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Southeast Transportation Study Final Report Southeast Transportation Study Final Report Prepared for Seattle Department of Transportation by The Underhill Company LLC in association with Mirai Associates Inc Nakano Associates LLC PB America December 2008 Acknowledgements Core Community Team Pete Lamb, Columbia City Business Association Mayor Gregory J. Nickels Joseph Ayele, Ethiopian Business Association Mar Murillo, Filipino Community of Seattle Denise Gloster, Hillman City Business Association Seattle Department of Transportation Nancy Dulaney, Hillman City Business Association Grace Crunican, Director Pamela Wrenn, Hillman City Neighborhood Alliance Susan Sanchez, Director, Policy and Planning Division Sara Valenta, HomeSight Tracy Krawczyk, Transportation Planning Manager Richard Ranhofer, Lakewood Seward Park Neighborhood Sandra Woods, SETS Project Manager Association Hannah McIntosh, Associate Transportation Planner Pat Murakami, Mt. Baker Community Club Dick Burkhart, Othello Station Community Advisory Board SETS Project Advisory Team Gregory Davis, Rainier Beach Coalition for Community Seattle Department of Transportation Empowerment Barbara Gray, Policy, Planning and Major Projects Dawn Tryborn, Rainier Beach Merchants Association Trevor Partap, Traffi c Management Seanna Jordon, Rainier Beach Neighborhood 2014 John Marek, Traffi c Management Jeremy Valenta, Rainier/Othello Safety Association Peter Lagerway, Traffi c Management Rob Mohn, Rainier Valley Chamber of Commerce Randy Wiger, Parking Thao Tran, Rainier Valley Community Development Fund Dawn Schellenberg, Public Involvement Someireh Amirfaiz, Refugee Women’s Alliance Pamela Green, Public Involvement Rodney Rutherford, Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board Rob Gorman, Capital Projects Ed Rose, Seattle Housing Authority George Dragseth, Street Use Molly McCarthy, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board Calvin Chow, Transit Ahmed Jama, Somali Community Services Coalition Jeff Bender, Transit Warren Yee, South Beacon Hill Neighborhood Assoc. Ron Borowski, Freight Eric Steinwinder, South Lake Improvement Group Tim Rood, GIS Analysis Leslie Miller, Southeast District Council Scott Barkan, Southeast Effective Development Seattle Departments Cherie Sigrist, Southeast Seattle Senior Center Kenny Pittman, Offi ce of Policy and Management Quang H. Nguyen, Vietnamese American Economic Mian Rice, Offi ce of Policy and Management Development Association Glen Harris, Department of Neighborhoods Mike Podowski, Department of Planning & Development Gary Schimek, Seattle Public Utilities Consultant Team Gary Colburn, Seattle City Light Jeanne Krikawa, The Underhill Company, LLC Maureen Kostyack, Offi ce of Housing Mary Jo Porter, The Underhill Company, LLC Steve Johnson, Offi ce of Economic Development Tom Noguchi, Mirai Transportation Planning and Engineering Sergeant Cynthia Granard, South Precinct, Seattle Howard Wu, Mirai Transportation Planning and Engineering Police Department John Davies, Mirai Transportation Planning and Engineering Motriyo Keambiroiro, Seattle Police Department, Kenichi Nakano, Nakano Associates LLC Enforcement Ida Ottesen, Nakano Associates LLC Chris Partman, Seattle Police Department, Enforcement Dennis Haskell, PB America Partner Agencies Rob Fellows, King County Metro Mike Williams, Sound Transit Kamuron Gurol, WSDOT Dave Anderson, Seattle School District Southeast Transportation Study The Underhill Company LLC December 2008 Final Report Table of contents Executive Summary i. 5. Project Evaluation 1. Introduction Project Benefi ts 174 Study Background 2 Evaluation Criteria 176 Adopted Plans and Policies 10 Results 180 Community Involvement 13 CCT Evaluation Results 182 2. Modes 6. Funding Introduction 16 Funding and Implementing SETS 186 Walking 17 Potential Transportation Funding Sources 188 Cycling 20 CIP Project Inclusion 190 Transit 24 Conclusion 191 Vehicles 26 7. Technical Summaries Streets 30 Traffi c Modeling Results 192 3. Places Cost Methodology 199 Introduction 32 8. Project Matrix North Beacon Hill Urban Village 34 Project Matrix 200 MLK at Othello Urban Village 38 North Rainier Hub Urban Village 42 Appendices (available upon request) Columbia City Urban Village 46 A. Draft Existing Conditions Traffi c Hillman City 50 B. Baseline 2030 Traffi c Rainier Beach Urban Village 54 C. Proposed 2030 Improvements Rainier Ave. S. 58 D. Draft Needs and Opportunities Beacon Hill 72 E. Project History North Rainier Valley 74 South Rainier Valley 76 4. Project Descriptions Project Descriptions 78 The Underhill Company LLC Southeast Transportation Study December 2008 Final Report List of Figures Figure Page Figure 1 Urban Village and Neighborhood Planning Boundaries in Study Area 4 Figure 2 Southeast Seattle Land Use Map - North Study Area 7 Figure 3 Southeast Seattle Land Use Map - South Study Area 8 Figure 4 How People in Southeast Seattle Travel 16 Figure 5 Seattle Bicycle Master Plan, Southeast Seattle 21 Figure 6 Where People Go on Bicycles - Central Puget Sound 23 Figure 7 Map of Study Area showing how Projects are Grouped by Place 33 Figure 8 North Beacon Hill Urban Village Projects 37 Figure 9 MLK at Holly Urban Village Projects 41 Figure 10 North Rainier Urban Village and Rainier Ave. S. Projects 45 Figure 11 Columbia City Urban Village and Rainier Ave. S. Projects 49 Figure 12 Hillman City and Rainier Ave. S. Projects 53 Figure 13 Rainier Beach Urban Village and Rainier Ave. S. Projects 57 Figure 14 Rainier Ave. S, Existing Conditions, S. Dearborn St. to S. Alaska St. 60 Figure 15 Rainier Ave. S, Exisiting Conditions, S. Alaska St. to City Limits 61 Figure 16 Rainier Ave. S. Street Sections: Possible Lane Congfi gurations 62 Figure 17 Chronicle of Rainier Ave. S: Lane Confi guration 66 Figure 18 Rainier Ave. S. Projects: S. Dearborn St. to S. Alaska St. 70 Figure 19 Rainier Ave. S. Projects: S. Alaska St. to City Limits 71 Figure 20 Beacon Hill Projects, excluding North Beacon Hill Urban Village Projects 73 Figure 21 North Rainier Valley Projects, excluding Rainier Ave. S, North Rainier Urban Village, 75 Columbia City Urban Village and Hillman City Projects Figure 22 South Rainier Valley Projects, excluding MLK at Holly Urban Village and Rainier Beach Urban Village Projects 78 Figure 23 Local and Grant Funds 186 Figure 24 Local Funding Sources 187 Figure 25 Intersections analyzed for 2030 performance 196 Figure 26 North Study Area - Intersection Analysis Results: Peak Hour 2030 Level-of-Service and Seconds of Delay 197 Figure 27 South Study Area - Intersection Analysis Results: Peak Hour 2030 Level-of-Service 198 and Seconds of Delay List of Tables Table Page Table 1 Seattle Bicycle Master Plan Recommendations within Study Area 22 Table 2 High Collision Locations 1998 - 2006 27 Table 3 Congested Intersections Analyzed in Study Area 28 Table 4 Traffi c Volumes Analyzed in Study Area 28 Table 5 Project Rankings in Priority Order 179 Table 6 Trip Rates by Purpose - Central Puget Sound 193 Table 7 Total Trips by Purpose Results for Central Puget Sound 193 Table 8 Regional Persons Trips in 2007 for Central Puget Sound 194 Table 9 Project Matrix 200 Southeast Transportation Study The Underhill Company LLC December 2008 Final Report Southeast Transportation Study Executive Summary Introduction Transportation choices for today and 2030 The study developed over 70 recommendations which, Southeast Seattle – Change is happening now taken together, have the potential to: The people of Southeast Seattle come from every • Greatly improve safety for all travelers, reduce corner of the globe, bringing their cultures, languages collisions and reduce the human toll of injuries and food, and a shared determination to succeed in and fatalities. their new home. In 2009, Sound Transit’s Link light • Strengthen neighborhood business districts so rail will help make this crossroads of the world one of that surrounding residents can meet more of the most accessible places in the Puget Sound region. their daily needs within walking distance of their homes. Already, new construction is adding hundreds of new homes, from Beacon Hill to Rainier Beach. New • Make walking, biking and transit safe and businesses are opening in old storefronts, revitalizing convenient. commercial districts into vibrant urban centers where • Maintain current capacity to meet today’s needs, residents can fi nd what they need within walking and reduce delays at critical intersections, while distance of where they live. New and enlarged meeting the challenges of growth primarily by libraries and community centers refl ect the city’s strengthening opportunities to walk, cycle and investment in neighborhoods and people. An open- take transit. air farmer’s market attracts hundreds of shoppers on Wednesday afternoons from May to October. Building on a fi rm foundation Project Recommendations Over a decade of political foresight, neighborhood activism and thoughtful planning have resulted in the What is a project? changes taking place in Southeast Seattle today. The A SETS project can be as simple as retiming an Link light rail investment and the Mayor’s Southeast existing traffi c signal to give pedestrians more time to Seattle Action Agenda create a rare opportunity to cross the street, to constructing a bicycle/pedestrian achieve the goals of Seattle’s Comprehensive and walkway and bridge over I-5. Despite the difference Transportation Strategic Plans and to implement the in scope, each project is important and as much visions captured in the Neighborhood and Station information as possible on each is included in the fi nal Area Plans. The Southeast
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