurst Haller Lake NE NORTHGATE WAY
SAND POINT WAY NE Bitter Lake Victory Heights
N 105TH ST N NORTHGATE WAY NE AVE 3RD
MERIDIAN AVE N AVE MERIDIAN 1ST AVE NE AVE 1ST
103RD ST Matthews Beach GREENWOOD AVE N AVE GREENWOOD NW 100TH ST
3RD AVE NW AVE 3RD 100TH ST North Beach/Blue Ridge 98TH ST
NW 96TH ST RAVENNA AVE NE HOLMAN RD NW North College Park Maple Leaf NE 95TH ST
Crown Hill N AVE AURORA NE 92ND ST
N 90TH ST WALLINGFORD AVE N AVE WALLINGFORD
LAKE CITY WAY NELAKE CITYWAY 5TH AVE NE AVE 5TH BICYCLE FACILITIES NW 85TH ST
CORLISS WAY N NW 80TH ST Bicycle Improvements north This section presents key decisions made regarding LINDEN AVE N NE 80TH ST
of NE 67th Street to be NE WAY ROOSEVELT 15TH AVE NE AVE 15TH the design for bicycle facilities along the corridor. A determined with potential View Ridge future phase. NE 75TH ST
continuous all ages and abilitiesLoyal Heights bicycle facility,Whittier either Heights on 25TH AVE NE AVE 25TH corridor or on a parallel street, achieves SDOT’s complete Green Lake NE AVE 20TH
NE RAVENNA BLVD 8TH AVE NW 8TH AVE LATONA AVE NE Roosevelt streets goals, making RDHCT a multimodal corridor. B N 65TH ST N 65TH ST NE 65TH ST NE 65TH ST Connecting to existing and planned bicycle facilities is Ravenna
24TH AVE NW 24TH AVE
Phinney Ridge NE 12TH AVE
also a key consideration in the planning NW 20TH AVE process. The EAST GREEN LAKE WAY N
LATONA AVE NE AVE LATONA approach to design considered sharrows, bike lanes, Bryant Adams N 56TH ST
NW MARKET ST NE 55TH ST 35TH AVE NE AVE 35TH
PHINNEY AVE N PHINNEY AVE
11TH AVE NE 11TH AVE protected bike lanes, and off-street bike paths. Details NE AVE 40TH
West Woodland NE WAY ROOSEVELT Windermere LEARY AVE NW
22ND AVE NE SHILSHOLE AVE NW on bicycle facility decisions are included in the RDHCT NE UNIVERSITYWAY NE 50TH ST N MARKET ST
14TH AVE NW 14TH AVE
17TH AVE NE17TH AVE
NW 48TH ST NE AVE 47TH 30TH AVE NE AVE 30TH Bicycle Facilities Decision Memo. Additionally, the A C NE 20TH AVE 15TH AVE NW 15TH AVE NW 46TH ST W COMMODORE WAY N 46TH ST RDHCT 10% design, provided in Appendix A, includes N 45TH ST NE 45TH PL NE 45TH ST
LEARY WAY NW PL NE THACKERAY Wallingford NE7TH AVE University District Laurelhurst bicycle facilities. The following GILMANdescribes AVE W design decisions NE 41ST ST NE 42ND ST BALLARD BR Fremont and attributes for bicycle facilities byW EMERSONneighborhood PL to be N 40TH ST
BROOKLYN AVE NEBROOKLYN AVE FREMONT AVE N AVE FREMONT W EMERSON ST N 39TH ST MONTLAKE BLVD NE constructed in conjunction with this project or alongside NSTONEWAY
N 36TH ST N 38TH ST Lawton Park W NICKERSON ST UNIVERSITY BR through a separate planning process, also see Figure 12. NE PACIFIC ST W BERTONA ST N 35TH ST
WALLINGFORD AVE N WALLINGFORD AVE
W DRAVUS ST N NORTHLAKE WAY NICKERSON ST
11TH AVE W 11TH AVE 22ND AVE W AVE 22ND Downtown and South Lake Union BR AURORA Portage Bay
• A connection to the 2nd AvenueTHORNDYKE bike AVE W lanes in W RAYE ST
6TH AVE N
WESTLAKE AVE N EASTLAKE AVE E AVE EASTLAKE
3RD AVE W 3RD AVE QUEEN ANNE DR Downtown is provided through plannedInterbay bikeGILMAN DR W lanes East Queen Anne Eastlake on Bell Street, 9th Avenue, and Valley Street to D Montlake
15TH AVE W AVE 15TH BOSTON ST
BOYER AVE E
43RD AVE E 43RD AVE
6TH AVE W 6TH AVE the RDHCT developed bicycle facility on FairviewW 10TH AVE Corridor Bicycle Facilities Madison Avenue. QUEEN N ANNE AVE Existing Protected Bike Lane MAGNOLIA BR Park A Roosevelt Way NE (south of 65th) and W GALER ST Westlake University Bridge: 2016E GALERRoosevelt ST Paving and
10TH AVE E 10TH AVE • A two-way protected bicycle facility will be located E24TH AVE ELLIOTT AVE W Safety Improvement project
adjacent to Fairview Avenue N (to the west) and N AVE TAYLOR South Lake E Future Protected Bike Lane FAIRVIEW AVE N
Union B Roosevelt Way NE E(65th ALOHA STto 67th): Planned as W OLYMPIC PL Valley Street (to the north). E MADISON ST F part of RDHCT Stevens VALLEY ST MERCER ST C 11th/12th Avenue NE: Planned as part of RDHCT
DEXTER AVE N DEXTER AVE Broadway • In Downtown and South Lake Union, existing and D Eastlake Avenue E: Planned as part of RDHCT
15TH AVE E15TH AVE
19TH AVE E 19TH AVE EASTLAKE AVE E AVE EASTLAKE G E BELLEVUE AVE planned facilities are incorporated to the extent E Fairview Avenue N: Planned as part of RDHCT23RD E AVE E THOMAS ST
9TH AVE N 9TH AVE FAIRVIEW AVE N AVE FAIRVIEW BROAD ST F Valley E 12TH AVE Street: Planned as part of BMP, 2021 possible. The two-way bicycle facility design implementation DENNY WAY E DENNY WAY
1ST AVE G 9th Avenue N: Planned as part of BMP, developed for the Fairview Bridge reconstruction 2ND AVE H 2017-2018 implementation MADRONA DR BELL ST
15TH AVE
23RD AVE ALASKAN WAY E PINE ST
19TH AVE BROADWAY H Bell Street: Planned as part of BMP, 2020 determined the design and location of the Fairview OLIVE WAY E PIKE ST implementation I VIRGINIA ST E UNION ST Madrona Avenue N bicycle facility. STEWART ST I 2nd Avenue: Planned as part of BMP, 2017 (under construction) Mann
PIKE ST 14TH AVE SENECA ST • While the all ages and abilities facility (protected Pike-Market PINE ST CBD BOREN AVE 6TH AVE 12TH AVE Minor E CHERRY ST 34TH AVE bike lanes) will be located to the west of the corridor, 0 0.5 Miles 3RD AVE MADISON ST Roosevelt to Downtown Corridor E JEFFERSON ST LAKEWASHINGTON BLVD community meeting input indicated that more Yesler Terrace advanced commuter bicyclists would still prefer BicycleFigure Facility 12: RECOMMENDED RDHCT BICYCLE FACILITIEES YESLER WAY Leschi
Fairview Avenue N in South Lake Union to connect S JACKSON ST
into Downtown. For this reason, sharrows were S AVE 23RD incorporated into the design along Fairview Avenue N within a wider curbside transit-only lane. • At the intersection of Fairview Avenue N and Eastlake Avenue E the recommended design will transition from a two-way protected bike lane on west side of Fairview Avenue N to one-way protected bike
22 | SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION lanes along both sides of Eastlake Avenue E, and implemented by the Roosevelt Way paving project incorporate that transition into the physical design of from NE 65th Street to the University Bridge. the intersection as well as signal phasing. • Adding the protected bike lanes on 11th Avenue NE and 12th Avenue NE improves legibility of the bicycle Eastlake network. • One-way protected bike lanes (on each side • In general, bike lanes adjacent to RDHCT stations are of roadway in general traffic direction) are raised and located between the station platform and recommended along Eastlake Avenue E after the sidewalk. This design will slow bicycles as the lane reviewing off corridor options and the high volume rises to sidewalk height behind the bus stations and of bicycles currently on Eastlake Avenue. The East will minimize conflicts with buses. Lake Community Council sent a letter to the project team proposing a cross section with protected bike MULTIMODAL TRAFFIC OPERATIONS lanes, a travel lane in each direction and a center The RDHCT project will require roadway geometry, transit left turn lane. Given the high volume of bicyclists stations, and traffic signal timing plans to improve transit already using Eastlake Avenue E, it was determined frequency, speed, and reliability. These changes will affect most bicyclists will still use Eastlake Avenue E with traffic operations for all modes along the corridor. Key or without a protected bike lane causing transit changes in traffic operating characteristics include: speed and reliability issues as well as creating safety concerns. Both Eastlake Avenue E and the Roosevelt • Installation of TSP at all signalized intersections along Way NE/11th Avenue NE/12th Avenue NE couplet the corridor will reduce transit travel times by 8 to 12 connect directly to the University Bridge, making any percent. off corridor bicycle facility out-of-direction for most • The transit priority targeted improvements will reduce people bicycling, and less likely to be used, even if transit travel times in the focus areas by 5 to 65 designed to be safe and comfortable. percent, depending on location and time period. • There is a short segment on both sides of the • Transit service reliability will improve with dedicated University Bridge where protected bike lanes were transit-only and BAT lanes, queue jump lanes, and not possible due to right-of-way constraints. However, in-lane RapidRide stations. the bike lane segments from Harvard Avenue E to • Relocation of the streetcar tracks and station along Fuhrman Avenue E are recommended to be raised to Fairview Avenue N will improve streetcar reliability by sidewalk height and marked as bike lanes to provide removing the service from mixed-flow traffic lanes. safer transit for bicycles and eliminate intrusion into the lanes by vehicles. • The various bicycle facilities along the corridor will provide safe, comfortable, and separate travel • In general, bike lanes adjacent to RDHCT stations are options for cyclists. raised and located between the station platform and the sidewalk. This design will slow bicycles as the lane • The transit targeted improvements will result in rises to sidewalk height behind the bus station and slightly lower vehicle travel times along the corridor, will minimize conflicts with buses. This is consistent compared to no-build conditions. with the recently constructed protected bike lanes • The majority of signalized intersections located along and transit islands on Roosevelt Way NE as part of the corridor (50 of the 59 study intersections) will the Paving and Safety Improvements Project. continue to operate under acceptable conditions – level of service (LOS) D or better. The remaining University-Roosevelt nine intersections will operate at LOS E or F; eight of • Protected bike lanes are recommended on 11th these intersections are located in Downtown Seattle. Avenue NE and 12th Avenue NE in the northbound Additional detail on traffic operations can be found in the direction and Roosevelt Way NE in the southbound RDHCT Multimodal Traffic Analysis Report. direction. The southbound protected bike lane was
RDHCT CORRIDOR CONCEPT FINAL REPORT | 23 PARKING AND LOADING • Absorption of parking demand by private parking The Recommended Corridor Concept design results in a capacity loss of on-street parking spaces throughout the corridor. • Replacement of select load/unload spaces through A summary of parking spaces removed is provided in design Table 4. The estimated number of spaces removed may • Implementation of parking management strategies change as the corridor concept design moves forward to • Providing all day, high frequency transit service 30% and final design. throughout the corridor that connects to other high The effect of removing parking spaces can be mitigated frequency bus lines and Link light rail through a variety of strategies. For the Roosevelt to Downtown concept design, these strategies include:
• An evaluation of parking utilization and the net effect of parking spaces removed
Table 4: PARKING AND LOADING CHANGES
Parking Spaces (Recommended Corridor Concept Spaces Removed) Existing Total Restricted 3-minute Parking Time- 30-minute Unrestrict- Reduction Paid Parking Passenger Spaces Limited Load Zone ed in Spaces Street Segment Zone (RPZ) Load Zone Westlake to South Lake Union Virginia Street, 3rd Avenue to 8th Ave 35 33 (3) 1 1 (3) Virginia Street, 8th Avenue to Fairview Ave 18 7 (7) 77 (7) 2 2 (2) (16) Stewart Street, 6th Avenue to Boren Avenue 63 54 (54) 5 (5) 4 (4) (63) Fairview Avenue N, Denny Way to Valley 69 62 (62) 5 (5) 2 (2) (69) Street Fairview to Eastlake Fairview Avenue N Roadway 90 90 (42) (42) Eastlake Avenue E, Galer Street to University 346 57 (57) 15 (15) 12 (9) 6 (5) 256 (256) (342) Bridge (including Fairview Avenue E) U District to Roosevelt Roosevelt Way NE, University Bridge to NE 28 22 4 2 45th Street Eastlake Avenue NE/11th Avenue NE, 74 17 (10) 2 (2) 4 (3) 51 (22) (37) Campus Parkway to NE 45th Street Roosevelt Way NE, NE 45th Street to NE 55th 79 30 (10) 28 6 1 14 (10) Street 11th Avenue NE, NE 45th Street to NE 55th 198 75 (41) 2 (2) 36 (4) 1 1 (1) 83 (60) (108) Street Roosevelt Way NE, NE 55th Street to NE 67th 104 33 (14) 19 3 (1) 49 (15) Street 11th Avenue E/12th Avenue E, NE 55th Street 170 40 (9) 53 (18) 4 (2) 1 (1) 72 (51) (81) to NE 67th Street Totals 1,274 423 (243) 146 (68) 111 (44) 45 (24) 24 (18) 525 (389) (786)
24 | SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 10% DESIGN CAPITAL COSTS Conceptual engineering to the 10% design level has been The estimated capital cost for the Recommended completed and is provided as Appendix A. These plans Corridor Concept is $67.3 million, which includes $10.6 provide information on: million for extension of the overhead contact system (OCS). The unit costs assume year 2016 costs. This • Lane channelization estimate includes: • Stations • Bus Stations (including amenities) • Bike lanes, protected bike lanes, cycle tracks, sharrows • Bus lane and queue jump improvements • Transit only lanes, BAT lanes, and queue jumps • Streetcar Relocation (including roadway improvements) • Relocation of South Lake Union Streetcar and the northern most stop • Utility Relocations for Streetcar • Basic signal and ITS infrastructure elements • Signal Modifications • Loading zone reconfigurations / replacements • Transit Signal Priority and ITS (TSP vehicle costs not included) • Parking impacts • Protected Bike Lanes Conceptual architectural design for example station locations has been completed and is provided in • OCS Appendix F. These plans provide additional detail on: The estimate includes a 30 percent contingency and 30 percent for engineering services. A detailed description • Station component layout including signage, shelters, of the capital cost estimate is provided in Appendix B. ORCA readers, ticket vending machines, seating, lighting, real-time arrival information kiosks and tech pylons • Pedestrian crossings/ station access • Bicycle accommodation through station areas • Urban form rendering
RDHCT CORRIDOR CONCEPT FINAL REPORT | 25 ANALYSIS SUMMARY Table 5 below provides a summary analysis of the Recommended Corridor Concept. Further details are provided in the previous sections.
Table 5: ANALYSIS SUMMARY P Future without Project With Targeted Investment 2,300 4,800 P Daily boardings Daily boardings $ 109% over existing Daily Boardings (AverageP Weekday) LZ $ 4.8 mph 5.9 mph Average peak speed Average peak speed P 22% faster than existing Peak Bus Speed P 12 $ 71 minutes 58 minutes $ 13 minutes average time sav- Transportation P ings compared to existing P PeakLZ Bus Travel$ Time P P 12.9 mph 9.7 mph P $ Average peak speed Average peak speed P$ 25% slower than existing Peak Auto Speed $ P12 P $$ LZ Not Applicable $67.3 million PLZ $ Includes $10.6 million for over- LZ $ head contact system
Capital Cost
(Does12 not include fleet) (2016$)
Costs $ 12 $ Not Applicable $13.1 million 12 $ Annual Operating Cost
1274 spaces 488 spaces retained Includes 328 peak-restricted 38% spaces retained P spaces ParkingP $ 69 zones 27 zones P 39% zones retained $ (12 additional new load zone Parking and Loading LoadingLZ Zones locations identified)
Notes: Information provided is preliminary and subject to change as additional analysis is conducted and the project is refined. Peak-restricted parking spaces are those where parking is not allowed during peak commute hours. 12 $
26 | SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER 5 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
A full-scale public involvement approach was used during houses were held at the Y @ Cascade People’s Center the course of this project to seek valuable input from in South Lake Union and the UW Tower in the U District the residents and stakeholders and keep the community on consecutive evenings. The public was presented with informed of the proposed corridor improvements. The project goals, timeline, existing conditions, and transit goal of public outreach was to educate community modes. A total of 95 people signed in at the two open members about the project, goals and timeline, houses. and to gather feedback to be incorporated into the Recommended Corridor Concept. Public outreach efforts BRT AND MULTIMODAL COMPONENTS were held in three phases: This phase of the project focused on incorporating 1. Mode Analysis and Existing Conditions BRT design and operational elements in the Roosevelt to Downtown Corridor. Three different levels of BRT 2. Characteristics of BRT and Multimodal Components investment were presented, including RapidRide, 3. Recommended Corridor Concept RapidRide with targeted investments, and full BRT.
A summary of each phase is described below and a full A forum group was developed as a means of getting early description of the public involvement process can be input on concepts to be presented at public open houses. found in the RDHCT Public Involvement Summary. The informal forum group included representatives from local businesses, community councils, bicycle and MODE ANALYSIS AND EXISTING pedestrian advocacy groups, and citizens. Participants CONDITIONS were largely drawn from the those who participated in stakeholder interviews held in Phase 1. The team started by conducting one-on-one outreach with key stakeholders including community leaders, large Forum group meetings were held in September and businesses, and community organizations as a means of November 2015. Participants were engaged in interactive assessing what those in the corridor wanted or needed break-out groups to discuss different segments of from the corridor. Fourteen stakeholders participated in the corridor and to share their thoughts on the needs the interviews, which took place between March and April and recommendations for improvements in each 2015. Key topics covered during the interviews: neighborhood.
• Current use of the Roosevelt to Downtown Information gathered at the forums and overall project transportation corridor refinement was presented at the second round of public • Stakeholder experience along the corridor open houses, which took place on December 9 and 10, 2015 at TOPS Elementary in Eastlake and UW Tower in • Opportunities for improving current use the U District. A total of 116 people signed in at the open • Stakeholders’ preferred HCT mode for future houses. Attendees listened to a brief presentation on the improvements results of the mode analysis, the chosen mode (BRT), and This information was used to shape the materials and next steps for the project. They were then invited to visit information shared at future outreach meetings and also tables dedicated to corridor segments where they could provided SDOT with clarification of existing conditions see maps with options, ask questions of project staff, and a profile of perceptions and needs along the corridor. provide feedback, and suggest improvements. Additional displays included information on the corridor within the Following the stakeholder interviews, the first round of context of the SDOT RapidRide expansion program, the public open houses were held in May 2015. The open
RDHCT CORRIDOR CONCEPT FINAL REPORT | 27 benefits and impacts of the three different levels of BRT RECOMMENDED CORRIDOR CONCEPT investment, and visualizations of different station types to This phase solicited feedback on the draft corridor gather public perception. concept, which included a mix of targeted BRT SDOT also conducted an online open house to ensure improvements, protected bicycle lanes, and signal and that people who were not able to attend the open houses roadway improvements. A third meeting of the forum would have an opportunity to comment. The online group was held in May 2016 to gather input on the draft open house walked people through a variety of specific corridor concept and prepare for the third round of open questions about the corridor, the modal priorities, and houses. other station locations. A total of 307 online surveys were The third round of open houses took place in June 2016. submitted. The open houses were held on June 15, 2016 at TOPS Elementary in Eastlake and June 16, 2016 at UW Tower in the U District. A total of 92 people signed in at the open houses. The meetings featured a brief presentation on the draft corridor concept to supplement open house information. Tables were set up around the room to allow people to view the proposed changes to each section of the corridor on large plotted maps. Another display included transit station visualizations for community context conversations. Comments were gathered at all stations and in a general comment box.
28 | SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER 6 NEXT STEPS
The next steps for the RDHCT project will include While these improvements would not directly benefit advancing the design, environmental analysis and transit speeds or bicycle facilities, it would help move clearance, construction of improvements, and ultimately forward RDHCT implementation. operation of Roosevelt to Downtown RapidRide service. • Expanding or making programmatic improvements This chapter examines other near-term and long-term to the Restricted Parking Zone and moving shared considerations, including identifying early implementation parking recommendations forward would improve projects, describing future project phasing, and outlining parking management independent of RDHCT issues to be resolved in future planning and design phases. implementation. Exploring potential for shared use parking in Eastlake could also advance RDHCT EARLY IMPLEMENTATION implementation. th th Throughout the study process, early implementation • 11 Avenue NE/12 Avenue NE Protected Bicycle projects have been identified, such as the Roosevelt Lanes and Transit Islands: Similar to the Roosevelt Way NE repaving project and the associated bicycle repaving project, this project could be implemented facilities for the north side of the University Bridge. Early prior to RDHCT completion to be used by implementation projects are those that would, on their existing buses and improving bicycle facilities. own, improve transit performance and are not reliant Implementation would need to consider plans for on other projects to enhance corridor travel. Early transit signal priority and queue jump improvements. implementation projects are summarized below. Projects that would likely need to wait for RDHCT construction and opening include: • Queue Jumps: The proposed queue jumps on Roosevelt Way NE, 11th Avenue NE and 12th Avenue • Streetcar relocation, Fairview Avenue N NE could be beneficial to existing bus routes. If reconfiguration, Fairview Avenue N west side two-way implemented early, the design would need to be protected bike lanes and sidewalk compatible with the Recommended Corridor Concept • Reconfiguration of Fairview Avenue N/Eastlake 10% design documents. Avenue E intersection, including southbound free • Virginia Street: Providing a northbound shared transit right removal, pedestrian and bicycle connection lane along Virginia Street between 3rd and 9th Avenues through the intersection, and exclusive phasing for would benefit current bus routes. bicycles and pedestrians • Fairview Avenue N Transit Only Lanes (Denny Way • Protected bicycle lanes on Eastlake Avenue E to Republican, Mercer, or Valley Streets): The extent • RapidRide stations (however, could construct transit of the early implementation requires further study to islands as part of other projects, utilities, etc.) see how it would interact with downstream project • Fuhrman Avenue E/Harvard Avenue E area traffic phasing, including the relocation of the streetcar changes, station changes, lane markings, queue tracks and reallocation of Fairview Avenue N lanes. If jump, signal revision implemented early, this improvement would benefit existing bus routes. • Catenary extension north along the corridor to NE 67th Street turn around / layover • Loading Zones: There are several recommended relocations, removals, and replacements of loading zones. These could occur alongside development- related street and signage work prior to RDHCT.
RDHCT CORRIDOR CONCEPT FINAL REPORT | 29 PROJECT PHASING • Identify concepts for shared use parking (primarily in The south terminus for the initial implementation phase Eastlake). of the Roosevelt to Downtown Corridor will be will be • Review operations and alternatives for the dedicated determined by One Center City planning efforts, but is transit lane at Fairview Avenue and Mercer Street. rd assumed to be in the area of 3 Avenue and S Main Street • Review Streetcar relocation, focusing on traffic and the north terminus will be the Roosevelt Link Station. operation and utility impacts. Extending the corridor to the Northgate Transit Center • Review Fairview Avenue reconfiguration between in the initial phase of implementation is not feasible. It Mercer street and Aloha Street and identify potential is expected that Roosevelt to Downtown Corridor will impact on private properties. be implemented in 2021 to coordinate with the Link Station openings. No time frame has been identified for a • Review the turnaround for RapidRide C Line at Valley potential future extension to the Northgate Transit Center Street and Fairview Avenue. Consider options for alleviating traffic blocking westbound C Line on Valley PLANNING AND DESIGN PHASE Street. CONSIDERATIONS • Review the two-way protected bike lane from Valley The following considerations have been identified for Street to Aloha Street. Likely will be influenced by future planning and design for the RDHCT project. what the adjacent property owners would prefer. Goal is to provide high quality pedestrian and bicycle • Work with Vulcan to allow the two-way cycle track to facilities. continue west across their Daniel’s Broiler property to • Review selected alternative on Eastlake Avenue the Boren Avenue ROW. between Allison Street and Fuhrman Avenue/ • Review impacts of transit only lanes and protected University Bridge for best operations and multimodal bike lanes on alley access and garages and refine accommodations. design to show these accesses. • Confirm NE 67th Street as the westbound transit turn- • Work with property owners at key station locations around between 12th Avenue NE and Roosevelt Way where additional changes may be needed. NE and review general bus and traffic operations near • Particular locations include: Virginia Street at 9th Avenue the Roosevelt Link station. (NB), Fairview Avenue N at Thomas Street (NB and SB), • Consider RDHCT operations Downtown south of 3rd Eastlake Avenue E at E Lynn Street (NB and SB), Eastlake Avenue, to be determined as part of the One Center Avenue E at E Hamlin Street (NB and SB), 12th Avenue City planning process. NE and NE Ravenna Boulevard (NB) • Investigate enhanced pedestrian connection from • Consider utility location implications and impacts for alignment to the U District Link station. design and relocations. • Review and confirm near-side versus far-side station • Locations include: Fairview Avenue N at Thomas Street approaches. (SB), Fairview Avenue N at Aloha Street (SB), Eastlake • Coordinate with SDOT development review to Avenue E at E Garfield Street (SB), Eastlake Avenue E at identify potential partnerships with developers to E Lynn Street (NB and SB), NB/SB Eastlake Avenue E at construct portions of the project in conjunction with Harvard Avenue E (NB and SB). their developments, especially at stations. • Implications for OCS: In some locations OCS may need • Work with SDOT and Metro to see if RDHCT can to be shifted to accommodate RapidRide shelter and create a pool of interchangeable vehicles with other RapidRide Blade signs. RapidRide projects, which may reduce fleet purchases • Survey roadway to verify baseline conditions. and reduce the number of required spare vehicles. • Understand landscaping and trees impacts, and identify potential mitigation.
30 | SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION • Eastlake/Yale/Howe intersection could use additional review to improve pedestrian crossing visibility. • Continue to work with the Coast Guard to limit University Bridge openings during peak periods and/ or have a communications protocol that lets Metro dispatch have advanced warning of bridge openings. • SDOT operations proposed an ITS concept to facilitate transit queue jumping during University Bridge openings. Concepts, modeling, and analysis of this approach will need to be conducted during 30% design.
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