Appendix 5 (g): Comment Analysis Summary

The Eastside Corridor, comprised of two major freeways: I-405 and SR 167, provides the only north-south travel alternative to I-5 in the Puget Sound region. Today, Eastside Corridor travelers experience heavy congestion, not just in the peak commuting hours, but for much of the day. Express toll lanes are a promising option to offer commuters the choice for a reliable trip along this 50+ mile corridor.

WSDOT worked with an Executive Advisory Group of corridor mayors and other elected officials; an Interagency Working Group of city, county and transit agency staff; and the public to review the possibility of an express toll system from Lynnwood to Puyallup that: Converts the existing I-405 HOV lane and a newly-added general purpose lane to a 2- lane express toll lane system Connects I-405 express toll lanes with the existing SR 167 high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes

Outreach by the numbers The public had a variety of ways to weigh in on the Eastside Corridor Tolling Study. The outreach team

Hosted booths at 10 summer festivals Heard from about 1,400 people through comment forms and email correspondence Mailed 220,000 postcards to households in the I-405 and SR 167 corridor to advertise the online survey and open houses Contacted thousands of people through WSDOT‟s email listserve. Held 5 public meetings, 3 in August and 2 in November Fielded 2,584 online surveys (Detailed in Appendix 5b) o 40% of participants use both I-405 and SR 167 regularly o 3% of participants use only SR 167 Conducted a statistically valid phone survey of 1,002 I-405 or SR 167 users (Detailed in Appendix 5c) Facilitated 4 corridor focus groups (Detailed in Appendix 5d) o 2 with I-405 users and 2 with SR 167 users (30 total participants)

What did we hear?

As part of the outreach process, the public provided feedback via e-mail, comment form, or talking directly with project staff at public open houses and local summer fairs and festivals. WSDOT and PRR analyzed comments in two rounds, the first round ending on August 21, 2009 and the second on November 20, 2009. The study comment period ended on November 20th to allow for analysis and inclusion in the report. The following comment analysis illustrates trends and general findings, but is not a statistically valid research tool.

Eastside Corridor Tolling Study Appendix 5(g): Comment Analysis Summary 1 Key Themes

Several key themes emerged during the comment period.

Use = Support. Focus groups show that those who have used toll lanes, like the SR 167 HOT lanes, support the idea of express toll lanes on I-405.

Congestion relief = Willingness to pay. Our research shows that approximately 52 percent of those who filled out comment forms would pay to use express toll lanes if it would give them a faster, more reliable trip. People we spoke to in focus groups who have used HOT lanes before are willing to pay up to $5 a segment on I-405 to travel faster.

Understanding = Support. People who understand the benefits of express toll lanes tend to support them. When electronic toll operations were explained to phone survey participants, they found the collection method appealing.

Undecided = Opportunity. For people who do not yet know the benefits of express toll lanes, there is an opportunity to alleviate their concerns through further information.

Dislike of tolls = Non supporters. People who dislike the idea of tolling under most or all circumstances are unlikely to become supporters. First Round Comment Analysis

Between mid-June and August 21 the Eastside Corridor Tolling Study team received over 900 comments. A large majority of the comments submitted were in response to an open-ended comment form (attachment 1) that was distributed through the Eastside Corridor Tolling Study Web site, summer festivals, the first three open houses, and all other outreach opportunities. The public submitted the form via e-mail, standard mail, over the phone and in a comment box at the open houses.

Eastside Corridor Tolling Study Appendix 5(g): Comment Analysis Summary 2 WSDOT is considering adding up to two express lanes...Do you think this is a good idea? Over half (56%) thought it was a good idea to add up to two express toll lanes on I-405 in addition to existing general purpose lanes that could connect with HOT lanes on SR 167.

Base: all those who answered the question

n = 585

44.4% 55.6% No Yes

Why do you think express toll lanes are a good idea?*

Fifty three percent of those who believed that it was a good idea thought that the new express toll lanes would ease traffic congestion during rush hours. Close to two-fifths (19%) thought that there was a need for better connectivity between east-west/north-south communities, especially as traffic volumes continue to grow.

Base: all those who thought adding up to two express toll lanes is a good idea n = 253

Ease traffic congestion/ Good during rush 53.0% hours

Need better connection between east- 18.8% west/north-south to accommodate growing…

But, still accommodate HOV users, carpools, 15.4% vanpools, transit users, motocycle users

Tolls would pay for improvements 9.4%

More choice for drivers 6.8%

But, keep toll affordable 4.7%

0% 20% 40% 60%

* Multiple responses allowed; percent adds up to more than 100%

Eastside Corridor Tolling Study Appendix 5(g): Comment Analysis Summary 3 Why do you think express toll lanes are NOT a good idea?*

People thought that the new express toll lanes were “unfair”, “unjust”, did not help the poor, and they did not want to have to pay tolls. In addition, over one-fourth (29%) thought it was a better solution to add light rail, other mass transit options and/or general purpose lanes instead of express toll lanes in the corridor.

Base: All those who thought adding up to two express toll lanes is not a good idea n = 271

Unjust/unfair/unequal taxation/Don't want tolling 43.0%

Add light rail/mass transit options/GP lanes instead 28.5%

HOT lanes on SR 167 not successful / seldom used so does 14.0% not solve problem

Discourages carpooling/mass transit users 11.8%

Safety compromised/ Leads to accidents due to double 10.5% line crossing

Introduction of restricted lanes leads to reduction in 9.6% overall capacity/Adds traffic

Severe noise issues 1.3%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

* Multiple responses allowed; percent adds up to more than 100%

Eastside Corridor Tolling Study Appendix 5(g): Comment Analysis Summary 4 Given your needs, would you pay to use the express toll lanes?

Over fifty percent (52%) said that they would pay to use the express toll lanes if it helped them to reach their destinations faster by providing a reliable trip of 45 mph or faster.

Base: all those who answered the question

n = 509 51.7% 48.3% No Yes

When do you think you might pay to use express toll lanes?

Over one-third (36%) of those who said they would pay to use the express toll lanes said the express toll lanes were useful during traffic congestion and rush hours. In addition, over one-fourth (28%) said that they were willing to pay to use the express toll lanes when they were in a hurry or needed to make a quick trip. Another fifth (19.6%) said they would pay the toll if the toll was small or reasonable.

Base: all those who said they would pay to use the express toll lanes n = 130 Useful when heavy traffic/ traffic congestion/ during 35.7% rush hours

If in a hurry/quick trip 27.7%

If toll amount is small/ reasonable 19.6%

In case of emergency 15.2%

Travel for work 14.3%

Like an extra option 3.6%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% * Multiple responses allowed; percent adds up to more than 100%

Eastside Corridor Tolling Study Appendix 5(g): Comment Analysis Summary 5 How often do you think you would use the express toll lanes?

31% said they would pay to use them regularly (4-7 times/week) Over one-third (35%) said they would use them often (1-3 times/week) 23% said they would pay occasionally (1-3 times/month) Twelve percent of respondents said they would rarely pay to use the express toll lanes.

Base: all those who said they would pay to use the express toll lanes n = 202

Regularly (4 -7 times/week) 30.7%

Often (1-3 times/week) 34.7%

Occasionally (1-3 times/month) 22.8%

Rarely (Less than once per month) 11.9%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

Why do you think you would NOT pay to use the express toll lanes?

Close to half (47%) of those who said they would not pay to use the express toll lanes did not like the idea of paying a toll when they were already paying taxes (e.g. gas taxes). Another 28 percent said that they used motorcycles or mass transit to get to their destinations, and did not need to use the express toll lanes.

Eastside Corridor Tolling Study Appendix 5(g): Comment Analysis Summary 6 Do you think adding express toll lanes to I-405 could improve your travel time in the corridor?

Over three-fifths (63%) of respondents thought adding express toll lanes to I-405 could improve their travel time in the corridor.

Base: all those who answered the question

n = 434 37.8% 62.2% No Yes

Why would adding express toll lanes NOT improve your travel time in the corridor?

Over two-fifths (42%) said that they did not want to use the express toll lanes in the first place. They did not want to pay a toll and thought that relieving traffic congestion in the corridor needed a solution other than tolling. Close to one-fourth (24%) said they‟ve always carpooled or used buses, and therefore did not need to use the express toll lanes.

Base: all those who thought adding express toll lanes to I-405 would not improve travel time in the corridor n = 86 Need better solution than tolling / Don’t want to pay toll 41.9%

Always carpool/bus 24.4%

More GP lanes are required on I-405 9.3%

SR 167 HOT lanes have not relieved traffic problems 8.1%

Less entry and exits points leads to slow down 5.8%

HOV lanes are gridlocked in worst cases 5.8%

Usually don't travel I-405 during rush hour 4.7%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% Eastside Corridor Tolling Study Appendix 5(g): Comment Analysis Summary 7 Do you think it is appropriate for tolls collected on the Eastside Corridor to be used to fund roadway improvements in that corridor?

Over three-fourths (77%) said yes.

Base: all those who answered the question

n = 492 23%

No 77% Yes

How should the tolls be spent within the corridor?

Over two-fifths (43%) of those who said it was appropriate for Eastside Corridor toll revenue to be used to fund corridor improvements thought that some of the revenue needed be diverted to other pertinent highway improvements. Forty percent emphasized that they wanted the money to stay local.

Over 650 people submitted their comments via email and public open houses

In addition to those who filled out the comment form, over 650 people elected to provide narrative comments via e-mail or at public open houses. These comments were outside the comment form questions, as they came from people who elected to share their thoughts, ideas and complaints directly with the WSDOT project team. The comments are summarized below and divided into two broad categories: those who support express toll lanes and those who do not.

Eastside Corridor Tolling Study Appendix 5(g): Comment Analysis Summary 8 Reasons for supporting express toll lanes*

Base: all those respondents who only submitted their comment for Q5, did not answer Q1 through Q4, and supported express toll lanes in the corridor n = 17

More lanes needed to accomodate the growing need of the region and to relieve 52.9% congestion

But, also add mass transit options/ 11.8% encourage carpooling and vanpooling

Other 35.3%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

* Multiple responses allowed; percent adds up to more than 100%

Reasons for NOT supporting express toll lanes*

Base: all those respondents who only submitted general comments, did not answer Q1 through Q4 and did not support express toll lanes in the corridor n = 199

Tolling is not the solution/ Do not support tolling/ Tolling 42.5% is discriminatory and unfair

HOT lanes on 167 are not effective - more access points 19.9% are required/HOT lanes are high accident zones

Add mass transit options instead/encourage carpooling 17.8% and vanpooling instead

More lanes add more traffic and accidents in the corridor 15.1%

Add more GP and/or HOV lanes instead 12.2%

WSDOT needs to do a better job at construction planning 0.7% and operation of the 405 and 167

Other 21.2%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

* Multiple responses allowed; percent adds up to more than 100%

Eastside Corridor Tolling Study Appendix 5(g): Comment Analysis Summary 9 Second Round Comment Analysis

Between August 22nd and November 20th , the Eastside Corridor Tolling Study team received about 500 comment forms by e-mail or at events and open houses. Submitted comments were in response to the Round 1 comment form, and to the five study options and preliminary traffic and revenue modeling results. The public reviewed this information via the Web site project library and in person at open houses.

Round 2 comments reflected the public‟s perceptions after reviewing preliminary traffic and revenue results that illustrated the benefits of express toll lanes. Comment themes shifted to more specific questions about the system and technical issues, and were harder to categorize as simply “supportive” or “non-supportive”.

With this in mind, the Eastside Corridor team used a new methodology to analyze round 2 public comments. Participants‟ comments were coded into four broad categories: „sold‟ (those who were supportive of express toll lanes), „probably‟ (those who were supportive of express toll lanes but had further questions), „possibly‟ (those who had concerns and needed further understanding), and „no way‟ (those who were unsupportive of express toll lanes). Please note that the categories “probably” and “possibly” were new categories for analyzing round 2 comments. Participants‟ general comments during the first round of public engagement were more polarized with regard to their support or non-support for express toll lanes and therefore could be categorized as “support” or “non-support.”

Narrative Comments Recoded - 'No way', 'Possibly', 'Probably', and 'Sold' on express toll lanes

Almost one-third (33%) of the respondents were sold Ten percent were supportive of express toll lanes but had further questions (probably) One-quarter (25%) were had concerns about express toll lanes and needed further understanding (possibly) The remaining one-third (33%) were unsupportive of express toll lanes (no way)

Eastside Corridor Tolling Study Appendix 5(g): Comment Analysis Summary 10 Base: All those respondents who submitted their comment

n = 424 32.5% 32.8% No way Possibly 9.9% 24.8% Probably Sold

Why does the public support express toll lanes?

Of those who supported express toll lanes in the corridor (that is, the “solds”), over one- quarter (29%) thought that tolling was a good solution to regulate traffic flow and ease traffic congestion. They also mentioned that the toll revenue would be useful in funding further corridor improvements. Another 28% thought there was a need for adding mass transit options and encouraging carpooling and vanpooling, in addition to express toll lanes. They felt that adequate HOV and mass transit options help reduce people‟s dependency on personal vehicles, thereby congestion on the roads.

Base: All those respondents who supported express toll lanes in the corridor during the second round of public engagement n = 123 Tolling is a good idea/ Tolling would pay 28.6% for improvements But, also add mass transit options/ 27.3% encourage carpooling and vanpooling

HOT lanes on 167 are very useful 14.1%

Other 31.3%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

* Multiple responses allowed; Percent adds up to more than 100%

Eastside Corridor Tolling Study Appendix 5(g): Comment Analysis Summary 11 What are the reasons the public supports express toll lanes but has further questions?*

Of those who were supportive of Eastside Corridor express toll lanes but had further questions (that is, the “possiblies”), close to two-fifths (38%) expressed that tolling was not a long-term solution for handling traffic congestion issues. Over one-third (34%) had questions related to future mass transit (such as light rail, carpool, and vanpool) which they felt would be effective in reducing pollution and dependency on personal vehicles.

Base: All those respondents were supportive of express toll lanes in the corridor but had further questions during the second round of public engagement n = 42

Tolling is not the long-term solution for traffic congestion / Do not support tolling 37.5%

Possibilities of adding mass transit options & facilities, and encouraging carpooling & vanpooling 34.4%

More lanes may add to more traffic and accidents in the corridor 12.5%

Other 28.1%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% * Multiple responses allowed; Percent adds up to more than 100%

Eastside Corridor Tolling Study Appendix 5(g): Comment Analysis Summary 12 Why do people have concerns about express toll lanes?

Of those who were concerned about express toll lanes in the corridor and needed further understanding (that is, the “probablies”), close to one-third (33%) expressed concern about tolling being unfair and discriminatory. Over one-fifth (23%) were concerned over the need for better mass transit (such as light rail, carpool, and vanpool) that could help reduce pollution and dependency on personal vehicles.

Base: All those respondents who had concerns about express toll lanes in the corridor during the second round of public engagement

n = 105

Tolling is not the solution/ Do not support tolling/ Tolling is discriminatory/ Unfair and cheating the mass 32.6%

Add mass transit options instead/encourage carpooling and vanpooling instead 23.3%

HOT lanes on 167 are not effective- more access points are required/HOT lanes are high accident prone 9.3%

More lanes add more traffic and accidents in the corridor 9.3%

Other 31.4%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

* Multiple responses allowed; Percent adds up to more than 100%

Eastside Corridor Tolling Study Appendix 5(g): Comment Analysis Summary 13 Why don’t people support express toll lanes?

Of those who did not support express toll lanes (that is, the “no ways”), over one-fourth (29%) said that they did not think tolling was the solution to solving congestion. They found tolling to be unfair and discriminatory. Over one-fifth (23%) thought that the state should work towards adding more mass transit (such as light rail) and/or encourage carpooling and vanpooling.

Base: All those respondents who did not support express toll lanes in the corridor during the second round of public engagement n = 139

Tolling is not the solution/ Do not support tolling/ 28.9% Tolling is discriminatory and unfair

Add mass transit options instead/encourage 22.8% carpooling and vanpooling instead

HOT lanes on 167 are not effective 17.5%

More lanes add more traffic and accidents in the 6.1% corridor

Add more GP and/or HOV lanes instead 6.1%

WSDOT needs to do a better job at construction 0.7% planning and operation of the 405 and 167

Other 26.3%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

* Multiple responses allowed; Percent adds up to more than 100%

Conclusion

Research and public involvement shows that experience with express toll lanes leads to support. In the future, as design and implementation of express toll lanes moves forward, WSDOT may consider enlisting those who have experience using the SR 167 HOT lanes to act as advocates, will continue gaining valuable feedback and input, and will provide accessible information to the public about express toll lanes on the Eastside Corridor. Eastside Corridor Tolling Study Appendix 5(g): Comment Analysis Summary 14

Eastside Corridor Tolling Study - Public Comments

Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Feedback Form I am really tired of local and state government trying to pass the cost of everything back onto the public what on earth are we paying for now in this state, property taxes are some of the highest in the nation sales and gas taxes are the highest of anywhere in the country. Sin taxes like tobacco/liquor are out of site in comparison to other states. state and local governments need to manage the money we are already paying in a much more efficient way. Just try to go get a permit in Snohomish county or try to get your property taxes re adjusted and then try to tell me those departments are run efficiently. So don't try to raise more money while your mis-managing the funds you already have. Bellevue No. I think more mass (rapid) transit is needed No/ I don͛t use the system enough Yes Strawberry instead. Festival Bellevue Help Yes; good idea Yes Strawberry Festival Comment Form We all see were the state is trying to go...... TOLLS No it's a very bad idea! We don't want yet ...... NEVER!!!!!! ...... HEY STUPID THE ...... HELL NO!!!!!! (electronic) ON OUR YES THATS RIGHT OUR ROADS THAT WE another way for our beloved state to stick it to ECONOMYS WAY DOWN...... ALLREADY PAID FOR AND ARE PAYING FOR us. In the 70's we paid for the diamond lanes THROUGH GAS AND OTHER TAXES that was going to solve all our traffic problems. Well wake the hell up!!!! it's been 30 plus years and it hasn't worked. Hey maybe just maybe you idiots should just allow us to drive (without additional cost) to drive in lanes we already paid for?????? Comment Form The design of the HOT lanes on 167 is insufficient. I assume that the creation of express toll I don't think I'd use them and I think they I will never pay a toll. Yes. (electronic) There is not enough space allowed to merge into lanes, would just convert existing HOV lanes. would slow down HOV traffic. and out of those lanes compared to the exit Those lanes are often full now, so adding toll location. In addition, without a significant users to them, will not result in a significant improvement of the interchanges between 167 and improvement in travel times on 405. 405, adding HOT lanes will just increase the backlog at those interchanges. Comment Form Yes. It provides a pay system for those willing & Unlikely; tend to use streets during heavy no Yes (electronic) able to pay. commute times Comment Form Yes, It is the best alternative for moving all 0 (I do not drive this corridor very often Yes, those that need it the most would (electronic) lanes of traffic a little faster and when I do I am already in a car pool help to pay for it

Page 1 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Comment Form Interesting idea. I figured this was coming when I I believe this would be a good idea ONLY if the Yes, I'd use them. I have a Good to Go Possibly.... It would have to be a clear YES! (electronic) saw the toll supports go up along the highway. It lanes are in addition to all of the general sticker in my car now for the Narrows advantage for me to use them. I would looks like this is going to happen no matter what purpose lanes now in existence. I'd really like Bridge and occasional commuting on have to be able to travel at close to the the public thinks. to see one additional toll free lane added Hwy 167. I would use the toll lanes only speed limit in the toll lane, OR the before two toll lanes are created. if I was in a hurry and there was a huge general purpose lanes would have to be difference in the travel time. I would crawling along. probably use the option once or twice a week, depending upon the cost. (up to $1.50) Feedback Form Quit wasting taxpayer money! cut government spending and stupid government payroll. 98005 The area where I live already experiences very loud freeway noise, and the freeway dirt that falls on all our outdoor areas and seeps into our homes if a door or window is left open. This freeway "fallout" is a fine black substance. Also this would increase particulates in our air which is carcinogenic. Adding more lanes would make this worse and is worrisome. The freeway noise is really really loud when it is raining. Has thought gone into these concerns? Bellevue Yes Yes, twice a week 15 minutes or more Yes Strawberry Festival Comment Form I have a hard time understanding the policy It's an OK idea, but I would rather see the I anticipate the toll being about $5 or My perception is that adding any lanes Roads, yes; transportation, absolutely. I (electronic) relationship between HOV lanes and toll lanes. Are money go to light rail. less. I would pay it every time I drive would improve my travel time; would especially like to see the funds go carpool lanes there to reduce congestion, or air more than a couple of exits on the converting existing HOV lanes to HOT to light rail in that corridor or across the pollution, or travel time? Why open toll lanes to freeway (net of the distance it takes to lanes would do more to improve my lake. carpools for free? get into and out of the toll lane). travel time; converting all lanes of freeways into tollways would do even more. Adding HOT lanes seems unnecessary if the goal is to improve travel time for those willing to pay extra. Feedback Form I can see where Express Toll Lanes make sense, but why add another express lane on 405? Why isn't using the current HOV lane sufficient? Feedback Form I would like to see that data that supports the claim that a general purpose lane would increase the number of cars moving at 45 miles per hour by only 10% compared to adding a toll lane supposedly adding 70%. Please post your study and data next to where you make this claim. Comment Form If you want to make these roads toll roads, then NO MORE TOLLS!!!! This is simply a means to NEVER!!!!! I pay enough in taxes already. No. Adding more lanes will improve I don't think tolls should be collected (electronic) lower the gas tax!!! generate funds without calling it a TAX and that travel time. Making me pay every time I anywhere. We already pay too much in is just what it is another transportation tax. want to use them just cost me more out taxes for roads. Start spending the of my pocket. money you have more efficiently and you won't need to toll our roads.

Page 2 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Comment Form A light rail system through the corridor (Puyallup to No!!! No!!! No!!! No more Hot lanes. I live in No way in hell I'd pay to use them. If I Too many drivers and not enough of Yes. (electronic) Lynnwood) would work better. Kent and have experienced the Hot lanes on don't have a carpool, then I don't use them that are willing to buy into using 167. I hate them. When I have enough people them. the toll lanes. Adding these lanes won't in the car to be a carpool I avoid them as much improve my travel time. as possible. The use of the double white lines and not being lawful to cross them gives you a very narrow window to get out of them to get to your exit. You're trapped. If the regular lanes are packed you have to come to a stop just to merge over to exit which clogs-up the Hot lane. You also have the drivers who think just because they have enough people in the car they should use the Hot lane. The problem is they aren't passing anyone so now because of the double white line you're stuck until the next dashed line section. How about an add campaign to tell people if use the regular lanes unless they are passing; you know, to cover the law that's never enforced: "Slower traffic keep right except to pass". Screw the Hot lanes. It's just a way to get more money, but it doesn't improve the flow of traffic because not enough people buy into the Hot lane usage. It also goes against why the carpool lanes were generated in the first place: to get more people to carpool to ease congestion. Yeah, that worked. Comment Form We already have the fourth highest State gas tax in Not a good idea. The need on I-405 is for more Unless it was an emergency situation, I I use the bus for my work commute and Depends on what the State considers (electronic) the nation. Having to pay an additional premium to general purpose lanes as evidenced by the would not pay a toll for faster trip. Less would not pay a toll for a faster trip on "improvements." The millions spent use the roads is absurd and nothing but a revenue shortened commute from the recently added than once a month. my weekends making the concrete retaining walls in generator under the guise of helping the motorists. lanes near Bellevue Bellevue "pretty" is a waste of tax funds, I also find your graph showing a 70% increase in not an "improvement." shorter commute times since it does not show the increase for the general purpose lanes, nor does it show the cost of the faster commute for those choosing the toll option. standard mail SR 167's pay lanes have not relieved congestion. With the amount of taxes we already pay, it's a I will not pay to drive the freeways SR 167's pay lanes have NOT helped I travel all the freeways equally. All We pay too much for taxes. Gas prices are too bad idea to make us pay to use the freeway. SR because I already pay for that privilege relieve traffic backups. DO NOT add to freeways need to be expanded to relieve much. DO NOT cause us more financial hardship 167's pay lane does not help move traffic faster. through taxes. the problem by making more pay lanes. and improve access for business. with pay lanes. standard mail The sooner the freeways are linked the better. I see It's REALISTIC. Our population will continue to Fortunately, I have a six mile round trip It could, if I had a work commute at Of course. Given our current state the TOLL SYSTEM as being a PERMANENT FIXTURE. grow, and the roads will always be used more (inside Kent). I have no need for an issue. budget crisis and ongoing difficulty in than any other region's form of transportation. express lane. appropriating funds, it's the REALISTIC way.

Page 3 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Feedback Form As a teacher my salary won't permit me to use express toll lanes. This proposal takes a public highway and turns it into a private expressway for the economically advantaged commuter. I believe the fee should be charged based on the gas mileage of a vehicle. In the pass holder database a record of EPA mileage ratings on vehicles is used to determine the fee structure for individual commuters. The pass card must accompany the actual vehicle for which it is issued. No switching it between two vehicles will be permitted under penalty of severe fines. This system will be photo- enforced (or digitally monitored). High mileage vehicles pay less than low-mileage vehicles. Target the system to charge those with the ability to pay while addressing other pressing ecological goals set by the State. 98188 Feedback Form you need to add both types of lanes not just one between Renton and Bellevue. Comment Form If tolls need to be collected to pay for a new We all pay the same road tax to use the roads. I cant use the Toll roads on 167 There is Adding additional Lanes would improve All taxes collected should be used to (electronic) roadway, then collect the toll/tax until its paid for. Why should I have to pay for roads that I cant on way I can afford to pay to use 405 in travel time. If we have the money to add benefit all Then stop the toll the collection afford to use. addition to the Road tax I already pay these lanes then make them open to all who pay road tax Comment Form Why should we pay higher taxes to build the roads Only if they are toll free. Never. None, wouldn't use if there is a toll. No. (electronic) and then have to pay to use them too. Individuals with a low income could not afford to use these. This is not fair to everyone. Comment Form I think if a light rail along this corridor could be YES, Absolutely. That roadway is so congested Yes I would pay, but only use them <5 For the few times I use it now, yes it YES!!! (electronic) constructed, I would prefer that to express lanes, every evening and every morning. times a month. I would use them 20+ would improve my time. 20 min per but obviously that would be far more expensive. times a month if I-90 gives up it's express trip - Bellevue to Tukwila lanes for the Light rail Puyallup More trains are needed. Need to speed up to match Yes, toll use of available space Yes, about 5 times per month Not for me, but I would support it. Yes, those who use it should pay. Meeker Days major east coast cities. Comment Form I think drivers pay enough already for gas and I would never pay tolls I don't think it would make that much of If tolls were collected, I think they should (electronic) road taxes and don't think there should be toll a difference go for all roads lanes. I think a lot of this type of work should be put off till the economy is better Feedback Form It was just widened through our neighbor hood at I am mildly opposed to HOT lanes. I am great expense and with a great deal of noise. The STRONGLY opposed to adding yet more lanes to thought of a 10 or more lane freeway is just I-405. appalling. Is this Arizona? L.A.? When can we get some light rail on this corridor instead? The addition of the last set of new lanes didn't do much to alleviate traffic, why will adding still more? This is very frustrating.

Page 4 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Comment Form No I do not think this is a good idea. I have used I do not now or intended to use toll No I do not think they would improve If you were to make all lane toll lanes, (electronic) the Hot lanes on SR 167 and because of the lanes. my travel time in this corridor yes I think the funds should be used for inability to leave this lane with the double only those corridor road improvements. white line, you can get trapped by slow moving vehicles while the normal lanes may be moving right on by. For this reason I avoid getting into the hot lane for fear of limited mobility. Comment Form I do, because even with the HOV lane, traffic I would pay for them 5 days a week, so Yes. 15 minutes less travel time from Yes. (electronic) gets backed up. I think drivers would pay extra might use them 20+ days a month. 522 to I-90. to be able to drive to and from work at a faster rate. Comment Form (electronic) Comment Form I do not think it is a good idea. I think we need I would never use it. I carpool. No, it would not improve my travel time. I believe that would be an appropriate (electronic) to keep encouraging carpooling, public transit, In fact, it might harm it, since the use, but I do not thing there should be and vanpooling. Allowing an alternative for a carpool lane which I currently use would tolls. quick commute as a single driver completely be inundated with more drivers. defeats this purpose and is harmful to our environment. In a city with such excellent transportation options, it's ridiculous, and certainly not a necessity. Comment Form Toll roads only help the rich, I have seen this in If you have the money to build more lanes, just It is not fair to let the rich get through No, express toll lanes would not increase Any tolls collected MUST stay on the (electronic) other cities and it does not help the regular driver. build more lanes for everyone, or have only one faster than everyone else. I would not speeds for the majority of people, so eastside. All energy is usually focused on And TWO toll lanes is entirely excessive when there lane as an HOV lane and the other as general use these. they are useless except to help the rich. fixing traffic in the Seattle area, totally are only two free lanes. I think this is a horrible idea purpose. The solution needs to address the Unless it shaved a half hour or more off ignoring the eastside (such as the light and you should add two free lanes. But if you majority, not just those with the money to pay the trip, a regular person could not rail corridor, which will be absolutely persist in this, at least make one free and one toll!! a toll. That is just not fair. justify paying for a road they already useless to anyone on the eastside). The There will be no use for two toll lanes and having pay for through taxes. bridges need to be fixed before the 405 them sit empty will make other drivers angry. And corridor. The backup on 520 is totally what about visitors who don't have the special unacceptable, there needs to be a plan pass??? unless you add a way to pay the toll in for that. cash, you are punishing visitors and giving them a very bad view of the area. Also, this form is VERY very lame. How much energy would it take to set up a real survey that people can take and submit online rather than making them save it separately and send through their email. It makes it obvious you do not really want feedback and want to prevent people from commenting as much as possible by making it as difficult as possible. True online surveys are very easy to create, so figure it out ASAP! Feedback Form There is no alternative route, nor there are any high NO tolls on I-405, yes on I-167. speed transit options in the I-405 corridor. The coal creek parkways is congested already and merges with I-405 anyway. The bus service on I-405 is not accessible in Renton due to major east-west traffic backups. Getting to i-405 in Renton is very hard due to back ups already, with tolls Renton residential streets will be backed up even more

Page 5 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Feedback Form I am a frequent bus rider from the Bothell area to Please, please do not toll the 405 corridor. downtown. If you add a toll lane, there is no incentive for me to take the bus, because the service will be much slower. I don't take the bus because I need to, but because it's a good thing for the environment. If the lanes were tolled, and traffic was moving slower, I might as well drive. Currently, even the carpool lane is often backlogged through the Totem Lake area. Allowing SOV's in the HOV lane will only make it worse. Considering that we're likely to have reduced bus service (fewer busses) because of budget cuts, it would be nice if the ones we do have were actually on time. Comment Form Consider this plan for other corridors also, please Great idea. Toll lanes allow flexibility when a I would pay on 405 whenever there was Absolutely! Saving 15 minutes is easily Spend the money where it will do the (electronic) quicker ride is worth the cost! Make them congestion. I'm guessing I would use 10 worth $5 to me. most good overall. expensive enough that they work. times per month. Bellevue Yes - we need a funding stream for transit and Occasionally a few times a month Yes - if money was used to improve yes and public transit up and down I-405 Strawberry highway improvement public transit and get people out of cars Festival Bellevue No. Discriminates against other people. Currently carpool, so only in an No. No. Strawberry emergency. Festival Bellevue Make entry points all over and reward carpoolers No!! The new HOV lanes on SR 167 have done Zero No, I believe it would slow down due to Yes Strawberry otherwise leave I-405 alone. nothing but punish carpoolers by limiting entry less entry points. Festival points. Bellevue No. Cost does not justify unless I drive from I would only use during rush hours. Yes. At least 15 minutes I do not like tolling. I rather pay more tax Strawberry Lynnwood to Puyallup. It may reduce my Maybe 3 to 4 times per week? for road improvement. I rather not have Festival driving time greatly. Usually, I only drive 10 to to stop and pay. 15 minutes on I-405. Bellevue I think this is a first step to just tolling me for No, two lanes for this purpose is 1 too many. I would never use them. I live in Kirkland. It would help if other people use them. Yes. Strawberry everything. Festival Bellevue Yes, $20 Yes, 15 minutes Toll Strawberry Festival Bellevue Fix the "S" curves in Renton. This still bottlenecks Good idea - if it does not impeded the addition I travel from Kirkland to Sea-Tac often. I Yes, provided NON-HOV traffic would Yes, pay as you go. If you use the road - Strawberry traffic S 405! It is ridiculous that this has not been of extra lanes for noon - HOV traffic. would pay for use during peak commute have access in non-peak times. I would you should pay for it. Festival dealt with after all these years. hours. I think HOV lanes should be open pay per use - say up to $5 a trip. to all traffic in non-peak times (Like I-5 in Portland, OR) Bellevue No - not worth it to me. I live in the Eastgate I would not It would not matter for my commute. Yes. Strawberry area and avoid the I-405/I-90 interchange Festival because single lane roads connecting the two interstates backs-up traffic too much. I'm forced to use back roads to get to downtown Bellevue.

Page 6 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Feedback Form I am an experienced driver whom used to live in the I am in strong agreement of having these toll Eastside area. I now live in Kitsap County and on lanes on the rest of 167 and I-405. those rare occasions when I come to Seattle I don't flinch when it comes to using the toll lanes on Hwy 167 south of Renton--It just makes good sense to do it as it doesn't add that much to the cost of the trip. Bellevue Why isn't there access to the NB and SB HOV lanes Yes but WSDOT really needs to look at 2-3 times as a SOV - 8-10 times as an HOV Possibly, but I'm worried about it Yes Strawberry on I-405 from 116th? Very shortsighted planning. connecting SB/WB I-405 to SB I-5 in Tukwila affecting the HOV vehicles already using Festival Would like to see NE 6th extended to 116th for the carpool lanes. $2.00-$2.50 HOV access. (Bellevue) Bellevue Yes, I rarely travel less than 20 miles on I4-05 so Almost every time I get on I-405 Yes, anything 15% savings would be Yes, usage taxes/fees are more fair to the Strawberry it would be great to skip local traffic. worth it. general public. Festival At least 5 times a month. 98006 Comment Form Consider the amount of traffic estimated in 10 Yes I feel it is a good idea to give an option to I do not drive that route frequently so Yes. The slow downs can hold me up 30- Definitely. (electronic) years, then add another 50% to keep up. those who have to drive the route. feel the toll option for single occupancy 60 minutes so that would be the savings. vehicles is a great idea. It would help with congestion and budget. Boeing Safety Yes, good flow of traffic . 50 cents. Four times 10 minutes Yes, only improvement. Fair - Renton Feedback Form I like the idea. Kent Cornucopia Yes Yes Yes Days Mercer Island Cars are evil: Transit! Sure, yes yes 10% to 20% Anything, any corridor and transit Summer Celebration Mercer Island $5 is too much. More GTG pass. Yes, as long as it's reasonable ($1 - $2). Everyday to work - only $1 to $2. Summer Monthly pass $50. Celebration Mercer Island Public transportation better. Don't know Summer Celebration Mercer Island Yes Yes, a couple of times per week. 15 to 20 minutes Anywhere Summer Celebration Feedback Form NO toll lanes. They create revenue streams that are not controllable by populace or elected officials. Boeing Safety Yes, I'm currently using the system on SR 167. Monthly, 10 - 25 times per month Yes, any Yes Fair - Renton Boeing Safety Truck lane will help economy. Truckers, truck Yes, great idea. I just got good to go tag for SR Use it at peak traffic or appointment. I When I was laid off I drove a truck. 1/2 No! To many drivers going through that Fair - Renton company their customers, fuel savings, etc.. But 167. But how about a truck lane? $100K worth would not use it often on I-405 since I hour is big savings when delivering sales/ one way etc. spread the wealth. then again I believe we should tear up all the road of stuff in trailer stuck in traffic/large diesel don't go that way. freight. I can make another stop. and let mother nature grow back. engine smoking away. standard mail Depends on how much it would cost to use Well my main mode of transportation us 30 minutes or more Yes these lanes if a dollar or less, then yes. If more a motorcycle, so I would rarely need to than that, it would not be worth it. use it. Plus the only time I would pay to use it, was if I was in a hurry.

Page 7 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Boeing Safety Yes, reduce congestion, commute time Yes 10 to 15 minutes Fair - Renton Bellevue Maybe, leaning toward yes. A few times a month when running late. Yes, would see significant time savings. Yes Strawberry Festival Puyallup Yes, need to resolve congestion 30 to 45 minutes. Savings no less Yes Meeker Days Puyallup Out with Gregoire please! Considering toll lanes is a waste of valuable No No Yes Meeker Days driving lanes that could be used by all. Puyallup Yes, do to business, traveling in HOV would cut Yes, everyday Sometime 1 hour or more. 4 to 5 hours a Yes Meeker Days my time down week. Puyallup =) Yes, more room for traffic. When traffic is heavy save 50 cents to Yes, good thought. Yes Meeker Days $1?? Puyallup Consider reversible lanes. Yes Yes, I would. $50 I would pay just to keep traffic moving Yes Meeker Days Puyallup Go back to the original model. HOV only. Tolling is Meeker Days civically unfair!! Puyallup Yes, people that use should pay. 10 times 20 minutes Yes Meeker Days Puyallup Need rapid transit train Yes, if carpool is still no cost. 1 time per month Yes, but prefer a train system Yes Meeker Days Feedback Form I love the idea of Express Toll lanes. Please implement as soon as feasably possible. Boeing Safety If a special lane is use? Why not make it a No! I already pay No! I already pay I don't use I-405 If my tab fees are lowered Fair - Renton commercial lane? Keeping big, slower trucks that don't enter and leave the highway as much. Bellevue You need to think better about the future and not With all the traffic going from I-405 onto 4 to 8 times a month No Yes Strawberry have to keep adding a lane at a time to the highway highway 167 and vise versa something needs to Festival system. Stop making temporary fixes and make the be done. solutions proper and permanent. Bellevue Yes. Some % of people would pay and that I don't think I would ever use the pay If it would cut my travel time in half I Yes. Strawberry would free up space in existing lanes for non- lanes. would pay, but 45 mph won't do that. Festival payers (like me).

Page 8 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? email or website If express toll lanes are implemented, will I support the implementation of express toll commercial trucks be allowed to use them? Will lanes on I-405 but I͛m concerned about the personal vehicles towing trailers be allowed to use type of vehicles mention above using them. them, e.g. vehicles towing boats?

I ask that question because the diamond lanes are usually the left side lane and the ͞high speed͟ lane is right next to it. Today the road signs say basically that commercial trucks should not drive in the ͞high speed͟ lane/ So if the diamond lanes become express toll lanes and commercial trucks are allowed to use the express toll lane, the process of large trucks merging from the right side lanes to the left side express toll lane will create a lot of flow disruption and probably additional accidents. So will commercial trucks be allowed to use the express toll lanes?

Many vehicles towing boats don͛t have the engine horsepower to keep up with the traffic flow when going uphill/ Many such vehicles also don͛t have enough stiffness in their suspension systems to keep the boat trailers from swaying. Thus they require more lateral clearance when I pass them and/or when they pass me. Many such vehicles also don͛t have enough braking power to stop their vehicle/boat combination in a reasonable distance 0 especially in downhill situations such as just north of Renton/ Thus I͛m asking whether personal vehicles towing trailers will be allowed to use the express toll lane. Bellevue Yes I wouldn't because I work from home, A) Probably Yes Strawberry but I can see others paying for the B) 50 percent over RUSH hour times. Festival privilege. Bellevue It is not a good idea. How about using funds for For office trip. Once a month for a pass. Yes, up to 30 minutes. Fund light rail. =) Strawberry a light rail line instead? Light rail can be used Festival for this issue as well. Bellevue Yes, alleviate some of the congestion (Bellevue Strawberry choke points). Festival Bellevue Yes, but what is the cost to the taxpayer? I would use the express toll lane if traffic Not mine but probably would improve Yes, providing our tax dollars are not Strawberry on the regular lanes were at a halt. I try for those traveling on I-405/SR 167 on a increased too. Meaning do not raise Festival to avoid I-405 as much as possible so I daily basis for work. Again depending on taxes and collect tolls. Need would maybe use once a month. the cost for the toll and increased taxes accountability. this idea would probably not work for me. Bellevue If the toll lanes are already funded, then it is I probably won't use the express toll No. I don't travel on I-405 during rush Yes, of course. Strawberry probably not a good idea because it doesn't lanes unless it's really easy to pay for hour. Festival take the average of the full new capacity. I-405 occasional use. is always jammed up. If the purpose is to reduce/control the traffic volume then probably yes.

Page 9 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Bellevue Absolutely. As the are continues to grow, traffic Every day during the work week. Yes. Average 45 mph would be well Yes, people who use the road should Strawberry will just get worse. worth it. contribute to improvements. Festival Bellevue Yes, for those who are interested can afford to 1) Never 1) No Yes Strawberry pay a toll. 2) Never 2) None Festival Kent Cornucopia I would prefer to extend light rail to move Yes, I support usage fees instead of higher taxes I already use HOV lanes when possible. Yes, but I usually use the HOV lanes Yes. Days commuters off the roads. for everyone. already. Bellevue Would support project as long as current HOV lanes Yes, better traffic on I-405. 5 to 10 times a month. Yes Yes Strawberry occupancy stayed the same. Two occupants no Festival charge. Don't support change to 3. Comment Form I would welcome almost any improvement to 405. Yes. I think this is a good idea. Some would not Yes. I would use the lanes at least 5 times Yes. 10-15 minutes. Yes (electronic) Currently, it is faster for me to drive around the use the lanes because they have more time. To a month. south end of Lake Washington on surface streets to me, time is at a premium, so I would rather pay get to UW than it is to take 405 and 520. to make my drive time shorter. Bellevue The power of the free market to regulate and Yes, depending on distance traveled. I drive in Only when in a rush - maybe once a $2 to save 15 minutes Absolutely - it's only fair Strawberry reduce congestion. Bellevue off 520 so travel airport --> SR 520 or month Festival 520 --> Kirkland Feedback Form WSDOT would take away one general purpose lane to create the 2-lane express toll lanes. WSDOT also plan on making the express lanes free for 3+ vehicles, vans and buses. By changing the express lanes from 2+ to 3+, many of the current vehicles using the I-405 express lanes will be forced to use the general purpose lanes, thereby creating more congestion on the general purpose lanes. And to remove one of the general purpose lanes to create a second express lane would compound the problem even more. Please don't create more congestion by this change and force people to use the express toll lanes. This idea only sounds good but is actually a way to generate revenue for the state; a form of taxation. Let's keep the express lane as 2+ since there are so few 3+ vehicles as exemplified by SR-520. Bellevue The faster get done so we can use them. - Cost Yes, more ways to get from "A to B" 10 times per month I use BONE I-90 - 520 is a mess Yes, pay to use. Keep the gas tax lower Strawberry seem to raise each year, then leave $ per less Festival profits. From�Subject�Received�Size�Categories� [email protected]��12:59 PM�2 KB Bellevue Yes, should be integrated into higher rail More than twice Yes. 1/2 hour Yes Strawberry system. Festival

Page 10 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Feedback Form I would be open to the idea, if, and only if the following (or similar in nature) scenario plays out: Take the EXISTING HOV lanes on 405 and convert them to permanent transit lanes (3+ carpools, buses, vanpools, motorcycles). Then take the current general purpose lane that is next to the current HOV lane and convert it to a "convertible" HOV lane, that is, it becomes an HOV lane during congested times (e.g. 5AM - 9 AM; 2 PM - 7 PM). The focus should be on getting more people to carpool, take the bus, and use more 'transit-oriented' methods, rather than allowing those who CHOOSE to continue driving by themselves to pay their way into the transit lanes. Transit lanes need to stay transit lanes. Bellevue No. The highways are funded with taxes, so Probably not. Maybe once per month. No. Yes. Strawberry should be not be "for sale." HOV lanes need to Festival be restricted so that emergency vehicles can move during congested times. Bellevue More buses along I-405 corridor. Yes. Those who want to pay can, leaving more Probably not. I'd have to save 20% or more of my time Yes Strawberry room for others. i.e. 10 out of 30 minutes. Festival Bellevue Yes, because of congestion on I-405. 8 to 10 times. 10 times. Yes. Strawberry Festival Comment Form construction of the toll lanes would impede traffic Yes; traffic flow will improve even for those 10-May 10 minutes yes (electronic) who don't use the toll lanes Bellevue Yes, more lanes are good. Yes, 10 times a month. yes, virtually any savings is worth paying Yes Strawberry for. Festival standard mail In general, tolling is a good idea. People pay for I'm concerned about spending money and Going to the airport. If I have to meet Wouldn't help me much since I'm Sure - money paid in a area should stay privileges. construction chaos on more roads. How would someone when alone. (I'm usually a usually a carpool. I'd pay $3-4 if alone in that area to benefit the people who've a small toll outweigh the cost? Just adding carpool with kids in the van). and needed to go faster. paid. more roads and more cars is not sustainable long term. email or website Build a general purpose lane. Tukwila Days Yes Don't use the corridor Don't use the corridor Yes, however if other King County roads need the money, that would be okay too. Feedback Form What exactly do you mean by rates adjust electronically is there an average you expect throughout the day at different times? Also how will payment be collected will it be with a radio device on the car? Tukwila Days Yes, they are good ways to manage congestion. If I needed to get somewhere on time. I Yes, not sure. No, It should also be used for Renton to seldom drive I-405. Tukwila area.

Page 11 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Tukwila Days If it is not working on HWY 167, it won't work on I- Only if you add these lanes not take away lanes zero Depends on how many people will be Yes 405. and make them toll lanes. Then construction of able to travel in the toll lanes without these lanes would make traffic worse for years. having to pay. Most people won't want to pay if you have 3 or more people to travel in these lanes. There won't be many using them. Tukwila Days Hopefully, this does not take away from the existing Yes, it gives you a choice of whether you can I would probably leave earlier. Finances I don't know Yes lanes. pay or not. are tight. email or website The largest problem we encounter on 167 is drivers switching into and out of the HOT lane by crossing the double white lines/ Some people ͚work traffic͛ this way especially when the other lanes are slow. The double white lines area needs to be made difficult to cross AND enforcement needs to be increased/ ! citizen͛s reporting phone number would also provide a way to deter these cheaters, thought it is difficult to get a license number when the offender is more than one car length away.

I believe California has a raised hump along with the double white lines area, though I have seen drivers change lanes over the hump.

I find it hard to believe that enough revenue is raised by willing single occupant vehicles to pay for all the equipment and labor required to install these lanes. Just keeping the HOV lanes and providing enforcement seems more cost effective. Bothell RiverFest Yes N/A Only if express lanes are designed to Yes, along with funding public feed into and through bottlenecks like transportation options. the floating bridges. Bothell RiverFest Yes Yes, sometimes 5 times a month. Yes, 15 minutes Yes, but would rather see the money go to public light rail across SR 520/I-90. Comment Form Enough already. This will punish those of us who This is a bad idea for a variety of reasons. Bad idea. Will just make a horrendous It will make my vanpool commute No. (electronic) are taking vanpools and buses and carpools. we're Those of us commuting from Renton to Everett commute worse for those of us who are worse. already giving up our freedom of time, being able to can barely get there in a reasonable time as it is being responsible commuters and using leave during the day, go out to lunch in the car, with nothing but vans and carpools in the carpools and vanpools. stop and run errands on the way home. We're express lane. Adding cars under any doing our part for the commute and the circumstances is not acceptable. environment. We need more vanpools and fewer cars on the road. We don't need to enable more people to commute one person in a car. standard mail I feel like a donkey with a man on his back with a No. Every time you make it more convenient to No No carrot on a stick, saying to me "one more lane, just drive, we get more driving. The problems get one more lane, and there'll be no more congestion." bigger, not better. open house email or website Would every lane be tolled, in your plan? 98001 standard mail We pay the highest road tax in the nation already. No, it is not a good idea. We don't have enough No! This is another government rip off. No, the government already wastes the lanes as it is. taxes I pay.

Page 12 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? standard mail I think the existing carpool lane on I-405 should No, I don't think it's a good idea. I think you I drive from Bothell to Lynnwood at 8:30 No, it would not improve my traffic time. If we end up with tolls (which I don't only be active during carpool hours 6-9 and 3-7. I should keep the carpool lane and if you need to a.m. and Lynnwood to Bothell at 8:30 there should be in these economic hard think solo drivers should be able to drive in the add more lanes add general purpose lanes. p.m. and do not experience traffic so I times) funding roadway improvements carpool lane at non-commute hours. would not pay to use the express toll would be the right way to use the funds. lanes. standard mail These survey questions are biased to make it sound Not a good idea. The state has a basic Generally, not a good idea. I would only I doubt that toll lanes would improve my No, it is not appropriate. You are only like people support tolls and toll lanes. - We do not. obligation to make a public corridor for traffic use them and pay in emergencies. travel time in the I-405 corridor. doing this because there are some to move north and south. wealthy people here. standard mail ABSOLUTELY NOT! Are you crazy? It you're Spend our tax money wisely, and build No. No tolls! Use tax dollars wisely. going to spend tax money, why not benefit ALL roads for !LL0no tolls0Why not just cut the people? some governments jobs? email or website I live on 113th Ave. NE and NE 140th. I-405 is just behind me. There is a berm there now that is being used as a noise buffer I assume.

If you add two extra southbound lanes, the freeway will be in my backyard.

Are you going to be doing right of way and buying people's property along this corridor? Please consider carpooling or mass transit options. No. I don't like the idea as I would rather see I use the HOV lane. I would not pay to No. I would rather see mass transit. I would rather see money spent to repair money spent for the train to come farther ride in the express lanes. roads elsewhere instead of focusing on north. the Eastside.

Page 13 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? email or website While I understand that over the next few years we will increase our population by a wide margin, I think it makes sense to educate our Washington drivers on how to drive, enter, and exit the freeways. By keeping larger spaces between cars (not tailgating) so that people can merge without having to stop all traffic, your traffic can keep moving. You educate people to wear seatbelts, wear helmets, not to drive drunk, not to use cell phones while driving, yet you fail to educate/refresh their memory on the basics - proper, courteous way to drive, keeping a two second space between vehicles. A little education could go a long way in helping to reduce congestion, and maybe even save lives. I drive I-405 every day from Renton to Bellevue and back, most of the time on a motorcycle/scooter, and it is constantly amazing how many people slow down for no reason whatsoever. It's much worse in the fall, when the kids go back to college and vacations are over. So your survey at this time is not really an accurate reading of how long it takes to get to work as traffic is moderate at this time and not heavy. Since the new road revisions in south Bellevue have been in effect through the old Wilburton Tunnel area, it is even more dangerous getting on I-405 at SE 8th and merging over to the carpool lane. People are cutting through the solid white line to get over to I-90, and others are still trying to merge onto the freeway. I see no benefit of the express toll lane, as it will still cause congestion when people are moving in and out of the lanes. When you restrict people's ingress and egress across the lines, it slows everyone down. Do you have stats on the benefit of I-167's toll lane? Have you proven that you save time? Have you been able to justify the exorbitant expense related to creating a computerized lane? Currently, the carpool lane on I-405 between Bellevue and Renton may give a one-to-twenty second advantage driving south in the afternoon, and maybe a two minute advantage driving to Bellevue in the morning. Not enough for anyone to want to pay for the privilege - in my opinion. As I drive the carpool most days on my scooter, I watch the traffic, and as the gas prices have gone up, so have the people in the carpool lane, which is not a bad thing from a "green" standpoint, but from a speed point, it has slowed down dramatically. My two cents for what it's worth.

Page 14 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Comment Form No, I do not think it is a good idea. This I'd probably never use the express toll No, it would not improve my travel time Yes. (electronic) congestion will never go away if we continue to lanes. Plus, I don't think you can promise significantly. add lanes. This corridor needs public this "reliable trip of 45mph or higher". transportation options. If traffic is backed up, then so are the express lanes. email or website This type of toll would be another regressive tax on No, this is not a good idea. Public roads are just I would NEVER pay to use the express Don't you understand how this kind of No, there should be an equitable way to the poor. that: Public roads. Paying a toll to use a faster lanes on an otherwise free public road. situation would further divide the rich fund road improvements throughout the section of the road would further divide the I'm living on a fixed income and can't from the poor? state. We, are after all, living in ONE rich and the poor. afford paying extra. state and need to be united, not divided. Bothell RiverFest Good idea! Provides another option for those As often as I need to. Yes - sometimes as little as 5 minutes if I Yes. of use who regularly commute on I-405. have a meeting. Kirkland No. The richer should not have more rights No, because I take public transportation Farmer's Market than the poor. The lanes should be for carpools and don't want these jerks in our lanes. and public transportation. Comment Form I think it is a bad idea. Just add non toll lanes. I probably would not use them. To I do not think they would improve travel The problem with using tolls to pay for (electronic) Toll lanes use up the space for regular lanes and difficult to use for local traffic like one or time locally like traveling just a couple road improvements is the tolls never go involve difficulties in traffic trying to figure out two exits and they cause traffic messes exits or so but might help those with away as roads always need improving. where to get in and out. trying to get in and out of. long commutes. email or website If you are going to toll roads, then toll all roads. Further, if roads are tolled, then you need to eliminate or reduce the gas tax. Have you heard of double taxation? Charging tolls as a way to improve your commute, only allows those with money more privileges. Fix the bottlenecks and traffic will improve. Allowing traffic to exit or enter at toll points has created new problems. You can't get by slow traffic in the toll/express lanes. Congestion occurs at the toll points. You have to plan ahead for you exit because your toll exit may be beyond your freeway exit. There are other ways to improve traffic without tolls. A start would be DOT not taking so long to complete projects. Lanes should not be closed when traffic is still returning home from major night sporting events. Coordination of all projects to allow alternative routes would also improve traffic. Thank you. DO YOU HAVE TOLLS ON YOUR ROADS TO WORK? Bothell RiverFest Yes, any additional lanes will help. I would use in emergencies or when I am Improve by 10 minutes Yes. late.

2-4 times a month. 98021 Bothell RiverFest When driving alone, I tend to take surface streets Maybe, as long as the HOV lane would be used Never. I don't think it would be worth it. Yes. anyway. as 2 + people. email or website

Page 15 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? I have traveled the 167 trail area and I don't like the restricted white line. So that when you want to get in or out

You can't. So no I would not like to have it extended to 405. Plus there is no enforcement of the rules by

Non-available police. So all I see is you want more tax money...... !!! Bothell RiverFest No, not for HOT lanes. Should be for general See response to question 1 See response to question 1 See response to question 1 purpose lanes. Bothell RiverFest Need other forms of transportation. Yes, drove in other places of the country. 75 cents each way Yes, 15 minutes Yes Auburn Open Mainly, I do not think the way SR 167 is used now is No. It's unsafe crossing to exit. Not enough Never. I always have 2 or more in the car. No Yes House (Aug) safe. Limiting entrance and exit points. notice - limiting exit and entrance. Bothell RiverFest I think "commuters" should NOT include kids or Yes, I think it would be worth it for those who I don͛t have a very far commute/ ut I think $1 to 1.50 is fair. Yes non-drivers. The idea is to get cars off the road. need it. there are times I might be interested. Auburn Open It it's like SR 167, it's a bad idea. If somebody is None No Yes House (Aug) going slow you can't pass and in heavy traffic its very hard to find a safe opening to cross multiple lanes before you exit! open house open house It's interesting as to what questions and concerns is offered to the public. My concern regards design automobiles should be able to enter and exit HOV- HOT lanes in any area of the corridor w/o violations. Revenue to support the corridor should not include police surveillance open house Run your alternatives model to test a ͞toll-all- Depends on which options (I-5) is selected + yes, 2 - 3 times a month Depends on length of my trip Roadway only? No – should also be existing roadway lanes on 405 to help cost staging. available to transit and non-motorized effectiveness for the corridor͟ !void endless tear- improvements in the corridor. up/construction on 405. When construction projects are too closely timed it͛s a driver headache and not cost effective to WSDOT either. Safety/comfort problems. Give highest priority to direct HOT/HOV lane connections between I-405 and SR 167. Ahead if additional managed GP lanes on the mainline. open house

Page 16 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? 98034 Feedback Form We keep putting money into roads, WHY? Business today no longer needs to be on an 8 to 5 schedule. Government should work with the companies to change shifts starting at 6 AM through 9 AM ending at 2:30 PM to 6:30 PM. you spread the traffic out over numerous hours, less congestion and no new monies spent. Also why not ask or force companies for telecommuting? Communication companies tout working anywhere, why not from home. It can be done and done efficiently. Mobile communications what an idea! Its time has come. open house Open the white areas on SR 167 (at entrances and Redo carpool lanes so they are more Where SR 518 joins I-405, there needs to Open SR 520 to 2 + carpools in non- exits) so "regular" carpools can enter the carpool constant and don't go from right to left be a sign over the freeway indicating commute hours (9a - 3p and 7 p.m. to 5 lanes without breaking the law. to right. which lane to get into for northbound I- a.m.) 405. open house Electronic tolling is the way things need to be. I'm Yes, the more the better - get them installed 10 round trips 15 - 20 minutes/trip. Yes! ready and have been using my transponder on SR soon. 167 already. open house The question is not accurate. There are 4 GP, 1 No. I would re-route or re-schedule my Only for traffic in the HOT lane. This The tolls should be used exclusively in HOV from 85th to 124th this plan removes a trip. To place a toll on federally-funded would come at the expense of those in the project where they are collected. general purpose lane which means 100% of the completed highway is wrong. Re-striping the GP lanes. 1gp traffic lane would have to move to HOT to and adding a toll is punitive to many who maintain status quo. cannot afford it.

Comment Form This program would benefit those who can afford NO. Non-necessity spending is IMMORAL while This will benefit those who can afford to NO. It will improve travel time for those NOT UNTIL (1) no WA citizen lacks food, (electronic) to pay tolls while hurting those who cannot = so many of us lack food, shelter, and basic pay tolls and penalize the rest of us. I will who can afford tolls, and worsen travel shelter, or basic health care, and NOT IRRESPONSIBLE! health care. NEVER use express toll lanes. time for those who can't afford tolls. UNTIL (2) WA State is out of debt. Bothell RiverFest Yes, I feel the flow of traffic would greatly N/A Yes Perhaps, not sure. improve if this were to be a reality. Comment Form How would you ensure that carpoolers are not Hard to tell. Eastsiders tend to be affluent and Sorry but it's difficult for me to say as I Probably not but I am not the average Yes. (electronic) charged for using the toll express lanes? Say I'm not sure what actual usage would be like of almost always have a child with me and user of I-405. Although I live on the someone wants to keep a transmitter in his/her car the toll lanes - cost may not be as much of an can use the carpool lane. Unless Eastside, I don't commute on the I-405 in case s/he is alone and wants to use the toll lane obstacle on the Eastside as it is in the south end desperate I can't see paying for the corridor so I don't think my answers are but at other times is a legitimate carpooler - how do and so you may have more express lane users express lanes though - I'm an avid side all that usable. If I were using it though you keep that person from getting charged when than you anticipate which may make the flow street user. it would have to save me at least 15-20 s/he is an actual carpooler? thicker than you think. minutes before I'd consider paying a toll to bypass. Comment Form All roadways in Washington should be open to all No, federal dollars spent on I-405 were not Never, the last thing I want is the state None, it would add time to everyone's Do not try to fool us. The money would (electronic) drivers and they should all be free. intended for a toll road. spying on me. commute except the "fatcats" that go to pay the salary of more state would pay the toll. bureaucrats.

Page 17 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Comment Form Throw out the current masterminds and get build more lanes, no carpool lanes or express No!!!! Additional express lanes with tolls NONE! We're already funding them, we keep (electronic) someone in there from the Midwest to design our toll lanes and traffic will move the way it are not the answer, another lane or two approving tax increases for road work freeways and get the most for our money! should. I was recently in the Midwest and they and no carpool restricted lanes are the and nothing gets done, you all just want don't have the stupid carpool lanes, they have 6 answer!!! to keep wasting the money and thinking lanes of traffic each direction on all their up ways to get more! "expressways" and traffic moves beautifully!!!! And there are no "tolls". The state government here needs to stop spending our tax increases designed for road construction on other foolish things and entitlement programs. Get with the program people, we are the laughing stock of the nation! Comment Form Right now the big problem on I-405 is getting Yes, provided there is a way to enter/exit the Once or twice a month. Twice a week if Twenty minutes. Yes. (electronic) through the mergers needed to reach the car pool express lanes without crossing multiple lanes of the morning merge from I-90 westbound lanes and again to exit them. stopped traffic like we do now. to I-405 northbound gets fixed. Comment Form Stop wasting gas tax money by doing stupid studies. no, it's a waste of money. the SR 167 HOT lanes Uh, never. No. $0.58/gallon (i.e., my gas tax that is HELL NO!! (electronic) Fix the crap that you call roads (i.e., there are more is a total failure. do we need to waste more currently being wasted on stupid potholes than there are good pavement). If you money. I guess we can wait another 5000 years sidewalk and bike lane projects). want to build sidewalks/bike lanes, make the 10 before the initial cost is paid off , just like SR people who actually use these facilities to pay for 167. what the heck do you do with the highest them. Having the highest gas tax in the nation is a gas tax in the nation anyways?? joke. We have the nation's worst roads. The traffic is a nightmare and all you guys can think about is fixing sidewalks and creating bike lanes. 95% of Washingtonians travel by SOV, we don't want mass transit. No matter what. Comment Form Eventually I-405 will get too big. The State should 1. Anything which would reduce the current Since I am retired, I would use the toll I think that additional lanes would Yes (electronic) be planning an alternative route parallel to I-405 - delays on I-405 is good. The tolls should be lanes seldom. reduce the load on the general purpose Highway 9 is a candidate. used to finance a Bond to pay for building the lanes and hence reduce travel time. extra lanes Comment Form Keep up the great work! Don't let selfish, short- I think this is a wonderful idea. Peak-period Yes, probably once or twice a month, but It would definitely improve travel time! Yes, but it's also appropriate for tolls to (electronic) term-thinking naysayers derail this vital project. tolling is a vital demand-management tool that it would be great to have the option Depending on the circumstance, even if I be used for enforcement, operations and has proven successful in many other areas. As whenever I need it. could save five minutes, it would be maintenance, or for transit with LINK light rail, it's great to see the Puget worth it. improvements. Sound region finally getting with the program. Comment Form (electronic) Comment Form I would be in favor of the tolling on express Two to three times a month. Yes (electronic) lanes on 405. Current situation on that road is much slower than I-5, making access from Bellevue to Kent very difficult. Comment Form Why don't you consider installing Motorcycle Only (electronic) lanes? That would really help to ease the traffic congestion.

Page 18 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? email or website I would vote no on the Eastside for a toll lane. I think the HOT lanes are a waste of time and money for us tax payers. I travel the Valley I would much rather see more freeway lanes for all Freeway-405 often and think the HOT lane traffic. Why spend money to improve the situation there is a waste. It is very confusing, not used for a short period of time, like the Valley Freeway enough, and doesn't affect the flow of traffic. 405, when in a few years we will need more traffic lanes any way. Plan for the distant future, not just a few years out. Comment Form Many states have tolls for bridges and entire Yes, it is done in other states and would help Yes, unsure how often Yes. It depends on how much of a hurry Yes, I think that should be done on the (electronic) roadways, those states also charge higher costs for the traffic considerably I am in bridges & other toll areas also licensing vehicles. In all those states the roads are much better than here WA. WA needs to do something to fix the roads, and traffic problems. Comment Form Not a good idea. Need to reduce traffic most likely never possibly but not by much no (electronic) Comment Form There is much talk about improving and expanding This is potentially a good idea, but the Given the traffic patterns already on It might improve travel times, but not The tolls should be used to maintain and (electronic) the roads on the east side, when what is really construction of these two lanes would cause a I405, I probably would not use them as I significantly. It would have to improve improve the roads that people are being needed is better, more reliable public whole lot more trouble along 405. The current expect them to back up just like the the flow of traffic to at least the speed charged to use. transportation, such as the light rail. It would be construction at I90/I405, even though, the general purpose lanes. Maybe they limit the entire way. great to have a loop line that runs the same pattern majority of the time it does not interfere with wouldn't back up as fast, but they most as the I5 and I405 roads currently do. Also, just traffic, it seems to be causing a problem for likely will. close 520 and put a train across there instead of many drivers. A better option would be to trying to replace it. The trains would be a lot less build the light rail in place of these 2 lanes. Less maintenance on the bridge itself. cars on the road make traffic go faster. Currently, the light rail does not cater to the east side traffic, or for most places that traffic is troublesome. Experience has taught us that more lanes is more cars. Comment Form On a 2 lane highway I thought semis were to travel Yes, there are too many drivers that use the When I need to get to Bellevue quickly & It might improve my time, but it would yes (electronic) in the far right hand lane unless passing another HOV lane between Renton & Bellevue illegally am not car pooling. Would use 3 to 4 reduce the number of drivers that use vehicle. Many times in the morning you will see a times a month the HOV lane as a race way or to weave long line of semis in the left lane which adds to in & out of traffic because of slow traffic. more congestion. Comment Form Bad idea. People will not support the costs through Bad idea. Prolonged construction congestion, Just when does this happen? 2025? I No. I use mass transit that gets optimal No. If this is such a great idea, why don't (electronic) tolls alone. Taxes will have to rise generally. This expensive. More efficient to plan this as a mass would not use the express lanes to avoid lane usage anyway. you morons issue revenue bonds for this should be put to a vote and voted down. transit corridor. Better yet, try tunneloing for paying usage fees. steaming pile. This is a stealth tax-grab. mass transit and bypass traffic. Comment Form How about using the current high taxes to build No Lexus lanes!! Never!! No Lexus lanes anywhere ever!! Absolutely not! (electronic) more roads and more lanes for general use? Comment Form Go for it! Yes - this is a good idea and I support adding I would use the lanes 4-5 times per month If travel time was improved by at least Yes (electronic) tolling to these lanes. Let the people that can 30% over crawling in the normal lanes, I afford to support the lanes pay to drive in would pay the toll. them, which will free up other lanes for others. Comment Form I live in the Southend and seldom travel to the Yes, It would improve traffic flow. My business does not allow us to use the It would improve travel time if others Yes (electronic) Eastside. toll lane on 167 even when traffic is used it thereby creating more space in backed up. I would never use it. the general lanes. Feedback Form Please put tolls on both bridges. Please widen and add lanes from 405 to 520. Please buy more lanes. We need four with one for mass transit.

Page 19 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Comment Form The sooner the freeways are linked the better. I see It's REALISTIC. Our population will continue to Fortunately, I have only a six mile round It could, if I had a work commute at Of course. Given our current state (electronic) the TOLL SYSTEM as being a PERMANENT FIXTURE. grow, and the roads will always be used more trip (inside Kent). I have no need for an issue. budget crisis and ongoing difficulty in than any other regional form of transportation. express lane. appropriating funds, it's the REALISITC way to fund those roadway improvements. Comment Form Yes. I've driven that corridor for many years Yes. Now that I'm retired not as much half hour yes (electronic) and it is terribly congested. Comment Form I do not agree with social engineering like this using No, all lanes (including the current carpool I would never pay. I would travel in the No, adding a new general purpose lane No, we already pay enough taxes and (electronic) HOT and carpool lanes. I would work against to get lane) should be free for all vehicles at all hours. lane and risk any penalty associated with would help all vehicles. fees for road improvements. any politician who supports such an idea. not paying, and then fight any fines in court. Comment Form High occupancy lanes are to encourage I wouldn't pay for them because I already No, I carpool already. Yes (electronic) carpooling and reduce congestion and carpool. emissions. Allowing people to pay their way into carpool lanes discourages actual carpooling. email or website NO!!! Bad Idea. email or website I vote in favor of this project ~~ it would be a huge help! jsh Comment Form I do have concern for lower income citizens who Yes, this idea seems to be a mix of creating an Hard to say, I currently use Metro/Sound While I have the money to pays tolls, I Appropriate yes, but halting vehicles to (electronic) have fewer options. Will tolls affect them unfairly? option for quicker, private commutes while Transit to get to work. I would only be am also a very cheap person. I can't say I collect nickels, dimes, and quarters is a encouraging public transportation. concerned for special events and, frankly, would use the pay or free lane until I waste of time. Of course, technology I have the money to pay tolls. saw how much it affect my time. has improved this process. Comment Form How about spend more time designing good roads I do not think this is a good idea. First of all, the It is a waste of time and resource to do No savings! Stupid idea. No (electronic) in the first place instead of continually re-designing current lanes are sufficient as I travel from this. Given the increased taxes and cost them (Renton S curves as an example) Canyon Park to Renton each day and use the for toll along with the downed economy, carpool lane with a carpool rider. I have this is a stupid time to even consider this. already paid sufficiently for what I have Comment Form While light rail, monorails and bus service are Yes. Over the past 40 years we have been Possibly. I do not commute on 405, so It should help everyone, as some cars Only those directly related to the (electronic) necessary quills in our transportation arsenal, our negligent in our construction of new roads to the trips would be less frequent. $8 per and trucks would move into the new corridor lanes. That's why the car tabs road system is the backbone. Not building roads maintain adequate flows of traffic through the month. lanes, easing the existing lanes. $2 for passed; the public feels lied to when fees and thinking we can force people into mass transit Seattle metro are. 15 minutes are collected for one purpose and used has lead to business relocating off of the for another. transportation lines to better accommodate their needs and those of their employees. Our competitive effectiveness has continued to decline. Comment Form Yes Yes. 5 times/month. Yes. Yes. (electronic) Comment Form Yes, but ONLY if there are 2 lanes. The HOV lane Seldom. Nearly all my traveling is with my Yes, if I can maintain a speed of 50mph. Yes, if used only for the Eastside Corridor. (electronic) is so heavily used now that adding more cars by wife so we currently use the HOV lane all making it an HOT lane would make things the time. worse. Comment Form Just use the money as wisely and efficiently as more lanes are needed. express toll lanes also Depending on how fast traffic is moving, I Yes. At least 25%. Yes (electronic) possible. work. I think it should be in addition to the car may use them up to 7-8 times per month pool lane that already exists

Page 20 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Comment Form This should be listed on the website as a "survey" No. The HOT lanes are a problem and are used I wouldn't pay to use them. The project Move closer to your job if you still have It's just another tax. It may be (electronic) rather than a comment section. The post card I less than before because they are so difficult to will come in over budget like all the one. appropriate in some cases. rec'd called this a survey. Why not call it a survey on access w/o crossing the dreaded double line. others. Light rail anyone? the website? Comment Form I think it is a good idea to increase traffic I use it rarely, but might pay 4-8 times a 10+ minutes travel time consistently Absolutely, the funds should not go into (electronic) speeds as much as possible for as many month for more urgent appointments saved would be worth up to $3-$5. a general usage pool. commuters as possible Comment Form Adding express lanes is a good idea. I'm not Depends on the toll and access points. I don't know. It really depends if it is Not really. 1st -- We have paid huge (electronic) sure about making them toll (see below). limited access or not. Right now the taxes that went to the light-rail and to biggest congestions is around the on/off building HOV ramps. Not addressing ramps. A large factor is people crossing general needs.. 2nd - We have free all the lanes to/from the HOV lane. express lanes along I-5,, so why should I have to pay a toll on the eastside. I would be more likely to support the tolls if it applied to all express lanes in the Puget Sound area. 98031 Comment Form Yes. Please REMOVE the "it's illegal to cross double What we really need on the east side is express First of all carpools should never have to Of course it "could" improve travel time, Highways and bridge improvements are (electronic) white line area" (i.e., the restricted access in and lanes like I-5 north from the convention center. pay a toll. Using express lanes after high but that's theoretical. It totally funded through tax money. If you are out of the carpool lane). We need to be able to get Toll free and mostly exit free., with maybe an traffic hours or when a major accident depends on the design and restrictions going to use tolls to pay for the roadway, into the carpool lane when traffic allows and when exit to 167 and another in Bellevue. If you are occurs, should be free for all. I wouldn't of the new road way. I would probably then give me back my tax money. In my it is safe...not when some "idiot" designer thinks we adding 2 lanes, one should be carpool only, no use them as a single driver and wouldn't only use express lanes during an opinion, tolls are illegal considering the should. single drivers. You have to design it carefully, pay. There is no proof of where the toll accident. roadways have already been "paid" for. too many exits and it will be as bad as 405. money goes, who's responsible, or even who actually owns the roadway. Comment Form No, I think express lanes should be carpool/bus Even though I can afford it, I would not No. I don't think its right to allow Yes. But I disagree with the express toll (electronic) only, to encourage people to carpool or use use the HOT lanes based on principle. I people to pay to go faster. concept. mass transit. Its not fair to allow only wealthy use the bus to commute anyway. people who can afford the tolls to get where they're going faster. Comment Form Definitely not a good idea. The DOT just No, I would never use them No improvement would be made in my No, it's a waste of money to spend on (electronic) finished improvements on the 405 at Totem travel time. very recent changes that already cost Lake and I 90 which have eased congestion. millions of dollars. I don't think the tolls Adding more lanes to improvements just made would pay for the added lanes. on the freeway which cost millions of dollars would negate the millions just spent. Why isn't there a long range plan of these additions to do them all together? It's a big waste of money to make any more changes. Comment Form The 167 toll lanes are confusing and don't improve Toll lanes are a bad idea. I currently ride a van Never. The 167 toll lanes are confusing It is currently bad enough. Adding more I think we should encourage people to (electronic) my travel time. The 405 lanes would be worse due pool to work from Renton to Everett. The car and require that I either exit to general cars will only make it worse. Allowing use mass transit- car pools, van pools or to the increased traffic on 405. This is a bad idea pool lane is currently congested enough that it purpose lanes too early, drive past my tolls will not improve my travel time. buses. This does nothing to encourage that does not encourage people to use car pools, impacts my travel time . Allowing tolls will only exit or break the law. mass transit or reduce congestion. The van pools or buses. I believe it is short sighted and make it worse and create a dis-incentive to car money collected will not improve the increases congestion on a critical road way. or van pool. use of mass transit or reduce congestion. email or website Comment Form Possibly. It seems a bit smarter to add a Only in the case of emergency would I Possibly. It would only help if lot's of That is all they should be used for. It's a (electronic) general purpose lane and a toll lane. The pay. other drivers used it. Because I wont be User Tax that should only be used to forecast for the amount of cars that would use paying to use it. continuously improve the corridor. the express lanes is probably too optimistic. And this makes your projection look better than it is.

Page 21 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Comment Form Yes, it would improve traffic flow and provide a I would probably not use the toll lanes. Yes, it would improve MY travel time by Yes. (electronic) new revenue source. allowing those willing to pay the toll to move from MY non-toll lane into the toll lane. Comment Form Thanks for the opportunity to provide feedback. Yes. I successfully use the HOT lanes on 167 Yes. Any day it made a substantial Yes. 5 min or greater. Yes, definitely. (electronic) and connect through to I405 for my commute. difference in commute time. Extending to I405 would create a continuous corridor and enable traffic to move more smoothly for all drivers. Comment Form Do not put Express Toll HOT Lanes on I405. The No. Hot lanes are annoying for those of us who Almost never. I commute by motorcycle, No. Not over the current use of HOV Yes, and only in that corridor. It's a Use (electronic) long-term solution should be to create another already drive with other family members and so the current HOV lanes suit me well. I lanes. Tax that should only be used the area it's North/South freeway, from Olympia/Tacoma up to can currently use the HOV lanes without issue. also use HOV lanes when traveling with collected. Everett. This freeway should be to the East of the They also do not appear nearly as efficient as friends and family. current I405 corridor. your traffic program and statistics may say. Comment Form Hmmph. Why are those who live on the east side of Lake No. See above. It would never be worth See above. No time savings is worth Where else should the penalties we pay (electronic) Washington being penalized, while those on it to me to pay for the privilege of having either the loss of my privacy or the for living on the Eastside be used? I am the west side of the lake continue to have their my movements monitored by strangers, hassle of trying to get to my exit from quite sure that most of you live on the travel subsidized by the rest of us? This is a and to risk being stuck in one of those restricted entry/egress. Do you ever west side, and would be delighted to double tax on some citizens. We already pay as lanes with restricted access. drive on Hwy 167? Have you driven in have our penalties improve your roads. much in gas taxes as everyone else. We have California? already given up our volunteering jobs in Seattle, and have dropped our SAM membership in anticipation of the 520 toll. We will not renew our Intiman subscription for the same reason. How does one use the express lanes on Hwy 167 now if there are 2 or 3 people in the car? I will never buy one of those "passes" which are really monitors of my movements. The "express" lanes on Hwy 167 are very difficult to use anyway, with such restrictions on when and where one can enter and leave them. What is a driver to do if the only opportunity to leave the lane to take an exit is blocked by semi trucks or heavy traffic? Kent Cornucopia Better to toll lanes of traffic because then the Yes! Would relieve congestion! Yes - 1 or 2 times/month Yes - 10/15 minutes Yes! Days people who will benefit will pay and you wouldn't be charging people who don't use it. email or website for the express toll lane. yes. Kent Cornucopia Yes, this is a very good idea, much better than I would pay 50 cents to $1 a day or transit Cut down by 20 minutes or so. Yes, it is a good alternative to doing tax Days doing tax increases. Stable stream of revenue. increases. Bellevue No, because you can just open two more lanes Strawberry for everyone and that would speed up traffic Festival anyway. But new lanes cost money so I guess the toll is needed. Bellevue No. Never favor tolls No. Not much. Strawberry Festival Bellevue Yes, why the amount of traffic isn't going to get Once a month/ $1 Perhaps 20 percent Yes, there only. Strawberry less. Festival

Page 22 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Bellevue Yes, but only if adding new lanes NOT if you 8 - 10 times/ month @ $2/use. Yes, 10 minute savings. Bellevue to Yes Strawberry change existing carpool lane to toll style. Renton Festival 98056 Feedback Form Yes on HWY 167. NO on I-405. Too much congestion just to get to the freeway. All Renton on ramps are extremely congested already, no one will drive to I-405 and congest Renton's north-south streets. Feedback Form All for it, however, a large amount of the revenues should go to completely financing the toll lanes. Some portion should also go to other regional transportation projects such as the Highway 99 tunnel, 520 bridge, light rail extension, improved rapid transit. 100% of the revenue should go to these transportation costs and directly related costs. If this is done, I'd say, Excellent idea. 98042 Feedback Form I would rarely if ever use a toll lane. I am Not going to sign-up for the Good-To-Go pass "just in case" I might want to use the lane. I might suport it as long as it gets opened to ALL traffic after 7pm weekdays and all day on the weekends. Kent Cornucopia Good idea. Improve traffic congestion in future. Yes, 8 times. Yes. Yes. Days Mercer Island Please stop even talking about these illegal tolls. This is not only a bad idea, but is No Tolls - EVER! No, please do not waste our money on No Tolls Summer discriminatory. If you really look at "HOT lanes" this. Celebration in other states, there is always a free viable alternative. Kent Cornucopia Yes 30 minutes 15 to 30 minutes Same as SR 167. Days Bellevue Hope you begin as soon as possible. Yes, it helps to tax the problem of traffic jams. When I am a single driver. It depends on 10 - 25 minutes savings is worth it. Yes Strawberry working place. Festival Kent Cornucopia Yes Days Kent Cornucopia Good, but would be wise to delays 2 to 3 three Rare - I'm retired. 1 to 2 yearly No Yes Days years due to recession. Kent Cornucopia Yes! Yes? Yes. 1/2 hour. Sure Days Kent Cornucopia Personally, I think the vast majority of traffic No. As a full-time realtor, I'm on the road I WILL NOT PAY. None No Days problems are caused by narrow lanes and no several hours a day. The HOT lanes are shoulders for cars in trouble to pull out of traffic. dangerous with people moving in and out Widen the lanes and add shoulders and remove the where they shouldn't be. HOT lanes are a waste HOT lanes. of freeway space. Mercer Island Yes, any infrastructure investment to improve Yes, maybe a couple of times per month. Yes, travel times would improve. A 10 Yes, that's the only appropriate use of Summer transit options is good. minute savings would be worth it. funds. Celebration

Page 23 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Mercer Island Put me down for yes. Yes, I'm for it - Whatever needs to be done to Yes, I suppose so. Summer solve the problem is fine with me. Celebration Mercer Island They would use this for other projects. Yes, only if they are used for funding on I-405. Yes Summer Celebration Mercer Island Having a police car in the HOV lanes is violation of Summer RCW 46.61.035 Celebration Kent Cornucopia Yes, many times the HOV lanes seem very 20 to 40. Yes, I do, 30 to 60 minutes Yes Days under utilized when they could alleviate some congestion in the mainline. Kent Cornucopia Yes. Reduce bottlenecks during peak times. Weekend. Three times Yes, 15 to 20 minutes Yes. Days standard mail I think this is an exciting idea, and the more options Yes, I think express lanes would be a nice bonus My solo trips on I-405 are rare now, but I I would probably stay in the general Sure, absolutely we have for getting around, the better. (and incentive) for buses and carpools, and a would be likely to use the lanes as a purpose lanes, but if "other people" great alternative for solo drivers. carpool a couple of times per month. would move to the express lanes, it would probably improve things for me. Kent Cornucopia Yes No Yes Yes Days Kent Cornucopia Emphasize electric toll collection lanes. Such as EZ Yes!! I-405 is a C-F. I come from Northorn, VA. All the time! Especially with an easy pass. Yes! 20 minutes Yes Days pass. Human toll booths are slow. Toll lanes are awesome because they work. Kent Cornucopia Yes, because some people are willing to pay I don't travel during congested times. I don't travel I-405. Yes (or for more transit). Days and then that is extra money for other projects. Feedback Form Are you looking at stacking lanes? I know noise abatement would be one problem. What about using send stack also for light rail. Comment Form keep carpool lanes to encourage carpooling. do not How are you going to "police" this? How do I would pay if I were rich. I usually am in a carpool and therefore it yes (electronic) let single occupants into that lane since there is no you know if it is a free carpool or a cheater who would probably slow down my way to tell if they are cheaters is not paying the toll? It is a way for rich people commute. to pay their way out of Feedback Form 1. The toll fee on 167 is very unfair. A person driving from Renton to exit 212 st will have to pay the same amount as the person driving from Renton to Auburn. I think that drivers should pay depending on tranveled distance. 2. Sometimes express lane moves slower than a regular lane, so i would like to be able to get HOV lane whenever I want. Comment Form This online form is terrible. Having all of the text I have two problems with this proposal. First, If I have to pay for it, I will never use it. I will not use lanes I have to pay for. And Yes. (electronic) flow into one long line is difficult to use. The adding the lanes will not encourage the use of adding lanes just encourages more hypertext technology has been way beyond this for mass transit nor carpools. It just covers more traffic so the general lane speeds won't over a decade! land with asphalt. Second, it allows people who improve. think they can afford it a luxury that the rest of us cannot afford. Having a single lane that is free to carpools and mass transit is sufficient.

Page 24 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Comment Form I would like to see an additional lane from totem No. We have to get away from "special lanes I wouldn't use them at all, but there's I think it would improve about 1%. Absolutely, local money should be spent (electronic) lake northbound to SR522 to Monroe promote the for special people". Seattle is a big city and the plenty of rich people on the eastside who locally ability of Totem Lake folks on the freeway and to hub of the Pacific Northwest. We should be would get Monroe folks off the freeway building for the future with additional general purpose lanes.

Bellevue Anything to speed up our commute is a plus, Early rush hour getting to work for sure - I'd need to cut my time at least 1/3, I'd rather see 1/2 stay for local projects - Strawberry However - it does seem to create a driving after work only sometimes. I'd use it what if so many people pay it makes half go to most needed state projects. Festival "class system" where some may not be able to every morning, some to few evenings still little to no difference. Do we get a afford the option. How much + during what depends on cost. refund? hours is important to me. I fear it will create more and more tolling, which I certainly do not want. Feedback Form The first item that is wrong with this is requiring 3 people in a carpool in order to drive in these proposed toll lanes. The second is the high cost of tearing up 405 again to put in additional lanes. Why wasn't this done the first time around? This proposal is only about two things - getting more money from the people to drive a car or forcing them into buses. You want to move more vehicles - open up all the lanes to everyone all the time. Either that or have 3- hour HOV lanes in the morning and afternoons like in other states. Bellevue Yes, it would give people on a time crunch more I'd use regularly. I'd pay up to 50% time savings would make it worth it. YES! Strawberry options. $100/month Festival Feedback Form I think this is a good option if all the details are figured out. Bellevue Yes. 5 - 10 times per month Yes, I don't need them for work, but it Yes. Strawberry would relieve the congestion. Festival Bellevue Bring light rail to the eastside ASAP! No. these are "Lexus lanes" designed for the I probably would not use them. I am No. Time is not a real factor for me. Tolls should be used to make Strawberry rich while the poor still have to drive in the retired so have plenty of time and would improvements where most needed. Festival slow lane. Everyone should carpool. not waste they money. I just travel in off peak times. Bellevue NO LEXUS LANES. Strawberry Festival Bellevue No. No. The cost may be too high. The usage model No, I don't think I will use it. No. Tolling is not a good idea in general. No opinion on that. Strawberry doesn͛t justify/ Festival Bellevue =) I don't like paying tolls. When I'm hauling a baby (i.e. once a I take the bus. Mmmm buses.. Yes! Don't give my money to them Strawberry year). Republicans. Festival Puyallup Adding tolls is a good idea in that corridor. As long as there are additional lanes, it is a No Yes, 10 to 15 minutes Yes Meeker Days good idea. Especially for a better interchange at 405/167.

Page 25 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Bellevue YES, BUT privacy concerns about computer When in a rush. Good to make the option. Almost any way to avoid standing traffic No, only pay for construction of more Strawberry tracking who travels on highway when could be is tempting or with it. lanes. Festival addressed by transponders not tied to identify. Mercer Island Yes, easier and faster for some people. Once a month. I wouldn't know because I Yes, 50 cents to a driver. No! Use it to help grow trees. Summer can't drive yet. Celebration Comment Form I really hope this moves forward. Yes, its a great idea to help ease traffic and I typically ride the bus, however if I did YES!!!! 10 minutes or more. YES!! (electronic) facilitate in funding! I love the SR167 pilot drive, I would probably use them about program!! 20 times a month...during the commute home. Comment Form Go WSDOT. Absolutely. If you want an easier commute you I don't travel this corridor often, but I Absolutely. I travel from Bellevue to Of course. If you're paying for the use on (electronic) have to pay for it. would gladly pay the toll when I do. Valley Hospital bi-monthly. It would cut the eastside, then that's where the the commute time in half. monies collected should be spent. Mercer Island Yes, depends on cost. If it would shorten time it might make ? Yes Summer sense. Celebration Mercer Island Yes, expect for the "Ho" part. Pure toll lanes 10 times a month, willingness depends Yes, 20 minutes. Yes. Summer would be more effective and could be enforced on traffic. Celebration automatically. Mercer Island Why not just use EZ pass like on east coast? Summer Celebration Mercer Island Benefit in the GP lane - minimum impact in GP. No. Same # lanes, can't benefit. 1 to 2 times a month 20 minutes on a 40 to 60 minute trip. Summer Celebration Mercer Island Silly to need 1 per car - make them transferable. Reluctant to pay toll..cutting down the # of free Summer Need a good BRT. 167 - doesn't have a transponder. lanes. Not opposed to the concept, but not for Celebration me. Like the choice. Feedback Form I just submitted a lenghty comment and I don't m am still uncertain about whether Carpool know if you received the first part...so I will lanes should be upped to 3 people (that may restate...I think Alternate #4 is best (ultimately #5 backfire, and not many vehicles would qualify would be if $$$ were not an issue).Allowing people so more people would be left to use the regular to CHOOSE to pay for extra convenience is great lanes and traffic would be 'slowed again'). idea! And it would speed up everyone's trip. Hopefully, widening the 405 between Bothel and I-5, will ease alot of congestion...... but until the I-405 and 167 is "corrected" there will always be a bottleneck in that area. Feedback Form Have you studied the effect of putting all large trucks in their own dedicated lane and making the trucking companies pay for it? Mercer Island Yes, shorter commute time. Yes, 20 times per month. Yes, 10 minutes Yes. Summer Celebration Mercer Island Need more warning for exits on SR 167 Yes, it's great - then my employees wouldn't be Yes Yes Summer late to work. Celebration

Page 26 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Comment Form Don't do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No, I don't think is a good idea. I agree that we I don't agree with paying a toll for use of I think it would save travel time for I agree with that (electronic) should add additional lanes but don't make roads. They have that on the east coast those that use it but it's not a wise them toll lanes. I don't think that they would and it hinders the flow of traffic. investment for our state to have a be used fully. limited number of people using those lanes. Mercer Island 50 cents. Reduce gas tax. Yes, as long as it's a choice. 5 minutes - 10% faster Summer Celebration Comment Form One concern I have is related to how the express The result would be good, but I'm concerned I would probably only pay to use them in My commute on I-405 is not that long, Yes. (electronic) toll lanes are currently on SR 167: for these, the about the impact that the construction would an emergency, if at all. and even in the worst traffic I'm only on carpool lane is also used as the express lanes, but have on my commute until it's finished. it for 30 minutes max. I do know that the express lanes have specific access and exit the express lanes would be very helpful points. This means when I am carpooling on 167, I for others with longer commutes though. don't always know where I will be able to leave the lane legally. I think it would be best to keep the carpool lanes on 405 separate from the express lanes. Comment Form Please don't take 20 years to make some of these expanded corridor is badly needed to move When it seems cost-effective to save see responses above... yes... but if funding is from statewide (electronic) major improvements. this area is notorious for traffic/goods north/south in the Puget Sound time... hard to quantify without being in coffers, I can see the need for some failures at improving our transportation systems... region. However, if at least one additional those circumstances. I don't drive the money to help other areas. beginning with freeway exits to nowhere from the general purpose lane is not added, perhaps 2 in corridor as often as I use to. And I think 60s and early 70s... and decades to finish the I-90 some bottleneck locations, I question whether it's less about the time, and more about corridor. I realize part of this is due to voter this can be a success. price sensitivity and saving the hassle of stop-and-go traffic. indecision and multiple lawsuits. human behavior are a very difficult thing to Most days 0.50 or even 1.00 might seem adequately address in a simulation. if there are reasonable to avoid such hassle... not many direct routes to the express lanes without crossing 2-3 lanes of traffic I also question how successful this will be. A super- interchange is badly needed to make I-405 and WA 167 act as a single corridor. It's critical that cars be able to transition from one major freeway to another without causing pain to the entire system. Such interchanges seem to be common in southern CA and you hardly realize your leaving one freeway to join another - not so in most of WA. Comment Form Overall, this is a bad idea. I don't think I can express No. This would remove the potential for Never. I would not install a transponder. I No. If the government is going to collect tolls, (electronic) in words how against it I am. another general purpose lane which has been would either have 2 people in the car or I then those tolls need to be spent on needed for 20 years. There are ample side would take side streets to avoid the improving/expanding general purpose streets to avoid the tolls and the traffic. This traffic. lanes on the 405 corridor and nowhere will cause neighborhoods to have increased else. traffic which is dangerous on streets not meant for them.

Page 27 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Comment Form Is this program being designed by the same Are you people just idiots? No, I think this is an I will never pay to use any express/toll No....it's not going to save me any time. No....absolutely not. You want extra (electronic) dumbass who re-designed the "S" curves in absurd idea. Where are you going to add 2 lane and will gladly drive out of my to For 50 miles??? Save me 30 minutes money, and get folks to save gas?? Put a Renton...that was supposed to save us time.....and more lanes.....an elevated road? I ride a avoid them....though it takes longer and and it could be worth it.....but the way it big surcharge on any vehicle that gets now has traffic backed up for miles every motorcycle EVERY DAY....to save gas. ....and uses more gas. stands now.....only on the most horrible less than 20mpg....including the big afternoon?? There's a cheap way to do things...and now you're basically telling folks that can't or of traffic days would you really make it businesses. there's an efficient way to do things...... these don't want to help save...that it's ok to use my worth while for anybody. idiot/s did it the first way...... lanes by paying a few cents/$? What's my incentive now? People are cheating now in the HOV lanes...... you'll just be adding to the problem. You can't catch them as it stands now. If your example of how you're going to add a new lane/s is that stupid stretch of road on 405 over I-90.....with it's expanded lane/s and then just a mile down the road the MERGE lanes...... who are you fooling. What kind of time are you saving me...3 or 4 seconds? Wow!! standard mail Find a better solution. Cut the spending waste, Maybe. But it also sounds like an attempt to Only if in an emergency. I would not like It's not only about time. It has to be Tolls collected on the Eastside Corridor manage the project better and analyze current profit from traffic congestion. This is not a real to pay to use the highway. I'm already equal or more than the gas spent in should be used to fund improvements in contracts. There is plenty of space there for solution, people have to use the roads. Asking paying taxes for that. congested traffic. Otherwise, it's like that corridor only! And not spending it improvements before asking for more money. Plus, to pay is changing the roads into a luxury. paying for what should be the normal on other projects or places. how long before the express lanes will becomes situation. congested too? What will be the impact on the other lanes when one or more will be dedicated as express lanes? For how long will this paid express lanes solution be implemented? What is done with the money collected? How much will it cost to implement this express lane tolling? What is done to alleviate the base problem - traffic congestion - with the money collected? The real answer is more lanes, better roads, better cars, not creating privileged lanes. Cause that's what toll lanes are: special roads for rich people. You can afford to pay on regular basis, you'll travel with normal speed. Otherwise, if you are a regular smuck, stay on the right in the slow moving parking lot.

Oh, if you really want to get people's opinion make it easy to do so. This form stinks.. The "submit by e- mail" button doesn't work. The "print form" doesn't work. This form is messed up, you can't really print the form and comments. Kirkland Open Top 3 Benefits: 1) Redced overall congestion; 2) I would prefer the full build out of the approved If the toll was low enough House Expanded road capacity; 3) Reduced congestion on corridor plan with 2 new GP lanes each way. A existing g.p. lanes. �Top 3 concerns: 1.) Social broder based funding system would cause less engineering on freeways; 2) Diversion of traffic to economic hardship. local streets; 3) Primarily benefits thosw willing and able to pay more Kirkland Open No, It is noy a good idea on I-405 from Renton House to Bellevue since there are only "2 lanes and an HOV" and on HWY 167 there are only two lanes. I am OK with toll lane from I-90 north to SR 522 since there is enough GP lanes for everything else.

Page 28 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? standard mail My first interest would be light rail along this We carpool and rarely travel this corridor At this time no - always carpool. I think tolls collected in a specific corridor corridor. Adding additional lanes is a huge without at least one additional person in should be used to expand light rail waste of money. Oil is a finite resource, and the car. options in that area. continually creating stopgaps is senseless to me. standard mail This would be a good ides as it would help the I would pay 50 to 70 cents to use the My travel time is not always in the peak The tolls charged for this area should traffic flow much better during rush hour. lanes similar to the HOT lanes on SR 167. direction, but on those days it would stay in this area to help maintain the I would probably use them 10-15 times. probably save 20 - 30 minutes. roads. Mercer Island Good if you have an easy pass for all Summer highways like Florida and NE. Celebration Mercer Island Use the I-90 shoulders. Do the same thing for SR Yes. A good option. Summer 520. Celebration Mercer Island No Summer Celebration Mercer Island Yes. Yes, 1 time every 2 months Yes, 5 minutes Yes. Summer Celebration Mercer Island Yes, good to have a choice 1 time per week 20 to 30 minutes Yes Summer Celebration Mercer Island 100% support, Go for it! Yes, congestion relief Yes, 2 to 3 times per month. Yes, more than 5 minutes Yes Summer Celebration Mercer Island No, because it would mean less lanes for the In emergency situations only. Don't know. If collected, they should be used for that Summer other drivers. Only one toll lane should be purpose. Celebration added, if any. Feedback Form Agree with an additional lane for solo driver's to pay a toll. Mercer Island Yes! Sometimes, 2 times a month. Yes, 10 minutes. Yes. Summer Celebration Mercer Island Yes, I'm a bus rider so it would benefit me. Summer Celebration Mercer Island Yes, but I'm concerned about what it will do for Yes, based on the HOT lanes, 8 month Summer the current HOV users. study, if not, I don't know. Celebration Mercer Island Yes, allow faster traffic Occasionally - probably 2 to 3 times a Yes, 20 minutes to pay. I'd like to see other ways that impact Summer month small businesses and poor people less - Celebration tolls are a regressive tax. Mercer Island No! I'm a carpooler - totally against 1 person: 1 Summer car ideology. No way! Celebration Mercer Island Concern = social equality. Everyone needs to ride Yes, if it's fair. No 10 mph faster + speed limit Summer the bus! Celebration

Page 29 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Mercer Island Yes, because too crowded - like blood vessels No idea - we are seniors N/A Yes. Summer with too much cholesterol. Celebration Mercer Island Build more lanes, they will fill up. Transit is the long No - I prefer the money to be put in rail transit Very rarely Temporarily Yes Summer term answer. We don't need to copy L.A. down the line. Currently it's an empty rail Celebration corridor. Mercer Island Need cameras on good to go things to tell amount Yes 10 minutes Summer of traffic. Celebration Mercer Island Special rate for Mercer Island residents. Yes. Auto transponder 3 or 4 times a month. 15 minutes / 30 percent Keep the $ in the corridor Summer Celebration Mercer Island Work to make sure funding goes to project. Yes, if you want to drive you can pay. Yes Yes Summer Celebration Mercer Island Yes If late for an appointment. 1 to 2 times a Yes, 20 minutes Yes. Summer month. Celebration Mercer Island No No No No Summer Celebration Mercer Island D.A. @ BCC waste of $ Not opposed as long as it's fair. Fluctuating toll = good. $6 is outrageous. $3 is fine. Stay in county. Portion to other roads. Summer Concern: Not tolling to get on Island Celebration Feedback Form RE 405 I don't see any non-tolling ideas planned. Why should we be subsizing people wealthy enough to drive in the hot lanes? Do it it with bonds and leave the road open to all citizens. No reply necessary. Mercer Island Wife: Only rich people would use. Yes, it gives people options. I've used the SR Yes It's a user fee. Summer Husband: lower income would too. If they can pay 167 HOT lanes. Celebration for cigs and gambling - they'll pay for tolls. Feedback Form Are you guys kidding? Benefit everyone? What happened to all the money and improvements in the 1990's and early 2000's that were supposed to do the same thing. Typical of the WSDOT trying to screw us tax payers over for more of our hard earned cash. The people who were against the tolls on the Tacoma Narrow bridge were right. First the bridge has tolls, then WSDOT adds them to where ever they please. Get a grip and quit robbing us blind. You are already using our tax dollars to pay for the roads, so finish the pre-paid improvements and quit with this BS you call beneficial to all. Renton River Yes, I can pay if I'm in a hurry. 5 to 10 minutes for sure. 20 - 30 minutes per trip. Right now it's Yes. Days 20 minutes in the morning and 70 in the pm. Renton River Make divider between regular and HOV Yes, to help speed up traffic Yes, depends on how much I would use I- Yes, 10 - 15 minutes Yes Days lanes0Unpassable/ 405.

Page 30 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Renton River Yes, not enough lanes, anything helps No, I'm retired. No Yes Days Renton River Keep them for carpools NO TOLL. The rich get it NO TOLL NO! NO! NO! Days Renton River People who commute from the peninsula with good No! Days to go can't commute/carpool without buying an inconvenient cover to take on and off. Feedback Form I already pay taxes that fund roads, yet with pork I am totally against Express Toll Lanes, as this spending in this state, we seem to be broke now. I only makes things tougher on the middle and already find it ludicrous that my taxes help pay for lower classes who can't afford to pay electronic the roads, yet if I am alone in my car, I can only use tolls. certain lanes and am restricted from certain lanes. But if I PAY, I can drive in the lanes. Just another form of taxation and elitism, as only the affluent and rich will be allowed to drive single in these lanes. This is not Democracy or All Persons Created Equal, it is fascism and exploitation. When will this state use the already sufficient funds paid in state taxes and fees frugally and wisely? When is enough enough? When will spending DECREASE as revenue from taxes and fees decreases? Elitism is not the answer, fiscal responsibility is. Feedback Form DO NOT MAKE TOLL WAYS! These are for carpools. This makes me sick. Kent Cornucopia Yes When the trip was time sensitive. Three Yes, unknown. Yes Days to six times per month. Bellevue Yes No Yes Strawberry Festival Feedback Form By not allowing vehicles to enter or leave the Express Lanes for expended stretches, it is not possible to pass a slow vehicle in the Express Lanes. This results in these lanes moving at the speed of the slowest vehicle in the lane and large stretches of the Express Lane is therefore not being used. Passing of slow vehicles in the Express Lanes should be allowed as it would increase the carrying capacity of the lanes. When are you going to build an I605 that is truly a bypass of the Seattle Tacoma Everett metropolitan areas? This should be placed much further East near the foothills of the Cascades. I405 is now an urban thoroughfare and not the bypass it was intended to be when it was built 40 years ago. The highway system has not kept up with the population growth that has occurred since I405 was planned. Bellevue Yes - The revenue could help pay for much I would not use it at all - I don't travel in Maybe Yes Strawberry needed I-405 improvements that direction (N I-5) than a few times a Festival per year Renton River Better enforcing of the double lane crossing. Yes, like how it works on SR 167. Five times a day in the evening. More than 20 minutes. Yes. Days

Page 31 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Bellevue Think it's a great idea Yes Definitely Strawberry Festival Bellevue No more car lanes anywhere. Mass transit rail/bus Strawberry only. Think of the long term future. Low tolls on Festival everything. Bellevue More lanes is not the answer. Efficient travel ways No just need more lanes/mass transit train No, none No it wouldn't. Only people who are If its for that location only, yes. Not to Strawberry are late/impatient would use it. Just open fund other projects and school projects Festival more lanes Feedback Form Bellevue yes, there are always slowdowns through I would use these mainly for trips to and Yes Yes Strawberry Kirkland and Renton which could be alleviated from the airport. Less than 1x/month. I Festival by this. may drive these routes more frequently if they weren't so congested Bellevue Nope Yes, tolling is the only way to put fewer cars on I don't commute that direction, but I'd 15 minutes because less than that is Yes Strawberry the road and to raise money likely use them if I did usually expected Festival Bellevue do it! Yes Have used this system on the east coast. I would. 4-6 times as often as needed. It 30 minutes a day would make it worth it yes Strawberry Love the option helps with kids in the car who are for me Festival impatient on long trips. Bellevue still allow 2+ HOVs in the lane for free! Yes as long as there was still a 2+ carpool lane 1 to 2 times a month yes I'd pay $1-$2 yes Strawberry for free Festival Bellevue Depends on how it is pulled off 1 -2 per month- rush trips or the airport yes, low toll $1.00 - $1.50 Yes Strawberry Festival Bellevue No because it wouldn't help just slow down Never No yes, but don't trust the government that Strawberry traffic it would really go to those projects Festival Feedback Form I think tolls if we are going to have them should start in Seattle with a test. See how the Seattle folks like them. Seattle has benefited the most from state revenues and the lanes on the east side should be built because of TRAFFIC NEEDS! NOT BECAUSE WE COULD TOLL PEOPLE FOR USING THEM! I use the 167 and I think that toll system SUCKS! it is a big waste of state money and anyone who uses the system. Many times the toll lane is only SECONDS faster than the regular lanes. I know this as I drive in a carpool. Puyallup Make access points bigger, not enough time (space Meeker Days to get from onramp on right side and to get in the HOT Lane). Also, not clear if you can use HOT lane if I didn't have a transponder sticker - hasn't been good public information. Puyallup Yes, traffic is already too congested in this area. 5 to 10 times per month. It would help alleviate congestion. It Of course! Meeker Days We need to improve the accessibility. would have to save at least 10 to 15 minutes off a 45 minute commute to be worth it.

Page 32 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Puyallup I think traffic needs to improve for everyone, I'd be a lot more interested if it provided More than 30 minutes be worth paying Yes Meeker Days not just those who can afford to pay a toll. I a "reliable trip" at 60 mph or higher. I.E. a toll. think one general purpose lane should be traffic that moves at the speed limit 24/7 added for every toll lane that's added. except in big accidents.

***Note*** Person wanted to know what **NOTE** User notes part of question would fund the two express toll lanes. about reliable trips at 45 mph. They say it's rarely at 45 mph. Puyallup No No No No No Meeker Days Feedback Form All the rich will go faster... I would open all lanes to all traffic. Whereever you have an on- ramp or an exit, traffic stalls because a HOV riders have to cross all lanes to get to the HOV lane, while car exiting the HOV lanes do the same in reverse. Unless you have a seperate on ramps/exits for HOV lanes, the current execution of concept does more damage than good. The same goes for merges into the left lanes. Like 520 at mercer. Puyallup Do it! Of course, I live in Puyallup and work in Yes, daily. Definitely, that is what takes me so long Yes Meeker Days Bellevue. to get home. Puyallup Light rail on I-5, N-5 and/or I-90 in both directions. Yes, my idea would be decreased commute I would pay when I needed to travel Yes, 30 minute savings from Puyallup to Yes. Meeker Days times during peak hours. I travel 2-4 times per Lynnwood would be worth it. month. Puyallup Yes, because it would decrease traffic I usually carpool when using highways Yes, 15 to 20 minutes Yes Meeker Days congestion, encourage carpooling/ public such as I-405, which I don't use often. transportation and raise money from people However, if I was driving alone during who use the road. rush hour, I might use them when traffic was heavy. Puyallup You NEED to do PSA's telling people to get in the Yes! Anything to help traffic and get WA into 4 to 6 times depending on time and I would pay to save 10 minutes. Yes Meeker Days car pool lane to help traffic in other lanes, how to the 21st Century. traffic. merge correctly and courteously. Also how to use the left lane. It will ALL help alleviate traffic and road rage. Feedback Form I have a Good to Go sticker for the narrows bridge on my car, yet I drive with 2-3 people thus making me a carpool. How does the 405 carpool/toll lane NOT charge me a toll if I am in the lane when it charges solo drivers tolls? How will it know I am a carpooler? I don't want to have to fight to get a refund of an auto-charged toll after the fact, when i should not be charged in the first place. What do I do? Puyallup Build it. Build it now! Yes, because something needs to be done. Yes, M-F, some weekends Yes, 1/2 to 1 hr. Yes, there is enough income in the area Meeker Days People would be willing to pay for it. The rest of to support it. the US has it, Houston, LA, NYC, etc. Renton River I think it's a very good idea because there is a I'd use them practically everyday. Time savings is worth it. Very and improvements will be welcome. Days lot of traffic on I-405 most of the time and extra lanes that are open, no matter if they are tolled or not, is a good idea.

Page 33 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Puyallup Yes, it should help more vehicles through the No, once a month or less. I rarely use this corridor Yes Meeker Days area. Renton River None Yes Commute to and from work 4 times. Yes, 75% Yes Days Puyallup Forget HOT lanes. I would rather pay a higher car No! I do not believe the current HOV project on Never, would make sure I am carpooling. No, currently use these lanes (HOV) in a Yes. Meeker Days tab fee instead of $30 to fund projects. SR 167 is working. Why? Because every day I Pierce Transit vanpool. see people crossing in/out of the double white lines with no consequences. There is like or no enforcement. It appears very few sing people are using and paying. Puyallup Yes, mostly in 2 or more cars. Depends on what's in my pocket. Yes, 1/4 hour. Yes Meeker Days Puyallup Fix the 167/405 transition, ASAP Please!!!! Yes, I use this corridor to visit customers every Yes, I would pay any time traffic bogs Yes, I believe I could save 3 to 4 hours Absolutely. Meeker Days day. I lose hours of productive time weekly down. per week. stuck in the transitions. I would gladly pay money for less time on the roads. Puyallup It's disappoints me to see people give an issue of On the surface, yes I'm sure it would be I don't support this project. The idea is to get there, not how fast Maybe, if that's whey are used for. Meeker Days this nature so much priority. Typical American appealing. However, there are countless holes you can get there. selfishness. It's not like there are a million things in this idea. People can't afford this. On the that should be addressed, which are more other hand it would be a good way to open jobs important. and get people working. Puyallup With traffic problems at rush hour, we need I don͛t use I-405/ Will make those that pay, then see what Meeker Days more options. Worth a try. 1) We use 167 and it they will get for it. seems good where you have a HOT lane. Feedback Form Please NO! I am from Puyallup and currently go to school in the Chicago area. Over here we have tons of toll roads and its ridiculous. Just raise taxes and pay for it, please don't nickel and dime our daily commute. Feedback Form To create Express Toll Lanes on I-405 & SR 167 is an excellent idea. We should do the same on I-5 from Marysville to at least SeaTac on weekdays. Renton River Mag-lev is the only way to go. Any additional traffic flow lanes would be The term reliable depends, of course, on I believe adding more lanes to I-405 People always want tolls to be used to Days helpful. Making more Lexus lanes in a weather prevailing conditions. No, I don't would be like trying to keep up with improve things where they live. economically stressful period could be a tough think I would use them because I might traffic on I-5. The more lanes you build, Unfortunately they don't want funds to sell to voters. not have a change. the more traffic will come. be spent elsewhere they don't go. Puyallup Add an extra lane to the freeway would be the 20 days Saving time like 20 minutes would make Yes. Meeker Days best idea me happy. Renton River N/A Toll lanes would speed up traffic 2 it would speed things up. B) $1 Any tool in collected in the corridor Days better stay in the corridor. Puyallup Yes, anything to improve that Valley gridlock Yes, now but previously 2x per month Yes, 30 minutes Yes Meeker Days

Page 34 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Feedback Form When will the DOT realize that traffic is identical to fluid dynamics in that when there is a certain amount of water to be drained out of a bucket, pinching off a hose only serves to delay the eventual draining of the bucket. Much in the same way, pinching off a lane of traffic only serves to lengthen the total amount of time it will take to move all the vehicles to their destinations. Adding tolls to pinched off lanes to gouge money from those affluent enough to afford to travel faster instead of opening the lanes to reduce the time of congestion is idiocy. If you REALLY want to speed traffic flow... Make sure the lane quantity remains consistent through the entire route. Every time you reduce the total lanes you will have bottlenecks that eliminate the ability for smooth traffic flows. Even better... use PSA advertising to get people to move left and get out of the rightmost lane unless they are entering or exiting the highway. They are called acceleration lanes for a reason. Not that it matters much to me though... I ride the train and always have the right of way. :) Bellevue Yes adding new lanes would be nice, but having 3-4 times per month, weekends not much yes, absolutely Strawberry alternative way of transportation would be Festival even better (light rail etc) Feedback Form Why did you make the car pool lane on 167 a hot lane when our tax's already paid for it to be built years ago, and who gave you the right to restrict access to specified points for valid carpoolers? How much more are you going to abuse our tax's in deceitful ways? Bellevue Yes. I could get into Bellevue much faster. If I'm late to work or a meeting 20 mins Yes Strawberry Festival Mercer Island Huge mistake. Gouging is wrong. No. My taxes already paid for this lane. I don't I wouldn't use them if I had to pay. It would be quicker, but I couldn't use No. Time toll itself is not appropriate. Summer approve of double charging. them. I already don't use the SR 167 Celebration HOT lane. Kent Cornucopia Yes. During Hi-volume hours. Yes. ? Yes Days Comment Form Yes. Except that I-405 is very crowded even When I go to the airport and to make a At least 20 minutes Yes (electronic) sometimes on the HOV lanes. I am not sure doctors appointment how many people can actually use it Feedback Form HOV lanes are for 2 persons or more stop being greedy and jamming up to carpool lanes! Kent Cornucopia No - we have already paid once. No No No Days Bellevue No opinion because I don't use this corridor. I If I drive daily, I would pay for express 30 minutes each way to work It better! People who pay tolls should Strawberry already use the bus daily. I'm interested in what lanes it would reduce my travel time by benefit from them not someone else. Festival the study will say 30 minutes at least Feedback Form

Page 35 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Kent Cornucopia No - promoting mass transit, few car trips Days (stores close enough to walk to), and other alternatives is more important to me because it's better for health and the environment. Kent Cornucopia Yes Once in a while. Yes Of course Days Feedback Form The concept sounds laudable and plausible. The method of implementation is what I'd like to hear more about in future. Kent Cornucopia People should be able to exit the toll lanes when Yes, too much congestion on I-405/SR 167. I don't use 405 - because it is so bad. I do Yes Yes Days they need to. Trapping people in the lanes is bad use SR 167 occasionally. for the drivers and the pollution and & money for the WSDOT. Kent Cornucopia Good idea - more work for the construction Depends on if I needed to travel those Yes Yes. Days field, cut down on traffic jams - help with roads as for as job location. funding. Kent Cornucopia Yes, we need more lanes. Here as I'm tired of Evenings. Two to four hours. Yes. ? Yes. Days sitting in very slow moving traffic. Bellevue Yes but transit first No No. Must be reliable reduction in time Yes Strawberry and depends on trip purpose Festival Kent Cornucopia Yes, let those who use it pay for it. Once a month. Yes, I'm more concerned with how to Yes. Days pay for it, rather than time savings. Toll is fine. Bellevue 1. From tales I hear, the restrictions on No - Build them an they will come isn't the use of the policemen and patrol Strawberry entering/exiting the ones that exist on SR 167 are cars a bit much? Festival almost impossible to use. 2. Never, never do I hear about the NOISE that is sent into the living rooms of the residents unless you live on Mercer Island you suffer Kent Cornucopia Expand light rail. Do not like the tolls in general. Gas tax is I use Sound Transit monthly. No. None. I prefer diamond lanes. Sure - they have all the MSFT $ Days preferable. Renton River Not if it would reduce the number of untolled Because I have a "reverse commute" I If regular lanes are reduced it would yes Days lanes would probably only use it if I were greatly impact my commute. So the running late or need to come home to theoretically removal of untolled lanes return to Renton in the evening. for this purpose would force me to do 5x/month this or leave for work at 5am rather than 6am Kent Cornucopia Go for it! Yes, I think it would be a great option on high I would use this once or twice a month to I think it would improve by half. Yes! Days traffic days. Just don't take from the existing get to the doctor on time. lanes.

Page 36 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? 3115 35th Ave S 98144 Feedback Form It would be fine but along with charging lane usage Seattle serious efforts should be made in proper lane WA usage. A great article was published in the Everett Tribune a year or two ago about driver conduct. Left Lane congestion is a serious problems. It's astounding how many drivers are clueless about driving slowly in the left lane. It the state were to start writing tickets for this you might be surprised how much revenue would be generated not to mention improved traffic flow A M King 98006 Comment Form We need an express lane that diverts traffic off the This is a good idea. Diverting through traffic off I would use the express toll lanes when Yes. 20 minutes savings. Yes (electronic) mainline where 405 crosses 520 and I-90. There is the mainline will provide capacity for the traffic traveling from Bellevue to I-5 significant congestion at these locations with the entering the freeway system along the 405 Northbound. I would do this 2-3x per merge activity. corridor. month. Aaron McLan open house Aaron Nickolson Kent Cornucopia Yes. The addition of these lanes would create Whenever I travel along this route. Daily Yes, 10 minutes Yes. Days less traffic problems. Aaron Wentzel 98005 Comment Form Washington state needs to wake up and recognize Yes as long as carpools, vanpools and buses our state is already one of the highest It should. If I can travel that corridor top yes. tolls for the 405 corridor should only (electronic) that round a 'bouts are a great way to keep traffic drive the speed limit. Often times, they use the taxed states for the least amount of to bottom at 50-60mph at any time then be used to improve eastside roadway flowing and contrary to popular belief they actually car pool lane as a driving lane and drive below return. Mainly thanks to a crappy Seattle absolutely I'd pay for it. improvements. do not increase traffic incidents, but, rather help the speed limit when there is no congestion in city council that has wasted years reduce traffic congestion by keeping an even flow. other lanes thus having the opposite desired devising a transportation plan. If money It works all over the world. Why don't we start effect of express / HOV / toll lanes. goes to future transportation and not implementing this in more place. Furthermore, It governmental waste I'd pay for it. I'd be cost no more money to make a website that even more likely to pay for it if it was pay supports all websites. So when a user spends the for all, including HOV, carpools, time to fill out this form on Mac Safari and it fails to vanpools. Then it's really going to print, or email it is extremely frustrating. You'd get guarantee a true express lane scenario. a lot more feedback if you had websites that were actually usable. Abigail Lewis email or website In order to have the toll lanes, you have to have the My opinion on this matter is that I do not like double lines that people cannot cross and then a this toll lanes currently on 167 and I think it small section where they can get in and out before would be a mistake to add them to 405 or any there exit. What then occurs is people only have a other freeway. short time to get over and, in turn, have to cut people off in order to get out of the lane in time. This can cause accidents or road rage. The other problem is that people who pay for the lane expect to go really fast and if you are in the carpool lane, going the speed limit, they come up behind you and tailgate you and there's no way for them to go around because they can't leave the lane until one of those openings. Another problem is that in the past you could report people for using the lane while not carpooling, now it is much harder to tell if they have a good to go pass or if they are using it illegally.

Page 37 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Ada Maurer email or website If not, with all the new construction in Bellevue it I believe that making the lane a toll lane will not will create 3 times the issues we have now. Also, help the congestion, the new lane should be when you changed the lanes Monday you should open to all. have had more signs up, I saw almost 3 accidents from people not aware of the merge onto 405 north bound from 1-90 and then the SE 8th exit only lane! Adam and Eve open house Palva Adam Brauch 98011 Comment Form Do not add toll lanes. The rich would be faster 1. Add commuter trains on existing railways. 2. I would not use the lanes. It would My travel time is irrelevant. The rich Absolutely not. Bring back the car tabs (electronic) (richer) and the poor would get slower (poorer). Add new light rail lines (a mile of rail cost less create a class-society like we have never would be faster (richer) and the poor that charge expensive and inefficient than a mile of road). 3. Add new lanes open to seen, only read about. would get slower (poorer). cars/trucks more. all. 4. If you add the toll lanes, the poor will resent the rich more and more and road rage will increase. Al Hilwa email or website Has that survey ended? Is there no way now to provide feedback? Al Vaskas 98004 Comment Form How about narrowing the size of the existing lanes No, I do not approve adding lanes for 1. Additional lanes construction should No, it's been proven that adding more Tolls should be used to fund mass transit. (electronic) so that you could add one more lane and automobiles. The additional lanes should be for be for mass transit. 2. Toll all existing lanes brings more congestion. Travel Enough with funding more car lanes that converting it to mass transit? mass transit. Any expansion of 405 lanes should lanes of 405 time will not improve. max out. be for mass transit Al Vaskas 98004 email or website 1.�More lanes is not the answer to moving people on the Eastside. 2.�My recommendation is that we switch 405 lanes over to mass transit, not expand to build more lanes that will become clogged again. 3/ There͛s no estimate of how many years of construction are required to build two more lanes. Given the multi-year presence of WS DOT on 405 already and the horrendous traffic snarls it generates, I have no appetite for giving WS DOT license to take over 405 for the foreseeable future. 4.�Bring mass transit, light rail to this corridor. 5/ an you tell Kemper Freeman that we͛re tired of his approach of using helicopters to get in and out of Bellevue. Have him sit on 405. 6.�I recommend WS DOT be placed under the management of Sound Transit. Alaina Barcello 98033 standard mail I do not think the express toll lanes are optimal I would pay to use the express toll lanes I think the express lanes could I think the tolls collected would be better for our traffic problem. We should be putting during peak traffic hours for my temporarily improve my travel time used to fin solutions and implement a money toward mass transit/light rail instead of commute. Most likely this would be on during peak commuting times. If I was light rail system on the eastside, not more traffic lanes. I do not think the express my commute home from Newcastle to S. able to travel a consistent 45 mph for continuing to fund the ongoing roadway lanes will permanently solve the problem. They Kirkland around 5 p.m. on weekdays. the duration of my commute I would improvements that do not solve our are a temporary solution to the problem. pay a toll. traffic problem. Alan Hoffer 98057 Comment Form Use the FEDERAL MONEY that the state receives to No, the first reason is that I-405 is a Interstate I would not use them. No, the only people that will use them NO, this is a INTERSTATE FREEWAY, PAID (electronic) add two all purpose lanes in each direction. Use FREEway which is paid for by Federal road will be people that can afford too use FOR BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. state gas tax money to improve and expand state funds. Second, state gas tax money should be them. The rest of us budget strap highways which connect to these INTERSTATES spent on state highways . constituents will be left picking up the FREEWAYS. STOP TRYING TO COME UP WITH IDEAS tab for the few privileged. NOT FAIR AT TO TAX US MORE, WE ARE IN A RESSION! ALL

Page 38 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Alan J. Merrell 98056 Comment Form Just tell the governor and legislature to keep their This is NOT a good idea. You and I both know never No. 500% It doesn't seem to matter what I think, (electronic) sticky fingers out of my wallet. I am on a fixed that all your future estimates are a good you will use the money for what ever you income and I have had to make to many example of "figures don't lie BUT liar's figure". want. adjustments already. Alan MacArthur email or website It is DAMN frustrating to get onto 167 at 212th headed south and have to drive all the way through the CONGESTION of Kent while the car pool lane is open, but there is a STUPID double white line. Consider the thousands of people who have wasted zillions of combined hours because of this gross stupidity. Same goes for Northbound 167 trying to exit at 212. You have to exit way back in Kent, or else risk a double-white-line ticket - then you have to crawl along in the congested regular lanes for a mile or so. Please, please, please consider this before you do the same stupid thing on 405. Alan MacArthur Kent Open Too expensive House Alan McArthur Kent Open I do not agree with the implementation of express House toll lanes at this time. I have concerns over entrance and exit access points. Alan Ridlehoover Feedback Form Alex Mileant Feedback Form I support the HOT Lane project to expand on I- 405. I use the HOT lanes regularly on SR-167 as I drive N/S to Seattle, Bellevue, and Redmond. Having HOT I-405 will save me hours of commute time every week. Please move forward. Alexander Comment Form to use better asphalt and avoid lobbying companies This is good idea, considering aging 405 and Me not, we have enough family members one to two hours is the limit after which Yes (electronic) to get expensive contracts. endless traffic. to stuff a car. people will consider paying toll. Alexander W. 98032 Comment Form This is a great idea!! Most of my travel is in this I would probably be paying every day, or Absolutely!! This is a definite Yes. Weseman (electronic) corridor, and I already have the Good-to-Go for at least 4 days a week. improvement. 167. This would drastically improve my business. Alexander W. 98032 Comment Form This is a great idea!! Most of my travel is in this I would probably be paying every day, or Absolutely!! This is a definite Yes. Weseman (electronic) corridor, and I already have the Good-to-Go for at least 4 days a week improvement. 167. This would drastically improve my business Alfred Slatin 98006 Feedback Form While I am strongly opposed to tolling and weakening the original HOV lane concept I am particularly concerned by an idea that appeared in the illustration. It showed the free HOV changed from 2 in a car to 3, which would mean that a family of 2, such as mine, could not use the HOV without a payment. This is discriminatory against the elderly, wrong, and against any logical public policy.

Page 39 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Alfred Slatin 98006 Feedback Form Proposal is a disgrace. Tolls on the bridges, higher sales taxes, Boeing contracting here, growing elsewhere. Recession, coming higher medical costs, low interest rates on savings. Why not just push everyone over 65 out of the state, and take everyone else's pay check. I note that the level of HOV use free on the sign has been quietly raised in small print to 3. This is shameless. Alfredo Medina email or website I wont be able to attend, but I think its a great idea of having the express lanes all the way from Puyallup to Lynnwood Alice Brodorsen open house Alice Cooper 98944 Feedback Form Detest the toll road system. Another tax on working people and folks traveling. Daily commutors can ill afford another cut into their wages - thanks to current "Democratic-eze" all living expenses are skyrocketing. Alice Evans email or website I'm for the toll lanes. What I also am for is light rail. It is by far the most stress-free ride. I've been voting for it at every opportunity for the last 40 years. Our traffic situation is sad and anything that helps is welcome! Alice Evans Alice Stenstrom Comment Form Additional lanes would be helpful but I don't Don't think that there should be a charge Don't agree with the charge. If there is a toll, the funds from the toll (electronic) think that 2 lanes should be toll lanes. for the lanes. Not willing to pay when should be used in the same area so that already paying for highway systems. If the people paying the toll receive the tax dollars are paying for roads, there benefit. should not be additional charges.

Page 40 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Allen Chen email or website Adding lanes may or may not solve the traffic problems.

Most driver do not press the gas pedal on uphill sections to keep the speed.

I-405 southbound to 167 has a bottle neck, the 25 mph intersection. 167 to I-405 is slightly better but the recent re-striping did not make sense. It forces the 167 traffic to go a long way in the eastbound direction before merging I-405.

The recent re-striping of I-90 to I-405 northbound does not make sense either. It's good to give the I- 90 westbound to I-405 northbound a separate lane. But, telling the drivers that it's exit only so early scares the drivers and forces them to move left way before they need to. On the other hand, the merge between I-90 eastbound and I-405 northbound simply does not have sufficient distance. A third lane on I-405 appears north of I- 90 but the lane dividers were not painted to have the traffic move accordingly. As a result, the I-405 northbound traffic is slowed by vehicles from the eastbound I-90. Allen McCulloch 98001 Comment Form I assume it is too late for another freeway north to This is likely a good idea. It give SOV drivers the NEVER! None because I try to ride the YES (electronic) south between I90 & I167???? choice and it will be better for us carpool or Motorcycle most of the year. motorcycle drivers. Amy Platt 98027 Comment Form What I'd really like to see, more than any other Yes, I think this is an excellent idea. It gives Probably only very rarely for me Sure, either that corridor or alternate (electronic) road improvement, is wide, safe bike lanes, not people the option of deciding if their time is personally as I almost never drive alone (I routes to that corridor (whether bus, running past parked cars where cyclists will get worth more than the toll so people who work just don't like driving; my husband drives bike lane, or surface streets). "doored", connected through all parts of the east at a high hourly rate , or who just need to get and we carpool), especially during rush side so that there are safe routes from any point to home for their kids' school play, can choose to hour, but my husband might use it a few any other without going too far out of the direct pay more daily or for one occasion without days a month. path. worrying about getting pulled over or violating any laws. I think it's an outstanding idea. Amy Platt 98027 Feedback Form I strongly support having a toll corridor. It allows people to choose whether their time in traffic is worth more than the toll it takes to get them moving, on an on-going and on the fly basis. For people in an unexpected hurry, it gives an option that wasn't available before. It provides high-cost-per-hour workers with a way to waste less time, improving the overall efficiency and output of the local economy. One request: do make the current toll charges available online and via mobile devices easily; this will make a big difference to the usability and reduced potential frustration with using the system. If the data is available through an API, developers and companies will incorporate this info and make it more useful and available.

Page 41 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Amy Troutman email or website What we do need is light rail that parallels 405. The last thing we need on the 405 corridor is Without a rail solution, there will never be enough tolling. lanes on 405 - toll or not - to accommodate the traffic and growth. Analtha 98498 Feedback Form I would like to see pay lanes on all major Moroffko highways. They have them on the east coast and they work great. If you don't want to pay the tolls there you take a side/surface road. At least here you could still take the freeway. I want them on I-5 too. Andrea Capra 98034 Comment Form This is a terrible idea, I-405 is not nearly as No, it limits the exit access. It also does not No, I would not pay. There is not that No, it would not improve my travel No, I think the government should (electronic) congested as I-5 through downtown Seattle, why allow for off-peak times (e.g. 7pm to 5am) much congestion, if the road work at the time. It would have to be a higher speed balance the budget and use the funds not look at improving that corridor instead of when all vehicles can use the carpool lane Hwy-167 and I-405 interchange were (e.g. 75-80mph) lane costing only $0.50 already being collected by taxes to fund messing with one that is not nearly as bad. today. finished it would alleviate most of the per trip for the entire length of I-405 for roadway improvements in all corridors. congestion which is from those trying to it to be worth spending money on. get on and off I-405 at that interchange. Andrea Taylor 98004 Comment Form yes- it would relieve the stressed area of 405. yes- 20 times. yes- 25 minutes savings per trip. yes. (electronic) Andrew & Jenny Comment Form A high cost notwithstanding, this appears to be I might choose to use them if my Again, if done well, I think it would Yes, that what toll dollars ought to be Ma (electronic) a good idea so long as it is done conscientiously commute takes me that direction and the improve my travel time. However, it used for. It's worked pretty well on the and does not increase traffic as many other best way to get there is via I-405 in would have to save me at least 15 East Coast where I grew up. For the road construction projects have, both during traffic. Another time I might use it would minutes from Kirkland to Renton for me money to be spent on the improvement and after the project's completion. So long as be when I need to get to the airport to feel it is worthwhile. of the toll highway is an expectation. commuters do not find the cost too prohibitive, quickly in traffic. Given my current and would use the lanes, I think it is a good idea. driving patterns, I might pay to use the express toll lanes only once or twice a month. Andrew Davis Feedback Form I have lived here all my life and HOV/Carpool lanes Sounds like a good plan, though you really need are hardly used compared to the rest of the lanes to continue working on the interchanges and so giving access to those willing to pay makes sense. the S-curves. I get sick of being stuck in traffic and seeing a lane open, not used nearly as frequently as it could. HOV/Carpool in the greater Seattle area won't work properly until we get even more infrastructure for public transportation. Until that time, opening up the lanes to those who want to pay make good sense. Do the same on I-90 East/West. The Mercer Island interchange is the worst that I have seen ANYWHERE and if you could have a bi-pass option for that area or put people in the express lanes would be fantastic. Those lanes aren't used as much as they should be and it would relieve huge volumes of traffic if we opened it up or created some sort of a by-pass lane around that Mercer Island onramp onto I-90 Eastbound. Good luck Andrew Hickson 98027 Feedback Form Please don't install HOT lanes on I-405. Instead of spending money disrupting traffic for months/years, let's spend money on improved north/south bus service. There is currently no regular service from one end of I-405 to the other!

Page 42 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Andrew Feedback Form I am in favor of the adding the toll lane versus LaMance adding a general purpose lane. However, I believe vehicles with 2+ people should still have access to the HOV lanes without a fee (not just county sponsored vanpools/carpools/buses). This would support and encourage there being less vehicles on the road thereby increasing travel times and would be better for the enviornment. Andrew Smith 98006 Feedback Form Excellent proposal for express toll lanes. I commute I-405 from Bellevue to Renton every day, and major improvements like this would greatly benefit all users of 405, including myself. Andrew Smith open house Andrey 98042 Bothell RiverFest Don't do it! I don't think it's a good idea! None! No I don't think so! Andy Tzvetcoff email or website I live in unincorporated Snohomish County, (just I support WADOT in improving the efficiency of north of Bothell). I usually enter/ exit I-405 at I-405 by implementing toll lanes. anyon Park Exit/ I͛ve commuted by bus and car in the am and pm rush hour. I do not like crawling to and from work (Bellevue) which is a common occurrence. Angela Allison 98004 Feedback Form I strongly oppose any kind of toll lanes. Build enough lanes to support the traffic load. Building toll lanes is just a stealth tax on the poor. Angela Beegle 98011 Comment Form Provided they are ADDITIONAL lanes, and I would use them frequently, but as no- If tolls were actually and ONLY used for (electronic) paying the toll is OPTIONAL, I think it is a good toll HOV. I frequently drive 4 other that, absolutely, fund roadway idea. I cannot imagine where the new lanes people around with me, and we use the improvements along I-405. This means, would be put - I live in Bothell, and I drive I-405 HOV lanes anyway. do NOT dump the money into the state's all the time. There just isn't a lot of room to general fund, and then complain when expand. But if it can be done, then I think giving there isn't enough money. We've seen people a choice is good. If they don't have the that lots of time. Lotto and the schools, money but do have the time, they can go in the anybody? non-toll lanes as always. This is different from (say) the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which is toll with no option, and has been a great financial burden on people who live in Gig Harbor, whose opinions were ignored when the new bridge was put up and the toll installed. Oh yes, people were polled! But the people most affected by the poll were not given more weight than those in the voting area who would not be affected. Angela Snyder 98034 Kirkland Good idea Yes, because someone could pay to go faster - If I was in a hurry - late for work! I might It would definitely work for me if I was Of course Farmer's Market as long as construction is limited. use it 1 time a week or more. going south go Puyallup! Angela Wingate open house Attended Bellevue and Renton open house.

Page 43 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Angie Berman 98290 Feedback Form YES on adding an additional lane on I-405 that would combine with the existing HOV lane to operate as two express toll lanes. Express toll lanes would provide a choice for solo drivers to pay a toll to use the lanes - YES. Carpools, vanpools and buses would be able to use the lanes for free - YES. Ani Panda Comment Form This is long overdue. Sooner the better. South side It is a great idea. A 4 lane 167- 405 express way I will use them 5 days a week. However, I It will significantly improve my commute Yes. Ask for a 10% surcharge on (electronic) economy and standard of living will be better for it. is not an luxury but a necessity, specifically for don't want to pay tolls twice ( once on time. If I can save over 15 minutes in commercial vehicles, to keep the cost low people living in south side . 167 and separately on 405). There should travel time, I will use it. for regular commuters. be a way to pay only once per trip. Ann Eachus email or website "If you build it, they will come." The more capacity there is, the more cars there are to fill it. Single occupancy vehicles are the problem, not the solution. Expanded transit options seem like a better choice to reduce fossil fuel consumption and suburban sprawl. Ann Elders 98031 standard mail Feels like you are trying to toll everything these No. From what I've seen on SR 167 those lanes Probably never. I use I-405 in varying No. Hard to determine. That should be the only use form them. days. are usually empty. The existing lanes would be amounts so I can not make a statement. more crowded. Anne Alberg email or website I also think that right now anyone should be able to I love the idea of Express Tolling. use the carpool lane through the S-Curve to reduce the congestion of people getting off on to Highway 167. Anthony + Erin 98034 Kirkland Sure Daily, everyday. Yes. Sure Berry Farmer's Market Arnie Gunderson open house I agree with HOT lanes, but keep free passage for carpool.

Page 44 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Arnold email or website We are going to toll more roads and add more Mortzheim revenue to the State for roads we pay for with each tank of gas?

I'm an experienced good to go user as I have to cross the narrows. I find it reprehensible, frankly, the amount of costs, wasteful spending, government overhead through prevailing wages on these road projects.

I'd love to attend the meetings, but would find no value in contributing to a GTG system to generate more revenue for a system not capable to manage existing revenues, so I'd be wasting time.

Thanks for the invite, I cannot change policy. Eyman tries but he's reversed by the government every time.

By the way....I am a small business owner hiring workers, paying their medical and supporting the state. I wish my staff had is so easy with such low production standards. Art Britton Feedback Form It would be very negative to the retail business community to raidse the toll on the Second Narrows bridge. Put a freeze on all hiring rather than raise these tolls. You would be making a big mistake to tax the retail community any more by raising the tolls. Art Witkowski Comment Form every one has there own agenda on a project like yes and no. to avoid some of the issues with as little as possible. I will work off hours NO only in this corridor (electronic) this. do not let it become a political issue. why not traffic we need to have employers develop as much as possible. mass transit what it create a route out east. another loop. after all more flex hours or telecommute. what cost is is today offers many options someone killed it many years ago and we are involved to build each mile of freeway? we paying the price today. need to develop better business parks in the local community. telecommunications has developed to a state where we can work from anywhere. getting people to understand this is difficult Arthur Dahlen 98031 Feedback Form Our money would be better spent making highway 9 a "beltway" from Chealis to Sedrow Wooly. After this additional roadway is in use then start the 405 upgrade. we must build a transportation SYSTEM not helter skelter projects that tear up in use highways for years at a time. Arthur Freeman 98034 Comment Form I prefer dedicated car pool lanes over toll lanes. No. Currently I bus to work 4 days a week In the east coast where toll roads are (electronic) I have little faith that the toll systems can and drive only one day. 405 can be slow very common, I do not see those toll correctly identify a valid carpool and may but I would rather see more effort on roads in better repair. The tolls seems to incorrectly charge valid use. non -road based solutions. fund other projects. arthur harrigan 98177 Feedback Form I am in favor of a toll lane.

Page 45 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Arthur R. Dahlen 98031 standard mail Need a parallel roadway to I-405. Extend Highway No, accidents block roadways so making more Never use it. New roadway could be Not a practical idea. Yes, but is a tax. 18 north to Issaquah. 2) Upgrade Highway 9 to lanes ineffective. New roadways are the best tollway no option. freeway. New road not affected by accidents on I- investment. 405. Unloads I-405 and I-5 - provided a beltway or bypass for north and south through traffic. Arthur Simmons 98359 Feedback Form I own a business with several trucks servicing eastside daily and I'm angered by this proposal to allocate open lanes to drivers willing to pay a fee. Our highways were paid for by all taxpayers and should be shared equally. Open lanes should not be sold to the highest bidder (the wealthy). Look elsewhere for increasing tax revenues! Arthur Valla 98028 Feedback Form No tolls. Just get rid of the HOV lanes. Make them open to all drivers all hours. I am sick and tired of politicians and their failed social engineering experiments. As demonstrated all over the nation, HOV lanes actually restrict traffic flow creating more congestion (thus more pollution). Do us all a favor. Grow a brain and stop trying to modify my behavior. Aurora Lehr 13243 Comment Form Yes, there are plenty of drivers who value the When I have to drive to work or school Yes, even if I'm not using the new lanes, Absolutely yes. (electronic) time saved on commute enough to pay for it. alone or when I'm in a rush. I would others will be and will reduce the traffic probably use them about 1/2 of the in the general lanes. I would have to working days of the month. save 10 minutes on the freeway to make it worth paying a toll. Austin Hanks Feedback Form I was wondering about the total flow of each option. In other words, during peak rush hour conditions and standard conditions, how many cars could travel in a mile stretch with a general purpose lane, a HOV lane, and a HOT lane.

Page 46 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? B Osterman email or website I would like to thank you for sending the postcard I am so vehemently against the idea of HOT regarding the WSDOT proposal to add HOT lanes to lanes, that I was immediately upset when I I-405. I may not have heard of this otherwise, so I heard of this potential plan. appreciate the alert and solicitation for opinions. I was grateful for the opportunity to take your survey, but disappointed to not have an additional "comments" section for open feedback.

. I have followed the introduction on 167, and have been disgusted every time I drive on that stretch of road. My experience on those roads has been sheer frustration over the restricted crossings that seem intentionally deceptive for the purpose of collecting more money from people crossing lines at the "wrong" time. Our tax dollars go toward use and maintenance of the roads, and this should apply for everyone. Our income determines what cars we drive, where we live, how we live, and so many other factors, that to have it also determine how our time is spent on our commutes, on public roadways, is really disappointing. I fully support carpool lanes, and use them whenever I can, and I think people that take the effort to carpool, ride the bus or motorcycle should get the rewards of faster lanes. But to get to drive faster than other single- occupant cars because you paid more really breaks the spirit of the public roadways.

I understand the need for WSDOT increase budgets, but this really only benefits people with money, and it angers me that WSDOT is ready to make decisions like that. Bal Thanedar 98056 Feedback Form How do you track the use of HOV by single person and the distance travel ? Do you plan to keep continued free usage of HOV lane for vehicles with 2 and more passengers ? (specifically not changing to 3 or more passengers as it exists on West corridor of 520 West) Barbara Lierson Feedback Form Where is the rapid transit system on the east side? I have a Good to Go pass and use it when I have emergencies. Adding more lanes to 405 and 167 is NOT a solution in my opinion. At the same time, having the traffic problems is causing major industries to look elsewhere to establish their business. Having inside or even outside toll lanes poses hazards - because we must cross over other lanes to enter and exit highway system. I am an advocate of rapid transit systems that use existing park&ride locations - runs down the center of the existing freeways. Trains that are visibly moving large number of folks while I am stuck in the same corridor would be high motivation for me to use that rapid transit system.

Page 47 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Barbara Roll email or website I would like to see your Web page updated to provide the assumptions you used as a basis for the following analysis and the calculations you used.

We analyzed how traffic would flow if we were to add either a general purpose lane or an express toll lane on I-405. Under both scenarios, we would be adding a new lane. When we look at year 2014 peak hour traffic projections, we found out that an express toll lane option performs much better than a general purpose lane option. Looking at all lanes of the freeway, the express toll lane option moved 70% more vehicles at 45 MPH (or better) when compared to no improvements. The general purpose lane option resulted in a 10% more vehicles moved at 45 MPH (or better). Because we are able to keep the express toll lanes moving, the entire freeway section performs better than the general purpose lane option. Barbara Wade 98006 email or website First: I can't support any additional lanes through I CANNOT support toll lanes on I405 through the Factoria area. These would require destruction Bellevue. of homes in my condo complex (Concord Hill) as well as other homes along this corridor. And, would increase the sound level from I405 to an unacceptable level and therefore reduce the value of homes we've lived in for over 20 years (and bought without any expectation of the 2 subsequent widening that have occurred over these years).

Second: A tolling lane through Bellevue would not be very effective. Most of I405 traffic from 112th St to highway 520 would not benefit from the tolling since there is such a high level of traffic that use this corridor for connecting to the I90 interchange, the 520 interchange and the downtown Bellevue exits. Also, moving people from the toll lanes to these exits/entrances would increase congestion and resultant collision incidents.

In summary, I think your survey for the I405 tolling is premature. You're in the process of completing the south Bellevue widening of I405 and about to start work on the 520 interchange. Only after that should you evaluate the effectiveness of these projects and then conduct a survey. After all, there are many more projects that need the limited DOT budget/funding. Baro Kim 98056 Comment Form Please stop wasting tax payers money. You don't No, Please Just fix the connecting point on I-405 Never No, None No (electronic) have to redo the whole freeway. Just fix the very to SR 167 and I-405 to I90. bad traffic points where traffic is created.

Page 48 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Barry Hemphill 98056 Comment Form This is an excellent idea - and would benefit all of A very good idea. I use the HOT lanes on WA- I would pay all the time if I was solo. The Safety, not speed is my primary Yes. (electronic) the travelling public. 167 2-3 times a month. I feel the drive is safer small toll is worth the safety and consideration. and certainly a bit faster. improved speed. I probably would use I- 405 HOT lanes 6-8 times a month Barry Thorsness email or website Appalling and so unAmerican! My feeling is that is it another perk for the rich. Where is equality for all? America will have completely lost equality when the rich can get preferential treatment even when they travel down the highway! bashfulelk@com email or website Dislike the way the exit͛s from the lane are laid cast.net out on 167 Bebbette Runke 983873 Puyallup Yes, it would help relieve traffic stress and Depends yes. Up to 1/2 hour Of course. There are the people paying Meeker Days decrease time commuting. and using the lanes. Money needs to stay there. Becky Crowell Feedback Form I can͛t make the meeting but the HOT lanes on 167 have been confusing, not enough media as to what was happening and how to use them/ It͛s really dumb to corral all the cars into using just a ͞short͟ none double dotted area to enter the lanes as well. I am a Good to Go user for the Narrows bridge and have that sticker but understand you have to have a different ͞sticker͟ for the 167 HOT lanes! That͛s wasteful and added expense for the state! What added expenses are there to construct all the added electronics for 50cents per car? Our taxes have paid for the roads and the property used properly and not wasted on electronic signs that tell you there͛s congestion ahead, is stupid when there is NO other roads to get there! Ie0 HWY 16 and 167 Behzad 98028 Bothell RiverFest The tolls should stay at $1.50 to $2 range. It is a good idea, especially the addition of extra Once or twice a week. I go to Sea-Tac Airport, so this would Definitely. That's the only thing these Khamneian Otherwise, people won't spend the money to use lanes. definitely help. Saving 30 - 40 minutes tolls should be used for. the lanes. would definitely make this worth my while. That would mean the elimination of the Bellevue S. 167 bottlenecks. Belinda Zinicola 98032 Comment Form Please either reconsider or staff of police to enforce I would be very unhappy if this proceeds - I ride I would not pay to use this option It would absolutely detrimentally impact (electronic) the lanes and add moving violation penalties for in a vanpool from Kent to Redmond daily, and our drive, based on 167 hot lanes. those that intentionally block entrance and exit the 167 HOT lanes have detrimentally from the hot lanes in allowed areas. impacted our commute. We had to switch to a more distant exit because our normal exit was far from the hot lane exit opportunity in the thick of congestion, adding 10 minutes a day to our ride. Now we drive about 6 miles a day more to save time. We also regularly encounter drivers that find it amusing to purposely block exit from the hot lanes in the allowed areas.

Page 49 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Belinda Zinicola email or website If hot lanes are added to 405, PLEASE align the access points with the exits. 167 is a nightmare around the southbound exit to Central as there is no access point. This is an area of high congestion, so getting out of the HOV lane way before the exit is a significant delay. And drivers cross the double white lines here because they suddenly realize they can't get to their exit.

My vanpool has increased our commute to use the next Willis exit specifically to avoid this area because of this issue. This has increased our personal costs, but reduces the likelihood of an accident when cars unexpectedly leave the HOV lanes here. Ben Northon email or website A big concern I have is: where will the proposed toll lane be located ? Specifically how will access of the other lanes be effected (would it be in between the general lane and the HOV lane)? The approach currently under study on 167 with the shared toll and HOV lane is Not a good situation -- mainly because of the restricted access points required for the toll metering. Some exits do not have an access point and even on those that do a dangerous situation is created when trying to find an opening in traffic within the short distance allotted to exit the HOV lane. I am not as concerned about the toll portion (I wouldn't be using it) as I am about the HOV lane access and safety.

Page 50 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Ben Strobel email or website Has any study been done on driver abilities and habits ? Do drivers understand the term "Express Lane"? Do drivers understand move to the right ? I see many drivers who must think the only qualification for driving in the express lane is two people in the vehicle. Drivers who putt along at less then the posted speed in the express lane at times when general traffic in light in the other lanes. People who have picked up Aunt Mary from the airport and are catching up on 20 years of family news while driving 40 in the express lane. Only reason they are there is that they can visit and only have to watch other traffic on one side of them. We test and give drivers a license at 16 and then kiss them goodbye. A lot of the traffic congestion is caused by bad driving habits. People doing lots of other things besides paying attention to driving. People who seam to have no place to go and all day to get there. We spend billions on building highways. How must do we spend on driver re-education ? Build more lanes, charge tolls, if you still have unskilled drivers you will still have congestion. You will still have the driver who enters the freeway ( and does not yield to freeway traffic ) and then moves directly to the left " Comfort Zone Lane", where they drive at 52. And will not move until they need to cut back across traffic at the last minute to exit. And this driver way trained at 16 by the find people at driver education and then tested once by the state on some 25 MPH residential street. And tested to see if they could parallel park. A fine skill to prepare you for freeway driving.

I and many others could go on. Do you get the point ? OH, but your not the DOL, your the DOT. Well how about talking to each other once in a while. The answer can't always be Pave Over Paradise.

Page 51 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Beth Asher email or website I was not impressed with your "eastside corridor" survey because there was no place to add comments. The terminology was confusing and leads me to believe that carpooling will be tolled for everyone - poolers and singletons alike - is that really the case? Perhaps the survey language could be clarified? Beth Sylves 98006 Comment Form Yes - much needed added capacity. depends on traffic volume, I currently use YES - depends on how much of a hurry No, not necessary. I would want tolls (electronic) HOT on 167, about once a month, but I I'm in, and how slow traffic is moving. I collected to fund roadway improvements have the "reverse" commute against would use it to keep commute time region-wide. Where the greatest need traffic, therefore I don't need it that consistent, so only when volume or an exists to keep the whole region moving. often. But I like knowing that it is an incident has slowed it down. option if I'm willing to pay. Betty Warnock email or website I was a frequent carpool lane driver on 167. Since you put toll roads on it I've hated it. The lines that are painted to allow you to enter or exit the toll lane are not very well planned. Many times you can't exit from the carpool lane soon enough to make the next exit.

Secondly, we pay taxes to build roads and now you want to collect more to maintain them. On a recent trip to the east coast driving north to south we spent $25.00 in one day on tolls. We found most of the locals avoided the toll roads which meant more people on the roads without toll roads. Betty Warnock email or website If you have to put a toll on the road I will never use it. I would rather spend an extra hour in traffic than pay the toll. Does the public know that 5 states in this country have sold the rights to their toll roads to another country to maintain and they also get the profit checks. When are we going to create jobs by maintain our own roads. BG Sommers Feedback Form Build a toll lane. I would definitely pay to use it. I exit 405 south bound at Newcastle-Coal Creek Pkwy (travelling from my work in Kirkland). Though somewhat improved w/ the I-90 interchange upgrades, I still don't leave the office until after 7:00pm when the car-pool lanes open up. Bharat Shyan 98040 Mercer Island Yes, it is important that we reduce congestion. All weekdays. Reliable 40 to 60 mph trip at all times Yes Summer This would enable a market based solution and Celebration allow for efficient trips for what they really cost the taxpayer.

Page 52 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Bill Bowden email or website I commute by motorcycle. I use I-405 everyday and occasionally 167. I don't see the need for HOT lanes, I see so many cheaters it isn't even funny. Especially in the half hour before the I-405 HOV becomes a general purpose lane. When I use 167, I don't see that HOT lane usage has relieved congestion in the general purpose lanes but it sure has increased both the cheaters and congestion in the HOT lanes. Personally I'd just as soon see the HOV lanes on I-405 go back to 24 hour, besides, before 5am and after 7pm I-405 hardly needs that extra lane most of the time. I'd also like to see a 24 hour HOV corridor on I-5 BOTH directions continuous thru the city, I have an opposite (against the express(o) lanes) commute and it really sucks when the HOV lane dies off at Northgate and I'm forced to travel with all the cadgers -- it really is much safer in for me in the HOV lanes. Safer being a relative term when one is on a motorbike:) Bill Castle 98092 Kent Cornucopia No, impact bus routes and the ability to merge. No No No Days Bill Daly email or website in one of the links attached to the HOT lanes article about I-405 and SR 167, the authors use the 91 Toll Way in S. California as a prime example of how efficient HOT lanes are. Those are our delineator posts on the 91. For over 7 years OCTA and the 91have used our post exclusively as a very cost effective means of channelizing traffic and not restricting emergency and service vehicle access. We have an up grade to the delineator posts called our FG 300 curb system. Information is attached. The system is on the WSDOT Qualified Products List but we are having a difficult time getting the DOT to put it in a trial. I thought you may have some interest. The FG 300 system is easy to install, needs little maintenance and is very efficient at reducing illegal entry/encroachment in the HOT lanes. The system not only increases revenue but also safety by discouraging vehicles from darting in and out of the lanes. Please let me know if you need any additional information.

Our office and manufacturing plant is in Tacoma and we are available for a presentation on the system anytime. Thank you for your attention

Page 53 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Bill Daugaard Feedback Form I HATE the HOT lanes! Unfortunately, I frequently have to drive from Kirkland to Enumclaw on Highway 167 during rush hour. Though I can probably afford the HOT lane toll, the whole concept is so offensive that I refuse to use them. Because they are now filled with solo "important" drivers in luxury cars at rush hour, the HOV lanes no longer provide any benefit to responsible people in carpools. So they provide no environmental advantage, and reward SOVs, exactly the opposite effect that we should be striving for. They should be jack hammered. DO NOT INSTALL MORE! Bill Daugaard 98033 Feedback Form I HATE hot lanes, and will always do whatever I can to oppose them. Whatever your studies say, I observe them frequently, since I, unfortunately, have to commute frequently between Kirkland and Enumclaw. I observe that the "HOT" lanes, since they're now open to anyone with the means and willingness to pay, become congested, slowing traffic for those responsible enough to carpool and do the right thing to reduce carbon emission s. HOT lanes only make it easier and more convenient for SOVs, thereby undercutting the properly responsible solution of rewarding HOVs. Bill Eager email or website Bill Kotsogean 98052 email or website I am opposed to express toll lanes on I-405. Bill Ramos Feedback Form Tolling on special roads such as bridges is ok if I am against tolling of existing roads, especially needed. This road, HOV lane, has already been paid changing of HOV lanes into toll lanes. This for by the taxpayer. This continues the special creates a socio-economic class distinction on privileges that some people such as Mercer Island the roads as well as places it already exists. residents continue to get due to affluence. The roads are the best equalizer we have with the gas tax structure, user based. I know we need additional funding but not thru this type of tolling. thank you, Bill Ramos Bill Walker 98023 standard mail No, why should we pay extra for the privilege Not at all No - None Yes to use what we are being taxed on to build? Bjorn Wahl 98332 Feedback Form I really support the initiatives and general idea. However, do not use the same toll device Good To Go car chip for voluntary HOV or express lane tolls as for mandatory bridge tolls. You are already doing this with the Tacoma narrows bridge and 167 HOV lanes. We live in Gig Harbor with a son in Bellevue. We are two or three in the car when on 167 but cannnot use the HOV lane without paying due to the Gig Harbor Good to Go chip. And, no, a shield and velcro on the windshield is not a solution. You must sparate voluntary HOV lane and mandatory bridge toll chips!!

Page 54 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Blue Andrews 98004 Comment Form Road tolls and gas taxes are a great thing. Better for I like this idea. Driving is not a right, it's a I would use them every day. Yes. I'm not sure - what are my other options? (electronic) the environment, more appropriate for the privilege. If someone is willing to pay for individual, more appropriate for society. quicker transportation, then take their money. Bob Bukoski open house Bob Campbell Comment Form I believe the portion of gasoline taxes generated in Two or more lanes should be added to I-405. Differential pricing should be used to Yes, but only after gasoline taxes are No, because I do not believe gasoline (electronic) the I-405 corridor should be used to expand the They should not be tolled until after all of the manage congestion. I would pay a toll exhausted. The question of travel time taxes are applied equitably. If all of the highway with toll free lanes. If congestion persists gasoline taxes collected in the I-405 corridor when congestion occurs, generally, savings is too open ended. I would pay gasoline taxes collected in the Puget after that fair allocation of taxes is made, then, and have been used to pay for that expansion. during rush hours. 5 cents to save 5 minutes, but wouldn't Sound region were applied to highway only then, should tolls be used. Then, and only then, should tolls be pay $5.00. improvements in that region, then, and considered. If tolls are used, they should have only then, would I favor tolls as a method differential pricing to reduce congestion. of paying for incremental improvements. Bob Griffith 98004 Comment Form yes, we need capacity and a way to pay for it. 2 or 3 times / month 15 minutes Funds should stay in the corridor they (electronic) are collected in. Bob Jackson email or website I am all for improving the flow of traffic, so using tolling on 405 sounds like a viable way to do it. The only problem that I have seen with the 167 Hot Lanes (tolling) is the getting out of them in a couple of places, namely Kent. I think drivers should be allowed to exit the lane to get to an off ramp other than at a preordained spot. If a driver going through Kent is not familiar with the system, he is forced to bypass his off ramp because there is only one lane opening for, I believe, three off ramps in a row. bob keltner email or website I don͛t like the whole HOV lane concept- the present HOV lanes are under utilized and would be better used if they were used by everyone. We all pay taxes and should all be able to utilize anything built with tax dollars. Pay to use ( toll lanes) set people with more money above those with less. It seems clear that this whole traffic mess is the result of poor initial design and on going lack of proper planning by DOT. Most of the moneys spent seem to have been wasted ( I don͛t believe that we received full value for money spent ) roads through out Washington including freeways have been neglected and are in disrepair.

Now when the economy is bad you are trying to get us to pay for what should have been already done with tolls. No thanks! I for one will not vote for anymore money for DOT or Metro projects. Bob LaPrete email or website Will the proposed toll lanes have the do not cross the white line restriction? The current white lines for Hot Lanes on SR167 prevent me from entering and exiting the car pool lanes for a significant distance at my on and off ramp thus keeping me in the congested traffic. Bob MacMillian open house

Page 55 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Bob Newton Comment Form Hurry Up. Yes it is a good idea. Anything that will relieve Everyday. 50 times. 15min per trip. It is the only appropriate use of the (electronic) congestion will increase commercial traffic and funds. cut down costs to companies. Bob Richter email or website We are at #5 as far as taxes in the USA. This is no I think it is bad idea. Has not enough business different, a consumption tax of sorts. The state as a fled the State? whole is in miserable shape, from roads and infrastructures to the ferries. Come up with a long term solution , not stop gaps. We can have a Billion tied up in 2 stadiums, yet the buses last winter could not make it up a hill in Seattle. Look at BART in CA, MARTA in GA we need a long range vision that businesses can count on not stop gaps. Free parking for Bikes, Car Pools, Scooters and Motorcycles. Free tolls on bridges. Think about a well thought out income tax for the state it is the only way Bob Schoenleber email or website Tolls should not be considered until we stop sending funds collected in our counties to other areas in the state. From the amount of complaining we hear from those areas, they don't appreciate our contributions to their infrastructure. Don't start more taxes(tolls) until we spend our money at home. Bob Schoenleber, Kirkland Bob Steen 98031 Kent Cornucopia We pay a lot of tax on gas. Hard to alleviate. We No, rush hour needs lanes for metro No. 0 Dependent upon how they are used! I Yes. For the road they are collected for Days don't already have enough already. Keep Gov. will continue to ride the bus. only. Gregoire out of the mix! Bobbi Clayton email or website I do not agree with allowing single drivers in the HOV lanes. It is unfair to only allow the rich to have access to the HOV lanes. We all paid for the roads and either open them to all or keep them as true HOV lanes. Bonnie Fletcher 98033 Comment Form Yes. because we need another north/south I wouldn't use them as I don't commute Yes, if I were in a hurry, I wouldn't mind Yes, highly appropriate. (electronic) route in that area. and I do most of my driving in and paying a toll. The people who use it around Kirkland. However, it would be should pay for it. great for my son and one of my daughters who do use that route to get to work. Bradley Pascone email or website 405 is such a small highway in comparison to the current population, that restricting any lanes to any traffic would only reduce the overall capacity. I wouldn't consider supporting commuter or toll lanes on any freeway with less than 4 total lanes. Brandon Akers email or website Too many people sit in the carpool lane and drive 55mph. I quit using it most of the time

Page 56 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Brenda Carroll Feedback Form I am all for having a "pay as you go" system in place, but my concern is the dreaded "double white line" used on the State Route 167. The double white line is restrictive to drivers entering or leaving the HOV Lane. This may be necessary for "Good To Go" drivers, but WHY are you putting restrictions on TRUE HOV vehicles? I did get a ticket for entering too soon, in my carpool vehicle. I have seen so many vehicles enter and exit illegaly, mainly because there isn't a broken lane to enter/exit at EVERY on & off ramp. Restrict those who choose to pay, but REWARD those playing by the rules - do NOT include the dreaded double white line! I have actually used the HERO Line to report traffic violators - and yes, I paid the price the one time I violated. Making money for the State is wonderful, but at what cost? Be careful how you limit folks trying to be good citizens & carpooling. Brenda Carroll email or website My thoughts are, if you are going to have the ridiculous ͞double white line͟ that prohibits actual carpools to enter # exit – that is L!ME/ I have been stuck in the Double White HELL a few times, other times NOT allowed to enter – with my vehicle carrying enough (or more) to use the HOV lane. If you have a Good To Go Lane, fine, but WHY LIMIT legitimate carpools?!

I did get a ticket for entering the Double White HELL on SR 167 – and I told the judge I did not see the fairness in limiting legitimate carpools from using the lane, that folks opting to pay should be limited.

Sure, if someone wants to pay to use the lane, let them be limited by where they enter/exit. Having limitations entering & exiting actual can CAUSE traffic – I have had to slow almost to a stop on SR 167 trying to exit in Kent – ridiculous!

HOV lanes are a convenience to carpools – a reward for ͞doing the right thing/͟ Brent email or website This highway was publicly funded and lanes should Toll lanes on 405 should not be done. be added without tolls. If a private party wants to build an entirely private roadway that is fine, but it should not piggyback on the public dime that built the road. In addition drivers will be tracked by tollbooths all around. It is a loss of liberty. Americans deserve freedom of travel. I have lived in two cities with such systems and the traffic is a nightmare. Brett Marshall 98033 Bothell RiverFest Provide better public transportation/light rail. Toll's No. More lanes equals more cars. We need When I'm in a screaming hurry. Monthly No. I think it will end up being No. Use them to provide better public will benefit the wealthier members of society. more/better public transportation/rail. use would be very low. congested. More roads are not the transportation, trains and buses. answer. Page 57 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Brian Feedback Form It seems to me that 1) 45mph is an arbitrary number and, 2) The addition of a general purpose lane would move 100% of the traffic faster. Not to mention that the majority of 2 person plus vehicles are such as an outside circumstance, not to gain access to a lane. Brian Allison email or website I am a fairly new resident of the Seattle area, having moved here from Houston Texas early this year. I wanted to raise a point about the I-405 Corridor Tolling study that applies to HOV lanes in general, namely that I believe the SUCCESS METRIC of "at least 45 miles per hour 90 percent of the time" express lane performance is incorrect.

Last Friday I had the rare opportunity to use the I-5 southbound HOV lane from the SeaTac area towards Tacoma, and saw firsthand that the HOV lane was backed up just as badly as the main lanes. I have also witnessed this on I-405 on a few occasions (I am NOT a daily commuter along this route).

When this began happening in the Houston area on one freeway (the "Katy Freeway" - I-10), TexasDOT raised the HOV lane requirement to 3 passenger minimums. I do not know their success metric that caused them to take this action, but I believe it must be closer to something like "at least 45 miles per hour at any given time of day, 90% of the time" because HOV lane performance rarely suffered like I have witnessed in this area.

If we are going to have HOV lanes at all, and certainly if a tolling option is going to be implemented, a better performance plan for peak times is sorely needed in my opinion. Brian Bach 98146 Comment Form Additional lanes is absolutely needed. Making rarely Only if they are used. See above yes, of course. How could it not be (electronic) them HOV/express toll lanes makes sense. But comments regarding 167 Pilot. These appropriate? Or are you really asking not the way the 167 Pilot was done. They express lanes are not used enough, whether the tolls should be used ONLY to MUST be accessible. The "illegal to cross therefore they do not improve fund eastside corridor improvements? double white" reduces the use of these lanes congestion. Either remove the toll, or That is a more complex question. The drastically and makes them ineffective. It remove the double white restrictions. logistics of earmarks like that might make would be better to have free express lanes that it impractical. are used, than to have toll lanes that are not. Brian Graber Feedback Form I am in favor of a hot lane on SR405. I like the convenience of the hot lane for SR167.

Page 58 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Brian email or website So let me get this strait. Your going to charge me to Stoutenberg build new lanes (taxes), Then your going to charge me again to drive in them (toll). Yes, I know that it's free for carpool, which I do when I can. I work in construction and can't always carpool. I also can't afford to pay extra money for something I already paid for. I guess this just goes to show me that government doesn't give a crap about the little guy, but the people with the money.

I don't always drive 167 but when I do, the "hot" lanes don't do jack squat to make traffic go faster except carpoolers and high rollers. Why don't you guys learn to improve traffic flow, with better roads and planning. For example why do the major freeways 167 5 405 and 90 all have to merge on to each other where they meet? Why don't they have there own lane to join the freeway instead of merge.

For example lets take 405 North bound. Where 5 merges onto 405 add a lane so they don't have to merge. Which it looks like is what you guys are doing eliminating the merge? If so good job. Take that lane to 167 for an exit only lane to 167 with a barrier to stop last minute idiots who cause backups. From 167 another lane all the way to 90 with the same barriers at the 167 and 90 merge to stop idiots. same thing with 90 to 520 and 520 to 522 and 522 to 5 with the same barriers to each on and off ramp.

I know I got off the original topic. I just think that tax dollars should be used to benefit all of us not a select few! Brian Stoutenberg P.S. Feel free to call I don't have a bunch of school smarts, but I have do have common since. Maybe I can help you guys out!

Page 59 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Brian email or website So let me get this strait. Your going to charge me to Stoutenberg build new lanes (taxes), Then your going to charge me again to drive in them (toll). Yes, I know that it's free for carpool, which I do when I can. I work in construction and can't always carpool. I also can't afford to pay extra money for something I already paid for. I guess this just goes to show me that government doesn't give a crap about the little guy, but the people with the money.

I don't always drive 167 but when I do, the "hot" lanes don't do jack squat to make traffic go faster except carpoolers and high rollers. Why don't you guys learn to improve traffic flow, with better roads and planning. For example why do the major freeways 167 5 405 and 90 all have to merge on to each other where they meet? Why don't they have there own lane to join the freeway instead of merge.

For example lets take 405 North bound. Where 5 merges onto 405 add a lane so they don't have to merge. Which it looks like is what you guys are doing eliminating the merge? If so good job. Take that lane to 167 for an exit only lane to 167 with a barrier to stop last minute idiots who cause backups. From 167 another lane all the way to 90 with the same barriers at the 167 and 90 merge to stop idiots. same thing with 90 to 520 and 520 to 522 and 522 to 5 with the same barriers to each on and off ramp.

I know I got off the original topic. I just think that tax dollars should be used to benefit all of us not a select few!

P.S. Feel free to call I don't have a bunch of school smarts, but I have do have common since. Maybe I can help you guys out! Bruce email or website I think you shouldn͛t consider HOT until after the pilot project is over in 2012. If you want to add a separate toll lane, that might be ok.

I wonder how you reconcile this effort with the money spent over the 2007–2009 biennium on your Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Program; money that employers (estimated $98 million), local governments ($1.8 million) and you ($5.5 million) spend encouraging drivers to carpool, vanpool and/or take public transit instead, and why the HOV lanes were created in the first place.

Page 60 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Bruce Burns 98092 Feedback Form I travel all over Western WA every week. I love the Good to Go projects. They are a huge improvement to old fashioned ways of handling traffic. The tolls are an excellent way of providing much needed funds for these great projects that improve commerce and livability! Bruce Chase email or website As a motorcycle rider that uses these lanes every I do not have a problem with the tolls on day I do see a lot of abuse express/HOV lanes. of the HOV lanes when traffic is slow or at a standstill. I see frustrated solo drivers dart into the HOV lane at the peril of motorist like myself, or these solo drivers will see traffic behind them in the HOV lane, try to get over into normal traffic and come to a complete stop. How would you monitor or control this abuse? Bruce Hutcheon 98033 Comment Form yes because you never know what time of day yes I would pay and am willing to pay at yes it would save me probably 20 to 30 if the funds are collected then it would (electronic) that I405 can be blocked least 20 times per month minutes per day just in commenting be okay to use them for improvements Bruce Keever 98033 open house Bruce Keever open house The plans state adding two HOT lanes, implying no changes to GP lanes. However, in one of the most congested areas (85th -124th) the real plan is to convert 1 GP lane to HOT. Asking whether people support tolling without clearly telling them you're reducing the "free option" would lead to different poll results. Bruce email or website HOV lanes should be open to single car occupants I am opposed to opening the expressed lanes McClelland during none peak times to promote good traffic based on tolls. Express lane usage should not flow then. be for sale to those who can afford it. Bruce Rawlinson email or website Also, to improve traffic flow you might consider I'm against tolling of any kind. doing away with HOV lanes, which simple observation can show, takes about 25% of our lanes out of production through lack of efficient use. Bruce Simmons email or website Make the damn things 8 lanes wide! Bruce Thompson email or website Just took the tolling survey, with concern on phrasing/interpretation of 2 questions: 1. preference level for tolling 2. inform of autosense tolling, then ask how much this improves view of tolling. Concern is you shouldn't assume people don't know about the newer technology and upgrade their score on question 1 based on positive 2. I'm mildly favorable to tolling, but that assumes no toll booth. Toll booths are a complete nonstarter, and would turn me very negative on tolling. I suspect many respondents share that view. Thanks.

Page 61 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Bruce Thompson email or website Just took the tolling survey, with concern on phrasing/interpretation of 2 questions: 1. preference level for tolling 2. inform of autosense tolling, then ask how much this improves view of tolling. Concern is you shouldn't assume people don't know about the newer technology and upgrade their score on question 1 based on positive 2. I'm mildly favorable to tolling, but that assumes no toll booth. Toll booths are a complete nonstarter, and would turn me very negative on tolling. I suspect many respondents share that view. Bruce Wheelock 98002 Comment Form Ideally, nobody would travel in a single occupancy This is a good idea. Express lanes are under- 8-10 times Based on my experience with the Funding improvements in that corridor (electronic) vehicle. Realistically, that goal will not be even utilized most hours of most days. In my Highway 167 HOT toll project, it would should be the principal purpose for the remotely achievable in the foreseeable future. The experience, most people who are driving alone definitely improve my travel times. monies raised. A secondary purpose proposed expansion of the Highway 167 project is are not in a position to carpool. For instance, Regardless of the specific amount of would be to expand alternatives such as the best middle ground between status quo and someone traveling from Auburn to a medical time saved, any improvement of 10% or commuter light rail sufficiently to eliminating HOT lanes entirely. appointment in Seattle has no practical better would be worth the money. eliminate the need for the program. alternative to driving alone. Allowing these drivers to voluntarily pay, and thereby reduce freeway congestion and resulting delays, would be of benefit to all motorists, the community, and (ultimately) both the environment and the economy. Bryan Mauger 98056 Comment Form Collecting taxes to build roads and then charging Of course, more lanes are always a good idea Never. Improve travel time? Certainly. No. See above comments. (electronic) citizens to drive on them? I can't get behind it. I feel given the volume of traffic in the region. very taken advantage of. Much like driving over the However, I have not and will not pay to drive Narrows bridge and then being extorted to return. on "public" roads at the profit of the local government. Even if the claim is that monies are for future projects. This is why we pay taxes. Bryce A. Farmer 98005 Bellevue I think it͛s a good ideas as long as the cost My use would be limited to those days Not sure. If they were set up correctly, Yes I do. Strawberry doesn't cause too many people to just that I was unable to use my regular route The travel time could theoretically be Festival disregard them. They shouldn't be too to work. Maybe 5-10 times per month. reduced for everybody restrictive

Page 62 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Burton Stemen email or website The whole survey and all questions look like you are ͞drinking your own bath water͟/ Nothing in the reports of how wonderful the 167 tolling is working seems to address the cost of installation or maintenance/enforcement of the project. Usually the cost vs. gain is used in evaluation of a project. That needs to include the extended disruption of traffic during construction and the cost of promoting/selling the project to the public and those ͞controlling͟ the purse strings/ onsideration should also be given to having those paying for a project also be the ones benefiting. The entire HOV lane concept is NOT consistent with this concept. As I hope you know, several states have JUNKED the HOV lanes and the funds the federal government have used to promote (blackmail the states) the concept.

Yes, I am single. Yes, I have paid (more than the average drivers) for the entire road including the HOV lanes. No, I cannot use them without paying additional because I have neither a spouse or a child.

I don͛t mind helping with the good of all but once again I really question that the current concept you are pursuing is truly the most efficient, it obviously isn͛t the most equitable/

PS: The total lack of a comment section in the online survey is an excellent example the total lack of public opinion.

Page 63 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Burton Stemen email or website The whole survey and all questions look like you are ͞drinking your own bath water͟/ Nothing in the reports of how wonderful the 167 tolling is working seems to address the cost of installation or maintenance/enforcement of the project. Usually the cost vs. gain is used in evaluation of a project. That needs to include the extended disruption of traffic during construction and the cost of promoting/selling the project to the public and those ͞controlling͟ the purse strings/ onsideration should also be given to having those paying for a project also be the ones benefiting. The entire HOV lane concept is NOT consistent with this concept. As I hope you know, several states have JUNKED the HOV lanes and the funds the federal government have used to promote (blackmail the states) the concept.

Yes, I am single. Yes, I have paid (more than the average drivers) for the entire road including the HOV lanes. No, I cannot use them without paying additional because I have neither a spouse or a child.

I don͛t mind helping with the good of all but once again I really question that the current concept you are pursuing is truly the most efficient, it obviously isn͛t the most equitable/

PS: The total lack of a comment section in the online survey is an excellent example the total lack of public opinion. C. Culbransen 98375 Puyallup Have lived in other areas with toll roads before - Yes, congestion will only get worse. Anytime, funded by user is best. 4 to 5 Yes, 30 minutes. Yes Meeker Days good ideas. times a month. C. Zaro 98012 Bothell RiverFest Pay for what you use. Yes, pay to use express. Flat fee per month. $25 - $50 per month. 20 minutes Yes C.H. Russell 98059 Comment Form I think that more lanes are needed, but we should I think the idea is ill-suited to the highly I would only pay during the highest traffic I seriously doubt that they would have Yes, if you are going to charge a user fee (electronic) stop trying to socially engineer our travel solutions. urbanized I-405 corridor. The number of on/off times, which I try to avoid at all costs. I significant impact on my travel times. for a service, that fee should go toward Let's just tax ourselves to build more general lanes , ramps, and vehicles making short trips would might pay four times a month. My experience on SR 167 is that toll lane improvements for those who pay. not HOV or toll lanes, and address the needs of the interfere with the efficiency of the concept, vehicles tend to loaf along anyway, and majority of drivers. since during high traffic times cars will further passing is difficult, making travel in the tie up traffic trying to cross into the toll lanes . regular lanes faster at most times of the day. I would have to save 20 minutes or so per trip to make the toll worthwhile. C.M. & Jessie 98039 Comment Form Good idea. Just keep Seattle voters out of it since Good idea. To improve traffic flow. yes, would pay. 10 times/month yes. indeterminate. yes Ann Hotes (electronic) they want no car travel at all if possible. You will need to coordinate with light rail construction.

Page 64 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Cameron email or website Hello, I think that is a good idea for I-405 Chapman Freeway to have an new HOT LANES. IT would helps the traffic going faster and get better. I would want to see what the new HOT LANE signs will looks alike. It is good for the buses and HOV to get free to use on the HOT lanes. 1 person in the vehicles would get to pay or get an tag GOOD TO GO on the HOV lanes. I-405 freeway needs an smarter traffic and/or smarter freeway. Do you agree with me? carl l email or website Just another way for this crooked run State to rip off the residents who live here. This State has taxed and taxed us with no results. They do not use the money they tax us for what it should be used for. Everyone from the Grinch, I mean Gregoer, down needs to be voted out of office. Of course she will probably cheat again. Oh and while we are at it lets impeach the SOCIALIST Obama who is destroying America. Obama is a LIAR!!!!!!!!! IMPEACH OBAMA!!! Carl Stork 98004 Comment Form I'm moderately supportive. I don't think our Yes, I would pay to use it, depending on 10-15 minutes Sure, but they should also fund transit (electronic) region can build too many new highway miles the price and depending on my urgency improvements for those who cannot without increasing pollution too much. If new of reaching my destination. afford to pay tolls. Over time all roads HOT lanes are built, they should be designed to should be tolled work well for transit also, which the current HOV lanes do not do, and there should be a transit component. Carl Stork email or website 5 lanes each way – 10 lanes total – is completely excessive for the 405 corridor, especially in the area between Renton and Bellevue where it will overwhelm the lake.

If there is to be more capacity, it should be transit.

Transit lanes need to actually work for transit, and the HOV lanes on 405 clearly do not as they do not provide for access to freeway stations or on/off ramps

The 405/167 interchange has been rebuilt twice in the past 20 years and neither time was it done in a way that it created adequate capacity or smooth operation. Carl Wittenberg email or website I have tried to take the survey, but it does not come up.

I am in favor of tolling. Carol email or website So happy I moved away from there seven years ago!!!!

Page 65 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Carol F. Questad 98057 Comment Form I have lived in Bellevue and the Eastside since 1970. America's roads should be free to all, not just I would avoid them at all costs as this is No. I travel this corridor daily for work Read the Constitution and the Bill of (electronic) I own property and have worked in Bellevue. My the affluent. What next, individual doors to undemocratic, bias, and, from what I and see the traffic. It needs mass transit Rights. America needs to take care of it's children have gone to Eastside schools. Please really other public facilities that have more have seen, just a speedway for those who and available stops. It does not need people but with common sense. They are listen to the families as they are not only our conveniences for those who can pay, such as can afford it. raceways and accidents to happen being taxed beyond reason right now, current residents but those of the future. public libraries, parks, and beaches? Also this is because some person thinks they have with an everyday struggle to hold their just straight out discrimination against single every right to cut off others to get to families together. Help our young and people as far as car pooling is concerned. their special lanes. old by spending tax dollars on them, not Increase the mass transit instead so the the "who has the fastest car" people. availability is for all, regardless of income. Europe and others do, why cannot we? Carol Sivam email or website I am sure the study on this was quite accurate and To accommodate the flow of traffic and the extensive and expensive. On a different street, population explosion around here it makes however, the downtown streets are extremely bad sense. and need resurfacing .now one street in particular is 15th north east from 40th ave N.E. to 55th N.E. feels like a logging road in the mountains tearing up the car. I was on the phone being passed from one person to another and basically was told the resurfacing for that street was scheduled for 2013. Probably be a sink hole by then. Hope you get this thank you and good job to you Christine Carol Stanley 98052 Comment Form I think this is just another reason to expand fossil I do not. I don't think it is forward thinking at In a desperate, emergency situation I It possibly would. I think this option will I think it be appropriate for that, but also (electronic) fuel (or whatever fuel) use, and encourage more all, encouraging more individual drivers on the might, which means hopefully never. really only be useful to people with a lot for other King County improvements: 520 cars on the road. I don't think it will encourage car road. I think the new light rail system should be of expendable income. That would not bridge, Seattle viaduct. pooling or other ways to get the cars off the roads. expanded fully and thoughtfully to encourage include me. Not forward thinking. the mass transit approach. It would need to have useful time and cost sensitive options for getting to the light rail stations, i.e. efficient transit and park and ride areas. Caroline Kaeding 98006 Comment Form Now we need rapid transit for the length of 167 Yes I think it is a good idea. It works well on SR I will only need to use them once or twice Yes, I will occasionally need to use toll Yes (electronic) and 405 167 and still keeps lane open to buses, van a month. lane in the evening commute. 20 pools and carpools. I didn't expect it to work minutes so well when the idea was proposed, but the success of SR 167 changed my mind. Being able to increase the toll when traffic is heavy is genius. Carolyn Wheeler 98012 Comment Form Add more information on TOLL COLLECTION I'm more aligned with the mass transit group. Would use only if I wanted to go a long Not worth it for general use. Only if I yes (electronic) SYSTEM and the STUDY which yielded your 60% (light rail). You state: Traffic analyses suggest distance during rush hour. I'm retired, so need to drive for a long distance during increase in vehicle movement vs. a conventional express toll lanes on I-405 could out perform I can plan my life around traffic. rush hour. added lane new general purpose lanes by 60%. PLEASE SUPPLY THE STUDY which yielded these figures. Caroyln Kine 98059 Feedback Form I moved to Seattle, from the East Coast, in 1989. The East Coast is full of toll roads, and it's awful. The roads are all congested. Please do not make toll roads in Seattle area. It will make things worse. Or, if you end up doing it, only do TEMPORARY ones, just for the purpose of raising revenue for specific projects. Generally, tolls are bad.

Page 66 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Caroyln Pringle 98040 standard mail Will we ever be able to move around freely again? No, because you already have one which is not I probably wouldn't use them at all as the No. We already have one and it hasn't No. We continually get taxed for road Why not put the money into rail which will get widely used. Without another lane for general public is getting very tired of the helped the traffic problems much--so projects and the money keeps getting people off the road - rather than building roads to traffic you will have spent millions and have government in our pocket for every little why add more that won't help. spent for other things. You keep coming keep more cars on the road? done nothing to solve traffic problems. thing. up with new projects and doing the same thing. Carrie Moore email or website I also feel that the money generated from these I would support tolling as I feel an individual tolls be used to maintain the roads/bridge should who uses the ͞Hot Lane͟ or bridge (such as stay in the region and not be utilized in other areas 520) should help pay for it. but remain in the area for upkeep and improvements. Carrie Walker email or website I would be far more likely to use rail than a tolled I just finished the survey regarding tolled express lane, no matter what kind of a rush I'm in express lanes on I-405, and wanted to add an on any given day. additional comment. I am in favor of the idea, but am EVEN MORE in favor of commuter rail service (either light rail or full size) on I-405 and beyond. Carrie Wood 98032 Bothell RiverFest Yes, good option for folks in a hurry. A few times a month. At least 30 minutes. Yes. Cary Bright 98021-6501 Comment Form I appreciate the drive times on the reader broads. Yes, but you have failed to have a public Once a month Only half of what you projected. If the YES, but it is unclear how I pay for them. (electronic) Maybe look at adding different destinations that meeting past Bellevue, so the input of those in entry points are similar to 167, the entry could give drivers more opportunities to change Snohomish County will not be represented. Will points on 405 will be VERY tricky due to their travel directions prior to congestion points. this be an example of your focus... more on onramp frequency. i.e. "Renton S curves 8 minute delay", could make King then Snohomish County, because alot of me change my route and us are pretty tired of sitting in traffic from Canyon Park to Kirkland. Cathy Bachmann email or website How do you determine how many people are in the car. Sometimes I have a carpool sometimes I don't. How does the system know if I'm a carpool or not? How do you police it? Cathy Malloy 98040 Mercer Island Most interested in developing BRT. Yes Yes Summer Celebration Chad Brevik 98087 Comment Form There also needs to be a new freeway put in from Yes, this is a good idea because it will make for 1-2 times per month when I'm running 10 minutes off my 35 minute commute Yes. (electronic) Everett to Bellevue. Much of the traffic on north less traffic for all. late in the morning. would make it worth it. 405 are from these commuters. Adding a freeway for that route would clear a lot of the mess on north 405. Charle Heffernan Feedback Form Impeach Republican Gregoire!!!! Leave the lanes as they are!!! No 'rich people' lanes!!!! Charlene Ernst email or website My issue with the current "tolling" on 167 is using the same transponder I use for HWY 16 where rate is not a function of the number of people in the car. Even with 2 in my car, I won't use the high occupancy/"pay for" lanes on 167, because I have to cover my transponder with a solution that is bulky, inconvenient and not safely accessible without planning ahead. I'm all for tolling for convenience, but I would want a different tolling solution than one that comes with two different rules/purposes.

Page 67 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Charles Lasco 98021 Comment Form While I am glad to see thought going into this, it is Yes I do. As someone who travels I405 every Depending on general traffic flows, I think it would save me time, and I I feel that this is essentially a user fee, (electronic) well past due. The DOT has long been mired in this weekday between SR522 and SR520, I am almost every week day. would pay for a 10-15 minutes and I would like to see most of the tolls anachronistic delusion that the only important severely impacted by congestion. improvement each way. During the spent to improve the commute within commute is into Seattle in the morning and back School year this seems highly likely. this corridor. I would especially like to out at the end of the day. This ceased to be true see light rail expanded from Bellevue to long ago, and it is time that we start focusing Lynnwood. efforts in other parts of the Puget Sound area. Charles Watts email or website As residents of Bellevue and employed in that city we are very much in favor of the concept of the Express Tolling Lanes for 405 and 167. Charlie Smith 98036 Comment Form We need to extend the light rail system all the way Yes. Giving the public the option to commute Yes, I commute from Lynnwood to YES! I would pay a toll to improve my Absolutely. (electronic) from Sea-tac to Marysville. We should also improve through express lanes is a great idea. This Renton and would use them every day in commute time 25-30% I-90 through the Snoqualmie pass. would also be a revenue source for the state to each direction. There are times when I improve roads. the express lanes in Seattle am late to work because of traffic and it once ran through the city but are now a cause causes my day to fall behind. This would of congestion at each end. These need to be improve productivity for my entire lengthened as well. company. Cheri Ashbaugh 98338 Feedback Form I hate the hot lanes. I think its completely unfair to those of us who are consistently stuck in traffic and carpooling isn't an option. Money is tight enough these days, charging drivers even more to travel on a painfully overcrowded freeway is ridiculous. There simply must be a better solution to this problem, one that doesn't penalize the average person. There is also the safety issue that should be addressed. How can it be considered a good idea to give drivers just a few feet between on/off ramps to maneuver into the hot lanes? Time and time again I see cars dart in and out of lanes narrowly missing other drivers who are stuck sitting in idle traffic. Others are completely disregarding the wide line that isn't supposed to be crossed. The entire program needs some re-thinking. Cheri Ashbaugh 98338 Comment Form Express lanes for carpooling are not a solution No - Money is tight - nobody wants an added No. I hate sitting in traffic like everyone No No No No No It would be appropriate however isn't (electronic) either. I have no options for a carpool companion expense. This is something that only benefits a else, but an additional fee and the that what taxes are for? and drive from Graham to Kent everyday. I feel select few inconvenience of the entrance/exit that additional general purpose lanes are the points make it pointless to use. I see obvious solutions. people crossing the big white lines all the time Cheri Rinehart open house Cheryl Burgess 98021 Comment Form It is a good idea. It would allow those I would not need to use the toll lanes as I I would think it would help the commute Yes. (electronic) commuters that do not qualify to use the HOV am retired. time for those who would use it. I lanes to subscribe to a use it and pay into a would think a monthly fee of $50 would fund to promote it's use and/or help pay for be affordable. this added feature. Cheryl Phillips 98036 Comment Form No, I think it's a good way to increase No Yes. (electronic) resentment by those who can't afford to pay the extra. you're already going to add tolls to the bridge.

Page 68 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Cheryl Shaw Comment Form Tolls & car pool lanes need to be eliminated Make all lanes open to everyone - toll free. I could get to my destination faster if I Skip the toll - just give me 5 open lanes Yes - once again skip the tolls. People are (electronic) Make current restricted lanes open at all times could choose from 5 different lanes of struggling enough during our current for everyone to use. Big deal if they have traffic economic environment another passenger in the car. Chris Carlson Comment Form I think it is too difficult to police the express toll No, I think it would be a waste of tax payers I do not think I would use the lanes at all. No, I think people would abuse the lanes It would depend on the improvements. (electronic) lanes to make sure you collect from those that use dollars. as they abuse the commute lanes it. You are opening up a can of worms. Also, the currently. double lines that "can not be crossed" are confusing and unless you are familiar with the road you can get yourself stuck and miss your exit. Chris Center email or website We are not trying to catch up to LA and have 5 Keep the lanes as is and put the dollars into lanes (each direction) of parked cars. mass-transit. More lanes have proven to be NOT be a solution. Why don͛t you do a check on the history of these types of projects in other cities and see how they pan out?

However, on with the tunnel and more open waterfront (example: Portland) !!! Chris Struble email or website I commute alone from Renton to Bellevue on I-405. When traffic is backed up, I take alternate routes If HOT lanes were installed on I-405 I would such as Coal Creek or Houser Way/Lake Washington definitely use the freeway more. Blvd for part of my trip.

One concern I have relates to how the HOT lanes were laid out on SR-167. Some of the exit/entrance sections of the HOT lanes are too short, and too close to the upcoming exit, to allow space to merge over with general traffic, and exit the freeway.

When laying out the HOT lane entrances and exit sections on I-405, please address this issue. If drivers have to exit the HOT lane one exit early to be assured space to merge over safely, it defeats the purpose somewhat. Chris Willard email or website It's a good idea. Christiane Grove email or website I have driven (as a carpool) on 167 and so far I have I am in favor of the idea as long as it doesn't only been impacted slightly. The biggest problem excessively impact carpools travelling in the I've encountered along the 167 HOV toll stretch is I HOV lane. think there aren't enough entrance/exits to/from the HOV lane. I've had occasions where I missed a freeway exit because I couldn't exit the HOV lane legally. If you travel the route frequently, you probably become expert at knowing how much in advance you need to exit the lane, however, if you don't travel it often it can be very frustrating. Christiansen email or website Your survey has absolutely no validity. Self Family reporting surveys are often reported to be biased one way or the other. What makes you think this survey was any different. Without validity, your survey was just another waste of taxpayer dollars.

Page 69 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Christie 98004 email or website Our taxes pay for I-405 and tolls on I-405 are Hammond not reasonable. Christie Mueller 98056 Comment Form No. I do not think it is a good idea because: I would NEVER use the lanes. I will sit in It would not provide a "travel time The language of the question clearly (electronic) 1)SEVERE NOISE. My house is within 300 feet of the traffic like other business owners and savings" for me. Your proposal tells me proves your mind is made up on this the freeway. Why do local streets such as SR hardworking chumps, reducing my my lifestyle and ability to make an issue. Why, then, go through the process 524 near Thrashers corner get a noise barrier productivity and income, creating the income will decrease. See above. of asking for my opinion, and paying your and "quiet pavement", while a major urban same downward spiral we are currently employees to collate these surveys. This freeway such as I-405 does not. Already we in. Re-adjust your attitude, please, for an appears to be a meaningless process. Do cannot hold a conversation in our back yard upward, prosperous spiral. you think it makes taxpayers feel more without raising our voices due to freeway noise empowered to "provide input", only to and illegal truck downshifting (enforcing realize the decisions have already been current noise laws might be a start). The I-405 made? Truly, it doesn't. noise tests completed several years ago were taken behind a protective berm. Even 4 years ago and behind a berm, with just THREE lanes of traffic, the decibel level was only ONE NOTCH below federal regulation requiring noise barriers. Two more lanes will nearly double the noise level. 2) UNFAIR TAXATION. Quit punishing those who are working. Add more lanes without tolling, and paying for them by reducing other programs. It is called Leadership and Prioritization. Taxes per capita in King County have doubled in 40 years. There are more bodies, yes-- but those bodies are paying DOUBLE the taxes of their parents. The answer is not to add tolls. Christina Jensen 98070 Comment Form Whatever it takes to improve commute issues is Absolutely a good idea - I am a long time I do believe this is a grand plan - after all I Yes I do believe it would be a time Yes I do - frequent use should be (electronic) worth taking a look at. Tolls worked on 520 and commuter from Tacoma and Lynnwood or survived many years on the Eastside saver. 10 minutes would make a toll frequent tolls - in this manner - the funds people just got used to it. Yes there were issues Bellevue and Vashon Island - I have commuted paying tolls on 520 many times a day - it worthwhile - for even shorter minutes of are collected and kept for the that had to be addressed - but taking care of the most of my life with a distance of at least 10-30 is the only way to mete out reasonable use. When you miss a bus, ferry, or appropriate area of need and paid by commuters needs should not mean Spokane has to miles each way . What would help our way to finance the project. Coupon train - seconds matter and you've those who use the hi-way most chip[ in for changes congestion is "by-pass" the short mile books or frequent use cards similar to the already paid for your ride whether you frequently commuters who go a short distance on and off WSF System would work as well - tolls make the bus, ferry or train or not the highway. It takes time to exit and enter the need to be imposed more as roads system we have and it does slow other lanes of expand in miles and repairs made to traffic - as it should - but not affect those with a other roads. I would use such an express- longer commute. Many drivers are in the HOV way many times a month lanes thinking they can make better time but cannot because these lanes are congested as well and many times with drivers who get on and off quickly . Christine Higgins 98033 Comment Form You are not providing voters with enough I don't have enough information to decide. You I don't have enough info to answer. I am assuming my commute is not going Tolls for that corridor most definitely (electronic) information. We need to see the whole picture. are only presenting one benefit: more people What will the speeds be like in the non- to get worse than it is today after the should go to support improvements to What are you trying to hide? would be going 45 MPH or higher. What toll lanes if this is implemented? What tolls are installed. If that is the case, I that corridor or related roadways. (e.g. happens to the cars in the other lanes? How did the models show? What is the range don't believe there would be enough roads that feed the freeway). many more cars overall are expected to be on of toll fees? If it's $20 each way, I'm not reduction in trip time to make it worth the road? How will traffic in the non-toll lanes paying it. Would you be able to have the effort or time for me. I'm only on be different if we do this project compared to if signs that show the time to Bellevue by the freeway from NE 124th St to NE 8th we did not? toll lanes and the time to Bellevue by non- St. Now if you also allowed me to pay to toll lanes? skip the traffic control lights at the on ramp, I might pay for that.

Page 70 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Christine Jones 98004 Comment Form It is crucial that the tolls be the modern bar code Yes, it is. This gives drivers the choice to take I would use them most likely whenever If traffic was driving at 30 or less and the Yes, of course. (electronic) kind used in other states where you drive under the the quicker lanes or not. Face it, those who can traffic was jammed up. toll lanes were driving at the speed limit scanners to be charged. Anything less would hold afford to pay will, thus generating revenue for of 60, I would pay to take them. Or if I up traffic. I lived back east before modern tolls and you. When people have a choice and are not was ever late, I would always pay. no how they actually hinder traffic. forced, they feel better about it. Christine Smith email or website Go for it, providing you keep the two person (plus) car free. I assume this would be similar to the road down to Auburn for tolling. Christy Rice 98034 Bellevue Good idea! Yes 5x/month Yes - it would increase my earning Yes Strawberry potential mostly Festival Christy Rossi 98208 Bellevue I think this is an excellent idea that would add I would use it once a week when I am Yes, a savings of 20 + minutes would be Yes or to make other toll collecting lanes Strawberry reliability to average commute times. unable to carpool or when I have an worth it to me and my family. in other areas. Festival emergency. Chuck Sharin email or website I have been using I-405 between I-167 and I-5 for OVER TWENTY YEARS. (more than your expert engineers)

Regardless of the new improvements there will still be significant slow downs in the morning and afternoon rush hours heading west toward I-5

Large trucks invariably are in the left hand (regular traffic lane) and slow down etc ect) on the incline around Interurban Ave.

There is always a bottle neck or slow down caused by Northbound I-5 cars having to get to far right for exit.

There is seldom anybody in the far left car pool lane heading north on I-5

WHY oh WHY, cant the far left car pool lane be eliminated back around I-167 making three lanes of general purpose traffic heading west bound and also allow the left hand /I-5 Northbound car pool exit to be used for ALL Northbound traffic greatly reducing the massive amount of lane switching /SLOWDOWN at Southcenter.

Does ANYBODY read or understand my point......

But NO, you experts have to preserve your DOT jobs and come up with your grandiose plans of making things "better" Claire Jennings Kirkland No - pay for access of roads (even part of If I was Bill Gate's rich, yes, otherwise no. No, the issue is bottlenecks between I- What else would the money go to? Farmer's Market roads). Seems elitists to me. Also if I pay, and 405 and SR 520, not the freeway itself. have someone in the car, I still have to pay.

Page 71 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Clark T Ballard Jr 98388 Comment Form Thanks Yes, the current SOT lanes on SR 167 seem to 4 to 6 times per month. Yes, any time saved would be worth the Yes MD (electronic) be working well. current charges on 167 as driving in that lane is safer, no merges except at certain points. Cliff Binstock email or website The current tool lanes are confusing at best: there is no clear indication of if and when one is allowed to the tolled lane, and when or how one would pay for tolled lane if one could use it. It took a long time to understand that the toll only applies to solo drivers (although I still have no idea how they would pay for this usage).

Overall, your ͞tolling study͟ webpage is very misleading. What does increase traffic speed is limited access to lanes. This I wholeheartedly support. In fact, I believe these limited access lanes should be physically separated with a barrier, not confusingly separated by double lines that every one crosses (and no, pulling people over for crossing these lines isn͛t a solution)/ What does not increase traffic speed is tolling. I much better approach to funding this extra work would be a) to NOT spend millions(?) installing and managing whatever toll collection mechanisms you have, and b) actually using transportation taxes (such as fuel taxes, vehicle ownership taxes, etc.) for transportation! Cliff Stephens 98033 Comment Form It is a good idea. As long as there are free lanes I typically use 405 for my trip from Yes, although sometimes the HOV lanes Absolutely. Tolls should always fund only (electronic) for drivers that cannot afford a toll. Given that Kirkland to the airport. I would do this are as slow as the regular lanes. the corridor where they are charged. 405 is the only east side freeway, it is three round trips per month on average. important that free lanes be maintained for some. Clifford Ridgway open house Clyde Horn 98021 Comment Form Mass transit is more directed at reducing trips in No. A "Lane" dedicated and limited to express (electronic) cars. Your plan will not do anything to reduce the busses would carry more commuters. Why number of trips, it will just cash in on some of them. build a concrete liability to our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?? Coleen Riley email or website I don͛t know anyone who picks up another rider Express lanes might work for the buses, but just so they can use the carpool/express lanes, the they don͛t work in general/ !ll it does is take a original intended purpose, remember? Their lane out of service for 75% of drivers. purpose has failed, let͛s just admit it and try some another solution.

I am very annoyed that single drivers can use the express lanes if they pay. This is discriminatory toward average and lower income families who are struggling as it is. These are PUBLIC roads paid for by the taxes of all of us. Why should those who can afford to pay get to use public funded roads to their advantage? !re you kidding? It͛s just another way to make money at the expense of the poorer guys, and as usual, nobody cares about them.

Page 72 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Colleen 98032 Comment Form I am definitely in favor of HOT lanes on I-405. I I think this is a great idea. 405N traffic often I would pay to use the express toll lanes I absolutely think that adding express I think that tolls collected on the Eastside Richardson (electronic) would hope that the HOT lanes on I-167 would gets backed up, particularly at commute hours, during the afternoon rush hour, often toll lanes to 405 could improve my travel Corridor would be best used statewide as connect to those 405 lanes, so that I could enter and I frequently travel in this direction from between 4-6pm weekdays. I would time. It would be worth it for me to pay necessary, rather than limited specifically the HOT lane and pay the toll down in Auburn and 167 to 405. probably pay to use the HOT lanes 5-10 a toll if it saved me 10 minutes off of a to the Eastside Corridor roadway not have to exit the lane and re-enter on I-405 (thus times per month. commute from Auburn to Bellevue. improvements. Perhaps a small paying a new toll). I currently do not have a Good percentage of tolls could be earmarked To Go Pass for I-167, though I live and work along for that corridor, but most of it should be that area, only because the Good To Go Pass is only available for statewide use. useful in that small area. If its usage were expanded to 405 I would certainly purchase the transponder and use it, even along my daily commute on 167. Connie Code 98034 Kirkland Stack the freeways! 6 lanes one way, sit on the I don't care Farmer's Market other like I-5 over the Ship Canal. No acquisitions - just vertical. Corban Cooper 98012 Feedback Form I'd like to respectfully submit my opinion that a No tolled express lanes. tolled express lane would not be helpful for the region. Instead, I humbly suggest the following: 1. Three general purpose lanes the entire stretch of I- 405 - no exception - no bottle necks. 2. Add fly over ramps on the car-pool lanes at major freeway intersections like 169, I-90, I-5 and 522. 3. Make car pool lane effective M-F 5-9am and 3-7pm only and a general purpose lane otherwise. 4. Add full entrance merge lanes between all intersections allowing for entering traffic to get up to speed and for exiting traffic to merge, slow down and exit. 5. Provide wide shoulders for stalled vehicles along entire stretch of I-405 - no exceptions. This will solve all current problems now and well into the future.

Page 73 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Corban Cooper email or website My suggested solutions to the major congestion I recommend passing on the idea of a toll problems along I-405 as can be partly evidenced in express lane as described in Phoenix, AZ freeway planning are as follows: (http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/tolling/eastsidecorri dor). 1. Add an exit and entrance lane at all exits along I- 405 (these lanes just allow for merging of oncoming and exiting traffic and don't extend through an over/under pass.)

2. Add at least one or two general purposes lanes for the entire length of I-405 with no bottle necks at any spot whatsoever making every section on I-405 have at least three general purposes lanes minimum the whole way length.

3. Add HOV flyover ramps at connecting freeway points (I-405/I-5 Tukwila; I-405/167 Renton; I-405/I- 90 Bellevue; I-405/520 Kirkland; I-405/522 Woodinville; I-405/I-5 Lynnwood) This allows all HOV traffic to freely transfer to any other freeway going any direction at these major freeway intersections without having to cross over the other general purpose lanes. THIS IS HUGE and will have TREMENDOUS results.

4. Remove all Clover Leaf freeway ramp systems

5. Change existing HOV restrictions to M-F 6-9am and 3-7pm only. Any other time or any other day, HOV is a general purpose lane. Want to toll it during this time??? Sure, fine, as long as you make the above changes first.

Thank you for the opportunity to share. Keep up the great work! Courtney Norris email or website I received your online survey card, and had I believe that adding tolling to the current questions about this, as I think the information express lanes would be a GREAT idea, however, given might be a little vague. I understand you are adding more express lanes to make money for considering adding two new lanes that would toll the state is not a good idea. solo drivers in the express lanes. I am wondering, are these brand new lanes you would be adding? Or are these lanes that are already express lanes that you would simply be adding the tolling capability too for solo drivers? Or would there be two express lanes in each way? I really do think a diagram or further description would be very helpful if trying to do a study. I want to be able to share these thoughts in your survey appropriately.

Page 74 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Courtni Bailey 98002 Comment Form I think the Eastside corridor would be better served I think this would be a great idea. One, people I would use the toll lanes and pay for I think that adding express toll lanes Yes, it would be appropriate for tolls (electronic) if we had light rail the entire corridor that linked to that carpool or use mass transit would be able them when traffic is super heavy and I would improve my travel time. If it collected on the these toll express lanes Seattle. Other major cities have mass transit that to use them and get the benefits of faster need to be somewhere quickly. To would save me twenty minutes from to pay for road improvements in the hooks all their suburbs to the major metropolitan moving traffic. Plus, people that are in a hurry commute to work I use public Auburn to Bellevue, then it would be same corridor. I would be inappropriate area. Seattle needs to grow-up and do the same. and can pay for not being eco-friendly. One of transportation , but there are the rare worth my while to pay. for these fees to fix other parts I5 or And that includes the eastside where our major the current main issues is there is not an easy occasions I need to drive in. At least roads that are not within a reasonable technology employers are located. way to go from the HOV /HOT lanes on I167 to twice a month, I would use the express distance to I405 and I167. I405. If this was corrected this would make toll lane and pay for it. commuting on the eastside significantly better. Craig Baer 98036 Comment Form Please implement ASAP! Yes I feel this would be a great idea. It would I would pay, and would probably use it I think it would save time. If it saved me Of course! (electronic) allow people like myself to travel faster along 15-20 times a month. 20 minutes, it would be worth it. I405. Craig Edmonds 98374 Feedback Form As a daily commuter utilizing both 167 and 405, I was at first against the tolled lane. However, I have not seen any substantial slow down as a result. The primary issues are 1) no HOV in Pierce County on 167, and 2) southbound merge from 405 to 167... if you are to accomplish "Both plans acknowledge the importance of connecting I-405 and SR 167 to form a seamless corridor" then effectively merging from HOV to HOV is necessary.

Page 75 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Craig Horner email or website Here are my preferences for funding roads projects Express Lanes Tolling – OK option in order of preference:

1. Combine the 5 or 6 regional transit authorities into one organization with an elected manager for accountability to the tax payers. This should result in significant savings by greatly reducing bureaucracy and infrastructure that is duplicated many times over today. Savings could be applied to improved transit and/or directly to roads construction. 2/ Raise gas taxes – Good option a/ Fairest option – the more you drive, the more you pay. b/ Encourages onservation – I. Those drivers choosing a Prius over a Suburban pay less taxes ii. Encourages most direct route versus toll roads that drivers may choose to bypass, thus driving longer distances iii. Encourages traffic to stay on major highways instead of surface streets 3/ Express Lanes Tolling – OK option 4/ Toll roads and bridges – ad option a. Discourages conservation by drivers avoiding toll roads and taking the ͞long way͟/ b/ Not fair – some commuters pay tolls where others don͛t/ 5/ Expensive ar Tabs – Worst Option a. Discourages conservation by making it much more expensive to own a second dedicated ͞high mileage͟ commuter car and only using the crew cab truck for family camping trips. b/ Not fair – someone who elects to spend their money on a more expensive vehicle gets over taxed compared to someone that spends more money elsewhere, say an elaborate home theater, in which case they only pay a sales tax once on the initial purchase.

No matter how we fund improvements to our roads infrastructure, it has to be done. Transit will help, but roads capacity still has to be expanded significantly, Craig Johnson 98056 standard mail My assumption is that if 2 or more people in a Yes, good idea. The congestion on I-405 + SR I personally would not pay to use the Yes, for these reasons (Q #2) speaking Yes, of course that makes sense. vehicle, they're allowed to be in a HOT-lane for free 167 has been bad for too many years. This HOT lane since I'm usually with another for "everyone," I don͛t think very much and that the idea of HOT lane is to allow single would "spread-out" said congestion and allow person, which enables me to drive in this time actually needs to be saved. It's a occupancy vehicles into the lane while making sing occupancy vehicles a chance to "be in what lane anyway, but these HOT lanes would matter of flowing traffic not the parking revenue AND helping fix the bad traffic situation by would normally be a fairly open lane" as is open traffic and be better for single lot. spreading said traffic out. often the case. drivers in the non-HOT lanes, such as for myself, if driving solo in the not-HOT lane.

Page 76 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Curt Kamp 98034 Comment Form yes...but I think that light rail would be best 10 25% yes (electronic) Daigoro Toyama Feedback Form I am absolutely against the idea of creating a toll express lane on I-405. To me, the purpose of express lanes is to encourage carpooling so people become less dependent on automobiles. Letting solo drivers use the express lanes with money will NOT help serve that purpose. Besides, that'd be utterly unfair to the genuine carpoolers. Just because the wealthy folks on the Eastside want to drive on the express lanes alone, doesn't mean it has to be done. DAMIEN GALLOT 98004 Comment Form I think some relief e.g. 2 trips per months for free to This is a good idea, traffic on I-405 is starting to Occasional trips. Once a month 50% faster travel e.g. 45mph vs. 30mph Yes (electronic) people below a certain revenue e.g. $30k be very congested and planned population average increase will only make the matter worse Dan email or website Government gives a lot of lip service to treating people equally, but the practice of punishing those who can͛t afford to pay for the privilege of driving in the express lanes is terrible. It seems that those with money and influence continue to get favored treatment/ In addition, the ͞diamond͟ lanes were originally intended to reward those who carpooled or in some manner transported more than one person per vehicle. Now suddenly it seems that we͛re not interested in reducing the number of cars on the road, we͛re interested in how much we can collect/ This practice violates the ͞green͟ attitude that is so popular, but often is just meaningless when put into practice—like rewarding drivers who can pay more.

Individual wealth wins AGAIN!! Dan and Liz open house Hemenway Dan Crawford 98005 Comment Form Anything that lessens the amount of cars idling Yes. Sounds like a good source of funding. 0 times. I primarily use a bike or bus to Given how little I drive on the freeway, I Yes. (electronic) sounds good to me. I live next to 520 and I'm sure get around. don't think this applies to me. the air quality would improve if we could get cars moving more efficiently. Dan Grand 8011 Feedback Form I think that the toll road would be a great idea. I would gladly pay to be to work faster. I cannot stand the 405 the way it is right now. please put up the tolls quickly!!! Dan Grayuski open house

Page 77 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Dan Mathis email or website From: [email protected] (FHWA) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 2:14 PM To: ECTollingStudy Subject: Eastside Corridor Tolling ECT Team,

I had a question which I didn͛t get the opportunity to bring up at yesterday͛s meeting.

- Is there any benefit to the corridor operations by doing any work on the short stretch of I-405 on the south side from I-5 to SR-167?

Overall, the draft tolling video is a great tool to increase education and awareness--my compliments to the team. I do have a few comments on the video shown. Please pass these comments on to Colleen Gants or others on the Communications Team for her/their consideration.

- Many of the slides/photos appeared to be somewhat ͞washed out͟/ This may have been due to the screens in Renton͛s ity ouncil chambers/ In any event, a check to see how the video appears on other screens may be prudent. - I noted there were different volumes to the narrator͛s voice/ ! fine tuning of the volumes so they͛re similar would help/ - I noted that ͞Jessie͟ drove into the HOT lanes where the HOV/HOT lane began/ She didn͛t drive into the HOT lanes across the dashed lines as mentioned in the narration. I suggest the narration be modified or new video showing Jessie driving across the dashed lines be taken and incorporated into the video. - The animation with the bus and vehicles in the general purpose (GP) lanes would be more effective if a larger section of the corridor with more vehicles could be depicted. The twenty or so vehicles which would then be removed could be more spread out amongst the traffic in the GP lanes showing how it positively effects traffic rather than taking all of the vehicles off in one small area.

Thanks for the opportunity to provide comments. Should you have any questions on my comments or need further clarification please feel free to contact me by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at (360) 753-9413.

- Dan Dan Reisinger open house

Page 78 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Dan Ruder 98006 Comment Form If this is converting the existing HOV lanes to I don't take 405 that much for If it saved me 15 min or more from I would rather the money be saved to (electronic) express tool lanes, that's fine. I would not like commuting because I take 90. If the Bellevue to Woodinville, it would be build more trains. It's funny, but 405 to see vehicle new lanes be added to 405 traffic was really bad and I needed to use worth it. seems to have undergone constant because the space should instead be used for 405, then yes, I'd pay to use the express construction for the last 20 years. rail. Once new lanes are used for cars, nobody toll lanes. Removing the S curves was the single will want rail. I worked in Tokyo before and biggest improvement ever. The next big found rail was super convenient. It's what we improvement like that is rail as it gets need for Puget Sound . you from A to B in the same amount of time because it's not tied up in traffic. I'd use trains all the time if they were available. Dana Simpson 98006 Comment Form Tolls seem like an unfair option. All citizens pay NO. We need to focus on better mass transit I would not pay to use express lanes. This Not sure if it would improve travel I don't think it's appropriate to collect (electronic) taxes that should cover road improvements and options. does not seem like a fair option. times. tolls travel options. I'm also concerned about continually widening the roadways when they are already infringing on several neighborhoods. Daniel Hanson email or website Toll lanes are not an effective means of taking commuting vehicles off the roads. Light rail with hubs served by busses is the way to go and needs to be started NOW! Daniel Kinney Comment Form No. Adding more lanes will encourage more No. (electronic) traffic. 10 lanes of traffic is an insult to the environment and the neighborhoods. Investment should be in mass transit such as light rail. Daniel Young 98055 Comment Form Stop taxing roads! Tell Gregiore to pay the toll. How long before NO. Never. Non toll lanes yes. No toll. NO. (electronic) we can't drive on road for free? Danielle Sinclair Feedback Form I applaud the proposed expansion of the HOT lane system. While I do not use the HWY 167 HOT lane on a daily basis, it has nonetheless been a godsend. It is difficult to gauge the financial benefits of not being late to an important meeting or of reaching the hospital in a timely manner despite heavy traffic. However, those benefits are quite real, and I am grateful for them. Thanks for making them possible, Danielle Darko Kirovsla 98033 Kirkland I should get paid to drive on your roads, because if I Not at all Never No, nothing. No. Farmer's Market didn't drive you should not have jobs! Darla email or website your survey did not work but I watched the video the one thing I did not under stand was as she drove under the toll sign that charged her when she first enter the lane but was she charged each time she passed under a toll sign for as long as she stayed in the toll lanes if so that long drive could cost a person way to much could you make this much clearer???

Page 79 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Darla Kersh email or website just because you can't put a toll on a road already This is just a another way to rip off the general built so you now you want to build extra lane and masses the money you say that will be used for make them toll lane under a new name or just this will be used to make more of these lanes another way to say toll lane, other wise you would on other roads. not be able to do make a toll lane this. This is just a another way to rip off the general masses the money you say that will be used for this will be used to make more of these lanes on other roads. your base this on the fact that people will be willing to pay to drive in you new cost more to drive lanes and what will you do if it don't happen the way you think and what about people that jump in and out a white line won't stop them any more then diamonds have for short lengths now. I think money has been the only thing you have though about in this course of building these lanes. what about the money that got you started to build your new toll lanes we will still be paying that cost as well (extra gas tax, tag license cost ...) will any of that cost be lower because you have collected extra money from your toll lanes hum to off set that cost. no all you want to do is collect more and more. no wonder we can't get a head life.

Darla Kersh Darren 98375 Puyallup Thanks Yes, it will help with the project 5-10 Yes, 15 minutes Definitely Gulbransen Meeker Days Darren email or website We here in Washington have some of the highest Your idea for more toll lanes is very bad. As a Halbakken taxes in the country, and I am not surprised you are taxpayer I should not have to pay double taxes trying to expand taxing even further to the roads. just because I happen to live next to a road you You already are taxing over .54 on every gallon of decide to toll, while other roads are widened gas not including the federal gas tax, then all the without a toll. This is unjust, unfair, and fee's on licensing our cars and many other taxes. unequal taxation. Now you want to tax the roads as we drive them. It is outrages and wrong. You think everyone is a ignorant fool and will blindly send you even more money. You can only get so much blood from the taxpayer before they have none left, and then the state goes bankrupt like California. Darren Simpson Bellevue Open House (Aug) Darrin Veit email or website We moved out here from Colorado about a year I like the idea of a toll option express lane on I- ago and had a similar project initiated on I-25 405. through Denver which was a great option for commuters. My only concern would be ensuring that the funds generated from the toll fees would be used exclusively for future transportation initiatives and not be funneled into other projects not related to relieving traffic congestion.

Page 80 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Darshan 98021 Comment Form What is the timeframe for this project? Do the Yes, it would ease the congestion during When I am in hurry, like going to the Yes, when there is no bumper to Yes, as long as it is reasonable. The trend Rauniyar (electronic) voters have authority to say "Yes" or "No" when the commute time. I would also ask that airport. I might pay once a week bumper traffic and traffic is moving at is that toll is increased every year. The toll goes up? Who sets the toll rate and will it Carpool/Vanpool lane time be changed. Right depending on cost. If it is more that $1.00 45-50miles/hr without stoppage. If I can challenge is to serve people without change during day /evening time? How do we now the time is 5am-7PM which does not make then I have to think twice. get to my destination on given time, having them pay higher tolls. guarantee the money collected goes to the proper sense at all. The heavy commute time should be then it is worth paying. But who can channels/authority for right purpose? from 5-9am and 3-6PM. so, this would ease guarantee that there will be no traffic congestion and allow single driver to use even in pay tolls? carpool lanes. Dave Terry 98033 Comment Form (electronic) Dave & Sally Comment Form Bad idea. Focus on improving and encouraging No!!!! I hate the express lanes on SR167 and What happened to encouraging No time savings. I plan my travel for the I think it is a lousy idea. It is not worth McCray (electronic) carpool lanes and mass transit. Not Express toll think they are non functional. Don't expand a carpooling? We are opposed to these traffic and don't have a problem! considering whether it is appropriate. lanes. failed program! Besides, the best option is to lanes, will lobby against them and will reduce the number of cars on the road. not use them. Dave Enger Bellevue Open House (Aug) Dave 98011 email or website I am in favor of solo toll lanes Gerstenberger Dave 98011 Comment Form Do Not add extra lanes I do not commute, but am in favor of No Yes Gerstenberger (electronic) using the HOV lane for tolling single occupant vehicles Dave Helland 98118 Feedback Form The hot-lanes on 167 south of 405 are not a useful example, but I do believe that a toll- express lane is a good idea in your study area. Dave Knoyle Renton River Yes, only from 405 north Yes, but not 167. Days Dave Kretschmer email or website My only comment is the 405 corridor is a mess, last time we heard that adding another lane on 405 would reduce traffic almost 40% we know that didn't work and here we are again. As for your mailer it says there is a survey, have you gone to the site there is no survey there just information. If you cant handle creating a survey what hope do we have that you can fix 405? All I know is the more lanes the better no matter what kind they are0 Dave Overstreet 98059 Comment Form Yes, I think this is a good idea. I think giving Yes, I think I would have occasions in Yes, I believe it would improve travel Yes. I think money collected from (electronic) motorists the option of either paying a toll or which it would be worth it to me to use time in the corridor. If I could save 15 to motorists in a corridor should be used for not paying a toll is the fairest way to implement the express toll lanes. If I absolutely had 30 minutes, it would be worth it to me roadway improvements in that corridor. tolling. I have a question, though: Aren't to get somewhere quickly while driving to pay a toll. If a bicycle path is included, bicyclists express toll lanes just another name for HOT up I-405, I would use them as long as should have to help pay for it with a fee. lanes like we currently have on SR 167?? they were priced reasonably. I would Motorists' fees should not be used to probably pay to use them two or three fund transit, bicycle and pedestrian times per month. paths, etc. Dave Russell Bellevue Open House (Aug)

Page 81 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? David 98022 Feedback Form The Eastside Corridor Tolling Study priorities should be consistent witht he goals and objectives of the State's HOV system design -- do more with less. In other words be more efficient. The message of the HOT lane system should be the same. We are still focusing on moving more people in fewer vehicles, that is the primary objective. While maintianing the HOV emphasis, if improved efficiency improves speed for all system users that's great. Variable Pricing provides users instant feedback -- through their pocket book it gives users a better understanding of the social cost of their travel choices, and provides an incentive to make choices that impact the community less -- like changing the time they travel, choosing a different destination, or using a higher capacity mode. Keep up the good work! David & Carolyn email or website Dear Friends, O'Grady You have mine and my wife Carolyn's vote of confidence in providing the two tolled express lanes on I-405. Any way to improve traffic flow is a good idea from our perspective. David Carlton 98056 Feedback Form The toll express lanes are fine to me, but can we do away with the double white lines on most of the carpool lane? They make it really annoying to use the carpool lane in off hours, and I see lots of people drive over them anyways, since it's hard to remember if you'll be allowed to escape before your exit comes up on 167. I dread getting double white lines on 405. David Connelly email or website No tolls!

I don͛t pay outrageous gas taxes to be charged additional taxes just to use a road. David F. 09007 Comment Form Disperse employment and population to Region's Good idea, but forget the tolls. (1). Would not pay because I travel off- (1). No; travel during off-peak periods. Yes. Plummer (electronic) hinterlands; this will reduce travel demand in the peak hours. (2) Less than once per year. (2). Would not pay any amount. Corridor. David Green 98002 standard mail If you don't change your taxing of business you will Take a poll of where the most people live at any By paying a toll you are saying it is ok to Design something that will benefit all tax Let the ferry riders pay for it, we have not need the new roads. business in Seattle and move that business to cheat if you can pay for it. I would use payers that use the road. been subsidizing there riders for ever. the city where the most people live keep doing the HOV lanes as they were originally until the roads clear out. designed.

Page 82 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? David Greenway email or website My wife and I live in Burley and work in Bellevue. We both car pool together.

I don't mind paying a toll "IF" they are kept to a minimum AND it decreases travel time by at least 50%. Example. It use to take me at least 40 minutes to travel from I-5 (Tacoma) to Gig Harbor on highway 16. That now takes me 15 minutes. That is acceptable.

At 3:00pm headed south on I-405 I think it currently takes me on average about 25 min. If a toll is put on I-405 it would be acceptable to me if my average travel time from Bellevue to Southcenter were reduced to 13 min.

Now if you could only do something with Federal Way to Tacoma. Actually it looks like they are getting ready to extend the carpool lane there - Woo Hoo! David Hall 98033 Comment Form There should be metering lights on the southbound Yes because traffic is still very slow going north ? 20 min I would have to look at a detailed WSDOT (electronic) entrance ramps on to 405 in and around the S of Kirkland and south around the S curves in budget analysis before I could give an curves. I believe all the traffic entering here in rush the afternoon. answer hour is what really bog everything down going south. David Knibb 98004 Comment Form I am appalled that our transportation We need more express lanes, but I am strongly I am opposed to allowing single occupant By encouraging drivers of single I am opposed to the concept of tolls for a (electronic) department is studying whether to open existing or opposed to opening them up to toll-paying vehicles in express lanes, regardless of occupant vehicle to use express lanes, number of reasons. Allowing single- new HOV lanes to single-occupant vehicles who pay single occupant users. We need more ways to how much toll they pay. you will ultimately slow down the occupant vehicles in express lanes a toll. HOV lanes were created to give folks more convince commuters to carpool or use public commute for everyone. encourages more congestion. incentive to use public transit and carpools, thereby transit. This proposal has the opposite effect. It cutting congestion, pollution, and reliance on encourages more people to drive their single- foreign oil. These are worthwhile goals. Opening occupant vehicles and add to the congestion. HOV lanes to single-occupant vehicles conflicts with these goals. By making HOV lanes more crowded and therefore slower, it would reduce the incentive to use transit or carpools. It would complicate HOV enforcement (how would police know if a driver had paid the toll?). And it would encourage other single- occupant cars to use HOV lanes without paying the toll on the assumption that they could get away with it. More troublesome is how this proposal, with others, adds to a trend of giving special privileges to the rich. I visualize freeways full of Fords and Hondas stuck in stop-and-go traffic, while BMWs in the HOV lane go whizzing by. David M. 98056 standard mail None. Thanks for soliciting comment through Yes, this is a good idea. It will speed up travel Yes, I would be willing to pay, though I Saving 10 minutes or more would make Yes, revenues from tolls should be Heineck mailers, which was the only way I heard of this times for solo drivers who don't like being don't travel far on I-405. I would pay it worth my while to pay a toll. targeted to the corridors on which they opportunity. stalled in traffic. about 4 times a month. are imposed, out of fairness. Page 83 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? David Maag 98026 Boeing Safety Yes, having the option to use the carpool lanes I would probably use them only when my Yes. I would pay $1 to $3. Yes. Fair - Renton would benefit anyone whether they are in the scheduled required me to be somewhere regular lanes or using the toll option. on time.

Maybe one or twice a month. David McCann 98040 Mercer Island No. Used them in California. Prices go up, they Put trains in. Improve buses. Discourage No. Summer get busy. cars. Tax gas. Celebration David Newton 98028 Feedback Form No tolling David Pfeifle email or website Having HOT toll lanes is a very bad idea. The purpose of the HOV lanes is to encourage people to use carpools or public transit. HOT lanes say that you can drive alone and not be delayed if you happen to have the money to afford it.

We should be encouraging people to share the ride. It takes more cars off of the road, uses less fuel and lowers greenhouse gas emissions. Single occupancy vehicles should be discouraged for all, not just those who can't afford to pay a premium. David Phipps 98058 standard mail Git'er done! Yes, this is an excellent idea. An alternative I currently have a Good-to-go Adding the toll lanes would improve my Most definitely. I can't think of any better north/south throughway is essential for future transponder for the HOT lane on SR 167 travel time by easing the congestion at use! traffic control, as an alternative to I-5. and use it when traffic is heavy and I the SR 167/I-405 interchange. An need to get to my destination on time. improvement of at least 5 minutes in my travel time is worth the toll. David Ritter email or website Thank you for allowing the motoring public this venue to share their thoughts about more "CAR POOL LANES".

As a "professional driver" (I drive semi's) I think that a better choice would be to "encourage" rotating work shifts by area businesses as a way to alleviate high volume congestion times. As a driver of a large truck it sometimes takes longer to drive from Ft. Lewis north to Seattle/Kent that it does to travel from Portland, Oregon to Seattle! LOL! Also remember that Owner-Operators pay a much larger portion of highway taxes with our fuel purchases, than the average Joe Public pays in an entire year. Limiting lane usage is not the answer, changing the commute patterns is. Thank you for this opportunity to express my concerns. David Rogers 98006 Comment Form This is a great example of a use tax in action. I hope Yes! We need more road capacity! 3-4 times a month. I'm not usually in that I don't usually use that corridor (I use Absolutely! (electronic) it pans out. much of a hurry I90). But on days where i90 is a problem, I might use I405 to switch to 520.

Page 84 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? David Rosler Feedback Form The HOV lane was designed to provide an alternative lane for people willing to carpool, vanpool or take the bus. The I-405 carpool lanes are about the only ones in the greater puget sound area that actually work (carpool and you'll get to work faster). The I-5 carpool lane is often not a good alternative to the main lanes (just as slow). Allowing wealthy individuals (with bigger cars and less fuel efficient cars) to puchase their way into the HOV lane (which was designed to promote fuel and emission reduction) should not be contemplated. David Rowell Feedback Form Hi I understand that the HOT type concept for I-405 may increase the number of vehicles traveling at 45mph or more, but I think this is an incomplete measure and a potentially deceptive statistic that shows HOT in an incorrectly positive light. Sure, HOT increases the number of vehicles at 45mph or more, but what does it do to the average speed of all vehicles? Isn't that the most relevant measure of all? My guess is that the average speed of all vehicles is lower with HOT than with regular lanes. It would be relevant and appropriate to advise that information too in the materials you offer for consideration. Thank you David M Rowell Resident and commuter since 1985. David Snell 98038 Feedback Form Toll expressways are an awesome way to get the expressways paid for. Seems to work great in other places and allows the state to pay off bonds with income from the very same project it funded. Not sure who could object to this (though I am sure a lot will). The pay to use system for new services is quite appropriate so as long as the funds generated are used solely for the project pay off and not diverted. David Taylor Feedback Form Traffic flows best when flowing smoothly. It's analogous to fluid flow - turbulence is lossy. At the moment we have many junctions where HOV traffic has to cross 3 or more lanes to exit the freeway and similarly to enter the freeway. Take the recently re- modelled section of I-405 between SE 8th and I-90. It's better than it was but needs a lot of improvement to reduce the crossing of traffic flows and resultant reduction in traffic flow. Aside from that, it's dangerous!

Page 85 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? David Wiggins 98112 Feedback Form Hello- I would like to strongly voice my support for tolling on both I-90 and Hwy 520. I think it is critical to not only pay for the new construction necessary, but also to encourage use of public transportation or other non-SOV methods of transportation. Variable tolling also makes sense, as has been implemented in the HOT lane on Hwy 167 to further influence off-peak use or other modes of transit during rush hours.

Page 86 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? David Wilson email or website How does the tolling automation identify if the vehicle as a qualified carpool vehicle?

Usually my wife will place our sons in the rear seats. Therefore, if the passengers are not visible to other drivers, how does a machine do it?

Presently, the system allows people to make their own decision on whether or not they qualify as a carpool and this is monitored periodically by law enforcement. To continue this model of trust, users would responsible for making arrangements to pay the toll on a voluntary basis (like the entrance fee at the Mowich Lake entrance of Mt. Rainier Park). However, the model that is proposed changes this to a no-trust model and a the state sends an invoice to the person of record. Therefore, since I am the registered owner of the vehicle my wife drives, should I expect to receive an invoice for my wife driving in this lane when she had children seated in the back seat? Is the plan to give me some new work each month to adjust the invoice for the times that she drove the car with children either with a form I need to send in or stopping by some office and discussing the matter?

Is the cost of the automation, it's maintenance and related staffing expected to be fully covered by tolls collected?

Who is accountable for the toll when the vehicle is reported stolen? Does the system contact the police departments when the plate of a stolen vehicle is identified? If an arrangement to identify stolen plate numbers has been made, what other arrangements are made with the police department such as checking for expired tabs or out of state plates, non-resident plates on resident vehicles?

Some temporary plate numbers are barely visible through tinted glass. Some custom license plates have letters printed in a new narrow type that is difficult to read. How does the system account for these? In other words, will the lanes soon be filled with people leveraging hints about how to avoid the automated tolls once such weaknesses are tested and made common knowledge.

How are persons with plates from out of state/out of country billed? What is the penalty for not paying a toll from the automation? Can outstanding tolls be settled with the DOT at the ferry or SR-16 tollbooth? Or late fees collected there as prerequisite to entrance? Annually as a prerequisite to registration renewal?

Page 87 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Dawn Johnson 98028 Bothell RiverFest Need to take some lessons from Indiana. Less talk Yes, DO SOMETHING. TALK IS CHEAP. Yes, not likely to pay, but my husband Some Yes, need better roads to attract people more do! would if needed to pick up our son at to the area due to housing costs. school. Dean Valente 98012 Comment Form I like the idea you are improving what we have. No. Extend light rail to this corridor. This This idea promotes the use of cars. Lets Of course it would. This depends on Yes. It makes sense to do this. (electronic) However, please think of the long range impact. If would give commuters a reliable transportation focus on getting to our destinations on how close I am to being late. we take light rail seriously, it could solve our system that would run pretty much on time. time with less cost and less expensive road improvement issues. environmental impact. Deanna Schuler 98006 Comment Form No because there are no viable highway options to This is a good idea. It is also a good idea to I would pay the toll to use the faster If the traffic would be flowing at 45mph, Not only to fund improvements, but to (electronic) utilize during construction, compressed develop another route to facilitate traffic lanes on 405 about 10 times per month. using the lanes would reduce travel time fund highway expansion that prevents construction schedules will be imperative. State and between these points. For example, in Bellevue, almost by half (over sitting in regular the need for people to all converge onto city DOTs have been very good about sharing the 148th Ave SE should be converted from a 405 traffic). 405. scenarios so that drivers understand the process surface street to push more North-South traffic better and can have more patience during as an alternative to using 405. construction. Keep that up. Deb Black email or website What would tolling do to the vehicles that do not use the tolling lanes? It seems to me the tolling lanes would cram all the other (non paying) drivers into an even more crowded driving condition. It looks like that is how it is working on 167 -- if you don't pay, you have heavier traffic than before the toll lane. Debbie email or website I just have an observation about the Totem Lake section of 405. Since the work was completed on the Totem Lake section of I- 405, the traffic flows better through there but slows down a little further north. All this seems to have accomplished is to move the slowdown north. This is very annoying! Especially at 2:30 in the afternoon. Also when we were told about the new off ramp for 405 being built ( transit). I was under the impression that anyone would be able to use that exit. Not just transit and carpool. As a taxpayer who lives in that area it would be very nice to be able to exit there and avoid the slowdown that is accruing at the 160th exit. Debbie Wilhelm Feedback Form Allowing this does NOTHING to curb the single Once again, the Toll HOV lane proposals only occupant driver problems we already have, which is describe benefits but not the downside of causing the majority of our traffic problems. This having them! I AM SO AGAINST allowing single does nothing to encourage them to find BETTER occupant drivers to pay for express service commute options. Being allowed to pay a fee to lanes! drive in HOV lanes is NOT a BETTER alternative to our traffic issues! All I see is the state collecting more roads revenue with this option but it does NOTHING to decrease the traffic on the roads. Thanks, but NO THANKS! Deborah Black email or website What would tolling do to the vehicles that do not use the tolling lanes? It seems to me the tolling lanes would cram all the other (non paying) drivers into an even more crowded driving condition. It looks like that is how it is working on 167 -- if you don't pay, you have heavier traffic than before the toll lane.

Page 88 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Deborah R. Lewis 98031 standard mail DO NOT USE THE DOUBLE WHITE LINES - THEY ARE The HOT lanes are a good idea so that single Once or twice per month, given that I I am not sure that it would save time, as Yes, absolutely. Any money collected THE MOST RETARDED THINGS EVER! AND VERY driver's can use them. Plus it could help pay for don't work on the east side. I haven't seen any data that any time should pay for improvements. DANGEROUS!! improvements. has been saved on SR 167. Dee Hayward email or website I didn't really care for the eastside transportation I think the idea is that you need to change your questionnaire that I took - my feeling, really, is if behavior to get the rewards - pretty simple you want to drive in the faster express lanes, then really join a car pool or a van pool or get on the bus. Letting single drivers in for cash really isn't the idea. Dell Underwood Phone comment Society has too many haves/have nots hurting our communities. HOT lanes benefit people with money. GP lanes will be more crowded and hurt people without money. Dennis Chin email or website For what it's worth, my preference would be for NO TOLL whatsoever. Dennis Hagardt 98031 Renton River I oppose the current Hot Lanes program, Days however, the Legislature disagrees with my viewpoint. One improvement I strongly recommend – get rid of the double line, no lane change rule. Every day I see multiple violations. Commuters unfamiliar with the double white lines do not understand they cannot legally change, or they forget. You cannot access all exits because the double lines forbid that. As always, slow drivers in the Hot Lanes create frustrations for drivers behind them, sometimes this creates the intentional lane change violation. Lane change should be made legal again with a solid white line, as all other state HOV lanes are divided. Dennis Hagardt 98031 Comment Form I'm tired of contact my legislative reps about this, No!!! Give the general public additional lanes. Stop the tax on travel, and preference for The double-white-lines promote traffic NO!!! (electronic) like Rep Geoff ?. They don't listen to us. I refuse to I405 has been under constant widening the rich. violations and safety risks. Unless you support them now. construction for 35 years. Our transportation live in this corridor, it's too difficult to planners tax but don't plan well. understand . I see people crossing everyday illegally. People are afraid to use the lanes for risk of being trapped behind a slow mover, or their next exit.

Page 89 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Dennis Hodge email or website I also have one question. I was disturbed to see in the "artist's rendition" that the carpool limit (for free travel) has been upped from 2 to 3 people. I have read your FAQ and pdf documents. Even though there is a question on "How does this impact carpool traffic" (similar to that) there is no mention anywhere that I can find in the documents about increasing the carpool size requirements. This is a serious change for the thoughtful ones who always carpool when we can, and needs to be surfaced if indeed that is what you are proposing. Otherwise, we will feel there is a bit of bait and switch when we are surprised to find that the nice two-person carpoolers of the Eastside suddenly have to pay tolls they did not know about. Please update the FAQ and surface this information more prominently if indeed that is what you are proposing, otherwise correct the incorrect graphic showing the two lanes and transition section. Thanks for your service! Dennis Hostetter 98034 Kirkland No! Cannot enter/exit at any point. Not No No. Residential streets will suffer also Farmer's Market tolls on I-90 and SR 522 WILL CAUSE many people to use side streets to go around Lake Washington. Juanita Drive is already way overloaded. Dennis email or website Turning freeways into revenue streams for the For the record, the only opinion I can give you McDermott government will not solve congestion, it will is that I am completely opposed to this tactic to encourage you to create additional congestion so raise revenue, find another way or quit so we you can sell the taxpayers a shorter commute on can hire somebody who will actually attack the pavement they all paid for. Next you will put toll problem and fix it instead of using it to lanes at all government offices which are so slow generate a revenue stream. Govt needs it's unreal! Maybe government offices should be spending reform not tax reform! open until 9:00PM so taxpayers can still work and then take care of business with you. Dennis Neuzil Bellevue Open House (Aug) Dennis Neuzil Feedback Form Give priority to construction of managed lanes -- HOT lanes -- rather than adding general purpose lanes. I support road pricing / tolling on both a facility basis as well as on the region's entire freeway and major arterial network Dennis Rushforte 98335 Puyallup If drivers use it correctly it could work When I'm in a hurry A steady speed of 40 to 50 mph would I use the new Narrows Bridge daily. Meeker Days be worth it. Where does that money go? Where does the gas tax go? Make it appropriate for the users. Denuse Trussler open house Derek Deich Feedback Form DOT and the Olympia politicians just don't get it...... NO TOLLS period. You will hurt the working poor, small business and create more traffic jams. It doesn't work, no matter how you screw the figures.

Page 90 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Derek Comment Form Tolls should be 24/7. I think the current 167 HOT Transit options should be preferred over any I use the bus to go between Renton and On those occasions when I have to drive, Tolls should be directed to improving Dexheimer (electronic) lanes should not have free periods, even when car-based solution. The money required to Bellevue currently. I might use the HOT I would consider paying the toll. Saving transit and getting people out of cars. traffic is very light. build these lanes should instead go to lanes along this corridor if I needed to 10-15 minutes would be worth it. extending and improving Sounder service, and drive on a given day, depending on how an eastside Link rail corridor. bad traffic was. Desirée L. email or website I appreciate that online survey asking the opinion of I am wholly opposed to this project. Lockwood the I-405 and SR 167 Eastside Corridor project, but was very disheartened that it did not have a place for free-form comments. Thus, to me, it seemed very leading.

Carpool lanes should be used to reward responsible commuters who choose to carpool. They should not be used to allow wealthy commuters to ignore this social responsibility. If you really wanted to make a difference, perhaps you should consider allowing hybrid vehicles to use the lanes rather than gas-guzzlers who can afford the toll. Diana Thompson open house It should be a larger toll for longer distances. I favor tolling. A carpool should be 3+ at times people drive to and from work (e/g// 6.30 am – 9:00. 4:00 and 6:30) On weekend and other time carpool should be 2+. Dick Paylor 98004 email or website I fear the rush to tolling is driven more the I would only support tolling to fund specific opportunity to get a new revenue stream coming improvements/added capacity with a legally into the State's budget and forcing people out of binding commitment that tolling revenues cars vs. building the capacity needed to meet would not be used for any other purpose. demand, reduce congestion and benefit the Without such a commitment I would not economy. support tolling as a new revenue source because I do not trust the State.

Page 91 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? dick raasch email or website Why is everything that is stated in your web site This is a terrible, terrible idea. about express toll lanes only with the viewpoint of having express toll lanes? Why is there nothing about the downside of express toll lanes? As in not everyone can afford to use these lanes. It appears to me that your survey is set with the viewpoint of having the lanes and not a neutral position as to whether we want one or not. Also what are the demographics of people that take this survey? Are the poor included? Or only the rich?

I think it is a major mistake when government takes something like the road system and excludes a segment of their populace.

There are certain things that have to be made available for all and that does include the PUBLIC highways.

Nowhere in any of the information that you give to us are any specifics except that which is directed to the choice that you want.

How much money is expected to be made?

How much money has been made on the 167 fiasco?

Why not open the HOV lanes to everyone except during rush hour as they do in Phoenix??

I think that you are conducting this survey with a mind that is already made up. Dick Raasch 98056 Comment Form I believe that the people that are elected to office This is NOT a good idea. The road system I would NEVER pay to use express toll NO There is no travel time savings that Not just NO, but HELL NO!!!!!!!! (electronic) need to keep and improve the road system for ALL should be available for ALL tax payers, not just lanes. would ever make it worth my while to not just the rich. That means increasing the lanes the rich. Do not exclude people that cannot pay a toll. on the road system even if it means raising taxes. afford to pay the tolls. If you put roads in, do it Tell the legislators to step up and do their job. for ALL to use. Have some backbone and do something for everyone not just the rich. No matter what they have to do including raising taxes!!!!! Dieter Bury 98006 Comment Form Not a good idea. It would be a better idea to You fail to explain why toll lanes can I would be happy to pay for public Tolls should be used for public (electronic) build public transportation, like light rail. That's move 70% more cars, but regular lanes transportation that is fast and transportation and therefore to reduce the ultimate (rail)car-pooling. Our priority only 10%. That does not make sense. It's convenient (high speed trains or light traffic. should be public transportation and not to also unfair to poor people who can not rail), but not for more streets. encourage even more people to use their car. pay the toll. Don 98005 Comment Form NO! - we don't call them FREEWAYS for nothing NEVER, NEVER, NEVER! NO - For me no travel time saved is NO! Stop wasting our time & money on (electronic) , get your priorities in order and quit wasting worth paying a toll, ever! projects such as Light Rail that we all the taxpayers money. have to subsidize and few use. Don DeMulling open house

Page 92 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Don DeMulling 98372 open house Smart move would be to stack I-405. Free on the bottom, exiting roads, toll on the top road. You will get four times the roads for the buck. Don Kaufman email or website Allowing pay-for-use in the HOV lanes makes sense. Using the free-market pricing system to add drivers to target occupancy helps the other lanes too! Adding tolls to all lanes of the bridge is dangerous. Many of my east side neighbors rarely visit Seattle as it is. The psychological impact of a toll will further separate the two metropolitan areas. It spells disaster for Seattle as we will build everything we need over here in Bellevue, Kirkland, and Redmond. I believe the tolls on the roads are the best thing that could happen to these cities and will slow Seattle development by a measurable 10% or more. Good luck! Don Don Newsome Comment Form How do you collect tolls. The signs on SR167 do not It might be. However, I am leery of any long Frankly I would not like to pay more than I think it would improve (reduce) travel Yes. (electronic) tell the tourist driving rental cars how that is done. term predictions on what could happen in the $0.25, but I know that will never time. But I would only be willing to pay future. As good as traffic engineers are there happen! I might use it once or twice a $0.25. are so many factors in predicating the future month to go from Renton to Bellevue. that I question the projected improvement. Even though I use SR167 I have never That is not to say I am against the concept, just paid, since I only use it when I have a car the predicated results. pool. Frankly I have never understood how you pay. How can a tourist pay driving a rental car. How can the equipment tell if the driver has a child in the back seat which allows his to drive in the HOV lane. Don Ruckman email or website As per SR167 HOV lane. The current experimental "pay for use" and "Car Pool" (2 or more), with the limited access, in and out, is in my opinion a failure. I enter SR167 at 212th south bound, and must drive 1.7 miles before I can enter the car pool lane. Same thing north bound to exit to 212th, 1.5 miles. Entering at 180th south bound is about the same 1.5 miles. What does this accomplish by having such limited access to the car pool lane? It creates much more congestion in the 2 other driving lanes, and it seems that the combination of the "pay for use", and "car pool" usage is down in volume since this was implemented. I say this as a more than frequent user of SR167. My wife and I make many trips to Puyallup, Auburn, and Tacoma. Suggestions: 1) Make the accesses to the HOV lanes more frequent and closer to the entrances and exits. 2) Put the HOV lane back to a normal HOV lane, as before, and REDUCE congestion in the other 2 lanes. PREFERED SOLUTION. Page 93 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Don Ruckman 98058 Feedback Form As very frequent user of the I-67 express lanes (2 people only - I refuse to pay), the only real thing it provides is MORE congestion in the non carpool lanes because of the inadequate access to the car pool lanes. One must drive, in most cases 1+ miles to get into the lanes after entering the freway, and must get out of the lane 1+ miles prior to exit. You must improve the entrance and exit to the lanes to allow 2+ people to get into and out of the carpool lanes; thus, relieving congestion in the non carpool lanes. Donald Cox Comment Form Don't do this - it is the wrong solution for the long A bad idea. The solution to congestion is not to No. I would not use them. They are No more pavement. No more tolling. I Yes, if tolls are to be collected they (electronic) term of our transportation needs. Why not a light build more roads but to increase bus and heavy access lanes for those who can afford would not use them as I fundamentally should only be spent on the road they rail line up the rail road that used to run the dinner & light rail service. them only. think they are the wrong solution. are being use for. It is not right to toll train? one road for the benefit or another. Donald Feedback Form We travel From Lake Stevens to Kirkland/Totem Please , Please do not put tolls on our beloved Frankhouser Lake every day. We were so thankful for the new HOV lane on the 405. onramp going Northbound at totem lake. We drive a hybrid vehicle, carpool, and everything we can to help the environment , cut congestion etc. Now we will be forgotten as those that have money and want to pay a toll to do that which at one time we were praised in doing. Again it seems those that have the money will benefit than those that are trying to do the right thing! Interesting to see this article in the Bothell newspaper... how about in the newspapers in Everett etc and on TV about this so that those that use the lane legally can voice their opinion. Commuters will not have a "reliable" trip if this lane becomes congested, especially from those "faking" . We have observed many braking the law now, you will just be encouraging it more.

Please no Tolls on 405 or for Hwy 5..or hwy 9!!! Donald Ruckman 98058 Comment Form This applies to the current "pay for use" toll lanes Only if the access to the lanes are not so NO NO, my taxes are already paying for any THIS never happens,; remember the $.09 (electronic) on SR 167: 1) Make the accesses to the HOV lanes restrictive. The current experimental "pay for additional lanes you might add. (9 cent) a gallon gas tax implemented the more frequent and closer to the entrances and use" and "Car Pool" (2 or more), with the last couple years - where is that money? exits. 2) Put the HOV lane back to a normal HOV limited access, in and out, is in my opinion a lane, as before, and REDUCE congestion in the failure. I enter SR167 at 212th south bound, other 2 lanes. PREFERED SOLUTION. and must drive 1.7 miles before I can enter the car pool lane. Same thing north bound to exit to 212th, 1.5 miles. Entering at 180th south bound is about the same 1.5 miles. What does this accomplish by having such limited access to the car pool lane? It creates much more congestion in the 2 other driving lanes, and it seems that the combination of the "pay for use", and "car pool" usage is down in volume since this was implemented. I say this as a more than frequent user of SR167. My wife and I make many trips to Puyallup, Auburn, and Tacoma.

Page 94 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Doran Feedback Form The problem with the current implementation of Akutagawa carpool lanes on I-405 is that traffic always congests around on-ramp and off-ramps. This is because carpool lane drivers try to wait until the last possible moment to merge across 3-4 lanes of traffic to get to the off-ramp slowing all the lanes. Similarly carpoolers coming onto to I-405 from the on-ramps also try to move across the same 3-4 lanes of traffic in the opposite direction to get into the carpool lane as quickly as possible also slowing all the lanes. Not only does this slow traffic but it is also very hazardous causing numerous accidents due to the evasive maneuvering. Flyover lanes are a very expensive way to solve this. An inexpensive way to solve this problem is for the carpool or HOT lanes to be closed off (preferably with a curb or barrier) around all on/off ramps to prevent this. This works well in California. The traffic does not slow around every on/off ramp. Why is it not done here? In addition, not every on/off ramp needs be accommodated with access to/from the carpool lane. There should be limited entry/exit points from the carpool lanes, so they are treated more as express lanes. I believe that these options should be strongly considered in the implementation of carpool or HOT lanes and would result in more freely flowing traffic for all lanes.

Page 95 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Dorian Yeager email or website The SR167 HOT lane project has proven to be very Is a horrible idea. expensive to citizens. All citizens of this state are now subsidizing those who pay to use the HOT lane, as the money spent for that project was obviously not 100% funded by those getting the benefit of the project. Not only that, frequent travel on 167 will show anyone that enforcement is impossible, and violations are constant. Evaluation of the current revenue from the project, based on my estimates assuming constant revenue, was far in excess of 25 years to pay for itself via tolls. Obviously efficiency of traffic flow is seen as "revenue" due to faster movement of goods, but common sense tells us to look at the traffic flow during peak hours, which to the average driver is still dismal. How about 405? Did WSDOT not just sever the only rail line between the Tukwila Sounder station and the Eastside to improve traffic flow on 405? Is spending even more money on 405 a better idea than getting rail service out to that area? Hopefully a rail project IS on the table for the future, but when the time comes, will the money be there, or will it have been squandered on another HOT lane project that will do little to motivate commuters to get off the road? I thought that at one time the goal of the state mandated commute trip reduction plan was to get people out of their cars? Programs such as HOT completely undermine the goal of CTR, and take valuable money away from other projects that could make other modes of transportation more effective, and thus more attractive, and inline with the stated goals of CTR. Taken from the WSDOT website: "The Washington State Legislature passed the Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Law in 1991, incorporating it into the Washington Clean Air Act. The goals of the program are to reduce traffic congestion, reduce air pollution, and petroleum consumption through employer-based programs that decrease the number of commute trips made by people driving alone." HOT lanes are NOT in line with the majority of the stated goals above, and should therefore be summarily dismissed.

Page 96 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Doug Feedback Form that is crap that an express toll lane would move 70% more vehicles at 45mph and a general purpose would only move 10%. this is a difference of 60%. projecting out to year 2030 is a farce and you should admit that the data you have is based on alot of assumptions. should boeing leave the state, all the additional added infrastructure would not be needed. even during peak rush hour traffic, 405 south into renton is backed up in the HOV lanes. this does not remedy the problem only shifts it to the lanes that are moving. i've been in the HOT lanes on 167 and have only experienced increased commute times since it was implemented. the solution is to get cars off the road with a mass transit/rail solution. raising revenue is not an adequate justification to add an express toll lane. this is another case of Olympia trying to generate revenue for the gap in the budget. Doug email or website You web advertisement mentions many good things about tolling on I405 and SR 167. Have you been able to identify any downsides or problems to tolling this corridor? Have you identified any alternatives to tolling? Doug Feedback Form I travel to my office in Redmond on a regular basis, leaving my Port Orchard home around 0445, to avoid traffic jams. This would be worth the money to me, to have more time flexibility. IF, HOWEVER, I paid and traffic was still stalled, I'd scream. Long-term, I am AGAINST tolls, so this should be temporary, until more lanes and other options are available.

Page 97 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Doug de la Torre email or website Thanks for the toll and the research into traffic improvements.

I͛m wondering if other alternatives have been considered, specifically a ͞move right except to pass͟ campaign? In my experience, 3 lanes of traffic all moving the same speed is much less effective than the autobahn/auto route in Europe, where each lane left goes progressively faster. If we had signs to underscore the policy ͞move right except to pass͟, laws on the books to the same effect, and officers that enforced a ͞slower traffic move right͟ policy, we could more effectively increase traffic throughput.

What I͛ve seen with the 167 toll lane is that 1 slow car blocks up everyone in the lane, and because it is illegal to cross the line, once you are in, you are stuck, thus going as slow as the slowest. I had better average speed by NOT paying the toll, and getting out of the toll lane, because there were more gaps so I could move forward.

By simply making slower cars move right, we would open up gaps that would allow overall traffic to move more quickly. Doug de la Torre Comment Form Yes. I STRONGLY urge alternatives. I think tolls are Why continue to penalize single drivers? Most I would not pay. I'm a regular driver who No improvement. Traffic moves as-slow- Tolls might help localize costs to those (electronic) a bad idea, especially since it does nothing to make folks have changed to commuting where isn't willing to tolerate the price that a as-the-slowest, so a few slow drivers can who use them, which is politically easier drivers share the road better. I've used the tolls on possible, so the remaining single drivers are toll lane 'convenience' fee would cost in completely negate the potential gains. to pass than a general tax. Obviously if the way to Auburn, and what happens is you pay doing it because they have odd schedules or exchange for a possibly faster commute. Invest in legislation to require drivers to there is no alternative to tolls, then any the fee, get in the lane, then get behind some slow special circumstances. I don't like the idea of move right unless passing and you'd see money collected through tolls should be car. Because you can't legally change lanes, you are toll lanes, since it wastes precious space and a better gain. spent where the money is coming from. stuck going 10 or 20 MPH lower than the limit. I've makes it only available for those really learned that staying in the 2 lanes with ability to desperate drivers who need to get there now. move is better than toll lanes with no flexibility to Most of the time the lanes will be unused, thus move around traffic that just isn't keeping up. increasing congestion for single drivers. The main problem on the roads is that all drivers go the same speed, thus causing gridlock. If we had laws that you had to move right unless passing, it would have a greater effect. Slow drivers will gridlock us all, even if there are toll lanes.

Page 98 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Doug de la Torre email or website Thanks for the toll and the research into traffic improvements.

I͛m wondering if other alternatives have been considered, specifically a ͞move right except to pass͟ campaign? In my experience, 3 lanes of traffic all moving the same speed is much less effective than the autobahn/auto route in Europe, where each lane left goes progressively faster. If we had signs to underscore the policy ͞move right except to pass͟, laws on the books to the same effect, and officers that enforced a ͞slower traffic move right͟ policy, we could more effectively increase traffic throughput.

What I͛ve seen with the 167 toll lane is that 1 slow car blocks up everyone in the lane, and because it is illegal to cross the line, once you are in, you are stuck, thus going as slow as the slowest. I had better average speed by NOT paying the toll, and getting out of the toll lane, because there were more gaps so I could move forward.

By simply making slower cars move right, we would open up gaps that would allow overall traffic to move more quickly. Doug Goar email or website When I was 12, my parents bought a new house on the eastside. My mother drove us to our new school while the new house was being finished. I remember going by all the orange cones from Burien to Bellevue on the new 405 freeway.

I͛m 54 now, and I still see the constant ͞orange cones͟0 it has never stopped for construction/

!t this point, I don͛t think 405 will ever be ͞finished͟ as a construction project/ That road has served as a lifetime job to many workers.

Perhaps, at 54, I could be one of the toll booth workers now?

Page 99 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Doug Hall 98042 Feedback Form Decades upon decades of tax money spent/wasted, and no new alternative land routes for the majority of commuters, only more bottle necks. My commute used to be 45-50 minutes, and now it is 1:15 to 1:30 (sometimes more, and this during historic levels of unemployment). You must not have a "green agenda," but a "fuel tax agenda" based on fuel burning, and cars not moving. Surrounding all the traffic circles that have recently been built, are more stop lights choking main arterials, and planter boxes that futher choke the center of the arterials! Recently had to back my car approximately 1/4 mile, then pull a 180 degree turn in a "new" intersection, to get home. Why? Because your stupid planter boxes wouldn't allow for commuters to pass a stalled vehicle (lanes were narrowed to fit your planter boxes). Besides the fact that this goes against public safety, it's also not a reasonable expense to saddle tax payers with I have no idea, as to what else you could do, to further prove just how worthless you are. Doug McCracken 98033 Comment Form I would be surprised if the toll collected would I would need to see the amount currently being Rarely, once per month at most. No, I generally take the bus. Yes (electronic) justify the added capital expense. collected from 167. When I travel that road, most of the participants have multiple Additional comments (8/28). I am not opposed to passengers. There are few single occupants. I collecting a toll from individuals that want to use would be surprised if the incremental toll could the HOV lanes. However, I have serious questions pay for the required equipment. about the cost effectiveness of a toll system like HOT (or any other) for 405 that is being considered. The cost of the equipment, installation and maintenance is doubtfully recovered by the tolls received. Thank you. Doug Selix 98032 Comment Form We should be doing something to add lanes to I-5 Yes, Too much time is spent in cars going no Yes, I'm not a east-side commuter, but if I Yes, 40% would make it worth the cost. Yes (electronic) south of Tacoma to Olympia. That is getting very where. were I'd use it every day. Besides, most east-side employers bad. would pay to have employees at work earlier and less stressed Douglas email or website 1. All users should pay Not just solo drivers. It is a MacDonald big mistake to go forward with "free" HOV lanes for carpoolers.

2. Everybody should be able to take the survey, not just 167/405 users. The taxes that otherwise have to be paid to improve these roads are paid by all of us! So we all have a stake in users paying for the roads they use

Page 100 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Dr. James D. 98005 Comment Form I have lived in the Chicago area, where the tollways No. It is unfair for all the taxpayers when the I would pay only if a big emergency made It would not improve my travel time The tolls should not be collected. Why Berkley (electronic) were expensive to drive and were disgusting in their people with more cash in their pockets can buy it necessary to arrive at a certain time. It unless a lot of people were such foolish should Eastsiders have to pay for a disrepair on top of the excessive cost. We do not their way into more convenience. All the would average once or twice a year or spenders that they paid to get out of my better/faster road by tolls, while Seattle need to saddle the typical driver with a cost simply taxpayers provide the road; the big rollers zero times in an average month. lane into the toll lane. It would be worth people get good roads provided for to drive our highways. Surely we ought to build our shouldn't be able to pay their way into special the toll to me only if I couldn't make it to them? Should tolls be collected on the roads with money paid through all the normal treatment. It needs to remain egalitarian. something important without paying the Eastside, then that money OUGHT to go taxes. excess levy. into improving the road being traveled for the toll. Dr. Kelly 98011 Comment Form No amount of time saving is worth treating people It is a horrible idea. We need express lanes but I would not pay to use them! I think you I drive the corridor everyday and hate NO!!! Absolutely not! It should be illegal (electronic) so unfairly! Just bite the bullet and put in the road not with a toll. You are just making it easy for are unethical in considering this option! the traffic. More lanes are a good idea because it is bias. I consider it just like without a toll. Gas taxes were raised about 40 the rich and hard for those who struggle. This but a toll is a terrible idea. I would food tax. Those will lower income have cents to pay for roads. Use that money. is inequitable and should be illegal! rather sit in traffic than see the rich have to buy it and have to travel to work and it easy and the poor sit in the still bad you make it harder for them than the traffic! rich. It is wrong! Dr. Reg Jesshope 98021 email or website They are free for a reason & should stay that way. To be short # brief00I do not support ͞toll͟ If you want (& we need more lanes), add them for charges on our ͞FREE͟ways!! everyone & use the Express lane as it is, as it works just fine in our driving commutes. This is government intrusion, & enough is enough. No more taxes, no more tolls. What is this Government not getting!!!???!!! !nd I am an ͞independent͟, so no relationship to the Republican Party at all, let that thought go. Just build the lanes that we need more of & keep the express lane as it works fine. Thank-you. Duane Goehner Feedback Form The 405 corridor is not some remote location with I' am completely opposed to tolled roads in this need for express lanes...it is a high volume area, area, and would not use them. with traffic going in and out, not some city-to-city connector. The ENTIRE area is city. It is like putting a toll road on I-5 from Snohomish Line to SeaTac. Makes no sense because it is city the entire way. Neither does it from Bothell to Southcenter! It is a nightmare traveling there already, and adding more express lanes, toll or not, is not the solution. People I have spoken with have also said they would not use toll ways. I think our taxes that we pay plenty for should cover the transportation of 405, 520, I5, etc. Obviously you have a huge bias toward tolling, since you list the pros, but have failed to outline the long list of cons! You need to receive the heartbeat of the people, not your select committee members who many of them likely do not even use these roads in the first place. Duane Goehner email or website I am completely opposed to tolling. The 405 corridor is just that0a corridor/ Tolling a limited access road is not fair or right. My tax dollars are paying for that road, whether I travel alone or with the whole family. Such a highway needs free access for all, not just for the elite who can afford to pay. Doing so is really rather unethical, and is certainly not equal access. The rich can travel faster while the poor are stuck in traffic for hours?

Page 101 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Duane Goehner Feedback Form Complete opposed to Eastside Corridor tolling. It is not just a corridor, it is one town after another.... Such high volume of exits and entry are not an appropriate place for any kind of tolling. Moreover, this is a vital road that has been neglected far too long. Considering the volume of traffic, this should have state funds. Duane Hansen email or website It was a bad idea on 167 and now you are This is a really stupid idea. trying to expand it. I find this puzzling. Making more lanes for rich people is not what you should be doing. I do use the carpool lanes every now and then after 7pm when they are open. It is really great to just glide on up the freeway. You are asking me to pay for what I now get for free. Why would I do that? Three lanes of traffic move much better than just two lanes. We already have Express Lanes on 405. Right now I see a very scary trend. Tolls on 167, tolls coming on 520, and now you want to put tolls on 405?! I really don't want to live in a city that charges me to use the Freeways. (note the name, FREEways) This does nothing but cost me money and lessen my quality of life. The tolls on 520 alone will run me close to $1900.00 a year! Enough! No tolls! I really don't know how else to put this. Please don't give me the argument that people back east have had tolls for years as an argument for this project. That sounds way to much like the argument I used in vain with my mother. ( Timmy gets to have tolls, why can't I?) Sound familiar?

No Tolls, be smarter. Duane K. Heier 98092 standard mail More accountability and efficiency should be I think this is a good idea. It will always allow I do not have a need to use the express I do not travel in the corridor on a Yes, also in other less populated areas in incorporated in WADOT projects to instill trust in people with the greater need to get where they toll lanes. I would not use them in any regular basis and adjust my use with the surrounding community. the public that collected funds are not wasted so need to go in a reasonable amount of time that month. respect to existing conditions. For me to easily. they can plan for and rely on. save 1/2 hour would be worth a toll.

Page 102 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Dwight Baker 98034 open house I oppose "HOT lanes" and taking away general purpose lanes. The Good To Go concept is not reducing the number of single occupant vehicles on a given segment of freeway without impact on the remaining general purpose freeway lanes. Why should a SOV be able to "buy" a priority of a lane at all? HOT lanes are misguided way of controlling congestion by favored treatment of a privilege of persons who may or may not pay the taxes for a high tech tolling system. Dwight Kramer 98059 standard mail The I-405 and SR 167 interchange needs to be It's a good idea. 1) Don't know 1) Yes Yes. expanded more than usual. It's still a slow spot even 2) Rarely 2) We don't like toll-booths. They are after the new lanes have been added. Additionally, too slow. I don't know how to pay a the new communities east of Renton are causing photo toll. painful congestion on HWY 900. I suggest that HWY 900 be abandoned or moved to coincide with I-405 and I-90. I suggest that the new communities being built be given their own fast boulevard to I-90. Truly, HWY 900 at 4300 NE Sunset Blvd. should be just a neighborhood only street. Dwight Rousu 98052 Comment Form Yes, but ... present 167 does not help because Only when I need speed. Potentially 8 yes. 5-10 minutes? Should be used to create alternatives to (electronic) there is no apparent way to pay for the lane at round trips/16 passages in a month with using roadways for private vehicles. the time of use. current activities, but that is a max. I would go free if traffic is fast. Dyann Parker email or website I just completed your eastside tolling survey. I was hoping that there would be a 'comments' section at the end, but there wasn't. I have lived on the eastside for over 5 years, and the toll lanes on 167 still baffle me. There are no clear instructions on how to pay a toll if you want to use it. The Tacoma Narrows bridge has the same problem. My husband was ticketed last year for using it, but had no opportunity to do so.

If there is tolling, there must be education and choice. Drivers must know how and when to pay tolls in order to use a tolled lane. E.R. Erickson open house Earl Kalles 98373 Puyallup I think tolling is the way to go. Meeker Days

Page 103 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Ed Graczyk 98056 Comment Form Yes, depending on cost per trip. In WA we have $3 max. Would likely use it once or twice Depends on how far I'm going. If I have Yes and only that corridor. It is not (electronic) spent an inordinate amount of taxes over the a week on average. to pay $3 to save 10 mins to get from appropriate to tax those of us using that last 10+ years that are supposed to be spent on Renton to Southcenter because of the corridor only to benefit other parts of the solving transportation issues, yet we have seen 167 mess that is there CONSTANTLY, state. little improvement in traffic, congestion and then no. If I can pay $3 to shave 20 mins commute times over the years. In fact, the bad off a drive from Renton to Everett every economy has done more to reduce commute day then yes times in Western WA than the billions in transportation-related taxes. An express lane toll is effectively just another tax in one of the highest taxed states. If the best you can come up with using existing budget and no new taxes is a 10% improvement in traffic by adding free HOV lanes then I would be willing to pay a nominal fee (<$2-3/trip) for an express toll lane. Ed Irwin 98033 Feedback Form VERY nice and complete graphics and overall presentation. The staff knew what they were talking about. I was impressed by the five options and I'm a true supporter. One item missing was the financial benefit to businesses who would use the lanes almost irrespective of cost at the right time, when they just HAVE TO meet a client or lose a deal. Eddie del P email or website Looking at the way Hwy 167 is presently set up for I think the idea of adding 2 tolled express lanes tolled express is also a to Hwy 405 is a joke! joke! It sounds like the minus budget the immediate present and past state government got the state into is using these tolled express lanes to help pick up the budget. It's just a money maker (and not a very good one), that's all. It doesn't help traffic move along very well, in fact, I notice it doesn't get used very much outside of commute times! What a waste of money! Both these highways should have open lanes during non commute traffic times outside of: 6-9am and 3-6pm. The Santa Clara County roads in California is a "Good" example of how traffic moves much better in that respect. ! Bottom line, (NO Tolled Lanes!)

Page 104 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Edie Lie email or website I just completed the online survey and was I think the tolling lanes are a bad idea because disappointed to find there wasn't a place for they would encourage people to stay in their comments. single-occupancy cars.

We have global warming occurring because too many vehicles are spewing pollution into the air. The Seattle area is congested enough as it is. We need to have more carpools and mass transit! The East Coast cities have figured out mass transit and invested in subways, which are reliable transportation independent of car traffic. Why can't Seattle figure this out? We finally have light rail, but it doesn't help the Eastside Corridor at all. Buses are good and helpful, but we need mass transit that is independent of car traffic!

Please look to the future and build responsibly. Let's get on board with mass transit, not more cars on the road! Edward del Pilar email or website I think the idea of adding 2 tolled express lanes Looking at the way Hwy 167 is presently set up for to Hwy 405 is a joke! tolled express is also a joke! It sounds like the minus budget the immediate present and past state government got the state into is using these tolled express lanes to help pick up the budget. It's just a money maker (and not a very good one), that's all. It doesn't help traffic move along very well, in fact, I notice it doesn't get used very much outside of commute times! What a waste of money! Both these highways should have open lanes during non commute traffic times outside of: 6-9am and 3-6pm. The Santa Clara County roads in California is a "Good" example of how traffic moves much better in that respect. ! Bottom line, (NO Tolled Lanes!)

Page 105 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Edward Norton email or website 1. You have to understand why so many cars jam up 405. In my case, I had to drive since there was no direct bus from Canyon Park to Renton without stopping and changing busses in Bellevue. Boeing has a lot to do with it so an express bus to Renton would have kept me off the road.

2. You have to look at traffic flow. The exit to 167 is so poorly designed that it backs up traffic on the S-curves and lane constriction on 405 may contribute as well.

3. Are you just looking for more revenue?

1. Try temporarily closing the entrance onto North 405 from Rainier BLVD SB from Renton so that Cars exiting SB 405 to 167S have right of way and see if that helps congestion on SB 405 through the Renton S- Curves. 2. Observe the HOV lanes on I-405 during rush hours for congestion. If so, then HOV tolling won't do anything to solve the problem. 3. Start a marketing campaign asking drivers for feedback as to why they drive during rush hour, adjust plan based on feedback. Edward Sweeney 98199 standard mail Stop wasting our time with these unrealistic No-No-No! Toll lanes are a poorly thought out No! Maybe. No travel time savings would be That's obvious! proposals. If the freeways are widened, all of us plan. Where do you think the money is going to worth paying for! should use them without having to pay! come from?

Page 106 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Eldon Jacobson email or website I would like to see financial statistics from the SR 167 HOT lane test project, and then the estimated financial stats for the proposed 405 HOT lanes. I have heard that the 167 HOT lane project does not take in enough revenue to cover the construction and/or all of the operating costs. That is okay, since it is a test bed, and this fact should be reported in the report.

I would like to see (in the report) if the 405 HOT lanes will ever ͞break even͟ from a financial perspective. Can it cover the costs to design, construct, and operate the 405 HOT lanes? Whatever the results, this financial information should be available as part of any decision making process.

It might make more financial sense to go straight to tolling the entire roadway, using variable tolling based on congestion levels. A true ͞free-market͟ approach would set tolls for whatever the market could bear (for maximum revenue). Eldon Jacobson 98115 Feedback Form Instead on just tolling part of the road, WSDOT should toll the entire width of the road, and use tolling that varies with the congestion level. In addition, WSDOT should work with the legislature to modify the state constitution so that toll revenues are only allowed to be used for roads, just like the current gas tax. Otherwise the politicians in the future may use the toll revenue for the state general fund. Elizabeth email or website It is shameful that Washington State government is Ohalloran pushing for more highway work with its encouragement of more automobile transportation instead of putting high speed rail across the Puget Sound area and especially in the "eastside corridor". We need light rail. Do you people have no concept of climate change? Do you just like traffic? Get with it!

Page 107 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Elizabeth Saul email or website I just took your online survey. I commend the I am completely opposed to the idea of WSDOT for wanting to collect information from allowing the lanes to become accessible only to taxpayers – this is great/ I must share, though, that the rich, which is essentially what you are I found the specific wording of the survey you have proposing. administered to be deeply flawed, and question the significance of any ͞results͟ that you get/ I have some background in research survey design and would like to note that this was clearly a very biased survey. It is obvious that whoever created the survey assumes people support and want the two additional lanes as toll lanes to be auctioned off to the highest bidders. In fact, that is not the case, but there was nowhere to note that fact, directly. (The best I could do to indicate my feelings about that were to say that I͛d have to be able to go 100 miles per hour faster in order to want that option.)

Most questions on the survey did not describe what the alternatives, or outcomes, would be for any question. If you ask people if they want less traffic (by some method), of course they will say ͞yes/͟ If you tell them truly that at certain times of day the reduced traffic lane will be available to people by virtue of an auction, with (presumably) no limit to the price, and access granted only to the highest bidders while everyone else remains in the traffic backup, I would imagine they would say ͞no!͟ That is also not clearly described or revealed in the survey.

I appreciate the idea of adding lanes to I-405, and especially in the area of the Auburn cutoff, which backs up massively at all times. I also understand that the State needs to find a way to fund the cost of adding lanes. In some parts of 405, I believe 2 additional lanes would represent a doubling of the current road width, and would probably relieve congestion regardless of whether they are HOV or toll lanes or not. Currently, when there is no construction in the 405 corridor, I have found that the carpool lane is perfectly adequate to allow me to travel 45 or more. I would support adding more carpool lanes and leaving them as just that: carpool lanes for anyone in a carpool.

I am 100% opposed to opening them up to single drivers, as this does the opposite of encourage people to be more responsible about their greenhouse emissions and civic-minded in their transportation plans. In addition, I find the notion of empowering wealthy people to have better driving conditions than other people morally repugnant – this encourages the divide between classes and the importance of being wealthy rather

Page 108 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? than an investment in one͛s environment that is equivalent to everyone else͛s investment/ I find the project to be symbolic of much that is seriously wrong in America, and a step backwards in the necessary move towards mass transit.

There are many smarter and more expert minds than mine out there who can come up with equitable ways to fund a project to expand the roadways with democratic access guaranteed to all Puget Sound residents, regardless of their income levels. I am imagining a car tax (which I support), a per-passage charge (meaning: those who use it most pay the most, though I suspect that a system which could keep track of that would cost more than it would collect), a property tax increase proportional with property values, etc.

Page 109 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Elizabeth Saul email or website I have written once to you already, and very much appreciated an informational email reply. That informational email did address some of my concerns, raised some new ones, and left some big concerns unaddressed.

As I understand your presentation, experts have made an assessment that during peak traffic congestion times, the HOV lanes are not maximally utilized – in other words, there could be a greater density of cars in them, all moving 45 mph – additional space that could be maximized in some way. I do not think this is a hard fact; many times when I drive on I-405, the HOV lanes are just as bumper-to-bumper as they can safely be while moving a scant 10-15 mph faster than the general traffic; in other words, there is currently only a marginal benefit from driving in a carpool at some points in the day. I strongly believe that this has had the effect of dampening people͛s interest in going anywhere by carpool; in the mental balancing equation of ͞benefit͟ and ͞hassle͟ associated with working out a carpool, the ͞benefit͟ side is too light right now, yielding an underrepresentation of what people would be willing to do, carpool or public-transportation wise, in other more favorable circumstances. (If you have not already carefully assessed this question, I would argue that you should – it could change the very basis of your calculations and save the taxpayers billions of dollars.)

I do understand that your proposal takes into account what you project would be the case in the future, once the additional lanes exist and the population has expanded by such and such a percent. But I am really having trouble imagining that the addition of available lanes with the same carpool conditions on them that we have right now (in other words, carpool lanes which offer a significantly better ride during peak conditions) would not entice more drivers to get in a carpool situation so as to avail themselves of that benefit. In other words: I believe that if you built them, citizens would come. As a result, I am seriously questioning the most basic projection that there will be available space to be auctioned off at peak times once the new lanes exist.

In addition to my skepticism of the basis for this project, I have no doubt that technology exists to make the registration, monitoring, charging, billing, collecting, and suing of cars who use (or abuse) the carpool lane a fiscal possibility. It certainly seems like a very expensive infrastructure to support, and

Page 110 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? I ask: will the money you think you are going to raise by doing it really be enough more than the cost of installing and monitoring all that expensive equipment, hiring computer programmers, registering vehicles for the program, advertising, hiring bill collectors, deploying additional personnel to catch cheaters, etc. that it makes this project worth it? I also wonder if the Puget Sound populace really supports a system in which their very car is being watched on a freeway – the ͞big brother͟ mentality/ (ecause if you ever thought you might need the right to access that lane, you would have to have already registered for it, I assume.)

I am having a great deal of difficulty understanding how this automated tolling system would effectively evaluate whether a car entering those lanes was already a carpool (in which case it should be free) or whether it was a highest bidder, single- driver gas guzzling vehicle. If this decision involves a human-regulated entry point, then the costs of the program have now increased even more, and traffic has backed up in to an arterial while people pay their tolls by hand0effectively slowing up the flow to feed a system that offers marginal benefit.

I am willing to imagine (though it is difficult right now) that technology exists which can boot people out of a carpool lane if it becomes saturated with rich single-car drivers at the expense of people in carpools who should always be entitled to reasonable carpool lane access. You may say that they just would not have been allowed into those lanes in the first place at certain times of day when carpool use is high. Are you being honest and true to people when you say, ͞0with access to you when you need it the most?͟ an you truly guarantee that? Well then, I reply, what is the point of this hugely expensive project? If at certain times of the day when the traffic is bad enough that people would want to use the option to ͞buy in͟ they can͛t get in unless they are a carpool car (because it͛s maximally full of carpools already), the point of the HOV lanes has been met, traffic flow has already been maximized, and nobody was harmed in the process. This seems more likely, simpler, and altogether better to me.

Again, I want to strongly state that I am extremely opposed to the idea of auctioning off to the highest bidder the right to drive in an emptier lane. The HOV lanes provide an opportunity for society to express its highest ideals, and they should reward people for making environmentally and community- friendly choices that also benefit everyone else Page 111 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? (reducing traffic in the other lanes). It should reward carpooling/bussing, low- or zero-emissions movement (bicycles, motorcycles, Priuses), and so forth. It should not reward people who have more money. There has been too much of that already in our country/ Let͛s get back to real ideals!

I do again support your goal of trying to fund freeway improvements, and I am not against progress that is true progress. From my perspective, something is progress if it improves conditions, simplifies rather than complicates, and embodies high values. I am not well versed enough in the finance side of things to really appreciate what percentage of the costs for expansion projects like this are currently funded vs. which percent require fundraising0 and I do know how hard it is to raise funds from individuals for projects that seem very impersonal/ People don͛t like to pay for intangible or barely tangible things. But there has to be a better way than this, which is messy, complicated, unfair, undemocratic, and doesn͛t support high values.

Thank you for your willingness to listen to people͛s input. I am sure people are passionate on both sides of this issue, and it͛s undoubtedly tiring after awhile to digest everyone͛s emotion/ Elizabeth Sinclair 98052 Feedback Form Tolling is the right solution to traffic woes on the Eastside. I would gladly pay if it meant that my travel times would be reduced.

Page 112 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Eric Jarvi email or website I have a concern. This survey does not seem to offer respondents the chance to offer the feedback of ͞no toll roads, period/͟ I have heard this comment loud and clear inside and outside of work. There is both a fiscal and social argument that adopting new forms of regressive taxation on critical public goods in the middle of an economic downturn would be an extremely bad idea. One of the things I fell in love with about moving to Microsoft and living in Washington State was how we enjoy complete freedom from the tyranny of toll roads that I experienced on the East coast. Seeing our state go the way of certain parts of New Jersey would be a personal tragedy for me. If we do not learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it. I͛m concerned that this survey is, perhaps inadvertently, only collecting the opinions of those who support the tolling approach, or who don͛t know what other options exist/ I͛m also concerned that many well-meaning people will respond to this survey, but even though they oppose tolling, their participation will be twisted into an argument that support for tolling is higher than it really is. Eric Nelson email or website If the people need more lanes, then make more lanes. It is WSDOTs job to facilitate transportation of the people. The new lanes should NOT be premium toll lanes that offer privileges to the people that can monetarily afford it. Abolish "HOT" lanes. If WSDOT needs funding, use the gas tax. The gas tax is a user tax that provides the most fair way of paying for roads. The gas tax also 1) discourages unnecessary vehicle use, and 2) encourages use of more fuel efficient vehicles.

Hopefully WADOT is looking to the future and acquiring land for the "foothills freeway" (east of Lake Sammamish)! Someday, this will needed. Think about where Bellevue would be today if I-405 didn't exist? And how fast Duvall, Carnation, North Bend, etc... are expanding. Eric Nelson Bothell, WA Eric Nickols 98007 Feedback Form Something overlooked is the critical nature of truck/delivery traffic that seldom has more than 1 driver. They will not readily be able to utilize the HOT lanes as they have tight budgets. Considering this, I would like to see a HOT lane AND a GP lane added. We have for so long neglected roads and spent proportionally the overwhelming road money on transit which only addresses commuter traffic to fixed locations. It is time to expand the general infrastructure.

Page 113 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Eric Pilon Bothell RiverFest Let's do it! Yes! I think it's an innovative way to reduce Between point A and home during Yes, .50 cents - $1 a minute. I would deal Yes congestion and raise revenue. evening commute. with traffic for up to 10 minutes after that, I'd pay. 10 times per month. Eric Pilon 98006 Feedback Form I think there is no question that instead of double white lines between the HOT lanes and general use lanes, there has to be an impassable curb. Too many idiots don't know or willfully ignore the law that states it is illegal to cross a double white. If we're going to pay to travel in the HOT lane, let's make sure we don't have jerks cutting us off and squatting in front of us at 10 mph. Thanks for your consideration! Eric Tripp 98011 Comment Form This encourages people drive. This just continues No, we don't need more auto lanes we need As little as possible. It is a 60 MPH For a short period of time....then after 6 (electronic) the constant construction on I-405. This is just light rail /subway / elevated train /what ever. freeway and you are promising me months it would be just like it is now. another way for all of us to pay for something that We do not need to encourage more people to 45MPH drive? Maybe it should be illegal is just for those that are wealthy. Build a train. drive. Also I-405 is in a constant state of to go slow in the left hand lane and the construction when will it end!!! car pool lane and start actually giving tickets to all of the people messing around with their phones, then maybe the traffic would move better. Erich Tompkins 98282 Feedback Form I live on Camano Island and work in Redmond. I drive on the I-405 every day and see clearly that the HOV lanes are underutilized. I fully support the toll corridor and would happily pay for express access to the i-405 corridor. ericmic@hotmail email or website Sounds like a great idea! Raise money from .com people who will benefit to add capacity. Good idea! Erik Nilson email or website We do not need more paid lanes for affluent commuters. Those who have little disposable income drive in the general all-purpose lanes at a slower rate of speed. Those with more disposable income get the privilege of driving faster with less commute time. Keep HOV lanes as they are named: High Occupancy Vehicle. Ernest Tear 98002 email or website The social engineering by civil engineers to create high occupancy lanes to get people to double up in cars has failed and now the state wants to sell the use of these lanes already paid for along with additional lanes. Greed to go. Put me down as opposed. Erric Tremain 98040 Mercer Island Concerning any out outcome or any result. The Summer bottom line is that the concept of mass transit is Celebration efficient transportation and reducing the use of fossil fuels is completely lost when one individual can use an HOV lane. The idea is a band-aid for a much larger problem.

Page 114 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Faris Hattab 98021 Comment Form As usual, your WA government studies and Not really. That is a stupid idea. If No, same answer as before. Who NO, fund better mass transportation (electronic) WSDOT employees lack vision and logic at an everyone pays then you'll have bumper thought of these questions? (underground TRAINS, not surface busses alarming level. Tolling is not the answer, and to bumper traffic on the two toll lanes, that are bound to traffic conditions). building more lanes is not either. Travel to any then your next bright idea will be build city in Europe and you'll find much better two more toll lanes? Are you nuts!? solutions in place (above ground light rail, underground trains , high-speed commuter trains) for commuting and moving people. What's more visionary is that they don't even have the concept of park&ride, since those systems go all over the place and people just walk to the nearest stop within couple blocks to connect to the system that takes them anywhere.

Page 115 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Felix email or website From: Alan Black Kristanovich Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:07 PM To: Felix Kristanovich Subject: Please take a minute to take a survey on a transportation option for I-405 and SR167

Felix, Thanks for your reply/ I͛m not directly involved with the modeling or the survey, but I can relate to your reaction. My understanding is that the price would be set to assure that the HOV lane progresses at an unimpeded speed. The SOV will still be discouraged because they will be paying in the form of their time on the congested lanes as they do today, or they will be forced to pay money for their poor choices. The issue to date is that the HOV lanes are currently failing during peak period and underutilized in off peak and being able to manage the system will offer efficiencies at all times of the day.

I͛ll forward your comments along to assure that they are considered with the other data from the survey.

Thanks, Alan

From: Felix Kristanovich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:06 PM To: Alan Black Subject: RE: Please take a minute to take a survey on a transportation option for I-405 and SR167

Alan:

With all due respect-

Your survey does not provide option for people to leave comments and is very subjectively weighted to one person vehicles.

I really fear that allowing one person vehicle into the same person as vanpool and carpool lane (regardless of them paying the toll) will actually increase commuting time to vanpools and carpools, so it will discourage people to use vanpools and carpools.

In nutshell, we should discourage people to drive in one person vehicles, not encourage them, like this plan allows and also increases level of pollution.

Page 116 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Did anybody actually conduct a statistical survey and concluded that your plan will result in decrease of use of one-person vehicles? ______From: Alan Black [mailto:Alan.Black- [email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:40 PM To: Alan Black Subject: FW: Please take a minute to take a survey on a transportation option for I-405 and SR167

The I-405 team is currently conducting a survey on the concept of implementing Express Toll Lanes on I- 405 and SR167 ( The Eastside Corridor). If you could please take a minute to share your thoughts on the subject and take our online survey. I would encourage you to view the educational video on Express Toll Lanes as well and it may be best to view prior to taking the survey. The video is about 10 minutes. The survey and video can be found on our website www.wsdot.wa.gov/tolling/eastsidecorridor on the left hand side of the web page.

Thanks for your input. Please share with friends and family, we are trying to reach as many people as possible. Please let me know if you have questions Alan Blac Floyd Albright 98059 Feedback Form Of course the traffic in a "Toll" lane will move faster than in a non toll lane.. there is less traffic as fewer people can afford to drive in toll lanes!! Yet, everyone's gas taxes are paying for these lanes. Want to improve the general flow of traffic??.. have the State Patrol ticket the "slow" drivers impeding traffic in the inside lanes. Floyd Albright 98059 Feedback Form Tolling only benefits those with the money to drive in them.. if these lanes are built they need to be open to everyone!! Floyd Albright email or website I disagree with your ͞findings͟ regarding Toll Express Lanes allowing 70% more cars to travel at faster speeds.

NO TOLLS ON I-405 and remove them from SR- 167 Floyd Sheets email or website Please expand the number of traffic lanes, including toll lanes, as much and as soon as possible on I-405 on the Eastside of Lake Washington, as well as expanding them the length of SR 167. Francisco J. 98058 standard mail NO MORE TAXES. It would only be a good idea if instead of tolled NEVER. This is nothing else but taxation. No, because adding lanes that selected No. No more taxes! Rivera HOV lanes, they were general purpose lanes. I'm already paying my fair share of taxes. few cars can use does not help most of the commuters out there driving.

Page 117 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Frank J. Morine 98034 Comment Form There should be a highway patrol enforced, Its about time we added more lanes. I'd pay whenever I was likely to be late I'd expect the toll lanes to be at least as Yes (electronic) minimum speed limit. Slow traffic defeats the Congestion was greatly increased when we took because of traffic problems. For me this is fast as toll free lanes would be when the reason for paying a toll. away a lane for car-pool use. likely several times each month toll free lanes are not congested. Frank J. Morine 98034 Comment Form There should be a highway patrol enforced, Its about time we added more lanes. I'd pay whenever I was likely to be late I'd expect the toll lanes to be at least as Yes (electronic) minimum speed limit. Slow traffic defeats the Congestion was greatly increased when we took because of traffic problems. For me this is fast as toll free lanes would be when the reason for paying a toll. away a lane for car-pool use. likely several times each month toll free lanes are not congested. Frank Klein 98006 Comment Form We need to address the issue. WSDOT, King County I do. I am a Realtor and I am up and down the 6 to 12 times. Even one hour would do it. Certainly. (electronic) and the Cities of King County are not meeting the corridor many times a week. Often needs of people that do business here. appointments and opportunities are missed because I cannot move freely throughout the county. Frank Klein 98006 standard mail Fred Foster email or website I believe the corridor tolling plan is an excellent way of increasing mobility. Gail M Johnson 98030 Comment Form Our highway system in the state of Washington No. The access to the Hot lanes is too No. I seldom travel 405 alone. I do use No If you insist on having a toll, yes. You (electronic) especially the freeway system in the greater Seattle constricted. The HOT lanes (not used well) the HOV lanes. They are usually near seem to have a pattern of not spending area is a joke. I am sure it keeps business from have not changed the traffic on l67. Fewer empty. I have traveled north once a tax money on the promised projects. I moving here and it makes them leave our state. people travel this highway since the week for the last five years. I have am not impressed with your use of The freeways are in deplorable condition - there implementation of the HOT lane. counted 5 times when I have seen buses money. Maybe you need to spend more should be no excuses. The DOT should be audited in the HOV lane. I travel North at money on yet another study. A toll by an independent auditing organization. There approximately 9:30 am and South at would just be another form of taxation. must be tremendous waste and graft going on. 2:00pm. Therefore we are asked time and again There is not logical reason not to do this except that for more money - to what end? DOT always seems to be able to avoid an audit. Hmmm - I wonder why. Garrett Royce standard mail Approximately, 12% of my annual property taxes go Building new lanes is a great idea! Charging to Building the lanes and not charging a toll See # 2 I do not think any tolls should be to roads. My household on average buys 100 have the "privilege" however is not. would also provide a reliable trip. I would collected. See # 5 gallons of gas a month, of which the gas tax goes to: NEVER pay for use of the lane ROADS. Last year my household paid over $25,000 in Federal Taxes. I'm sure some of that money helped support the WSDOT job program. Garth 98072 Comment Form We need to concentrate on expanding our rail It's a bad idea. It doesn't matter how many new I'd rather pay for a train. New car lanes is It would improve car time short term, No. I'd rather see transit improvements, McMurtrey (electronic) system. Individual cars is very inefficient and not lanes are built, they will be filled up. Please a short term fix with large negative side then the lanes will be full again, and specifically rail. There is an existing right sustainable. We can and have filled any highway! build train tracks instead! effects: Pollution, global warming, slow. I'd pay for the train if it was the of way already for part of the route. accidents, noise, etc. same time. Garth 98072 Feedback Form Please don't build new highways. Highways will McMurtrey always just fill up. Adding a toll to the existing carpool lane is a good idea for rich people, but it's the usual story... Rich people get the benefit. Please put money toward trains. Building train tracks will decrease fuel use, lessen pollution, and give an economical, quick ride to all. Gary + Donna open house Palmer

Page 118 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Gary Beerman email or website What we really need are more lanes on 405. Transit lanes, express lanes, the current stretch of entrance and exit lanes are merely band aids placed on an arterial bleed.

Another option in addition to more lanes is another north to south freeway such as the original proposed I605. If we need to acquire the land by imminent domain, so be it. This is a great time to purchase land due to the decreased property value. Gary Beerman Feedback Form Studying 405 and 167 is like re-studying 520. There is nothing to study. All those highways need at LEAST 2 more lanes in each direction. The recent "band-aid" construction is like trying to stop a bleeding artery with a spot band aid. Another option is to add a north-south I605 more east of 405. For those of us who have a very tiny window to leave work (Kirkland) then drive to pick up my son at the bus (Newcastle), then have to drive home to let the dogs pee, then take my son to piano or soccer, taking the bus just doesn't work. Gary Cavanaugh 98057 Comment Form If some genius wants to build these Elite Lanes, More lanes would increase capacity, even if low I would not use them. it would get the BMWs and Mercedes I think it's ONLY appropriate for tolls (electronic) that's fine. As long as not one cent of my tax income people couldn't use them. Benz vehicles off my highway. Since collected on the Eastside to be used in dollars are used to fund this, build whatever you those jackasses rarely signal, drive with Eastside projects, like paying for these want. But don't plan on using one square inch of a cell plugged in their face and change Elite Lanes. the soil I paid for to build the existing FREEWAY. lanes 42 times every 4 blocks, there Don't spend one tax dollar to fund it. Don't tear up would be total improvement. the existing freeway to build it and don't disturb traffic during construction. Gayle Richards 98042 Kent Cornucopia Rich people who drive slower in the GTG lanes then If it's not to much money on people, I would Only if in a huge hurry. Operating a 20 minutes. Yes Days the other. It is not a privilege. Kent Police driving use them. vehicle is already expensive. class says it signs says HOV - I cannot use my GTG if single occupancy. I "hate" that the signing is terrible.

Page 119 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Gaylloyd Sisson 98031 standard mail I think all decisions regarding public transportation I do not believe extending HOT lanes is a fair or I do not ascertain a frequent need to use Yes, adding express toll lanes to I-405 No, funds/tolls collected on the Eastside should be submitted to the Governor and good idea because of the no double-crossing the HOT lanes more than three times a and all interstate roadways will improve Corridor should be used to pay roadway Legislature. law. year. travel time, but to assert fines for improvements in all the State of double-crossing infractions as well as Washington. only allowing drivers to exit HOT lanes at designated enter and exits demonstrates an over reaching policing policy. - Such laws may be difficult to enforce, state patrol is not ubiquitous. Not all drivers will suffer consequences for ignoring such laws. - The Hero Program reminds me of a Big Brother concept condemning or condoning everything I do. With cameras and high-tech it appears government progressing towards a police state system. - Regulating enters and exits areas are unique to HOT lanes and I protest such laws that force the use of enter and exit roads I support with taxes. I suggest carpools, vanpools, buses and motorcycles be exempt from the regulation. Gaylord Sisson open house Gena Wikstrom 98052 email or website The traffic slow-downs on I-405 are unacceptable at I wholly support immediate expansion of the all times. Unless traveling very late at night one can tolling system in-place on 167 onto 405. always expect a slow-down somewhere between Renton and Bellevue and then through Bothell. Creating Toll lanes immediately is good public policy and will help move more of us more efficiently on I-405 in peak and off- hours. Gene Brown 98006 Comment Form Another item which would speed up the flow of Very good idea. Additional capacity is already "Toll per use " lanes are a great concept: These lanes would improve travel times I strongly believe in "pay as you go" and (electronic) traffic and reduce some of the current road rage needed and the two lanes will be insufficient by only the people who use them pay for for ALL drivers, by allowing faster tolls collected on the Eastside should be would be enforcement of the "stay right except to the time they are completed. Hence, they need them so the general public is not moving traffic to occupy their own lanes. used for the benefit of the Eastside. This pass" rule and the "slower traffic stay right" rules to be completed ASAP. adversely impacted for the use of a Today, the left lanes are slowed by the is apart from the general taxes used for of the road. Too many slow drivers block the left select group of drivers (as with current crush of traffic and the slower drivers the state road improvement projects. lanes, impeding the smooth flow of traffic and HOV lanes). I am retired so would use who hog the lane even when not causing other drivers to make hazardous lane them rarely but they are needed for passing as the law requires. The toll changes to pass them. The WSP should actively others' use ASAP. lane is worth while even for the slighted patrol for "slow" drivers impeding traffic as well as improvement in travel time, due to the "speeders". reduction in stress. George Eells 98021 Comment Form People who pay a toll to use this express lane I am for it as long as the two express toll lanes At this time, we would not use the toll We travel from Bothell to Hoodsport Yes, if I had to do this drive every day. (electronic) should be required to travel 60 mph plus or you will are indeed in addition to the existing HOV land lanes. once a week round trip now, but have the same problems as the HOV lane when and 2 or 3 general purpose lanes. sometimes very slowly. some people drive it at 50-55. Driving 45 mph is just to slow and causes problems. George Eells 98021 standard mail People who pay a toll to use this express lane I am for it as long as the two express lanes are At this time, we would not use the toll We travel from Bothell to Hoodsport Yes, if I had to do this drive every day. should be required to travel 60 mph plus or you will indeed in addition to the existing HOV lane and lanes. once a week round trip now, but have the same problems as the HOV lane when 2 or 3 general purpose lanes. sometimes very slowly. people drive it at 50 mph. Driving 45 is just too slow and causes problems.

Page 120 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? George Foster open house George 98040 email or website I took your survey but I am bothered by two Lewandowski assumptions.

1) Most of the questions assume an average traffic speed of 30 in the non-toll lane, when in fact it is presently less than half that speed during the 8 peak hours, especially for southbound traffic. This lower speed makes the 45 mph toll lane look much more attractive in reality than your survey results might otherwise suggest.

2) Why is there no assumption about extending this toll option closer to the airport? Trips to the airport are presently a nightmare because of the unpredictability of I-405 southbound lanes.

From Mercer Island it make take as few as 15 minutes, or as much as an hour or more. Those who have to meet deadlines imposed by TSA for outbound flights, or who need to pick up passengers on inbound flights, would pay dearly for safety and predictability while performing these tasks.

It's not just a matter of convenience. Avoiding congestion can mean the difference between missed flights vs. successful missions. In addition, desperate drivers, racing to catch planes, often disregard other people's safety entirely. George Murray 98208 Feedback Form I am all for it. PLEASE put in the express tolled lane. Georgine Foster email or website I believe that your idea of adding up to 2 tolled express lanes on the I-405 would be a GREAT idea. If the studies are correct and that they would improve 'throughput' by 70%.....GO AHEAD NOW!!!!! It would give commuters options (if they really are in a hurry) and would allow easing for all traffic, as well! ~georgine foster Gerald Burnett 98059 Feedback Form From the information presented it appears that adding one express toll lane would be a good thing. I would be in favor of this and at least for trying it to see if the estimates for traffic flow are reasonably accurate. Geroge 98004 Feedback Form We do not feel that giving space for the state to Cruickshank collect more money from us is a good use of the freeway. Leave us alone in terms of taxes us through tolls. State legislatures should pursue other options for the money they want and look at ways to cut back on our taxes.

Page 121 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Gerry Grendain 98374 Puyallup Toll is good for express lanes. Yes I don't normally go to that route. Yes, 15 to 30 minutes Yes Meeker Days Gomsrud 98004 Bellevue Yes, better to handle the high volume of traffic Morning and late afternoons/evenings. 5 - Yes/ 20 minutes Yes Strawberry 15 x/month Festival Gordon Ball email or website When do you plan to publish the result of the Tolling study? I still think is a poor decision given the results of the implementation of the HOT lanes on 167 south of Renton. I have not seen any measurable results of traffic improvement and still find it extremely difficult to legally use the lanes as they are now set up. Gordon Brown email or website I drive north on 405 during the evening rush hour I am in favor of the dedicated lane if it actually and the carpool lane is always congested at the would increase the speed of traffic in the totem lake area. carpool lane getting through that area.

I occasionally drive southbound during evening rush hour and the 405 – 167 is a crapshoot as to when to change lanes. The merge on 167 southbound has a lot of room for improvement. A toll lane/carpool lane that gets onto the 167 going south would be very welcome.

Thank you for all your efforts. Gordon Hale 98057 email or website Thank you for asking of my opinion and your time. I am in favor of what you are planning, unless We are all so dang busy aren't we? the new HOV lanes are going to be three or A couple of thoughts on the matter of commuting four lanes over to the left. Busses are large and the eastside corridor... slow and should not be merging so often, I still like the option on I-405 that allows a single despite the fact that we have to yield. driver to use the HOV lane after 7 PM and before 5 AM. I adjust my family visits after 7 PM on the weekdays. The Burlington Northern railway (formerly used by the dinner train) SHOULD BE converted to light rail as soon as time and funds allow. New HOV lanes for transit (busses) should be on the RIGHT side of the freeway. I watch many a bus get on, merge left two lanes, drive 4 or 5 miles in the HOV lane, and then merge right two lanes to exit. I feel strongly that future HOV lanes for busses should be on the right side of the road. Graffila Moore 98008 Bellevue Look expand old routes with the big plan. Do not Yes, it's important. Improve road system and Yes, only if day of travel and 8 days out of Yes, dollar to two dollars. Yes, senior rate and adult rates for roads. Strawberry over spend the state money. sound walls for the neighborhoods. a month. Festival

Page 122 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Greg Erickson email or website These lanes are extremely difficult to enter and exit. I am opposed to extending the HOT lanes, or I have missed my exit on more than one occasion for that matter continuing with the I167 HOT due to high volume in the adjacent lane and the lanes as currently structured. short distance to the exit. The limited access also limits the ability to use them as the originally designed HOV lanes. They are good in theory but the impact to the carpooler is too great. I would suggest allowing a carpool to enter or exit regardless of the striping and re-evaluating the quantity and placement of access points prior to expanding the program. Greg Laird open house

Page 123 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Greg Magone email or website I am writing in regards to the request for comments I am opposed to the express lane tolling that is on creating a new Express Tolling Lanes on I-405 currently in place on SR-167 and am opposed to and SR-167 corridors. expansion of the tolling concept to I-405.

I am a carpool driver who drives in the SR-167 carpool lanes on a daily basis. I started carpooling approximately one year prior to implementation of express tolling lanes and have observed the operation of the lanes as a driver both before and after the tolling concept. I am also a licensed Professional Engineer (Montana license #15867) and have studied traffic and transportation issues.

My observations are as follows:

- Drivers frequently illegally cross the double white lines and the risk of getting caught crossing the lines appears to be minimal. I witness one or two drivers per day cross the double white lines and have yet to witness a person be pulled over for violating this rule. The solution to this problem is to install some sort of breakaway barrier that physically blocks a person from making an illegal lane change.

- It is difficult for drivers to exit the carpool lanes without slowing down to the speed of traffic in the regular traffic lanes. This greatly reduces the speed in the HOV lanes and increases the opportunity for rear end collisions to occur. The solution is to allow vehicles to exit the carpool lane at a time of their convenience because given enough time, a driver can choose to exit in a natural opening where he or she does not block traffic in his or her lane.

- Drivers often drive much slower than the fastest speed considered to be reasonable and prudent while the HOV lanes. I am trapped in the HOV lane because it is illegal to enter or exit except at five short locations. My rate of travel is governed on how fast the vehicle in front of me chooses to travel and it is very frustrating if the vehicle in front of me chooses to drive very slow. The solution is to create laws that require vehicles to drive at the posted speed limit if traveling in the HOV lanes.

- I have observed that the speed of traffic in the regular lanes directly influences the speed of traffic in the carpool lanes. A shy or nervous driver may be very uncomfortable driving 45+ mph if the lane directly to the left is completely stopped. In doing so, the shy or nervous driver causes a large backup of vehicles and lengthens the commute for all of the drivers and passengers directly behind the slow vehicle. The speed of travel in the carpool should be

Page 124 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? independent of the regular lanes because it is generally illegal to move from one lane to the other. The solution is to install some sort of barrier so people feel comfortable traveling at a different rate of speed in the carpool lane. Greg Peszek email or website Tolls are one of the most regressive taxes possible No. Absolutely not. with a very high initial cost overhead. Toll lanes effectively punish those who have long commutes, are unable to carpool, who͛s business relies on timely transportation of goods or employees or worse, those who simply cannot afford the toll. Roads are a common utility for all to use and everyone should have equal access, not be subject to some privileged ͞pay for use͟ scheme/ Greg Smith email or website I am strongly opposed to the use of toll lanes! What's next? Pay-per-mile? The statistics and numbers on you website are slanted and misleading The nerve of you all! Greg Smith Feedback Form I am so frustrated with the motivation of the state and DOT. Why don't you just admit that your goal is a 100% toll road system. I have paid taxes to build roads all my adult life and now you want to charge me to drive on the road I already paid for! You thieves will stoop to any level to take may hard earned money! Gregory P. 98004 email or website As a life long resident of nearly 50 years, I have I support the construction and use of hot lanes Cavagnaro never understood the underdevelopment and (essentially toll lanes) however; I also support underutilization of I-405 and HR 167. Construction the widening of both roadways to provide as on 405 in one form or another has gone on for much overall capacity as is possible. years and years with no appreciable capacity change and benefit to the average user. It is still a mess with no significant benefit to the drivers forced to use it everyday. If that means that the state can construct roadways 5 or 6 lanes wide, than by all means do so. Also, plan for a lane to be used by light rail or other means of transportation (electric or otherwise in the future). The system has always been too reactive to congestion and growth. Let͛s face the facts, we are growing and need to overbuild our freeway capacities, while at the same time and plan for the possibility of electric light rail, bike lanes, pedestrian access and other features which meet the needs of everyone, not just car owners.

If your are going to spend the kind of money it takes to build additional lanes, by all means make it count and do it right!!!

Page 125 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Gregory Peszek 98033 Feedback Form To Whom It May Concern, After reviewing the data presented on the WSDOT web site, visiting the open house and speaking with WSDOT officials, I am convinced now more than ever that the plan incorporation of tolling lanes as part of the traffic solution is a political decision, a socially unfair regressive tax and ultimately a waste of taxpayers' dollars. My primary complaint is that the campaign, set up by the WSDOT committee, is that of a political PR stunt rather than an open dialogue with residents. There is only one side of the data presented which supports only one plan of action: tolling. Even the acronym "HOT" is a thinly veiled PR move, as "COLD" lanes would not gather nearly as much support. Conspicuously missing from every aspect of the WSDOT web site is any information about the drawbacks of tolling. Where is the data showing maintaining a toll system is expensive? Where is the data showing that lanes moving at drastically different speeds are dangerous and unsafe? Where is the data showing that simply adding a general purpose lane would reduce the average trip for all travelers, not just those willing to pay extra? The fact that all counter information is completely absent undeniably demonstrates that the intention of the WSDOT is to guise a propaganda campaign as an open discussion. Even worse, the graphs presented are outright deplorable. The chart presented on the last slide of the open house PDF is one of the worst offenders: there is no timeframe mentioned, no number of lanes presented, and no assumptions outlined. None of the charts or graphs in the entire presentation would even stand up to the assessment of an elementary school math class. As a Washington citizen this is insulting and embarrassing. I am also taken aback that the State of Washington would endorse such a regressive tax on its citizens. As a progressive, forward-thinking person in a progressive, forward-thinking culture I expect and demand better. And yes, tolling is a tax no matter how it is dressed up. WSDOT representatives insist that recent study data shows that HOT lanes are used evenly across all economic and social demographics. What is never mentioned is the impact of these taxes is immensely more burdensome to those of lower economic status. It is appalling to suggest that the government should engage in preferential treatment of its citizens. Every single person should be treated equally and the cost of providing public resources should be

Page 126 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? distributed evenly, period. Lastly, I am very upset at the high cost of the toll infrastructure and maintenance. Adding a simple general purpose lane is projected to be many times less expensive per mile than a toll lane in both initial cost and long term maintenance. Adding a toll lane adds unjustified expense to the average driver's commute over a general purpose lane. The argument that the toll lanes pay for themselves is completely incorrect as the money paid in tolls is in addition to their current tax burden and constitutes as a tax increase. By that logic, adding a general purpose lane would pay for itself as its drivers already pay gasoline tax. Both are simply absurd. Everyone in the State of Washington deserves an honest, fair and financially intelligent transportation policy. Adding tolling lanes spits in the face of all three and I stand firmly in opposition to the proposed WSDOT plan. Gretchen 98116 Feedback Form I fully support toll roads all over Washington. I Schmidt know it isn't a popular idea, but car driving is a heavily subsudized form of travel. I believe we drivers should shoulder more of the true cost of driving. We would make wiser choices about travel if the price were a more true reflection of the cost.

Page 127 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Guy Pace, CISSP email or website I commute on I-405 on a daily basis. Usually, I use the bus. The primary reason I went to riding the bus (in addition to the fact that my employer subsidizes the bus pass) was the frustration, time and difficulty in driving in the congestion. Over the last five years, though, the congestion on I-405 between Bothell and Bellevue has improved now that the freeway ramps have been completed--and $3 and $4 gas drive bus ridership is up.

Still, today I will drive periodically since I sometimes have meetings, appointments or need to bring large loads to work that I just can't manage on the bus. When I do this I will pick up a friend to carpool. Even in the carpool lane, though, the drive can get congested. I do not think this is due to what you evidently think it is due to.

Generally, on I-405 the HOV/carpool lane and the left lane (from WA 522 to WA 520 there are lane restrictions for the left lane prohibiting vehicles with trailers or over 10,000 GVW) are often bogged down with trucks and vehicles with trailers. I have, when driving alone, followed tractor-trailer rigs as they clog up the left lane.

The problem with this whole proposal at this time is that the DOT thinks that the congestion on I-405 is all due to the volume of the traffic and according to your web site the compliance with the HOV lane and the lane restrictions are excellent. I'd like to know in who's fevered dreams this compliance exists? Get that person some therapy! Not only is compliance with the lane restrictions on I-405 non- existent, even those who are tasked with enforcing the law either do not know the details of the restrictions, or just aren't doing the enforcement.

An example is a truck (GVW 14,000+) with a trailer, fully loaded with landscaping gear and struggling along in the HOV lane, slowing down the morning commute for a long line of cars, and drove right past two State Patrol units sitting in the median. Neither unit moved to deal with the situation. On any day, you will see branded trucks in the HOV lane from 1-800-GOT-JUNK, Washington Energy Services, and others, all vehicles exceeding 10,000 GVW by quite a bit and some pulling trailers.

How do you think you will change anything by suddenly charging a toll for use of this lane for non- HOV vehicles? Are you people out of your collective minds?

Page 128 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? As far as wanting to extend the abomination you all created on SR 167 with the HOT lanes, you have got to be kidding, right? This has to be some kind of monumental joke! Have you ever watched people use the lanes on SR 167? Really? There are a number of signs warning of the illegality of crossing the double-white lines. It means absolutely nothing, evidently. It is also very poorly designed, doesn't provide adequate access to and from exits and has had negligible obvious impact on congestion.

And, the whole concept of a HOT lane? More fevered dreams, I suspect. Lots of taxpayer money to build with little return, it seems. Single drivers with no transponders drive in the HOT lanes, use them as their personal passing lanes, ignore the double-white lines. So, where does the revenue come from? I haven't seen it help the congestion there, except when the construction congestion was finally over.

The question I have for you is just what problem are you trying to solve on I-405? Relieve congestion, reduce commute time and increase average speed? The most effective measure you can do immediately is to actually enforce the lane restrictions. Keep the large trucks and trucks with trailers out of the HOV lanes and the left lanes. Enforce the left lane restrictions and open up that lane for faster traffic. Heck, with the number of violations on I-405 between Bothell and Bellevue at this time, you could probably solve the state's budget crisis in a few days of enforcement.

It has to be much less expensive and much less of a hassle to hire a couple more Troopers, educate them properly, and put them in the field, than it would be to go to all the disruption and expense to do the HOT lane conversion.

Adding an additional HOV lane is probably a good idea and would probably go further toward making all commutes and bus transit better. Enforcement of the Yield to Transit would help, too, and keep folks from cutting busses off, and blocking access in or out of the HOV lane.

I do not believe for a minute that you can generate enough revenue from a HOT lane to fund future improvements. You will still get funding from the state coffers and come to the taxpayers for more every time you need to do projects. So, it is long past time the DOT quit blowing smoke up our kilts.

Page 129 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Guy Rosman 98104 email or website Build a new lane or two and then charge a toll to I definitely think that a toll lane is a great idea use them. keep increasing the toll until the lanes as long as it isn't just a HOV lane. if you do it are always moving at or close to the posted speed just on HOV, then it pushes more people onto limit. I would love to see this happen. the regular lane. GW 206-232-7513 Mercer Island Like rail Yes I take the bus Yes, 1/3 to 50 percent faster Use it wherever needed Summer Celebration Gwen Hanson standard mail Please make bike and bus corridors parallel to I-405. Adding lanes adds traffic. Increase bus service Never It would initially save time then become It would be fine if tolls were the ONLY instead of adding lanes. clogged and increase pollution and no source of funding for roadway longer save time. improvements. Those of us that use public transportation and bike lanes shouldn͛t be forced to fund massive roadway improvements. Gwen Hjelmaa 98059 Feedback Form I do not think charging people money to have an extra lane is the answer..Some people do not use the Freeways all the time..I do not think it is fair to charge them when they do, as to those who use it all the time..Even if today the Express lanes were opened to more there would not be the congestion that there is...sometimes the express lanes are wide open & the other lanes are backed up..That is just plain dumb to not let the flow go where the lanes are open..Check out 167..Half the time the express lane has no one in it. The people are taxed to death in this state and will sit in the traffic as opposed to paying to drive thier car in the express lanes..Unless you are Financially wealthy and money is not an issue then I sould say Yea ok..But reality is most people do have financal issues these days...It seems Money is always the amswer..You can put an extra lane in if people pay.. When the roads were first built I do not think there were tolls to drive on the roads...I guess if it were for a short period of time to pay for the construction yea, but remove the tolls after wards..But we know that will not happen...Do Not think it is a good Idea....

Page 130 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Hal Phillips 98372 Comment Form This particular comment form is hard to use. I find I'd prefer to see more non-toll lanes added in I would not pay to use the express toll It would not improve my travel time in Sure -- bearing in mind that I am opposed (electronic) the single line of type, extending across the page this corridor, despite the logic presented on the lanes. the corridor. to tolling this corridor. and out of sight, disconcerting and difficult to use in website. I feel, based on the obvious problems formulating my responses. A 'text box' approach, with the transponder / transponder shield in allowing the entire text of the response to be using the current hot lanes for and not for toll viewed, would be more helpful. In addition, the use, that the problems haven't yet been fully box provided for entering my personal information recognized, thought through, or worked out is needlessly confusing to use. ("Circle One" on an sufficiently. At least, having additional lanes electronic, keyboard-entry form?? Yes, I figured it would thin out the traffic .... out...but why mess around? Designing a form that makes it EASIER for people to respond to might generate more, and more useful responses. Also, I am instructed to "click Submit Form to return the completed form" -- and the term 'Submit Form' occurs on the highlighted overlay, but the term used on the gray-on-white form itself is "Submit by E-mail." Seems -- again -- needlessly confusing.). Why?)) Hank Feedback Form The drivers of Washington state are already paying taxes for the bridges. The state of Washington has the third highest Gas Tax to pay for roads - $0.375. The toll is another form of tax. So, NO to Tolls! Hank Halle email or website I received a card in the mail indicating that there was an online survey at http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/tolling/eastsidecorridor, but I don͛t see one/ Is there one somewhere? Happy open house Longfellow Harold Shapiro 98059 standard mail I think it is a good idea if the lanes can be built I work out of my home. I usually leave Yes, a steady 45 mph speed in the Yes, but I would leave the option to in a reasonable time and the money can be after 9 and return before 4 or 6 p.m. Renton-Kirkland section would make it divert some portion in the future to found at a reasonable cost. worthwhile depending on the tolls. public transit in that particular corridor. Harvey Feedback Form Lets keep it simple...no tolls period! Heidi Erickson 98009 Comment Form Yes, it is a good idea. Any help in the traffic If I had an appointment and needed to be I live and work in Bellevue so I don't use Yes (electronic) congestion on 405 would be a great help. there on time, I would use the toll lane. I the freeway during rush hour. But, on might use the toll land 2-3 times a the occasion that I need to travel on month. 405, I would use the toll lane just to make sure I get to my destination on time. Helen D. Burch 98056 standard mail More lanes will help. If you do add more lanes, I do not support tolls. I would like to see more Fortunately, I no longer have to travel I- More lanes SHOULD help., but I'm not I a NOT in favor of tolls. I do not see make them general purpose lanes, NOT TOLL. lanes. 405 to work. So I use general purpose sure many would pay. many using the toll lanes on SR 167. lanes, not express. Helena Nymark 98006 Feedback Form I think I 405 needs to be widened by 2 general purpose lanes each way from Renton to Bellevue. That is why I support study number 5, because it is the only option that includes a general purpose lane for I 405 from Renton to Bellevue. Henry Moore open house

Page 131 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Howard email or website I live on 113th Ave. NE and NE 140th. I-405 is just Stoppelman behind me. There is a berm there now that is being used as a noise buffer I assume. If you add two extra southbound lanes, the freeway will be in my backyard.

Are you going to be doing right of way and buying people's property along this corridor? Ian Crowfeather 98107 Feedback Form Tolls need to be done. -But tolls should ONLY be for the freeway/highway that they are on. People who don't like it, can drive a different route. That simple. Ian Schmidt 98338 Kent Cornucopia Make improvements, create jobs Yes, "create jobs." Improve traffic in anyway I use them for car pool only, not for None, just improve it. Negotiable issue Days paying. Ian Sigmon 98077 Feedback Form As a regular commuter through this corridor, I think Toll Lanes are a bad idea and another form of hidden taxation Iveta Khachiyan Feedback Form No tolls on I-405 please! There is no alternative highway route or any express bus service between very dense Renton residential neighborhoods and Bellevue business district. Getting inside downtown Renton to catch a bus is impossible during rush hours due to backups, just like getting to I-405 from the east. So if you have alternatives, then go ahead, sure. Please understand that Renton streets are chronically congested on approach to I-405 from the east and southeast. No one will want to wait in traffic to get on I-405 to pay just to go a few exits to Bellevue/Redmond area. We will drive on residential streets that are faster even when congested then driving east and waiting in a much worse traffic just to get onto the freeway. J Flener 98055 email or website I am opposed to expanding tolled express lanes on I- 405 as I would rather the WSDOT begin developing public rail systems that would move commuters much more efficiently and provide a more environmentally friendly solution.

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Page 132 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? J Meyer Feedback Form In evaluating the different options for the HOT Lanes, I see that the first two/three options have areas that will not be expanded and the current HOV lane will be turned into a HOT lane... My concern is that the I405 HOV lanes are not significantly under utilized currently between Renton and Bellevue at peak traffic times. The HOT Lanes would be frustrating for drivers in this area unless another lane is built. Without expanding, HOT lanes couldn't possibly operate free-flowing at high congestion periods (approx. 5-6 hours per day) unless more of the current HOV traffic is moved to the general purpose lanes which is already extremely overloaded as you are undoubtedly aware. In addition, this would have a negative impact on transit along this strech of the freeway as it impacts drivers ability to cross lanes efficiently. I think having the HOT lanes in this area without the ability to significantly improve traffic flow would cause a negative reaction and loss of support from the public. My suggestion is that we fully implement the plan in one stage (option 4 or 5) where the cost benefit of paying the toll is immediate and widely accepted rather than risk negative sentiment by starting with options 1,2 or 3 that will not significantly improve bottleneck congestion areas on 405 and drivers will not experience the cost benefit of the toll. J. A. Smyth Comment Form NO, NO, NO! No. Carpool/Bus lanes need to be maintained NO No NO (electronic) for exactly that purpose. I use 167 when it was car pool only it was 60 MPH from auburn to SE 43rd in Renton, now it is more like 40 to 45. J. Bruckner standard mail Tolling is a band-aid. Not a solution. No. We already pay high taxes for roads. The My I-405 commute is minimal. When I- No. Please think about bigger solutions IF tolls are collected on the eastside, they lanes on SR 167 are confusing for drivers. We 405 is backed up I use side streets. The than just tolling I-405. We keep should fund eastside road improvements. should be working on a ring highway. I-605 to state can't guarantee a trip of 45 MPH or rebuilding and re-working - yet it is reduce congestion. higher. never done right. J. Michael Brown 98390 Feedback Form J.B. Griffitas Kirkland Yes Never Yes Yes Farmer's Market Jack Fingold email or website As I understand your traffic study suggests that adding a toll lane will increase traffic flow through 406 and 167. I am curious what increase your traffic study concluded if the new lane was open to all vehicles. Was the study performed in house or by a private traffic consultant or both? Thank you for the opportunity to participate.

Page 133 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jackie Swanson 98372 Comment Form I am 110% in favor of expanding the tolled express It is a fantastic idea. I use the Good-to-Go Pass I drive from Edgewood to Bellevue and Absolutely. I dislike that it is only Yes, absolutely. (electronic) lanes on I-405. I wish they would also have them from the beginning at HWY 18 all the way to back 5-6 days a week. That is how often I available on SR167. I save probably at on I-5. the connection at I-405, 5 days a week. The currently use the express toll lanes, and least 20 minutes each way. It is well time I save is well worth the cost. that is how often I will continue to use worth the money for the toll. them. Jacky Bellevue Toll collection not too expensive. Very good to ease the tension of current traffic. Yes, use every week Not sure Yes Strawberry Festival jacob Comment Form you cannot build lanes fast enough to outpace. Bad idea. adding additional general lanes NEVER NO, it will not help general congestion at if tolls are collected, they should NOT go (electronic) even if you could, construction on other areas just benefits all taxpayers, while the toll lane only all. it only helps those who pay extra. into a general pot. they should be used backs up into the newly constructed roads. the benefits those with the means to pay. to fund the roads they are collected on. only way to increase throughput is to either increase capacity or speed. capacity alone isn't keeping up, its time to look at speed increases. many cars are safer then they were when these limits were set. we have the technology now to adjust speed limits based on weather conditions. continuing to set speed based on the worst conditions and worst drivers isn't cutting it anymore. Jake Zeimantz Feedback Form Throughput will increase with the tolled road but what is the standard deviation in average travel speeds between pay and not pay with the tolling system? In my opinion your statistic is misleading in that while it suggests that more cars will get through faster it says nothing about the average speeds of the people that have to drive in the regular lanes. Any I-405 plan should help all users, not the users that pay more for better service. Under the tolling plan people like me will see effectively no benefit. Sure, more cars can use the pay lanes and get through faster, but what about everyone else? At best, you might be able to reduce the length of rush hour, but not its impact on someone that drives in the middle of it. They will still move along, just as slow as before. 10% might not seem as good as the misleading 70%, but it is for everyone, not just a select few. can increase throughput simply because more cars that pay

Page 134 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? James Brodhead 98204 Feedback Form Quit looking for ways to make money off of drivers. How can you tell if a van meets the HOV occupancy requirement but only the driver is visible. I have driven in Chicago on the toll ways and it is a joke. The waste and confusion created by this mess is especially hard on out of town drivers. The cost of setting up the readers, Setting up the accounts and transmitters, installing signs, and redefining the lanes is not worth the cost. Several Ideas: 1) make the HOV lanes into through lanes. (example: for cars, trucks, buses traveling 10 miles or more have them move to the left lanes. Those entering and exiting drive on the right. Get the transit busses to quit moving all the way to the left for just a few miles and then moving all the way to the right to exit. 2) Use more variable speed limit signs (like Snoqualmie pass)to set a reasonable speed to reduce the surges. Better to keep flowing at 35mph than surging between 0 and 65 mph and more fuel efficient. 3) Teach people that there is no "Fast Lane". The law only allows drivers to drive up to the speed limit except to pass which is not needed on a divided highway where people are driving the speed limit. 4) Spend the money that is needed to clearly define vehicle lanes on 405 and I5. In some places, because of all of the lane re-alignments during construction, it is nearly impossible to determine where the lanes are. Add rain and darkness and it really becomes dangerous. James Bunt 98031 Feedback Form I have used the 167 test area and I oppose making 405 into a tax collection ____!! The biggest complaint I have is that it was intended to be used to move people into car pools and buses not to speed rich people to and from one place to another. 2nd reason is your limited on when you can get into it or out of it by a double line. Jim Bunt--Kent James Bunt 98031 Comment Form You already are authorized to collect tolls for new No , because it restricts where you can get into No, and to date on 167, I have never No ! a lot ! No ! (electronic) 520 bridge what more do you need. tax, tax, tax the lane and out of the lane !!! paid to use the lane...... ! that is all the present party tinks will solve everything !!!!!

Additional comments (8/28) I have traveled the 167 trail area and I don't like the restricted white line. So that when you want to get in or out

You can't. So no I would not like to have it extended to 405. Plus there is no enforcement of the rules by

Non-available police. So all I see is you want more tax money...... !!!

Page 135 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? James Kerr 98032 standard mail For her - More highways with tolls and the HOT lanes. More liquor stores open on Sunday. As if the people who drink don't have enough days to by liquor. I DID NOT VOTE FOR HER. Keep raising taxes for roads. Putting in HOT lanes was a waste of money. Now we send out cards to encourage people to use it. SR 167 is a dangerous highway. Our lawyer made out my will when I informed them I drive SR 167. Our Governor is all about money. James King 98057 Feedback Form I oppose the current pay- (toll) hov lanes and any additional ones on I-405 in the future. It is not fair to allow those few who can afford the extra money to travel faster. Also, the current (no crossing the double white lines) to get into or out of the express lanes policy is not practible under real driving conditions. No one can predict in advance how traffic is at any time. I would prefer more transit and park and ride options. Of course the real answer is adding additional lanes although we are running out of real estate. James Menor 98006 Comment Form See my comment in #1 above. People should car No. This is a bad idea and only a revenue maker NO! See my comment in #1 above. NO! See my comment in #1 above. Any tolls collected on any roadway (electronic) pool to have the privilege of using the HOV lanes. for the governmental agencies. Keep the HOV People should car pool to have the People should car pool to have the should be spent exclusively on that road lane criteria as it is -- lane use for multi privilege of using the HOV lanes. privilege of using the HOV lanes. Any it was collected for, PERIOD! occupant vehicles only. Money should be spent to encourage people to car pool to be able to use the lanes. Tolling access favors the rich and hurts the poor. I will vote against any elected official that endorses tolling proposals. Tolling is a regressive tax....PERIOD! James Nelson standard mail Thanks for the chance to comment. A good idea as long as carpools still have access I could pay the toll when by myself and in It seems that the addition of these lanes I think it would be mandatory for that to HOV lanes free of charge. need of quick transit, but I can not would reduce pressure on general lanes money to be used to make predict how often that might be. improving travel time as well. improvements where collected. James Paxton 98053 email or website YOU DON'T SEEM TO GET IT! WE NEED NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL AUTOMOBILE LANES ON I-5 AND I-405. MOST OF US ARE REGULAR PEOPLE THAT DILIGENTLY PAY OUR TAXES AND EXPECT

TO HAVE ADEQUATE ROADS TO TRAVEL TO WORK ...I DON'T NEED TRAILS, NOR BICYCLE PATHS, NOR BUS LANES, NOR LIGHT RAIL LANES, NOR HOV LANES ---- I JUST NEED AUTOMOBILE LANES !!! MY TIME IS JUST AS IMPORTANT TO ME AS THE FAT CATS THAT CAN AFFORD TO PAY EXTRA COSTS TO PASS BY ME ON THE PROPOSED EXPRESS PAY HOV LANES.

FORGET THIS EXPRESS TOLL LANES BUSINESS... I'VE ALREADY PAID FOR ADEQUATE ROADS --- NOW IT'S UP TO YOU TO PROVIDE THEM ! James Posey 98321 Feedback Form

Page 136 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? James Postma 98388 Puyallup I do not like toll roads Meeker Days Jan Conrad 98033 Feedback Form I am all for tolls to help us pay for needed highway expansion. Additional comment-The connection to 167 from 405 is key and must be done to relieve pressure and traffic congestion on 405. Without this, the success of the toll system on 405 will be limited. Also, the connection of 405 to Eastbound 520 is another exit that needs immediate improvement. Jan Conrad 98039 standard mail Definitely something needs to be done to alleviate Yes, adding toll lanes on I-405 is a good idea, I would probably pay to use them any The travel time savings may only be 10 Yes traffic congestions on our major freeways soon. extending from Lynnwood to Puyallup or time I needed to use I-405, which I try to minutes (say to the airport) but the further south and north. avoid using at all. worry of making the trip 'on-time.' Jan Durrell Comment Form Carpooling is best for everyone. Don't be like a NO I do no think it is a good idea. I commute 45 MPH is slower than what I can do now The travel time won't save ME anything. IS this a done deal? Because often the (electronic) permissive parent who, when kids don't get their from Mill Creek to Sammamish via 405 and because the carpool is limited to those I will use that route for work only and government SAYS they want the public own way you change the rules to accommodate the 520. I car pool with 2 teachers at my school - with 2 or more. I have a long enough then shop elsewhere as to not get opinion but the decision has already kids. Find another way to raise money one teaches Middle School, one teaches high day/commute without slowing the traffic caught up in having to pay a toll. been made behind closed doors. I have school and I am staff. Although our hours are down to 45 when I can do 60 now???w lived here for 23 years and frankly am all different but we make it work to save tired of the traffic "improvements" on money, energy, and time. We make an effort 405. seems to be never ending. Give me to do so. Because my husband is unemployed I a break for a change and keep the would not be able to afford the luxury of paying carpool lane closed to those with 2 or to use the carpool lane. Many others. are in more passengers and DO NOT add a toll the same boat. I am tired of the benefits going to the "HAVES" all the time. And in the carpool lane from 85th st through totem lake every afternoon it is a dead crawl anyway. why bog that down even further??? ? I think the people proposing this have not had to make the commute . Spend the money on encouraging people to carpool, not giving them this option. Jan Sherwood 98052 Feedback Form Am unable to attend meeting as I'm in AZ. Yes to adding HOV and toll express lanes to the new 520. We need more travel lanes to the Eastside. Jan Sherwood email or website We've used toll express lanes in other states and found them fast, cost-effective, and easy to access. Having traveled 405 for 30 years, we'd love to have that option as well.

The current HOV lanes don't work compared to what's done in other states. On 405 there are slow- downs and irritation at each entrance/exit as HOV cars dive across lanes of traffic at the last minute to exit, and dive across lanes to quickly access the HOV lanes. These dives result in extreme slow- downs in the general purpose lanes and create a dangerous situation at each entrance/exit. Hopefully the toll express lanes would have limited entrances and exits, not at each entrance/exit. Two problems need to be solved: more cars using the HOV/express lanes and safer entrances/exits from these

Page 137 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jane Becker 98040 standard mail Added noise is a huge negative! How will this be This should only be considered further if you Depends on the toll - probably not often. We rarely drive that corridor unless we Yes addressed? I would appreciate someone setting up intend to do something about the excessive have 2 in the car. monitors to check the noise levels. noise that travels across Lake Washington to the homes on the eastside of Mercer Island. Sound barriers and the use of rubberized road coating would help reduce this high decibel noise which is the worst in the early morning and late afternoon. Janell Erickson 98027 Feedback Form I would hate having a toll on I-405 or I-90. I support all the taxes that come along for our state and I appreciate good roads, but I hate traffic jams and things that slow me down when I expect to get somewhere on time. I-90 and I-405 are good just like they are for me and I would hate to see them changed. Thanks. Janet Schafer 98042 Feedback Form The double white lines that prevent people from entering and exiting those HOT lanes is a REALLY REALLY BAD idea! It basically prevents people from using the lanes because they cannot get out of them in time to take the correct exit!!!! Why can you not make it like carpool lanes were in the past, so that cars can enter and exit at will? Figure out a better way PLEASE to monitor your tolling!!!! Janet Sherwood 98052 Comment Form yes, anything to help move traffic on I-405. The anytime we travel on 405, it's a mess YES!! probably save 30 minutes. yes, tolls collected need to be used near (electronic) current two general lanes are not sufficient and now. total gridlock. use them probably where they are collected. not enough people have others with the same every work day. work hours and same place of employment to carpool. other states have toll roads and people pay to use them, we need to do likewise. the real bottlenecks occur when HOV card enter the freeway and immediately try to get into the HOV lanes, then wait until the last second before trying to get across all lanes of traffic to exit. The new toll lane needs to have limited entrance and exit to be effective. Janet Stout 98011 email or website I would prefer to see the money spent on a rail or other rapid transit system rather than more lanes for automobiles creating more air pollution for eastside residents. Janice Conrad 98039 Feedback Form I support the tolling system as suggested. We avoid using 405 whenever possible due to traffic issues and would be willing to pay tolls the few times we use it. I am not able to attend the Nov. 3red or 5th meetings.

Page 138 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Janice Coulter email or website My husband and I frequently used the HOV lanes It is an appallingly bad idea to convert the HOV on SR-167 prior to lanes on I-405 to their being converted to toll-HOV lanes. We have toll-HOV lanes. not used them at all since the conversion. Since it is illegal to cross the double white lines we cannot enter and leave the toll-HOV lane when it makes sense to do so. Jason D. Stange email or website I love the express lanes on I-5 (and 90) and the fact that they require no cost to a SOV like myself. The reversible lanes seem to help relieve traffic congestion nicely in the afternoon. I have questions about the I405 "Express Toll" concept.

1. How are "Express Toll" lanes different from "HOT" (High Occupancy Toll) lanes such as we have on 167? 2. The documents on the website speak of a corridor that includes 167; How does the concept of "Express Toll" impact the current HOT lane configuration on 167 that exists today? 3. What is the range of cost that a SOV might pay for the privilege of using the ET lanes? 4. The information on the website speaks of a two lane concept; one for buses and carpools, and one for ET passengers. Does this mean that the ET lane is a reversible lane setup like I-5 and 90? Or does each direction of travel get an additional lane that is open for same- direction travel 24/7? 5. Would the ET lane operate as the I-5 lanes do where during non-peak hours, the cost is $0 for a SOV to use the lane, or would there be a fee 24/7 regardless of conditions?

Page 139 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jean email or website Tolls for carpooling? Will this encourage more Tolling 405 smells like .penalty tolls. to me. people to protect our environment Penalty tolls in by carpooling? Oh or perhaps area business will preparation for the upcoming 520-bridge toll allow us to telecommute more? because hoards of 520 users will be pfft.. (What DID ever happen to telework going around the lake instead. anyway???)

I may be more for tolling had the Puget Sound area fixed our public transportation problems 1st! Fix the East Side West Side public transportation issues before congesting roadways with more projects and tolls. I have lived in the WA State Puget Sound area for almost 18 years. I haven't seen many improvements to the East Side West Side public transportation issue since then. Sounder busses which are over crowded during peak hours is the best we get! Where are the subways/light rails under or across the bridges like other 1st class cities have? How about MORE bridges period like Portland, OR? One across Magnuson Park Seattle into Kirkland with light rail going into DT Redmond and the Overlake Park job corridor of Redmond/Bellevue. One from Lake City Way, Seattle going to Kenmore/Totem Lake Kirkland and then link with light rail to the Bothell job corridors? Light rail or subways under I-90 going into the DT Bellevue and Factoria job corridors? Oh and park and rides to accommodate light rail users.

And if you toll 405, more people will just use Lake City Way and Juanita. So why not toll those streets too? And how do business feel about attracting workers across the bridges with more tolls and more congestion on the horizon and with very few other alternatives for East Side West Side public transportation? My hunch is that more business will be leaving this area due to the boondoggling bureaucratic shortsightedness here! It appears that gathering revenue takes precedent over fixing real issues.

Page 140 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jeanette 98056 Feedback Form We do NOT need more tolling lanes for those McCready who happen to be privileged enough to have enough money to travel in them - we need more standard lanes for the average person to be able to get to work and back without scheduling an additional two hour commute! This bites into what little family time & money most people barely have to begin with, not to mention the obscene amount of pollution spewed out from this unnecessary traffic congestion. I live right off of the Renton 405 S- curves, and for me to go anywhere - at anytime - is nearly impossible, anymore! PLEASE HELP US, DON'T HURT US!!! Jeanette Strutz open house Jeff and Kelly email or website We find them incredibly restrictive for As a frequent carpooler on 167 I'm not in favor Greene carpoolers. We are not allowed to enter them of the way the express toll when we are in a position to lanes have been implemented. enter them instead we have to wait for the opening that allows the tolling to work. I would have not problem with the express toll lanes if as a carpool you are not restricted when you enter and leave the HOV lane. Please consider this for any follow-on implementations and any possible revisions you might be considering for 167. At this point we as carpoolers find this very disruptive and we are not able to use the carpool as much do to the restrictive nature of the entrance and exit. Jeff Churchill 98011 Comment Form Yes, provided that tolls are set to ensure free- Probably only if I was running late. I'm not sure it would improve travel Yes. (electronic) flow in the HOT lanes, and that they remain Maybe once or twice per year. I don't times in the long-term, but it might free for HOVs. regularly commute on the 405 corridor. reduce the rate at which they deteriorate. Jeff Davis email or website I am in favor of opening up car pool lanes to all I for one would more than willing to pay a toll traffic during non peak hours @ no charge. to travel the corridor in an ͞express͟ lane during peak commute hours. We need to continue to improve the 167/405 interchange. It is still troublesome despite all the changes is recent years. This interchange impedes traffic both North and Southbound.

This also applies to the 405/520 interchange. Jeff DeVere open house Jeff Harvey email or website No tolls period!!!

Page 141 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jeff L. Jones 98005 Comment Form Washington used to have the best roads in the (electronic) Northwest. I have lived here over fifty years and watched how the WASHDOT has let our highway system turn into the worst highway system in the Northwest. Its demise started clear back in 1962 when the lack of foresight of our highway planners under built the Evergreen Point bridge and it has never been able to carry the traffic load that it should have been designed for. There was a time when you could tell which State you were in immediately when you crossed the boarders because our road system was so superior to all of our surrounding States and Province. Now it is just the opposite, our highway system is a joke compared to those which surround us! You continue to under build all of the highways in our state but especially on the Eastside of Lake Washington. You also overly inconvenience the taxpaying drivers who have been paying some of the highest road taxes in the U.S. by doing all the construction during peak traffic hours. All this construction should be done during night shifts. The best example of this being the recent travesty of cramming all the I-90 traffic into two lanes during rush hours. The expansion joint repairs should all have been done at night, it might have taken longer but would not have inconvenienced hundreds of thousands of commuters throughout the Seattle area. Many other industries have had night shifts in the Northwest forever and they have never had the severe impact to the public that the WASHDOT has on an ongoing basis. The Roosevelt and Eisenhower administrations built immense projects in extremely fast paces and we can͛t even move our local traffic without gridlock. Something has to change and tolling is not the answer as proved by the tolling of the Evergreen Point bridge. The tolling there caused more gridlock on the Eastside than any construction project ever has. We pay higher taxes to have superior roads lets see them now. The commuter lanes are also a joke. Open them up for all to use instead of an occasional Metro bus. This area has proved over decades that we will never conform to carpooling yet the WASHDOT planners keep trying to shove it down our throats. Please start sizing our roads for the sizes of the developments you are allowing to be built. Jeff Lundstrom open house

Page 142 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jeff Lykken 98056 Feedback Form The Idea of putting another HOV-Hot Lane from Renton to Bellevue on I-405 is one of the dumbest ideas I have ever heard. This considering that this stretch of freeway only has 2 SOV lanes and an HOV lane. What they need to do is to add 2 SOV lanes before they even consider putting another HOT lane. Traffic is already so bad that it is a saftey hazard since the speeds are so slow in the 2 SOV lanes and traffic moves at a much faster pace in the HOV lane. For some reason this stretch of freeway from Renton to Bellevue has been the most neglected in the state. And now the idea of another HOV/Hot lane on this strech shows that the WA DOT is not listening to what the public wants. We want 2 more SOV lanes added!!! I can understand the idea of adding an Hot lane north of I-90 where they have 4 SOV lanes already, but DO NOT EVEN THINK OF ADDING ANOTHER HOV/TOLL LANE UNTIL YOU ADD 2 LANES FROM RENTON TO BELLEVUE! Jeff Lykken 98056 Feedback Form I think the only option of the 5 choices, that is the best is option #5. That is because it includes a GP lane from Renton to Bellevue. The Renton to Bellevue segment needs 2 GP lanes added in both directions. Please build the GP lane before you add any HOT lane. Jeff Parr email or website I am completely in favor of any toll lanes if that's what it takes to get WA moving. Clearly the train works while the trollies don't. Tolls would work as well as they do in Chicago, Boston and even Denver.

Page 143 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jeff Voskuhl email or website I travel both I-405 and SR167 daily. I car-pool often and also have a Good-to-go account. My observations:

> HOT/HOV lanes are highly under-utilized.

I've regularly witnessed dead-stop traffic in general- use lanes while HOT/HOV lanes are wide open. This is not "maximum highway efficiency". I have never used my Good-to-go to drive solo in a HOT lane nor do I intend to in the future. It is purely to save on Narrows bridge tolls. I car-pool when possible to save fuel, vehicle maintenance and get better parking at work. Unfortunately for many drivers car-pooling is not practical and they should not be punished. Taxpayers have already funded these roadways and it is unethical to charge never-ending daily use fees.

> HOT/HOV lanes are dangerous.

Due to the under-utilization noted above, a large speed differential exists. I've seen motorists attempting to blindly merge from a stopped right lane into the touted "45mph+" lane causing wrecks. There are also many who feel obligated to occupy the HOV lane even when it's clear to their right and drive slowly, effectively blocking traffic and causing others to pass on the right. This is inherently dangerous, inefficient and counter to the universal rule of "slower traffic keep right". The constant backup in the Renton S-curves are largely due to the fact that no one can move left to allow merging traffic on the right. The HOV lane there is effectively an invisible wall.

> HOV lanes are largely occupied by unintended drivers.

The purpose is to consolidate drivers and remove vehicles from the road. How many times have you been passed by a mother with infant in a car seat who are "carpooling"? The senior citizens in their motor-home going camping? The landscape crew towing a rattling trailer full of tools and equipment? Not a single vehicle has been removed from our roadways in these examples. They are laughable loopholes which do not in any way serve the true intent of an HOV lane. I venture to say only a small percentage of HOV lane occupants are truly ride-sharing and yet the glaring under- utilization still exists.

These idealistic special purpose lanes are counter- productive. How can a new lane that allows only a

Page 144 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? limited number of "paying customers" move 70% more traffic while a new lane that allows all drivers moves only 10%? These statistics do not make sense. More than likely these HOT lanes are being pushed purely for their over-estimated revenue generating potential. Let's do what's right for ALL drivers and open up more general use lanes. Jeffrey Luth 98105 Feedback Form If you keep tolls to a dollar, then most people will not seek alternate routes and you will probably raise more money more quickly. It's the Mcdonalds approach. You should start low on the tolls then you can reassess and increase the rates if necessary. Jeffrey Parr 98372 Comment Form Gas taxes are terrible. Money needs to be raised This is a great idea. Why you haven't done this All the time. 20 days a month plus 2 trips Yes. The ability to travel at 45 mph or Yes (electronic) on a project base. I live in Edgewood. If we could sooner is amazing to me. I would much rather daily greater. I would pay no matter how ever get 167 completed so that we can it doesn't "pay as I go" than having gas taxes continually often I used it. It's worth it anytime. end in Puyallup, but goes on to connect with I-5 in increasing. I have always felt tolls were the Fife, I would pay a toll even if work doesn't require answer to our traffic problems. My work put me to use the toll road. me on the road for 16 years. In that time I saw how effective tolls can be. Jeffrey Parr 98372 Comment Form Gas taxes are terrible. Money needs to be raised This is a great idea. Why you haven't done this All the time. 20 days a month plus 2 trips Yes. The ability to travel at 45 mph or Yes (electronic) on a project base. I live in Edgewood. If we could sooner is amazing to me. I would much rather daily greater. I would pay no matter how ever get 167 completed so that we can it doesn't "pay as I go" than having gas taxes continually often I used it. It's worth it anytime. end in Puyallup, but goes on to connect with I-5 in increasing. I have always felt tolls were the Fife, I would pay a toll even if work doesn't require answer to our traffic problems. My work put me to use the toll road. me on the road for 16 years. In that time I saw how effective tolls can be. Jenelle Barkley 98052 Feedback Form I'd like to comment on the Eastside Corridor Tolling Option. I drive on I-405 every week day and I experience first hand the congestion that everyone complains about. Although I dislike the congestion and could afford to use a toll/HOT lane during my daily commute if it were available, I don't like the idea. I feel that everyone should be able to share the road and, if current HOV lanes were converted to toll or HOT lanes I believe it takes away some of the incentive for people to carpool (which helps reduce traffic). Thank you for inviting people to share their input on this, I appreciate the opportunity to have a voice. Jenni Rees 98443 Puyallup Yes, traffic is a nightmare now. Absolutely. 4 to 8 hours. yes, 10 minutes or more Absolutely! Meeker Days Jennifer 98133 standard mail I like tolling. Jennifer Fowler 98377 Puyallup No, I would never pay a toll Never No Yes Meeker Days

Page 145 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jennifer Omeara Feedback Form I would prefer express lanes on the 405 and 167 to be eliminated until the numbers of total lanes is expanded to 4. At that time, lanes should be HOV only between 7 and 9 AM (toward Seattle) and 4:30 and 6:30 PM (away from Seattle). Jenny Vergara 98034 Kirkland Yes. I generally carpool, but for those times I When I am not able to carpool, especially 1/2 hour time savings. Yes!! Farmer's Market don't I would be pay the toll for the to and from the airport. convenience. 4 times a month average. Jeremy Lehman Feedback Form I think the express toll lanes are an excellent idea. They would be incredibly economically efficient-- reduce traffic while increasing revenue for the state. The only potential downside that I can see is if they become too congested themselves (i.e. too many people like the idea) and car-pool traffic is crowded out. Otherwise, great proposal. Jeremy Peery 98059 Feedback Form I am opposed to the idea of adding Tolling to the 405 and 167 freeways and do not support any public officials that support tolling in Washington State. Citizens of this state already pay taxes for road improvements. Government needs to prioritize properly to fund road projects with existing funds. Jeremy R Cook 98004 Comment Form Acquiring additional ROW for potential future use Absolutely. More capacity is certainly needed I wouldn't. I currently commute Bellevue- No. If my driving time was reduced by at Absolutely. (electronic) by light rail should be considered while pursuing and having the option to pay to travel 'faster' Renton in the morning and back in the least 20%. ROW for this project would be great. evening, so I'm going in the opposite direction of most traffic. But I would certainly have a 'Good to Go' account established just in case. Jerry Forell 9033 standard mail Would prefer non-toll, general purpose lanes, Don͛t use much during commute hours, Yes, during the infrequent times I use it. Yes, but prefer gas tax increase. paid for with an increase in the gas tax, but will tend to avoid unless necessary. take anything as better00/!NSWER UT OFF Jerry Gromssrud 98004 Bellevue Tolls are appropriate when used correctly as the Yes, creates revenue for highways and roads. During high drive times, given my driving It would increase time, but not sure how As long as the funds collected are put Strawberry east coast has shown. However, tolling a bridge is to the airport from Bellevue. Three to 5 much. A better increase of time would aside for improvements for the area Festival that is high traffic is not a wise decision as it will times per month. be to remind drivers of the two second where they are collected. cause backups that are not reversible. rule. This was proven by UW in 1998.

No traffic is 20 minutes from Bellevue to Sea-Tac with traffic it can be up to 60 minutes. Jerry Hope email or website For sure we need to have more lanes from Sumner to Lynnwood on 167/405 highways.

If the Hot lanes for single drivers on 167 is improving the over all traffic flow, then I say Great.

One key to making the proposed system work is to make a seamless transition from 167 to 405 both directions. The Hot lanes for single drivers (Toll) and no charges for car pools would be the best trade off.

Page 146 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jerry Hope Renton River Toll lane on 167; When open at night, should allow None No Yes Days all lanes and not restrict movement between toll and normal lanes. People are crossing the barrier. Jerry Lohnes open house Jerry Robison 98275 Feedback Form HOT lanes on SR 167 should be converted back to The idea of increased tolling beyond that used HOV lanes and no more experiments with road to finance new bridges or tunnels, is totally tolling should be done. Tolls have been historically unacceptable. used in Washington State for financing new infrastructure, e.g. bridges, and once the financing has been paid off the tolls removed. Nothing should change that now, especially since the gas tax has been raised to the point it's at now. Maybe WSDOT should get creative with the taxing authority they have now and modify the fuel tax to be based on the price per gallon instead of just a fixed amount per gallon. The tax would then fluctuate according to cost instead of consumption. Make the modified fuel tax revenue neutral when it's initiated the impact would be negligible at the outset and then as the prices increase revenue would do likewise. Jill Gordon email or website Hello, I could not find the on line survey, but wanted to comment. I found the tolled express lanes on 167 very confusing for carpools. The limited access and egress made them very difficult for carpoolers to use if they were not staying in them from the beginning to the end of the line. If you use them on 405 I believe that carpools should be able to enter and exit anytime. This should also be the case on 167.

In my opinion you should not install tolling on the eastside corridor. Thanks for the opportunity to comment. Jill Gordon Jill Jones 90858 Comment Form We should focus on creating an extensive rapid No, I think the money would be better spent on I would not pay for toll lanes. I would I don't know if it would improve travel No, tolls should only be used to pay for (electronic) transit system in our metropolitan areas. While extending light rail to the east side. take surface streets to Bellevue or I-90 time. Increased road capacity always the construction of the road it is charged travelling in California I used BART in San Francisco before using toll lanes. eventually fills up. A light rail line would on. and the trolley in San Diego. We should have built a reduce the 2-hour bus ride time system like this here 30 years ago, yet we keep required for my children to get to pouring money into roads. Our metropolitan area is Bellevue College. Why don't we help backward. people out who don't drive, or who want to reduce carbon emissions? Jim 98007 standard mail The sooner the better. The traffic is supposed to be It's a fantastic idea. I live in Bellevue and work Under July 29, 103F I will pay you $20 to Yes, the same reason why the cop shows improved by WSDOT, not a cop so resume your in Renton. My daily commute is reverse traffic. use this toll express lane instead of doing up to check the carpool lane in the responsibility. 99% of time a cop on his motorcycle checks for 10 mph while be toasted. Depending on mornings on north and southbound. The carpool violators. It is the DOT's responsibility traffic, if always under 10 mph, I will use matter is my car is designed to ride at 60 to improve traffic, not the cop. I would say the toll express lane. mph not 10 mph. wherever a copy is involved, DOT should consider extra lanes or a toll lane.

Page 147 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jim & Vivian email or website ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!! Cornelius You have already charged us twice on SR 167 as we did not get our "Shield" in place quick enough.

We would leave it on EXCEPT when driving to Silverdale to visit our daughter, it rattles against the windshield as the Velcro does not hold it securely and it is extremely irritating.

Why should it be our responsibility to let you know when we are a carpool which by the way we always are?

Come up with a better solution.

Furthermore, why not put the tolling in Seattle where more money would be raised and money seems to be your objective.

PS - I tried to access "Take our brief online survey" with no success. Jim Anderson email or website I am a lifelong King County resident. I live in the West Bellevue area.

Take a lesson from Los Angeles. I-405 should be 8 to 12 toll free lanes in each direction. That way if 3 or 4 lanes are blocked by a major accident, traffic still gets through.

Just like our Justice system, which allows those who can afford it to purchase justice through the system, while those who can't afford it do not receive an equal opportunity to receive justice, tolling unjustly and dis-proportionately penalized the un-monied, while favoring the wealthy.

That should not be the function of government.

Tolling is a sign and symptom of failed governmental leadership.

If you do chooses to build a monument to your failure, in the form of tolled lanes, then "the people" should at least receive 2 un-tolled lanes for each tolled one you build. Jim Carroll email or website I'm skeptical of whatever study showed 70% more vehicles could travel at 45 mph or better with an express toll lane. Where are the numbers that support it ?

Page 148 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jim Chevigny email or website The express lane users are simply drivers who have I say eliminate the express lanes and open them more than 1 person in up for all drivers, their car for reasons other than "car pooling". which would provide better spacing for all and When will the State wake a safer roadway. up and tell this truth?

The last time I was in the Portland area, their HOV lanes were HOV for only a few hours a day, therefore promoting better spacing of traffic the rest of the day.

Presuming HOV lanes are not going away, why doesn't Washington follow Oregon's more practical system?

Page 149 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jim Gage From: Jim Gage [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 7:32 AM To: ECTollingStudy Subject: Eastside Corridor Tolling

This ͞study͟ seems more designed to support the idea of pre-determined toll lanes than to actually study the issue.

Why is there no un-biased study that analyzes who is using the existing ͞express lanes?͟ !re they really worth it?

Do we really need to toll single occupant contractors, sales and service people driving to job sites throughout the day, supporting our economy, so stay at home moms in Lynnwood can take their toddlers shopping in Puyallup?

My un-scientific ͞study,͟ conducted while actually sitting on the freeway, indicates largely frivolous use of this valuable resource. Most business use of the freeway takes place with single occupant drivers/ They͛re the ones paying for the freeways through gas taxes, yet they sit while mom and baby zip off to get her latte/ I guess that͛s commerce too, but it somehow doesn͛t measure up/

If the ͞latte͟ lanes were converted to commercial use or simply opened to all traffic, we͛d realize an immediate increase in available driving space. Your argument will be they will simply fill up too. Are you sure?

I͛m a contractor in othell and I won͛t bid work south of Kirkland because of the traffic. My daughter lives North of me and routinely loads a kid in the car and/or a girlfriend and zips down to Bell square for lattes and lunch/ I͛m guessing she͛d be more likely to buy a local latte if she had traffic to deal with. Further, if she was off the freeway, I might be able to expand the area my business serves.

This stuff doesn͛t get studied and it͛s got a lot to do with your departmental reputation among the voters. Give us some real and useful data. We all want traffic to flow better, but let͛s engineer a solution for the real issues and try to address the un-intended consequences. It really gets down to whose trip is more valuable to the public/ If it͛s moms and babies, then you͛re right on track/ We could tax all vehicles used for business and exempt all vehicles with car seats and DVD players.

Page 150 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jim Gage Eagle Construction & Remodel, LLC Bothell, WA 206-276-9858 Jim @ EagleConstructionBothell.com Jim Harris 98029 Feedback Form I would love a toll lane and would pay for the privilege of using it. Jim Harvey email or website I'd ask the state to get rid of all the "diamond lanes" in the Puget Sound area, thus speeding traffic and decreasing air pollution.

I doubt there's been a study in the last 20 years detailing the efficacy of Seattle area car pool lanes; if there has been one would you please send me the cite(s)?

Car pool lanes apparently were instituted to encourage: car-pooling (duh). As I sit stopped in the typical I405 gridlock, with a "car pool car" whizzing by every 10-30 seconds in an otherwise empty/wasted lane, I see:

* cars with at least one child passenger

* motorcycles with one rider

* construction, landscaping or other work vehicles with a 2-3 person crew

* taxis and - about once an hour - busses

None of these are the reason car pool lanes were instituted, but they must be at least 95% of the traffic in these terribly-under-used lanes.

I speculate "car pool lanes" have persuaded what, 2% drivers, to change to car pools.

All those cars and trucks stopped, idling, on I 405's "all traffic lanes" contribute greatly to air pollution. If the car pool lane was open to all traffic we'd move traffic much more effectively, thus reducing air pollution. The attempt to control personal behavior by mandating car-pool lanes has failed, please get rid of them. I'm an environmentalist, car pool lanes hurt the environment. Thanks for your time.

Page 151 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jim Horn email or website Let͛s finish the I-405 orridor Plan approved by 27 agencies first before we modify it. The plan will accommodate 95% of the true demand so there is no reason to have ͞expensive to administer͟ HOT lanes. Why fix the problem for a few with money when we can fix it for everybody with no tolls?

If HOT lanes are to be considered at all on the I- 405/167 corridor, the lanes should be in addition to the approved two additional GP lanes. It would be a big mistake to convert an approved GP lane into a HOT lane. Jim Jordan open house Jim Klavano email or website Please please please do not dedicate any more Do not add more hot lanes. lanes on 167... The current hot lane is massively underutilized and poorly designed for on and off at ramps.....thank you Jim Ladd 98004 Bellevue Yes, to relieve traffic congestion. I'd pay when traffic was heavy. But I Yes Yes, for sure. Strawberry don't use I-405 much, and I don't use SR 10 minutes Festival 167 at all. Jim Nickels open house

Page 152 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jim Ramey 98042 Feedback Form If you plan is to maker a seamless I-167 and I-405 corridor you'll need to completely remodel the interchange between these two roads (following the complete failure of the most recent remodels to this interchange). The main flow should be direct from I-405 south to I-167 south and visa-versa without needed to take a ramp. In fact the current I- 167 and Hwy 18 from I-167 to I-5 should become an extension of I-405. THe current section of I-405 being rebuilt should get a new designation as part of Hwy 518 and ramps should be build to divert traffic from the new I-405 to this extension of Hwy 518. I-405 was originally the Eastern leg of I-5, but with the expansion of business and communities in the S. King County areas I-405 should become the major thoroughfare. Doing so would mean widening the current I-167 a significant amount (not the measly changes which have been made recently), remodeling the interchanges at I-405/I- 167 and I-167/Hwy 18, widening and perhaps reducing the grade on the Hwy 18 portion of this new I-405 connector, and a complete remodel of the current Hwy 18/I-5 interchange. Why is it that I- 5 is so wide and will not be getting a "Lexus" lane, yet I-405 continues to be cramped into a too-small corridor and will require users to pay a toll. I know the Spokane people cry about a "West Side" bias, but I think the same can be said here with the "West Side" of the greater King County area getting the better deal. If you're going to charge tolls and make money, then please use the money to improve this corridor as I have outlines above ... it's the only thing that really makes sense. Thank you for reading these ideas. Maybe I should enlist Tim Eyman to help further this sensibly approach to the East Side Traffic Corridor solution. Jimmie Spaid email or website Expanding the SR 167 HOT Lanes for drivers on I-405 could help the congestion and it would be I would like to see the light rail expanded to the nice to have a car pool lane bypass from I-405 South to Federal Way, East to Bellevue and North to SR 167. Seattle in the future. Joan Bolin Feedback Form I am against any more toll lanes for 167 or Eastside freeways.

Page 153 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Joan Rendek email or website IN addition to the survey I just took, I'd like to add a few things. 1. a generalized traffic education outreach on TV and internet should be added to help Puget Sound traffic. People here do not know rules of the road, such as faster traffic inn left lane, slower vehicles to right. They pick a lane, go unconscious and clog up traffic. If people would pay attention, I'd bet we could move a lot more cars. And many people don't know a lot of basic courtesies, such as flashing lights to let someone pass, basic hand signals, etc. 2. people who actually carpool should have free access to the transponder system. I see many humble vehicles filled with 4 to 5 workers, and they should have it free. Most use of HOV lanes is accidental, hey we have 2 people in the car! 3. Overall, I don't like the HOV system, except for busses. I think improving driving skills would help a great deal and cost less. Joane Godonger 98056 Renton River We need a solution for the long term for traffic. I Yes, will help to speed up traffic It depends could be 2-4 times a week 20 minutes or so yes Days think things will only get worse if we don't do anything. Joanne Erickson open house Joe Forde 98004 Comment Form The web pages and this survey are a rigged game, Not a good idea. This is really a revenue raising I'm already paying for the express lanes No I don't. We could all save time by Is this the same question as "do you (electronic) designed to produce a favorable answer by design. measure for the State. Our highway right of even when I can't use them. Now you having more lanes for everyone one to think everyone should pay for just those the DOT should be ashamed of this unethical ways should be improved for the benefit of all want us to pay twice. What evil person is use. Why not consider the use of the sections of road they use?" The roads approach to getting public opinion. Why not ask the taxpayers with equal access for everyone. Just pushing this scam? same space for a light rail system that are built and paid for with gas taxes questions differently without candy coating and because some people have the ability to pay runs above or below free express lanes. which are a user fee already. It is the directing the responses. No one at WSDOT is asking more than others is no reason to dedicate Want to move people and freight, then WSDOT that should be working on how if there is an ethical question here in the first palace public thorough fares to the few for the open up the corridor so it can handle to spend that money to move people concerning the way public resources and taxes are detriment of the many. volume. more efficiently rather than trying to utilized. take a public resource and turn it into a cash cow for the DOT. Joe Neese standard mail Please toll SR 520 as well! We need the revenue to YES I love this pan. I am a resident of Kirkland I would pay every time I drive on I-405 YES! YES! build a new bridge that includes mass transit (light and travel either north or south almost 24/7, 15-20 times a month. rail). everyday via I-405. Joellen Monson 98007 email or website I disagree with this type of tolling system which allows those with money to get to work on time while putting those of lower income at a further disadvantage to get to their jobs. It increases socio- economic divides.

Joellen Monson, MA, LMHC Branch Manager Eastside

Page 154 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? JOHN STARNES 98036 Comment Form Put more lanes on the 167 around the Puyallup NO I do not drive the 167 everyday and as i see First by paying a toll how would that I wouldn't pay any amount of money NO (electronic) area where you have 30 feet in the middle of the it most people are not in the toll lane at all. make me get there faster. I already pay like I said i already pay enough taxes. freeway and if you do I hope it goes faster than road tax ...... gas tax. What you could Thank you original 167 I think that took several years. do is open the HOV lane more most of the time that i drive 405 there are not many people in it mid day. Or you could start writing tickets for the people that are impeding traffic in the HOV lane .. I believe that the state of Oregon knows how to write tickets for traffic impeding. John & Estelle 98011 Comment Form Our only concern is how to collect the money. Be It is a great idea. We live in Bothell and our We would be very willing to pay a toll any It doesn't matter how much time we It is certainly appropriate to use tolls to Isakson (electronic) smart. Study Colorado's E-Z pass on E-470! cardiologist is in Puyallup/Tacoma. It would time we needed to use these lanes. We would save, we are happy to pay the toll. improve that specific roadway and to save us time. use I-405 daily!. share the wealth with other roads. John + Molly open house Howell John Burroughs email or website My experience with the SR 167 HOT lane is that it allows one slow vehicle to disable the lane. Since it is ͞illegal͟ to cross the double lane to pass the slow vehicle, one slow vehicle can cripple the capacity of the HOT lane. This situation occurs repeatedly in the SR 167 HOT lane/ Therefore I don͛t believe your projections for the traffic flow advantages of these restricted lanes. They must be based on the false assumption that all vehicles using the HOT lane will travel at the speed limit. Slow vehicles can be accommodated only if faster vehicles are allowed to maneuver around them. The HOT lane does not allow this.

As a systems engineer working for Boeing for over 20 years, I know from practice and theory that adding constraints to any system reduces rather than increases its carrying capacity. As the population of Washington increases, we need more transportation capacity, not less. Placing restrictions on a portion of the transportation network reduces its capacity. John Carpenter email or website Saying that you are adding new lanes is not true as I understand it. You are simply taking existing roadway away and renaming it. This comes across as deceptive. Call it what it is and maybe you would have more credibility. I am not against express lanes but if you have two that are express and one that is for buses you do not have much roadway left. John Clemmons 98056 Feedback Form I'd rather we spend the money on bus rapid transit I think the HOT lanes concept is too complex or other traffic flow improvement projects. A and too costly. I recommend keeping the HOV complex scheme to allow a few people to pay to on 405 as is and adding additional general drive in the HOV lane as a SOV is just not worth it. purpose lanes if necessary. Let's keep it simple. Thank you.

Page 155 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? John D. Hastig email or website As a registered professional civil engineer with 32+ Philosophically, I strongly object to years in the public sector, including serving as discriminatory tolls that will allow a group of Public Works Director and City Engineer in two individuals with the financial ability to pay for cities, and having served as President of the Seattle favorable treatment, particularly when they are Section of ASCE, I believe I understand the dilemma likely part of a larger group who strenuously WSDOT faces, as well as the basics of the object to increasing any taxes, even if it were to methodology and results of the studies WSDOT has pay for the same improvements. undertaken. My comments, however, reflect my own views, and should not be construed as representing my employers or ASCE.

I must take exception to the direction being undertaken to enhance the capacity of I-405 through the use of express toll lanes on multiple levels. These include: the philosophical aspects of providing improved access for those who have the financial resources to pay for the advantage they gain; the practical, common sense aspects of providing major projected improvements for HOVs and those individuals who can afford to pay; and, the apparent failure of the plan to address one of WSDOT's goals of improved freight mobility.

The State of Washington charges WSDOT with planning, building and maintaining our State highway system to support a certain level of service. I believe the State should provide the level of funding needed to build and sustain the infrastructure to meet that level of service, and if the funding is not provided, then the resulting degradation of service should be endured by all. And this resulting level of service should be applicable to ALL folks, accepting that we do make provisions favorable to HOV͛s/

On the common sense level, it appears the proposed improvements will provide little true improvement, except in the HOV lanes, which are being proposed to benefit primarily HOVs and those who can afford to take advantage of them. Having traveled I-405 for many years, I have seen a couple of simple improvements WSDOT made that really improved traffic flows for all, and at costs that had to be far less than major infrastructure improvements. One example is prohibiting through traffic on the collector-distributor at NE 85th St in both directions. This seems to have eliminated a significant number of merging movements where the C-D rejoins the main line, many of which were by individuals who were using the C-D for passing main line traffic to get ahead, and then changed lanes again to get to the faster left or HOV lanes beyond the merge, adding to the conflict situation and slowing traffic at that location. And now that the new lane has been extended to NE 116th and

Page 156 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? NE 124th, there is plenty of room for the switching of lanes for both merging and exiting traffic – an infrastructure improvement to be sure - but a combination that I believe has improved things far more than simply adding the lane extension. Something certainly needs to be done at the SB I- 405 – SR 167 interchange – this is a nightmare situation, but it also points to what I project will continue to be a problem unless the planned improvements eliminate the need for HOVs to merge across multiple lanes to exit. Without the very expensive HOV exits, the merging results in many vehicles having to stop during the merge, stopping the flow in the HOV lane and then the main line lanes. I suspect this situation will grow worse, unless major expenditures are made, and I͛m not sure the level of use at other than the I-405 – SR 167 interchange would justify the expense/ !nd a common problem in a number of areas – not just on I-405 - is the discontinuance of lanes without major exiting movements of traffic to a major thoroughfare. An example of this is I-405 NB from SR 520 to NE 70th. The main line expands by one lane on the right as it crosses SR 520, allowing folks to speed up on the right, only to become an impediment to SR 520 to NB I-405 entry right after those three lanes have had to merge into one lane. And most of this traffic must merge left, since it is not exiting, but many use this lane to pass traffic, only to merge left at the last minute, the then expect to merge further left to the HOV or left lane. Maintaining three general purpose lanes in NB I-405 main line, and leaving the far right lane solely to the oncoming traffic from SR 520 to merge, with restricted entry into that lane from the main line for exiting to NE 70th St. would eliminate a number of last minute merges and I project it would improve flow through and beyond that point with little cost. What I am suggesting is that improving the HOV flows, and adding traffic to it, could well have adverse impacts on the general purpose lanes, unless disproportionate expenditures are made.

As for the goal of freight mobility, part of the problem, as I see it, is extensive truck traffic that now seems to run in the center lane of the three lane segments and in both lanes of the two lane segments in order to not be trapped behind slower truck traffic, all while impeding other, faster general traffic. I once asked former WSDOT NW Region Administrator John Okomoto at an ASCE/ITE meeting how WSDOT sees all of the HOV improvements without the addition of any (at that time) new general purpose lanes to be addressing the freight mobility issue. There was no answer Page 157 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? then, or as a follow up contact. It seems to me, that adding general purpose lanes would help address this important issue as well as provide improvement for all travelers, not just for HOVs and those who agree to pay for the privilege. And it will take more that single lane additions in some of the areas, such as through the N I-405 – SR 522 interchange John Fahy email or website How does the system check if I am a single or multi occupant vehicle?

i.e., I do not pay a toll when I have family members in my car.

Also is the charge per mile or per trip? John Flynn email or website You can't fool all of the people all of the time. You call it a toll. That's bs it's, just another tax. John Grisetti 98012 Comment Form To have a more effective means to move No. This is another tax on the citizens and I feel Never. No and None. No. (electronic) commuters, place a light rail in the I405 corridor. that we pay enough in highway funds to have This is more economically feasible. the proposed lanes built without adding a toll. John Hemion email or website HOV lanes are for those who practice efficient, Why should inefficient drivers be allowed to responsible travel by automobile. For those people pay for inefficient travel? Better to toll all of who don͛t practice or are unable to practice 405 to pay for improvements, and take the toll efficient travel they should utilize the general lanes off when those costs are covered. only.

Approximately 15% (# of people, not vehicles) of those that drive 405 routinely use the HOV lanes appropriately, while another 15% (single occupancy vehicles) use it inappropriately. Policing proper use of the existing HOV lanes is obviously a low priority. John Huang email or website I am against express toll lanes on I-405 If the government can spend the tax dollars on stadium and say that it bring in more tax revenue. How can they not invest the tax dollars on the highway? "Express toll lanes" is a discrimination against the poor and middle class. Basically if you are rich and has small changes to toss around, you have the right of way. Otherwise, you don't have the right!!! What kind of government is that? John Kiehl 98053 Feedback Form I believe the idea of having express toll lanes is a great idea. The accumulative effect of some type of slowdown would greatly be reduced. Please keep me informed via e mail.

Page 158 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? John King Feedback Form The scheming on how to get more money out of the How dare you sell the right to travel in this public is getting out of hand and needs to stop. lane! The whole purpose of the "express" lanes Selling rights to travel in this lane will end any is to encourage people to partner up. progress that has been made to encourage people to ride with a partner. Lastly, I think it is unfair in the idea that if I cant afford to pay for this then I am penalized to travel in the slower lanes? Horrible idea! John Lunnen email or website I don't have a problem with the concept of hot lanes. However, I don't the idea of exit points. I have experienced the highway 167 hot lanes since its installation. I feel that the exit points create a safety hazard, because they force driver to enter or exit the hot lanes in such a short distance that some drivers will risk cutting others off while changing lanes. If there was a way to efficiently monitor payments for drivers who need to pay for the use of the hot lanes, then I wouldn't oppose them. As they are now, I am not in favor of them. John Macho 98011 Comment Form Good luck -- another stupid idea brought to us by NO!! first you have to believe your premise NO That's the only place these funds should (electronic) our own employees -- what a perfect waste of time that other than taking our money the be used if you could justify the cost vs. you have spent on another useless project. damn thing will work. Remember the benefit issue overpass on 405 in Kirkland? John Miller 98011 Comment Form "in addition to existing general purpose lanes" - 5 to 10 Depends if you are truly adding or Yes. (electronic) does this include the existing HOV lane? Or are simply converting. 10 to 15 mins. you just converting the existing HOV to an HOT? If converting HOV to HOT - BAD IDEA, HOV lane already slows to a crawl from Kirkland to Bothell. If truly adding additional lane for HOT - GREAT IDEA. John Miller Feedback Form Very stupid. Your plan in 167 shows that no body pays and not enough police to manage your idea. All drive the HOT lane without paying so you want to increase at the expense of tax payers. The roads are paid for by taxes and not there for some to buy a pass. You make it to easy to violate. Just get rid of the old lady's idea that we'll ride buses and spend our money on decent roads without the waste of these hot lanes. John Neller open house

Page 159 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? John Nylander email or website I just answered your survey about tolling on 405. I object very strongly to tolling, based on my I almost always have at least one passenger with experience on 167! me and I am frustrated that using the "tolling" lane restricts my travel more than the previous "HOV" lane! The strong warnings not to cross the double white lines means that I can no longer move right to get around some driver who may be traveling well below the speed limit. As long as this asinine rule exists, I will never support "tolling". If the state decides to remove this restriction on us, I will be able to fully support expanding the use of "tolling lanes". John Perlic Bellevue Open House (Aug) John Powers open house How will this affect property at 500 S.W. 16th St. in Renton? It will not affect the property. John Reinke 98052 Feedback Form I think the proposed Express Lane tolling system for single-passenger vehicles is an excellent idea and should be implemented. John Scrofano Feedback Form Express toll lanes seem like a great idea as long as carpoolers are still allowed to travel in these lanes for free (as currently outlined). John Simpkins 98047 Comment Form In trying to lessen the congestion on 405 No. The HOV lanes on 167 used to be used in I would not pay for this since I've said No. If they operate like those on 167 IF tolls are to be collected [which I sure (electronic) southbound, perhaps it would help if there were large part by carpools. Now with the HOT lanes already the system doesn't allow for with the double white lines and has already been decided upon] the NO LANE-CHANGING areas before the major exits much of the traffic consists of work related sufficient room to exit. IF I were traveling insufficient exiting room, then many money SHOULD be used for roadway [like to 167 or I-5]. Much of the congestion during pickup and commercial vehicles. Even when say from Puyallup to Bellevue and not HOV vehicles will continue to avoid improvements only. rush times occurs because many drivers who feel I'm riding with others on 167 I avoid the HOT have to exit this might be fine. Otherwise using them, thus further congesting the that their lives and time are more important than lanes because NOT ENOUGH ROOM WAS I see this as providing privilege for regular lanes. Do a study of traffic on anyone else's, use the middle lane until they are a GIVEN FOR CARS TO GET OUT OF THAT LANE businesses and those with money. 167 and note how many HOV vehicles few car lengths from their exit before cutting in AND GET ACROSS THE FREEWAY TO EXIT. do not use the HOT lanes. The whole front of those who are already cued for the exit. If During peak hours the regular lanes are so system needs to be studied more. no one lets them in [as often happens on s bound s congested, and many drivers refuse to allow curve to 167] they simply stop or slow down to a cars from the HOT lanes to pull over, that crawl waiting for some kind[?] person to let them you're forced to pass by your exit. The only cut. This effectively stops all of South bound 405 at time I've used the HOT lanes [even though I've that exit. In California there are many areas that had several people in my car] after missing my have no lane changes and people adjust and there exit a few times is when there is only moderate is far less congestion at the exits. I have a difficult traffic so I am assured that I'll have enough time even imaging the mess at the 167 exit if this room to exit. I'm sure my opinion will count for plan goes ahead and there are two lanes of HOT little, but if you go ahead with this plan [as I'm traffic from which some vehicles are trying to cut sure has been decided on already] my across the regular lanes to get into the 167 exit suggestion would be that only the outside lane lane. be made an HOT lane and the other HOV lane left for carpools with no limited entrance or exits.

Page 160 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? John Sommer email or website I vehemently oppose any toll of any kind on I- 405, I-90 or I-5. Every time I fill my gas tank, I pay an enormous amount of state and federal tax in order to support highways. Furthermore, tolls are burdensome on the poor, who get stuck in the slow lanes while the rich pass them by in gas guzzling, expensive imports. John Sommer 98055 Comment Form Light rail would be a joke if it did not cost over $300 No. Tolling on I-405 is a very bad idea. Traffic This statement is not true. I already pay No. This is a waste of concrete. If the NO! (electronic) million per mile. Do you know how many buses in Puget Sound is already a nightmare for a for roads when I buy gas. Tax bicyclers concrete is there, all cars should have could be purchased with $300 million? tourist. Now you want to clip tourists because instead! access. Building roads for the rich is bad they do not understand complex rules? policy John T. Womack 98006 Comment Form I prefer to see money spent on freeway Yes, if they improve flow for the 405/167 When traffic is very slow - Then maybe 2- Yes, If they would eliminate the Yes. (electronic) improvements and bus systems rather than "light transition. 4 times per month. slowdown at the 405/167 transition. 15 rail" which I can not use. minute saving would of interest. John Thompson 98033 Feedback Form With the number of cheaters presently using the HOV lanes for jumping the traffic, or passing vehicles in the inside lane, the state might as well make some money off of the lane. I back the idea of charging for the lane use as you do on 167. John Wohlfarth 98042 Comment Form Build fly over interchanges. Build for the future. No, I'm opposed to all toll lanes. The roads Never. The State collects gas tax to pay No I don't think that toll lanes will affect No. See the gas tax comment above. (electronic) The 405 seems to be DOT's biggest, ongoing, make have been built and maintained with tax for the roads. my travel time. Toll lanes will slow work, project in the region. All "improvements" dollars. Why should the driving public pay down my travel time due to the merging seem to be small, time consuming, traffic again every time they use the Hwy? Hwy 167 back and forth of the toll lane drivers at disruptive, and have no effect by the time they are has toll lanes that are empty most of the time. every interchange, the same way the completed. diamond lane users do now. Look at the 405/I90 mess or the 405/SR167 mess. Build fly over interchanges rather than the merge messes that the DOT seems to prefer.

Page 161 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? John Feedback Form Option 6 for the corridor should be to build Levx at Worthington a cost of approx 70 million per 10 miles, which would be 350 million for all 50 miles. Option 6 should also include 8 658 space parking garages for 17 million a piece for a total of 146 million. That would bring the total cost of building option 6 to 496 million dollars for a service of speeds reaching 80-120 mph top speed. The cost per mile of option 6 is far better than options 2-5,and more bang for the buck than option 1. The revenue potential for option 6 exceeds the revenue from options 1-5. The service speed potential is greater than options 1-5. Congestion relief potential of option 6 is greater than options 1-5 The environmental impacts for option 6 are far less than options 1-5. Option 6 competes' better with the automobile even during non peak hours. There is limited space in this north south corridor. Once toll lane options are built we may never be able to use the only available north south corridor for high speed mass transit. The Burlington northern eastside rail corridor faces stiff opposition from hiking and biking groups, and has too many turns in spots to allow for continuous top end speeds needed to out compete the automobile for the commuters business.. Sound Transit and sounder are too far west and travel at too low of speed to be utilized by the eastside's. BRT will never compete with the SOV automobile without continuing to make things so bad that people feel no choice but to take the bus. Capacity will catch up to BRT and levy and Thurston(Lexus lanes)and the speeds will get slower and slower. Levy will make things so good that people will consider using an express service to get where they are going in times they could never imagine. The new motto would be "we will beat you there". Please support option 6. John Feedback Form This corridor should be used for high speed rail, Worthington not express lanes or general lanes Johnny Clark Comment Form Please begin this project as soon as possible. I am I certainly believe this is a great idea. As you I would pay a reasonable fair. I am Express toll lanes would improve my Absolutely! Absolutely! Absolutely! YES (electronic) in need of this special access through the corridor. are aware many residents and employees travel unaware of the toll established for HWY travel time through the corridor. I Thank you this area and typical traffic wait times can be 167 however a toll for HWY 405 that is believe the toll should be dependent excessive at times with back to back traffic. equivalent or close to the amounts upon the time of day similar to the toll Another benefit would allow traffic to continue residents pay in order to access those used on HWY 167. moving at a relative pace instead of having HOV lanes would be great. back-ups. Joise Smith 98168 standard mail I believe that adding the HOT lanes is just delaying No. I think the money would be better spent on Never - okay maybe if it was an My husband currently commutes from Only if there is an adequate mass transit the problem. I would agree to the addition of these mass transit. If more lanes are added, they will emergency. Tukwila to Bellevue. He rides his bicycle alternative in placer. I do agree with toll lanes for HOV and Transit only. just fill up with more cars. I specifically support instead of driving. We would not use the roads in principle so that those using the additional light rail and improvements to bike toll lane on principle. road pay for maintenance. routes.

Page 162 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? joluny@comcast. email or website I just answered your survey about tolling on 405. net I object very strongly to tolling, based on my experience on 167! I almost always have at least one passenger with me and I am frustrated that using the "tolling" lane restricts my travel more than the previous "HOV" lane! The strong warnings not to cross the double white lines means that I can no longer move right to get around some driver who may be traveling well below the speed limit. As long as this asinine rule exists, I will never support "tolling". If the state decides to remove this restriction on us, I will be able to fully support expanding the use of "tolling lanes".

Page 163 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jon Simpson email or website Just took your survey and find the questions slanted As a tax payer, I find the idea of tolling for lanes to what appears to that should already be a predetermined outcome of/for tolling be considered my right to travel in offensive if additional lanes on I-405. not out right corrupt. Since there was a recent tax added to fuel charges My tax dollars do not differentiate between that was to go which road I am paying for towards helping congestion and improving roads, it and the current HOV lane should be open to all seems to me that traffic as well which WSDOT and our government system can't seem to would reduce and balance out the flow of find a way to be cost traffic. efficient with the dollars it receives no matter how much it gets.

A great example of how inefficient DOT planning is the S 405 to SR 167 off ramp which was supposed to reduce the amount of congestion backing up onto S 405...what a joke! the Engineers and Planners who came up that brilliant plan instead of making a full over pass that cross over 405 to 167 should be fired for the lack of ability to understand traffic flow and pinch points...to take one major freeway and not have it able to flow smoothly onto another and, to have spent as much as was on the poorly designed off ramp is disgusting. Where were the checks and balances that should have caught this screw up?

And now the only idea WSDOT can come up with is the make more lanes but toll those who use them...really? I think it shows lazy thinking on the part of those in lead positions.

I am adamantly opposed to further economic confiscation of my finances by this proposed tolling method until WSDOT can prove it is being prudent and responsible with the resources it is being given currently...get to work on doing the job right first!

Please understand that I am a concerned citizen, business and property owner and spend a lot of time talking with others in the Eastside area and in this current economy anything like a toll charge is just seen as another indicator of a indifferent governmental body exercising punitive methods on those that are trying to survive and take of those things important tot

Page 164 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? them.

Of course WSDOT employees also have those same concerns as individuals but it seems at times the big wheel of government has a difficult time staying in step with social-economic conditions and then, as I identified in my last communication regarding the S 405 to S 167 off ramp spend foolishly with disastrous results only to come back and tell us to fix blunders will cost the citizens even more.

I for one, appreciate the individuals who try to be contributing employees to WSDOT but am completely frustrated with the system of congestion resolution that WSDOT and the State of Washington, King County seem to think is appropriate. Jon Simpson email or website I completely disagree with a socialist approach that To propose tolling is for WSDOT to state "we WSDOT and the have failed in our role as Washington governmental agencies are taking with traffic engineering and so the public must be regard to traffic easing. punished by increased us of tolling and reduction of free access to all lanes There are many voices like mine that are tired of on the highway." governmental agencies (like WSDOT) considering that the only real solution to problems it cannot adequately handle is to extract more resources from the public instead of doing the hard and real work of proper planning and affective design for new roads.

Let's stop the public correctness that our liberal legislature continues to shove on all of us like art work mandates on new projects and spend our resources properly...road construction is for vehicles so make it useful for that purpose.

This isn't rocket science...its road construction, make it work for everyone who pays the taxes regardless of how many people are in any one vehicle...move the traffic better and stop confusing that with getting more revenue from the public.

Page 165 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jon Simpson Feedback Form the history of politically driven subjects in Washington State, especially those which have revenue aspects to them, have been shown to disregard public opinion...even prevailing opinion that is contrary to that of the legislature. It would seem that the plan is already drawn and the scheduled work and purpose of charging people to travel on state highways will increase as a result. It confounds me that the only resolution the state legislature and therefore the DOT can come up with is to penalize commuters and continue with further restrictions of lane use...it is a narrow and socialist driven reasoning and is not anything close to what kind of innovative thinking that has made us a great nation in the past. So, let's stop trying to be europe, implement some good old American ingenuity and find ways to help every commuter out on our state highways and roads...which by the way every tax paying citizen of our state is entitled to without penalty.

Page 166 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Jon W.Simpson email or website I completely disagree with a socialist approach that WSDOT and the Washington governmental agencies are taking with regard to traffic easing.

To propose tolling is for WSDOT to state "we have failed in our role as traffic engineering and so the public must be punished by increased us of tolling and reduction of free access to all lanes on the highway".

There are many voices like mine that are tired of governmental agencies (like WSDOT) considering that the only real solution to problems it cannot adequately handle is to extract more resources from the public instead of doing the hard and real work of proper planning and affective design for new roads.

Let's stop the public correctness that our liberal legislature continues to shove on all of us like art work mandates on new projects and spend our resources properly...road construction is for vehicles so make it useful for that purpose.

This isn't rocket science...its road construction, make it work for everyone who pays the taxes regardless of how many people are in any one vehicle...move the traffic better and stop confusing that with getting more revenue from the public. Joo Badgley Bellevue yes in emergency needs to 1 or 2 10 - 20 minutes or more yes Strawberry Festival Jordan Carrell Feedback Form I love the HOT lane ideas, and I would strongly recommend adding more to the local freeways. Congestion tolling has proven to be a reliable and effective way to both fund transit and move people faster to where they need to go. Joseph Consolini 98022 Comment Form Yes, great idea Yes, a few times a month Yes. Even 10 minutes would be worth it General improvements in the Seattle (electronic) metro area would be acceptable to me

Page 167 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Joseph Forde email or website This scheme to double tax the people of Washington is illegal and should not be allowed to proceed any further. Washington taxpayers at both the federal and State levels bought and paid for our public roads with hard earned money through a variety of taxes. The idea that just because some people will pay more for the right to move through town faster than others, does not make it a ͞good thing͟ for the State/ It is just another way to raise money by keeping most people from using the roadways so the State can raise money from those willing to pay.

We the taxpayers have paid, and are still paying, for these roads. The roadways should be reserved for all our citizens to use. The idea of special toll roads for the economic elites upsets me and everyone I talk to in the most disgusting way. I guarantee you that the voters are going to react with great anger to this scam once the nature of double pay and double talk is understood.

Tolling will not recover the cost per mile our freeway lanes cost taxpayers, nor the cost to those not be able to use those lanes even though they paid for them. Consider too the cost of not having the land underneath available for other modes of transportation. The transportation right-of-ways have cost the people dearly and should not be auctioned off by tolling those rich enough to pay for the privilege to bypass the rest of the people sitting in traffic.

Imagine if you and I owned a home together, but I said you could only use half of it so I could rent out the other half and keep all the money. The economic injustice is obvious, but what if I also need that half to live and work in myself? All the sugar coating in the world can͛t change the underlying premise behind a scam like this: that the State will sell out most of us for the benefit of a few. This must be unconstitutional.

The State made this transportation mess by poor planning and lack of will to do it right the first time. Please do not make the majority of drivers second class citizens by reserving vital parts of the transportation corridors the rich and businesses that can afford to pay.

Shame on the DOT for putting this warped idea forward. Rigging a public process with phony surveys and meetings to get your hands on the money is a despicable act.

Page 168 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Joseph 98006 Comment Form An idea to consider is to add mass transit I do not use the corridor on a regular I don't use it often enough to be too Yes, I would consider this a prime reason Rodriguez (electronic) opportunities, like light rail up and down the basis so paying a toll when I do to ensure concerned with price. to gather the tolls. 405 corridor. This should be considered before I have a faster trip would be worth it to any attempt to cross Lake Washington with me. light rail to connect Seattle and Bellevue. There is already a viable east west bus system connecting the two but there is nothing going north and south, other than vehicles. I do consider adding a HOT lane as something that would be useful. Joseph Spada 98155 Bothell RiverFest No. Give us other options besides more cars. No. Congestion and speed are rarely None - public transportation option are Yes better in those lanes. When there is little better. I can read, chat and work! traffic those lanes are often empty and poorly used. Open them up! Judy Havens email or website If you leave the ͞arpool͟ lane as is it promotes carpooling and public transportation. If it becomes a toll lane it punishes carpoolers and rewards the affluent. Judy Mulder email or website A toll lane extending from 167 through 405 seems the best way to keep traffic moving. It seems to work in California or at least improve the traffic. Judy Murray 98028 Bothell RiverFest I'm concerned that adding tolls, in general, on I-405 We need more actual lanes, not relating or Emergency or extreme gridlock situations Yes, but I'm highly skeptical that the or the SR 520 bridge will cause more traffic to be reallocation of existing lanes. only. money would remain dedicated for that diverted onto non-freeway roads. purpose. Once per month, if that. Judy Rustik email or website I used to use the HOV lanes on 167 when I had a passenger. Now that these lanes are HOT lanes, it seems that getting in and out of them is much more restricted and I haven͛t used them at all/ Seems to defeat the purpose of HOV lanes. That same problem would happen on 405. Judy Rustik 98031 Feedback Form The Valley Freeway added this feature and now I never use the lanes as an HOV lane even when I could--mainly because of the restricted times to enter and leave the lanes. I usually don't remember to get over soon enough and I'm not sure when I can get back. Please don't do this!

Page 169 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Juile Merken email or website I just took your on-line survey. The survey really did not allow for thought sharing, so I am writing this email.

No where in your plan do you recognize or show any benefit to those of us who PURPOSELY carpool to and from work, to help take one car off the road and save energy. My co-worker and I even adjust our schedules to telecommute on the same day, to take a car of the road and work with our manager to make sure we can carpool.

So...why would I want to have people that are willing to pay money (any amount) take away my benefit of using the HOV lane since I carpool.

I understand congestion has escalated as the growth around the Puget Sound area has expanded and people are having to live further from where they work (or choose to, like in my case).

But I make the effort everyday to help make a dent in this issue by carpooling.

I really am not happy to see that all I would have to do is pay money to use a lane that was originally designated for people that are making the effort to put more than one person in a car. If someone wants to pay for the HOV lane, you really think that just because the price goes up, they may not do it, thus Lessing traffic in that lane at peak times?

I really think you are also making those of us that do carpool and use the HOV lane angry by not even acknowledging we exist in all your promotion and finally ask us if we carpool at the end of your survey.

I understand that you want to alleviate the traffic problem and benefit by getting more money. But I am insulted that you have not taken into consideration the carpoolers.

I hope that you re-visit this issue and you take into consideration those of us out there that make the effort everyday to take a car off the road, not just put money at the issue. Julia Craig 98011 Comment Form I favor light rail over adding more car lanes. Yes. Yes, though I am retired and wouldn't use Don't know. 20 minutes. Yes. (electronic) them much - once a month, at best.

Page 170 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Julie Merken email or website I just took your on-line survey. The survey really did not allow for thought sharing, so I am writing this email.

No where in your plan do you recognize or show any benefit to those of us who PURPOSELY carpool to and from work, to help take one car off the road and save energy. My co-worker and I even adjust our schedules to telecommute on the same day, to take a car of the road and work with our manager to make sure we can carpool.

So...why would I want to have people that are willing to pay money (any amount) take away my benefit of using the HOV lane since I carpool.

I understand congestion has escalated as the growth around the Puget Sound area has expanded and people are having to live further from where they work (or choose to, like in my case).

But I make the effort everyday to help make a dent in this issue by carpooling.

I really am not happy to see that all I would have to do is pay money to use a lane that was originally designated for people that are making the effort to put more than one person in a car. If someone wants to pay for the HOV lane, you really think that just because the price goes up, they may not do it, thus Lessing traffic in that lane at peak times?

I really think you are also making those of us that do carpool and use the HOV lane angry by not even acknowledging we exist in all your promotion and finally ask us if we carpool at the end of your survey.

I understand that you want to alleviate the traffic problem and benefit by getting more money. But I am insulted that you have not taken into consideration the carpoolers.

I hope that you re-visit this issue and you take into consideration those of us out there that make the effort everyday to take a car off the road, not just put money at the issue. Justin Watts 98372 Puyallup I think it's a good idea because congestion on I would pay during rush hour on days Yes, it would save 15 to 20 minutes Yes. It's specific to those who use it or Meeker Days SR 167 is overwhelming. that I need to get home quickly. I'd use it during my commute. need it. at least 2 to 3 times per week.

Page 171 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? K Goto email or website I am a solo driver who commutes to Bellevue from Mukilteo on I405 for work. I am in favor of a toll lane on I405 as it gives drivers like myself another option for our commutes. I don't know that I would use the toll lane every day due to the cost but when I need to be either @ work or somewhere else in a timely manner, I would definitely use the toll lane. Thank You! K. Jackson 98011 Bothell RiverFest Yes - help ease traffic congestion. Tolling would 3 times per month Yes, 20 min. time savings. Yes. help to pay for the access. Kaitlin Harrison Comment Form It would be wiser to build a general purpose lane. No. It takes money to build these lanes and I would never use them. I already spend It could potentially make the commute No. It wouldn't generate enough money (electronic) Most commuters do not have a second person in thus is counter productive in making money. enough money on transportation in gas, I faster, but it would not be worth the to significantly fund other roadway the vehicle so that means there would be fewer couldn't afford it. cost of building it and paying a toll. improvements, led alone pay for the people using the expensive tolled express lanes. To construction of the lanes. sum it up, I would rather you don't build anything tolled at all. Kamuron Gurol 98040 Mercer Island Toll! Baby toll. Yes! Tolling is best, most effective way to Not as often as my commute is on I-90. Yes, worth it and it would save 15 Yes Summer reduce congestion But I could occasionally benefit. minutes or more. Celebration Karen and open house James Knowbele Karen Heide open house Karin Halvorson 98338 Renton Open More lanes for everyone! More buses, like the No one uses the express lanes. All lanes get No No, need more transit and lanes period! Yes House (Aug) sounder! backed up! How will the HOT lanes make it faster? Need more lanes all around and more transit. Karin Halvorson open house Karri Forde 98075 Feedback Form Even with the recently completed improvements to I-405 in Bellevue traffic moves on a stop 'n go congested basis at peak traffic hours. Taking any one of the lanes currently open to non-HOV drivers would have a devastating effect on traffic flow. All the lanes in operation were paid for with taxpayer dollars (State of Federal) and should not be assigned for a tolling lane. If enough people want a special express lane and are willing to pay to have a NEW ONE BUILT, then let them sign up and pay. Don't take our public right away for use as a revenue generator to supplement the DOT budget. I see nothing in this plan but an attempt to take away roadway currently used by all for the benefit of a few elite paying communters with the only real benefit going to the State. This corridor plan is a sham and should be fought tooth and nail be all thinking people. Kate Feedback Form I support the tolls whole - heartedly Cunningham

Page 172 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Kate Sayers/Karl email or website Went to www.wsdot.wa.gov/tolling/eastsidecorridor and I could not find the survey. Where is it? Kathleen & email or website The material presented in the tolling article on the Doug Wilson http://wsdot.wa.gov/tolling/eastsidecorridor website only gives a projection of how many more cars would be able to travel at 45 mph or better if a new tolled/HOV lane is added. Obviously, if you add a lane that is managed to keep traffic flowing at 45+, the number of cars travelling at that speed will go way up. However, I believe that adding a general purpose lane would be more effective at increasing the average travel speed (or total flow capability), averaged across all lanes. The fact that no information is presented about this obvious question makes me feel that the presentation is biased and makes me skeptical about the information that is presented. The net result is that I am less supportive of the project than if I hadn't read the article.

I strongly support having a HOV lane to keep transit moving smoothly and to encourage carpooling, and I understand that the existing HOV lanes are sometimes under-utilized. If another lane is to be added, the question is whether it should be tolled/managed as a high-speed lane, or open as a general purpose lane. To get my input you need to provide useful info on both options. Kathleen G. 98042 Tukwila Days I get scared/afraid if/when a slow car in the regular Yes Yes Yes Yes Tansey lane decides to go into HOV/HOT lane and is not going 60 + Kathleen Sisson open house Kathryn Buffum 98004 Comment Form I-405 has chronically been incapable of handling the Yes, this is a good idea. It creates mass transit Working where I do right now, I would My commute without traffic is 15 Yes. (electronic) numbers of cars needing to use this roadway. It has options and also alternatives for drivers to use these toll lanes to travel from minutes. During peak hours (when I am also chronically been under construction. The decide whether their trip warrants paying a toll Bellevue to Renton in the late afternoon going the direction most people are) it longer we delay, the more cars will be around for in exchange for a quicker trip. about once a week. (That's the only time becomes 45 minutes. I would expect the inevitable problems during construction. Please my commute forces me to travel the most of that difference to go away, and consider the needs and impact on the drivers who same direction as most commuters.) would gladly pay a toll for that. use I-405 now, so that congestion does not become However, if my work location changed, I gridlock during construction. Thanks! could easily need to use these lanes twice a day , during the morning and evening commutes. Kathy LaFond email or website I do not agree with the proposed idea of tolled express lanes. If you are going to add lanes, they should be open to all drivers--are not all of us taxpayers? There should be other methods to add revenue to the DOT--such as having all applicable taxes directed to DOT--not the general fund!

Page 173 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Kathy Ritchey email or website I took the survey and did not find it open to the information I thought you needed. Since 167 has been an HOT lane the result on regular carpooling is that it has chopped in half the usable length of HOV lane and added 2 significant pinch points of congestion to the traffic flow. It may make the state some money but it has had a detrimental effect on the reasons to carpool. Kathy Steine 98034 email or website How can you get 70% more traffic moved with toll express lanes? The lanes on 167 are barely used. I do not understand how you can claim this. Kay Cummings Comment Form It's a fine idea as long as there is another I likely wouldn't. It would improve my time if a bunch of Absolutely. (electronic) general purpose lane built between Renton and people paid the toll, yes. Don't know Bellevue. There is a serious congestion problem that it would be worth my while to pay a there. toll, unless I get a job in Bellevue. I currently avoid I-405. Kayla Stratton email or website As it is now, the only incentive I have for riding the I think the idea of express toll lanes would NOT bus is that it may get there faster because it can use be an improvement. HOV.

I saw this statement on the web page: "Looking to year 2014, if we were to add general purpose lanes on I-405, we could move 10% more cars at 45 mph (or better) than we do today. If we add that capacity as express toll lanes, we can move 70% more cars at 45 mph (or better) through I-405 than we do today."

Is this study taking into account the safety restrictions imposed on the buses using the HOV lanes? I thought that they can't move more than a certain speed over the general traffic flow in order to avoid accidents with traffic merging into the HOV.

I still prefer the idea of building up the eastside rail. If I could take it from Woodinville to Bellevue, I could then connect to the proposed light rail line.. Kei Higaki email or website Thank you for soliciting my responses/thoughts!

I hope the I-405 issue is resolved promptly, and I look forward to the new and improved road and driving conditions. Keith Guerin Feedback Form The only way we will ever solve traffic issues is if the people using the roads are paying for the roads. Tolls are a great solution.

Page 174 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Keith Hartsough 98034 Feedback Form Adding Express Toll lanes without first eliminating some of the existing bottlenecks is kind of ass backwards. There are a number of places on 405 where it narrows down from 5 to 4 or 4 to 3 or 3 to 2 standard lanes in the same areas where high volume on-ramps are adding cars to an already congested 405. That in itself is some very bad engineering. Clean up the bottlenecks first then lets look at the need for Toll Lanes. Keith Jackson 98072 Comment Form Don't let the "Lexus lane" complaints get the in the I think this is an excellent idea. I live 1 mile I would absolutely pay the toll. I don't I believe the traffic studies that the toll I don't like the question. We're all in this (electronic) way of doing the right thing. Keep educating the from Exit 22 on I-405. I-405 is a primary choice commute on I-405 but I still think I'd use lanes improve the flow across all lanes. together, so, for example, improvements public about the benefits to ALL of HOV and toll for our daily travels. Anything that will improve a toll lane 5-10 times per month. Once traffic drops below 35mph I'd most to I-5 will relieve traffic on I-405. I want lanes. Thanks. traffic flow will get my support. likely pay the toll. the traffic engineers to look at the big picture and deploy resources where they'll have the biggest effect. That said, the more we focus on I-405, the better. :) Keith Jia email or website Expanding the number of lanes in anyway necessary should be a big welcome; should have been much more of a priority over so called ͞alternative transportation mode͟, i/e/ bus or otherwise known as time-waster. Keith Onsum standard mail One HOT lane and one HOV lane. No- WHERE IS THE ADVANTAGE FOR US We would refuse to use them No, carpoolers deserve improved travel Yes CARPOOLERS? time for free Keith Ruckstuhl email or website I can appreciate your ideas to generate additional revenue. However, the whole point of HOV lanes is to reinforce the behavior of multiple passenger transportation. Using the same lanes for tolling presents two problems:

(1) It reduces the balance between reward and cost for carpooling. There are plenty of people who will pay a small fee to use the lanes, and reduce their incentive to carpool.

(2) It will clog up the HOV lane(s), thereby further reducing everyone else's incentive to carpool.

I'm not opposed to projects designed *from the start* to add a completely /new/ lane with the expectation that it will be toll only (or, throw a bone to carpoolers, and make it HOV/Toll). However, I am very opposed to the idea of using any existing HOV resources and adding tolling to allow single-passenger vehicles permission to use/clog those lanes.

Page 175 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Kelly Bowen email or website While the idea of increasing traffic by 70% is appealing, I am also concerned about the impact of tolling fees on low income families. This seems like unfair access to a public resource based on socio- economic class. Our taxes pay for roads. Is it really constitutional to limit access according to one͛s ability to pay? Kelly Lovatt email or website The video does not open on your website nor does the survey load. Is this going to be up and running soon so we can take the survey before tomorrow's deadline? Kelly Lovatt email or website When traveling on 167 one can only enter I would like to raise an objection to the the HOV lane at particular points which creates proposed express toll lane more back ups in my on I-405. In particular I object to the same type opinion. I have had to sit in traffic on 167 for of toll lane that longer periods of was created on highway 167. time because I have to exit the HOV lane very early or very late expanding the amount of time I have to spend in "regular" traffic and reducing the amount of time I am able to spend in the HOV lane. Only if you allowed people to enter the HOV lanes at will would I even consider putting my stamp of approval on this project. In my opinion it actually slows down traffic in the non HOV lanes. Please consider this when making changes as my commute along 405 is long enough already without adding more traffic to non HOV lanes.

BTW please do not tell me to "take the bus" because it actually takes over twice as long to take the bus from Bothell to Bellevue as it does to drive my car on 405. Ken email or website I would like to take the online survey for the eastside corridor but could not find the web link. Please provide. Thanks. Ken email or website Express toll lanes are a great idea and should certainly be implemented. They are economically efficient, and allow those who have the greatest need to get somewhere in a known amount of time to do so. The money they pay benefits everyone. I am curious as to how the projected revenue from this compares to the cost of building such lanes? How many years does it take for the building cost to be recovered, if ever?

Page 176 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Ken & Kaylene email or website HOT lanes or Toll lanes: Winters Well, my first thought is I don͛t like them, and it has nothing to do with traffic flow/ I don͛t like any system that puts a larger economic burden on the sections of our population who can least afford it. The majority of the people stuck on our ill- conceived road system are people forced out of the ͞close-in͟ housing market that must commute in/ They will see no benefit from their tax dollars being wasted on such projects, because not only can they not afford the upfront cost, but they won͛t be able to use what they have had their hard earned money spent on. No, these types of projects only serve a very small number of commuters that can afford the added cost. Public money should be used for the good of the majority. I have never understood the obsession with busses as so called ͞mass transit͟ in this area/ We need less IG slow moving vehicles on our freeways not more!

My only experience with the HOT lanes on 167 is trying to take SW 41st exit, as a car pooler coming from Renton I move over into the car pool lane to avoid the congestion of traffic merging from 405, and to pass all the slow moving trucks that have not achieved freeway speed like the rest of us have. But in keeping with the unfathomable lack of logic the DOT seems to employ when designing our roads, there is a sign that states it is unlawful to cross the double white line. This happens just as traffic has normalized and it is safe to merge over to the exit lane.

The number one phrase I keep hearing over and over in relation to our road system is: ͞what were they thinking͟/ From day one the 167- 405 interchange has been a disaster. And after the numerous ͞fixes͟ it is still designed to slow traffic and cause accidents. (We avoid it like the plague.)

What were you thinking when:

you created a major choke point just after a set of blind curves as you did when traveling on south bound I-405 just before the 167 interchange?

you duplicated this insanity on north bound I-405 just before the I-90 interchange? And aggravating it by the addition of the carpool lane and now with the addition of the 3rd general purpose lane? The radius of the inside lane that starts at 112th is so tight that unless you͛re driving a formula one car

Page 177 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? you instinctively slow down.

you let the city of Bellevue destroy a fast moving strait stretch of 405 through downtown Bellevue? At one time you could see from one end of Bellevue to the other on 405 and traffic never slowed. Now the lanes are a mess of drunken wobbles and the number of overpasses blocks your eye line completely. I don͛t blame these and all the rest of the crazy excuses for freeway designs completely on the engineers who drew them up. I would like to believe that at one point, before the bean counters and politicians got their hands on them, the designs had smooth fast moving transitions from freeway to freeway. And a good amount of blame is to be placed on the drivers that do not adapt and think ahead so they can keep things moving. I will close with one other example of a good idea that has had the opposite of its intended effect. Freeway information signs, these useful tools were put into place to help keep traffic moving by giving drivers more timely information. Instead of helping people avoid a blocked lane or other incident, these signs cause slowdowns of their own. This not the DOTs fault but the drivers. Most people do not employ the proper level of concentration they should to driving a car. They are already doing 2 or 3 things at once, so when they come up to a sign they either miss it completely or they slow down and try and read it. When we are lucky enough to have one of these drivers try to read the sign they unfortunately must slow well below the speed limit because their eyesight is so poor. The majority of drivers do not have heath care that covers eye care and even the ones that do don͛t get glasses when they need them. We should be spending our money on true mass transits, it should be expected that people be fit enough to walk a few blocks to a residential bus (or tram) that would take them to the light rail station that in turn would take them to the high speed train that could whisk them to Vancouver B.C. in under an hour. Ken & Kaylene Winters Renton WA

Page 178 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Ken and email or website We viewed the website: We are against tolls. Genevieve Deich http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/tolling/eastsidecorridor and we are responding to your survey.

WE are against any toll roads for the following reasons:

1) Variable tolls are just that and the government͛s definition is always an increase in tolls. It removes the option of better road management by DOT and the legislature who represents its employers 000/us/

2) Once again tolls work against the ͞workers͟ on lower and fixed income who need to use the roads for their jobs and livelihood. The rich can buy their time, therefore workers can͛t and they are the most needy and pay the most.

3) I understand that traffic will move faster, but if traffic regulations are enforced as to speed and get the violators out of the fast lanes; that would be a first step.

4) This is just another ͞hidden tax͟/ We have seen construction done, then jacked up and reworked many times on the improvements to Hwy 202 and 167000000/saw lots of waste there/ onfidence that DOT is looking out for our best interests is not favorable. Ken Dueker 98033 email or website I support tolling on I-405 by means of HOT lanes, preferably dual lanes with direct connections to I-5 and I-90. However, I think the reversible lanes of I-5 and I-90 are stronger candidates for conversion to HOT lanes. Why are they not given higher priority?

I viewed the options or sections staging rather than options. How difficult is to restage the options to provide a continuous HOT lane sooner rather than later, making the addition of a dual HOT lane a later stage? Ken Farquhar email or website The simple fact is Light Rail will never reduce the In General I believe putting tolls on new road congestion on our highways here in Puget Sound. I expansion is warranted and will provide far didn't help Portland and it will not help Seattle. It's better results than the low usage that Sound a myth that light rail will get people out of their cars Transit could ever provide. simply because we do not have any real high density destinations that can really benefit. This isn't San Francisco or New York.

So lay more asphalt baby!!!

Page 179 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Ken Maus 98005 Feedback Form Paying a fee to travel from one place to another to me means money or fare paid to go by transit(rail, bus, etc). Why pay to drive my car at my expense, in the rain, snow, traffic? I see the rusty rails along I-405 and wish they could somehow be fixed to give commuters going North-South an off road alternative to that awful workday freeway drive. Ken Payne 98208 Feedback Form I'm against Toll HOV lanes for the following reasons: 1. It's really an increase in road taxes for those that use them. 2. No matter how light the traffic is, the toll never goes to zero. 3. "Studies" in support of these initiatives never show how much traffic flow could be increased by getting rid of HOV lanes altogether. Ken Tutino Feedback Form I live in Port Orchard and work in RTN. I travel on 167 as part of my commute 8 to 10 times a week and I love the hot pass for the car pool lanes. I think all HOV lanes should be set up this way. Especially on 405. Ken Uchikura 98006 Feedback Form Why do you want to penalize the people who cannot afford the toll? Your job is to make it easy to people not make it more expensive. Ken Voyce email or website Yes, we need more lanes, but toll lanes are just another way to benefit the rich. Add lanes that are available to everyone. Ken Whelan Feedback Form If you do go ahead with this proposal, please add 2 ADDITIONAL lanes in EACH direction. This 1 land at a time has been self defeating, as the current congestion shows! Kenichi Uchikura 98007 Comment Form State government is collecting a lot of money from If you are planning to use the money to restrict If there is a monthly pass, I would Yes. But the system needs to reimburse Where else are you planning to planning (electronic) the people who live here. You need to start cutting people from using the car pool lane, it is a good purchase it. money if the average speed of the toll to use the money? the cost first before considering another tax. You idea. But I am concerned about where the lane is less than say 40 miles per hour. will not have my support until I can see cutting money go. where you hurt. Not where people hurt. Kent C. 98012 email or website I don't find these studies credible. Adding an We just need to add more general purpose Hendricks additional lane where those who can afford it can lanes to increase everyone's speed (which will drive faster will leave the majority of us stuck in be at enormously reduced cost from light rail, slow traffic. heavy rail, and most other mass transit ideas). Kent Large open house Kenton Deich email or website Express Toll Lanes are just another ͞T!X͟ to be imposed on us. because of WOT mismanagement of funds/ The ͞haves͟ get special time savings because they can afford it. So the other , non-express lanes slow down to always being rush hour speed and the ͞haves͟ get to move freely with out congestions/ How fair is that? Oh, I get it000000//it is supposed to be that way, because it is good for the ͞have nots͟ working folk too slow down/

Page 180 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Kevin Frost 98005 Comment Form Yes. Any project that adds capacity to the I would use the lanes if I was in a hurry Express toll or free, two more lanes in Yes. (electronic) congested freeway is a good idea. and things were clogged. I would use either direction would have a huge them maybe twice per month. effect on improving traffic. Even single lane expansions show great improvements. 20 minute savings would be worth a toll. Kevin McManis email or website Hi I was reading your web page on the proposed Eastside Corridor tolling study. Good information, but I don͛t understand the economics of how a toll improves traffic throughput by 60% (+70% - +10% projected).

It seems like if more people are traveling on the express lanes (in comparison to a regular lane) the regular lanes will be slightly less congested, not 60%.

Aside from that questionable improvement assertion, I will say that traffic relief is desperately needed along that corridor. Especially at the SR167- I405 interchange and again at the SR167-SR18.

Express lanes that allow an exit at major freeway intersections would be welcome relief.

I͛m not hot on the tolling and variable pricing scheme/ What if I don͛t use express lanes that often? Do I still have to pay as much as someone who uses it all the time? Doesn͛t seem fair/

Thank you for your study and request for feedback. Kevin McManis 98001 Feedback Form One toll lane is fine. Two toll lanes would penalize those who cannot afford the toll to squeeze into a more crowded and slower section of highway if both new lanes are toll lanes. Add a toll lane and one extra regular lane. Kim Feedback Form I think this is a great idea. I often travel from Olympia to Snohomish County Bothell and would appreciate this. Connect 512 to the system and it would be perfect. Kim Boyer Comment Form NO! I already pay for state roads through the 0 BTW, this "survey" is a cheesy sales NO. Oh, my! Haven't we heard THAT before! (electronic) state sales tax on vehicle fuels. Why should I job, not an honest attempt to hear or NO! NO! NO! I don't believe tolls WOULD pay more via tolls?? WSDOT needs to cut its understand the needs of users of WA be used for improvements. Isn't that costs and demonstrate that it is a good steward highways! what fuels taxes are supposed to do??? my citizen monies!

Page 181 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Kim o' Daniels email or website Has anyone ever considered providing designated lanes for Commercial semi-trucks? they seem to be a major component of the congestion on I-405, as well as raising the safety risk being mixed in with sedan-type vehicles; it seems if we took the Trucks out of the vehicle lanes, traffic congestion would drop considerably; Has anyone analyzed this kind of option before?

another viewpoint: based on my many years driving I-405, the traffic congestion seems to be 90% in one direction per time of day.....nothbound congestion in the morning, and southbound congestion in the afternoon...... this seems to indicate a reversible- lane style HOV, similar to I-90 over Mercer Island, rather than expanded lanes in both directions. what do you think? Kim Wilton 98034 Kirkland Good idea. We need more lanes. When late for work or when traffic home Yes. 10 minutes or 20 minutes freeway Yes. Farmer's Market isn't moving. drive.

4 -5 times a month Kirk Williamson email or website I live east of the Cascades and frequently drive I- 90 and either I-5 or I4-5 to Tukwila. I'd pay the HOV toll in a heartbeat. It makes a lot more sense than just adding another lane to an already overtaxed highway. Kristi and Tom email or website A higher priority than tolling for us would be more Weir frequent and more reliable bus service. Will the buses be able to utilize the toll lane? Would a dedicated bus lane make more sense?

Also can fees collected from the toll lane but used for more frequent and more efficient bus service?

We utilize buses on I-405 mostly to get to the airport and don't want those buses stuck in traffic.

We also don't want any highway expansion to reduce any bicycle trails--such as between Bellevue and Renton. Kristopher Kitz email or website Putting these types of transit lanes on I405 is a TERRIFIC idea that would help our region move traffic faster for years to come. My only complaint with the HOT lanes is that you have to wait to "exit" the lane until permitted to do so. I understand why traffic must wait to enter the lanes, but don't understand why they have to wait to exit.

All and all, great work - I'd love to see more of these in the region.

Page 182 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Kurtis Park Comment Form we need to do this... our transportation system and Yes - only if new lanes are constructed to yes - don't know how often... will depend yes - 30 min yes (electronic) roadways lack the infrastructure a large region such accommodate this plan... I do not support using on work and need to travel north/south as our requires existing lanes for this plan... on 405 L Kohrdt Feedback Form Toll roads are the best option for upkeep paid by those who use the most. L. Bosshart Comment Form Light Rail on the I-405 Corridor, all the way to the I- No, we should not do this. We should have Two 20 minutes. Use it to fund a light rail system. (electronic) 5 Interchange!!!! light rail on the entire east corridor. Get the cars off the road altogether. If it must be done, do it only until light rail is funded for the route. Lana Morgan 98031 standard mail When on SR 167, I witness cars crossing the double Absolutely not! I drive SR 167 and see that lane Never! Just more money spent for no I won't. I think it is another gouge to my If people will pay for it. Where else white lines and I have yet to see it enforced! totally empty because you can't cross double quality given. pocket. Look at the money you are would you use it? Certainly in the area white lines to get to it. spending to this! where it is collected. Lani Warren 98338 Feedback Form I definitely think you should add more toll/ car pool lanes. The traffic is so horrible on 167 and 405 that as much as I HATE having to pay to drive on the darn road it makes the commute better when I do not have a car pool passenger. The option to pay to move is better than having a heart attack from the anxiety of sitting in traffic for hours. I will say 167 is NOT a complete project in my opinion. Going north on 167 in the morning is a joke to Hyw18 where the toll lane starts and going south in the afternoon having those lanes stop in Auburn is absurd. Both direction it can take 30 -40 minutes to travel 3 miles. It does not make sense to me that they were not extended further both directions. I will say before I car pooled and had the good to go sticker I would NEVER travel 167 if I had to go 20 minutes out of my way to get to I-5 where there were 5 or lanes instead of two. Just an opinion of a 2-3 hour commuter a day! UGH! make it easier even if we have to pay a little bit. Larry Baker email or website I don't feel it's a good idea if you're trying to help traffic flow. I don't think it will improve a If it's strictly to make money for the state because thing. of Gregoire's poor budgeting it would probably help.

I'm totally against it!!! Find another way. Larry Matchett 98002 standard mail I ABSOLUTELY THINK WASHINGTON SHOULD TAKE I think anything that gets traffic moving is a We already have a good to go pass and 15 to 20 minutes. Yes A LESSON FROM THE LOS ANGELES AREA AND GET good idea, my concern is that some people not use it two or three days a week. THE TRUCKS OF THE COMMUTE. be able to afford the expense.

Page 183 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Larry Pollock 98282 Feedback Form I support having tolls but for me the lack of a carpool lane all the way through Everett slowed my commute significantly. I could get to I-5 going north on I-405 but then hit the wall of traffic in south Everett and just sat there. Until the traffic is "day- lighted" from Tacoma to Arlington with I-5 HOV/toll lanes, the partial gains on parts of the system are inadequate. A new interstate system east of Redmond and Marysville is needed. We need an alternate north/south highway that would run from Olympia to Bellingham to divert that north/south traffic from I-5 and I-405, but the cost is probably preclusive. We couldn't even pass the last big transportation referendum, which, in part, led to the Boeing decision to add a production line in South Carolina. Once again, Washington state voters were penny wise but pound foolish. Boeing was very clear that they could not get workers, services and materials to and from their plants with the current transportation system, and they supported the transportation ideas to improve our infrastructure, but we could not get past the cost. The cost of burning fuel in stop and go traffic would have helped offset increased fuel costs and or other taxes by burning less. When will we learn? Larry Todetli Kirkland Open House Larry Toedtli Kirkland Open Benefits: 1) Increased funding for I-405, but kept in Yes, increases funding for implementing the I- House corridor); 2) More capacity for transit and carpools; 405 Master Plan, support alternative travel 3) Sofa operations (limit weaving/lane chane aeras modes. Concerns:1) Property impacts in widening (feasibility); 2) Construction impacts/lengths of disruption; 3) Safety with weaving/lane changes. Laura Eskildsen Comment Form I would prefer funds be put toward mass transit I think I would be in favor of some sort of If I thought revenue was to be directed I'm not sure this is a long-enough term Yes. Such as better mass transit. (electronic) options. Study Japan--their mass transit system revenue-raiser to support future mass transit appropriately to future road solution. I am more in favor of some rocks! efforts. Trains etc.. improvements, transit options, I would sort of train transit program. I have to be in favor. If it were not, I would drive every where because buses are not probably avoid the lane and only use it in convenient enough. We need a better extreme hurry. mass transit system. Laura 98034 Kirkland No - you should be encouraging light rail or -0- Only would use to take people to the No If they are collected in the Eastside Pendergraft Farmer's Market more mass transit. airport if I couldn't carpool. Corridor. It's the only place money should be used. Laura Wech Feedback Form I commune to Redmond daily and spend on average 3 hours a day in my car. It is ridiculous, out of control and a sad way to spend the small amount of day I'm not in work. We need the help of an optional express lane, even if there is a charge - PLEASE!!

Page 184 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Laura 98329 Feedback Form I 405 hot lanes should be open to everyone. Westenhiser Give us a choice if we want to spend additional funds to save gas and time. I have frequently used the hotlanes on 167. The fees are cheaper then wasting my time and gas in traffic. I have noticed a difference in the flow on that freeway. It has less congestion, which, in my opinion is a win/win for all involved. Even for the people who choose not to use the hotlanes. Less gas used sitting in traffic is also good for global warming. I would prefer to spend 50 cents to a dollar to save the 3.oo in gas and time sitting in traffic. There is also less frustration especially since I no longer have to sit in traffic if I choose to pay for the hot lanes. I like having a choice. We seem to believe that fines generated from people breaking the law, by driving in the hot lanes, is a greater amount. I believe congestion on 405 is serious. I believe officers writing tickets adds to this congestion, and poses a threat to other motorists that are using the hot lanes legally. The way to cure this situation is to open the lanes. I would rather pay the small fee and see less congestion, and danger from ticketing. I recently saw an officer giving a ticket in the hot lanes on 405. A car literally stopped inches from his bumper, this should not happen, ever!!!!! Open the lanes, People will use them, and, traffic will be reduced in the long run. Also, it is a good to get fees. These can be used for other forms of transportation options. Like, buses to areas where there are none now. I live on the key peninsula, and unless you have a car, your options are limited. Thanks so much for your consideration on this subject, I hope you found my opinion useful. LauraMaery Post 98030 Feedback Form Firmly oppose. Current lane on 167 is dangerously restrictive. Frustrated drivers regularly are forced to cross the white line because of traffic obstructions. Moreover, drivers with passengers have no clear guidance on whether or not the lane is usable. It's confusing, and confusion leads to bad driving decisions. Please end the experiment and return to simple HOV lane markings already used elsewhere. Lauren Weston 98052 Comment Form you want to provide a toll road then get financing I have and continue to be opposed to pay to NEVER I am unwilling to pay for use of a (electronic) from some independent source and fund a road travel our highways. I agree with HOV lanes highway I already paid for many times which is truly a toll road. but disapprove of fees to use those lanes. You over via my taxes and license fees. NO are promoting a clearer picture of a class society of the have and have nots'. Laurie Moore email or website I think an express toll lane on I-405 is an absolutely horrible idea. Page 185 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Lea Galanter 98034 Comment Form Frankly, I'd prefer a train rather than creating more Depends on how much the toll is. I would probably pay the toll only if I was Depends on how far I'm going. If I'm Yes. (electronic) roads, so I probably wouldn't vote for a toll road. on deadline and had to be somewhere at trying to get to the park and ride at We need more and better public transport. It's not a certain time. I might use it once a south Kirkland (and royal pain in the the best to and from the east side and we could use month. morning!), I might use it to get there in 5 more express buses running later hours, or at least minutes compared to 20 minutes. all day instead of only during rush hours. I would like to see express buses to Kingsgate park and ride from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, plus weekend hours. Lee Dorigan 98033 Comment Form I support this idea because the traffic is I would not pay because I use the bus If I have some need to travel by car I think that the tolls collected in this (electronic) increasing and it would give me some relief more often than I drive. more often, I would use the toll lanes. corridor should stay in the corridor. from waiting in traffic. Lee Worthy 98006 Feedback Form Not a bad idea to add HOT lanes BUT I see the car pool limits in the artist rendition shows 3+. This is not an acceptable move as all we are doing is pushing 2 person car pools to the right to open up the car pool lanes for the single use drivers to pay. I hope this is an oversight as this limit will make many 2 person car pools call it quits. I also don't appreciate that this looks like it is being "slipped" in. Thanks for the oppertunity to comment. Les open house Linda Bosshart email or website Please don't use WA state resources to install an Eastside toll lane corridor. Use the money to put in light rail. Linda Kumin 98040 standard mail I think this is a good idea. The traffic on I-405 is a Yes, because of heavy traffic. Traffic to SR 167 I would pay the tolls as I use SR 167 very N/A. Yes mess. blocks up I-405. infrequently, less than once a month. Linda Parrish 98005 Feedback Form I'm assuming from the map that the area between the SE 8th Street exit on 405 and the I- 90 interchange is not being expanded. The construction of new lanes in that section has just been completed. We've endured the night time construction noise for the past year. Please let me know if my assumption is wrong. Linda Paxton 98033 Feedback Form We don't need more HOV lanes! We definitely don't need toll lanes. We DO need more regular traffic lanes and better roads -- especially for those of us who are single and survive on 1 income and cannot utilize the proposed options!!! Everything is geared towards family and singles take it in the pocketbooks!!! Thanks for asking -- hope you're listening!! Linda Paxton email or website I am for building more lanes on 405 -- why not add I am against HOT lanes -- being single, I get hit 2 lanes, rather than the expense of doing one lane with EVERYTHING!! on two separate projects? We also need to repave what we already have!

I work an erratic schedule and cannot carpool, and the bus service is inadequate and lengthy to go to the part of Seattle (from Kirkland) that I need to access.

Page 186 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Linda Porter 98229 Feedback Form I am in a vanpool that travels from Mt. Vernon, WA I am not in favor of the express toll lane. to Bellevue, Wa everyday. We use the HOV lane on I-405, and travel at 60-65 mph for almost the entire trip south and much of the trip north. More traffic in the HOV lanes will slow traffic and lengthen the trips we make. The HOV lanes should remain what they were designed for - High Occupancy Vehicles. More has to be done to encourage people to stop driving alone. More companies should be encouraged or even required to provide subsidies to vanpools & carpools. If the population increases and more drivers are on the roads, the longer single drivers will have to sit in traffic and the worse the commutes will become for single occupants, and the more likely they will be to consider commuting with others. Opening the HOV lanes to single occupant drivers (even with charging a toll) defeats the purpose and goal of getting more people to share commutes. Linda Tarte 98033 Kirkland I tend to think we need more transit, not more I probably wouldn't pay to use. I'd use my Probably, but doubt I would pay. Yes, I suppose so, but I also believe we Farmer's Market lanes. bike for transportation more than I do need to increase taxes to pay to maintain now. own existing highways. Linden Igelmund 98039 Bellevue Add light rail too - single occupancy vehicles are Yes - relieve congestion and improve commute I'd pay to use when freeway is jammed up Yes - 1/3 to 1/2 less travel time sounds yes Strawberry wasteful! times great Festival Lindsey Maxfield Feedback Form I would be in favor of adding an express toll lane on 405. I was skeptical about the idea when it first went in on the northern end of 167, but I've been pleasantly surprised by the results. I thought it would either clog the carpool lane forever or be incredibly frustrating if I was driving alone. Neither have happened. So put it in - I'm a fan. PS. If you happened to put another lane or two on the south end of 167 at the same time (or first), that would be even better0 Lisa Berenson 98033 Comment Form Tolls of any kind a bad idea. I come from the east No toll lanes. Once single car drivers are I would not want to pay for that service. I No. Because as the area grows the lanes No. If implemented, I think it should be (electronic) coast part of the country and once tolls are in place allowed to drive in those lanes even for a fee, it would most likely take a bus, or travel off are only going to fill up and more single used for light rail, so the east side could they are rarely removed and the cost of the toll is going to eventually diminish incentive to car peak. occupant drivers would end up paying. connect to the west side and have a full keeps going up in cost and there is little pool or bus. service system. improvement to the traffic. Lisa McConnell Kirkland Open benefits: 1) Funding/paying for HOV expansion; 2) unsure. I was very opposed until I went to the House Creating a BRT system; 3) "nudging" peple out of open house. I am hesitant to encourage any sov SOV and into transit/carpool use. But I see this now as a way to fund extra concerns: 1) That it may backfire and not decrease HOV/transit lanes on I-405 and pay for a future SOV use; 2) That toll revenues will not be spent on Bus Rapid Transit system on I-405. further transit and other such improvements and that there is not equity; 3) Cost overruns that greatly excced expected budget

Page 187 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Lisa Quinn email or website It provides benefits to the rich while adding to the I consider this type of tolling an elitist solution. disadvantage to the poor and middle class. Many of those who live in the southern areas below Seattle do so because they can͛t afford to live closer to their work in Seattle. An added toll will only make things worse. Either it adds to their expenses, and/or adds to the congestion in the regular lanes which means that they will have to leave earlier, giving them even less time with their families. It also does nothing to improve the environment, it allows the rich to continue to pollute. Lisa Sturtz email or website Your I-405 survey did not have an area for I will not pay a single dime for the use of the comments. I van-pooled 5 years from Kent to HOT lane. It took two years for you to put up Everett Boeing. My Mom van-pooled 8 years until your money grubbing signs and if you screw up she retired in 2003. It SERIOUSLY ANGERS me that I 405 traffic in the same way, I will have to rent cannot enter the carpool lane(now HOT lane) from an apartment in Everett. I would rather get a the Kent area. If I manage to get in the lane, when I little more for my money than pay for need to get over for I-405, people will not let me something I have already paid for!!!!! into the lane in the short distance allowed. Also, the HOV lane was financed by the US gov. and my gasoline taxes and I do not believe that I should have to pay further monies to drive in it. My hours are second shift from 2:30 TO 11:00 now so I cannot find a carpool. Liz Luecker 98052 Feedback Form I think the express tolling lane is a great idea. I'm from the Chicago area where there are several toll roads, and I believe that people who use the road (and toll lanes) should help pay for them. Lizzie Rahm 98004 Comment Form Is there a reason why train or light rail is not being No I do not think this is a good idea. I currently No I would not use the toll lanes on the No, I think it will only add to the travel If the tolls are approved, I do think it is (electronic) considered instead. A lot of commuters would be ride the bus every day to work and most of the few rare days I was a single commuter. time, especially for the HOV lane. There appropriate to use the funds for willing to park at a park and ride and take the train time the HOV lanes are just as congested as the are already too many violators in the improvements for that corridor. to work as long as there were good stops along the regular lanes. It would only add to the HOV lane as it is . free way. Also, the park and rides that are currently congestion of the HOV lane and discourage along the 405 corridor are already over full so people from being smart commuters. more efforts should be made to improve this capacity to encourage more people to be smart commuters. I know in particular Canyon Park Park and Ride has been way beyond capacity for years and many smart commuters have given up at this park and ride because there was simply no where to park. Lloyd Barker 98033 standard mail Yes, do it now. You are way behind our needs 4 times 15 minutes Yes Lloyd standard mail Toll roads are unjust. Don't make the west like the No. It is not just to tax all of us to pay for roads Never. Never. No. Traffic would be tied up while I don't believe in toll lanes at all. They are Baumheckel east. and only let who can afford it use certain lanes. building them and I couldn't afford to restrictive and unfair. I used to be able to All lanes should be for everyone; they are use them with they are done. It is not cross the Point Defiance Bridge w/o a PUBLIC roadways. If the well-off don't like just abput me, but about everyone else toll. Now, I never go to Gig Harbor to go traffic, let them move closer to work or help who has a right to equal access to all fishing or ear lunch or anything. I refuse build and plan better roads for all of us. If they lanes on public roads. to pay the toll to use a public road that want a reliable trip, use a train or helicopter. once was open to all w/o tolls. Loren Strutz open house

Page 188 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Lori Steiner 98034 Feedback Form I DO NOT think its a good idea to open up the 10035 NE 127th HOV lanes to those who are willing to pay a toll. Place I commute to Seattle 5 days a week via Metro Kirkland bus or vanpool. I think more people should try WA this route rather than driving alone. If you allow them to pay a toll, there is no incentive not to drive alone. It is also environmentally irresponsible to allow this rather then provising expansion of public transportation. It seems like allowing tolls is just a revenue generating strategy rather than a solution to our traffic problems. Lothar Pinkers email or website Increasing the number of lanes on I 405 requires This is not a reasonable alternative. the destruction of very expensive real estate, since the corridor is maxed out in width. This includes possibly destruction of hospitals, office buildings and hotels.

What is necessary is the revisiting of I-605, an alternative beltway, long ago fought by the real estate lobby. Louis Zibelli 98029 Comment Form There is an existing railroad corridor between Bad idea. Old Idea, rings of the 1970's and 80's/ Five times a month, but I remind you I am Build a train NO, funds should be used to provide (electronic) Renton and Snohomish, and you know it. Please Out of touch with current day and future entirely against this idea. Build a train education for planners so that they will stop catering to the industry formally known as the reality. Competes with mass transit for funds not come up with preposterous ideas like auto industry and use your time, money and and ridership. Encourages and reward s people this, and start acting responsibly towards resources to improve our transport infrastructure for living far from work. Promotes sprawl. our community and environment. according to a future paradigm, and stop making Delays the time to build a rapid transit along the same old mistakes. n this corridor. Widens the enlightenment gap between Portland metro area and Puget Sound. Ultimately, does little or nothing to reduce traffic as the outcomes of every previous expansion demonstrate.

Page 189 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Lucinda Jones email or website Hi, I have some comments about a tolling corridor for the eastside that are not really addressed in the survey. Most of my feedback is what I have observed on the 167 pilot project.

• HOT lanes do not ease congestion/ On the 167, despite the HOT lane, the other 2 lanes are often jam packed and unmoving. I think by designating two HOT lanes on the 405, freeway travel will turn into a have/have not culture where the people who can afford to pay to travel will have unfettered travel and the rest will be bottled into even fewer lanes. • The "average travel times" are a statistical ways t o misrepresent actual conditions. Those who can pay will travel faster, those who cannot will be in even bigger jam ups. If one counts the travel speed across 2 points of all vehicles, the HOT lane will be more heavily weighted as more cars will cross the test point while the cars on the main line will be stopped (and so fewer will be counted). This sounds like a class on "how to lie with statistics". • The driver bears the cost of error/ It is unclear how the HOT sensors know there are people in the car. Since the transponder must be disabled not to be counted, obviously there is a high likelihood that people will be overcharged, while if they do not un- disable, the driver is subject to fines. Either way, the driver bears the cost and this seems unfair. • Traffic gets diverted to surface streets/ In the 520 tolling plan, the main reason for faster times was merely that the number of cars would decrease as people find alternate routes to avoid the tolls. My normal daily commute is along the 405 corridor north of Bellevue and I routinely look at traffic reports before deciding to take the freeway or the surface streets. Once the expansion of this section of the 405 was complete, there were significantly fewer vehicles lined up at traffic lights on surface streets. • Privacy issues/ With the number of tolling projects in the works (405 / 520 / I-90) it will soon become impossible to travel in the Puget Sound without a transponder. This will give the State the ability to monitor nearly every vehicle in the Sound and track them when they are on the move. If the tolling transponder system is integrated with the transponders in the CVISN system, vehicles will be tractable state-wide. This seems to me to be a large privacy issue. • !ccount charges are opaque to the driver/ Information on the web site states that the user can see their account online but at another web site location it says that the data on where and when the charge was incurred is available only to the

Page 190 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? State. If users are not provided with charge information, there is no way for the user to track the charges, while the State will have that information. The burden on keeping the account full is on the driver may not know when they have to put additional funds on the account. When the account is connected to a bank account or credit card, in the event the account is compromised, the money will be gone before the driver even knows. Without a statement of charges, the driver will have no facts on which to base a dispute. • The limited access points are good/ My largest fear of traveling in the current HOV lanes is that someone who is virtually stopped in the fast lane will suddenly pull into the HOV lane while I am traveling at 45 mph. I really like the idea of limited access points for the HOV lanes.

Page 191 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Lynda Hester email or website While I understand that over the next few years we will increase our population by a wide margin, I think it makes sense to educate our Washington drivers on how to drive, enter, and exit the freeways. By keeping larger spaces between cars (not tailgating) so that people can merge without having to stop all traffic, your traffic can keep moving. You educate people to wear seatbelts, wear helmets, not to drive drunk, not to use cell phones while driving, yet you fail to educate/refresh their memory on the basics - proper, courteous way to drive, keeping a two second space between vehicles. A little education could go a long way in helping to reduce congestion, and maybe even save lives. I drive I-405 every day from Renton to Bellevue and back, most of the time on a motorcycle/scooter, and it is constantly amazing how many people slow down for no reason whatsoever. It's much worse in the fall, when the kids go back to college and vacations are over. So your survey at this time is not really an accurate reading of how long it takes to get to work as traffic is moderate at this time and not heavy. Since the new road revisions in south Bellevue have been in effect through the old Wilburton Tunnel area, it is even more dangerous getting on I-405 at SE 8th and merging over to the carpool lane. People are cutting through the solid white line to get over to I-90, and others are still trying to merge onto the freeway. I see no benefit of the express toll lane, as it will still cause congestion when people are moving in and out of the lanes. When you restrict people's ingress and egress across the lines, it slows everyone down. Do you have stats on the benefit of I-167's toll lane? Have you proven that you save time? Have you been able to justify the exorbitant expense related to creating a computerized lane? Currently, the carpool lane on I-405 between Bellevue and Renton may give a one-to-twenty second advantage driving south in the afternoon, and maybe a two minute advantage driving to Bellevue in the morning. Not enough for anyone to want to pay for the privilege - in my opinion. As I drive the carpool most days on my scooter, I watch the traffic, and as the gas prices have gone up, so have the people in the carpool lane, which is not a bad thing from a "green" standpoint, but from a speed point, it has slowed down dramatically.

Page 192 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Lynda Taylor email or website The online survey is seriously flawed and I doubt whether any of the information you receive will be of value. First of all, you don't define what you mean by "adding up to 2 tolled express lanes." Does this mean widening I-405 or does it mean allowing single occupancy vehicles to pay to use the existing HOV/HOT lane on I-405? My responses to your questions would be entirely different depending upon which situation we are talking about.

The online survey is seriously flawed and I doubt whether any of the information you receive will be of value. First of all, you don't define what you mean by "adding up to 2 tolled express lanes." Does this mean widening I-405 or does it mean allowing single occupancy vehicles to pay to use the existing HOV/HOT lane on I-405? My responses to your questions would be entirely different depending upon which situation we are talking about.

I frequently use both SR167 and I405, both as a single occupancy driver and as a carpool. On a recent weekday I traveled in a carpool from Puyallup to Bellevue between 4:30 and 5:30 pm. The very BEST thing about the SR167 Express lane is the double white line. Allowing standing traffic to enter the HOV/HOT lanes where cars are moving 50+ mph creates serious hazards for everyone. I would support tolls on I-405 just to get the double white line! (Although, I saw at least 5 people violate this restriction on SR167.)

Please clarify the objective of this project so that those who are willing to give you their input can make meaningful contributions. Lynn Logen 98006 Comment Form This seems to encourage single occupant Most likely, even though I travel the 405 Since I usually try to carpool when Yes, if they are improvements that are (electronic) vehicles rather than discourage them. Since it corridor about 10 times per month, I traveling I-405 I do not think it would limited in some manner tolls are would be a toll lane the most benefit would go would never choose to pay to use the improve my travel time. A 30 minute appropriate. If roadway improvements to those who can afford the toll. If any of the express toll lanes. Again, if the lanes are time savings may make it worth it, but benefit the general public then there costs of the toll lanes are paid by the general only toll (and not carpool also) then they how long would I have to spend in line should be no toll. For example, I think public , the general public, including the must not be subsidized by the general to pay the toll? Adding a carpool on that transit only improvements should be working poor who may not be able to afford public. ramp from I-90 westbound to I-405 tolled so that transit riders pay. the toll, would be subsidizing those with northbound would do more to improve enough money to pay the toll. Working poor my commute than any other changes. would only slightly benefit by decreased traffic Or alternatively, instead of both in the general purpose lanes. A general eastbound and westbound off ramps purpose express lane without a toll should have from I-90 having to merge into the the same impact on traffic as a toll lane. As existing I-405 lanes, add a minimum of one who carpools frequently, I oppose this one lane northbound on I-405 extending being a combination carpool lane and toll to 520. express lane as it results in the benefits of carpooling being undercut. Page 193 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Lynne Thelan Mercer Island Yes, I would use this for much travel. I now 10 - 20 times a month. Yes to 1st question. 10 to 15 minutes. Yes! Yes! Yes! Summer avoid the I-405, but with this I wouldn't need to. Celebration Lynne Voss email or website There is great risk for HOT/HOV users. You think I͛ve been commuting via either vanpool or you are safe in the lane with the double white line, carpool from the south end to Redmond for but it actually creates more dangerous situations on nineteen years, so I feel an expert on what the road and I͛ll tell you why. works and what does not. The proposed ECT program would be fine as long as the rules of 1.�Violators frequently jump into the HOT lane the HOT lanes are enforced. Since the HOT knowing that there is no enforcement. The double lanes were designed on I167, we have rarely white line means nothing to people who try to beat seen the rules enforced coming or going and the tolling machines and choose to cheat their way this project appears to be just another way to to their destination. They know it is unlikely they generate revenue. will be pulled over for this infraction. 2.�Gaining access to the HOT lane has caused many near accidents as we witness almost daily people merging in and merging out as they get nervous with the short distance they have to do this. This merging creates a jam up of the HOT lanes. 3.�There is also great frustration that exits are not more accessible – we were told by DOT that they did not have enough funding to put more machines and entrances into the HOT lanes on I167. As a result, people disregard the double white line as their exit comes into play – thereby we are back to my first point.

Regardless of how much additional traffic the DOT thinks this proposal will move or how much revenue it will generate, the #1 priority should be public safety. And unless you drive in the current HOT lane every day, you might not understand the risks that it puts drivers into. I hope you will consider this as you move forward on your I405 tolling project. Lynne Voss email or website I vehemently oppose any toll of any kind on I-405, I- 90 or I-5. Every time I fill my gas tank, I pay an enormous amount of state and federal tax in order to support highways. Furthermore, tolls are burdensome on the poor, who get stuck in the slow lanes while the rich pass them by in gas guzzling, expensive imports. M Boyd 98387 Comment Form NEW lanes YES ! TOLL lanes NO! If we had Stop trying to bleed us. We pay enough Adding FREE lanes would improve the NO more TOLLS. Reduce the "bulk" in (electronic) reasonable housing we would not have to move taxes. Give us the roadway we need attitude we have toward our the WA State Government and then you so far away from our work. have to without added expense. Washington Government. can use our money to pay for our roads. M Henry Halle 98052 Feedback Form If there is an extra lane on I-405, it should be open to everyone.

Page 194 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? m thomas email or website There are two things that your survey did not cover.

1) I strongly believe that tolling should not be cheaper than the bus. If people want to go single in a carpool (toll) lane, rather than riding a bus or light rail, then they should be paying higher fees. There is no motivation to get out of the car if the toll is so much lower than transit.

2) right now, I mostly drive the section from 167 to I-5. The number of drivers using the car pool lane that do not have more than 1 driver is huge! I know that the tolling is supposed to have better controls, but please, start enforcing the car pool rules while this is being decided. M. Khachiyants email or website There are no alternative north/south routes on the Eastside, and everything is too spread out to rely on transit. Jobs are not centralized at one geographical location on the Eastside, buses will not accommodate most people. Can not accept it!

Many people live on the eastside and work downtown Seattle, also many live south and work in Renton/Tukwila manufacturing and business centers, plus there are many alternative routes and transit options people can take, therefore I like tolling SR520 and SR167, but not I-405!!! Man Chun Yuen 98105 Bellevue I think it is a good idea. Although there is an It would depend on how much of a hurry It depends on peak hours or not. There Yes Strawberry express lane in current system, the traffic is I am. I would probably use it at least once wouldn't have to be a big difference in Festival slow in peak hours. Adding new lanes can let a week. non-peak hours. In peak hours, I think it people who are in a hurry to get to their could shorten time frame from an hour destination on time. to 40 minutes. Marc Feedback Form I believe this is entirely the 'wrong' method of reducing traffic. This encourages those who can pay to remove themselves from traffic, freeing up space. But, does it really, no it does not. The vehicles that leave the general traffic lanes, their place will be taken by new vehicles and drivers and the road will soon be back to the current condition. New drivers who might use public transport will be conditioned to drive. This idea is all about money, and not about moving people in an more efficient manner. Enough freeway capacity can never be built to accommodate all the drivers. Neither can it be accomplished by diverting those who can 'pay' over into lanes that were never intended to be for 'single' paying drivers.

Page 195 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Marcia Stedman 98011 email or website This is comment on the proposal to add 2 tolled I am against this idea of extending HOT lanes on express lanes on I-405 that would connect with HOT any highway. In fact, the existing HOT lanes lanes on SR 167, creating a 50+ mile corridor from should be converted to rail tracks for mass Puyallup to Lynnwood. public transit.

After many years of delays we finally have the light rail that was approved by voters in 1996. We need to build upon the promises that we voted for 13 years ago.

As a personal aside, whenever I have to travel I-405 in rush hour, I invariably find myself looking at the median with longing, fantasizing that I am travelling the route in a railcar which is hurrying by the stalled cars with their single occupants/ Let͛s work to make this fantasy a reality! Marcia Stedman Feedback Form If we're going to be pouring more concrete down the I-405 and 167 corridor, I would much rather see an extension of the light rail line than more car lanes. Susan Hutchison had it half right: put light rail on 520, but keep it on I- 90 as well. We don't need a study, we need accessible to dependable, speedy, and high- quality mass transit that connects the entire Puget Sound region. Margaret email or website I filled out the on-line survey, but was disappointed I strongly oppose the "hot lanes". This is not Mitchell to find there was no "comment" section. the way to control traffic congestion! We need more and better public transportation. I live in Auburn and work at the UW. I used to ride the 167 bus route to work, but with the new "hot lanes" my bus route was changed and now starts in Renton rather than Auburn. So I would need to pay to use the hot lanes to drive to Renton to get my bus. I now drive to Federal Way to catch a bus. We need to get people out of their cars and on public transit. These hot lanes only hurt lower income people who can't afford to pay for the public roadways and because public transportation is not a priority, it is not convenient for people who must work earlier or later or have children who they must be able to get to on short notice. These lanes are for the rich Eastsiders who don't care what they pay because they already own the road.

I'm all for additional HOV lanes, but please NO TOLL LANES. Margarita open house Hurtado

Page 196 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Maria email or website I commute from Everett to Bellevue and I think this is a great idea. I also think that the HOV lanes on I-5 should open up from 7pm until 5am like they do on I-405. THANK YOU! Maria Maria email or website I would be in favor of a tolling system so long as it remains that buses, vanpools and carpools consisting of 2 or more individuals were able to navigate free of charge. Maria G. email or website I would be in favor of a tolling system so long as it remains that buses, vanpools and carpools consisting of 2 or more individuals were able to navigate free of charge. It would be nice if a toll system allowed not only single passengers to choose to pay but also business vehicles such as box trucks (12,000GVW) could access it if need be. Marianne Heath Feedback Form Adding an additional toll lane would be a great idea however I think at least one lane should be strictly kept carpool/vanpool only. Otherwise there isn't as much incentive to share the ride. Marie Beyerlein email or website I really regret that I was not able to attend the Renton meeting on the 20th, but I do have comments. Regarding the stretch of I-405 from Renton to Bellevue, there is no. or extremely little, congestion in the existing HOV lane. Go ahead and add a toll there, if you want. Then give us another general purpose lane. When you added a general purpose lane north of exit 9, it dramatically improved traffic flow from there into Bellevue. Do the same from 167 through exit 9.

One thing I have always found distasteful about toll lanes is that it creates a privilege for wealthier people. It is discriminatory. Poorer people stay stuck in the congestion, but meanwhile they are still paying taxes on gasoline and yearly car registration. I do support tolls when everyone has to pay them, such as on toll bridges and toll roads.

Do the right thing. Give us another GP lane, and charge tolls on the existing HOV lanes. Marilyn 98033 email or website I can hardly wait to get a transponder for my car to I'm Willing to Pay for Improved Speed on Major Pedersen pay for my travel Highways on our highways. We need to join the rest of the country in order to reduce our untenable traffic congestion. Please make sure our tolls remain in place to fund maintenance/road improvements.

Page 197 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Marilyn 98033 Comment Form It's way past time for the West coast to start paying I think this is a great idea and I'm willing to pay YES!!! I'd use them at least twice per YES! I know I would save at least 30-45 YES! Do not remove the tolls, use the Pedersen (electronic) for our roads. Folks in the Midwest and east coast for it via tolling. We need to be able to get week. minutes per trip. I will gladly pay the funds to provide ongoing maintenance have always been tolled for driving their highways. from here to there without sitting in traffic toll. I can't stand to sit idle in my car. for the corridor. jams! Marilyn email or website Build the roads necessary and let people use them. I am against more toll lanes for the reason our Redmond In this economy people don͛t have jobs/ They do taxes already paid for those lanes and that is not have extra money to pay for the use of roads. double taxing, I do not want to pay taxes from Therefore only the rich and employed get the gas tax for roads and then again pay to use the benefit, but the unemployed paid for the road roads. originally.

This is really just to tax the people more and create revenue, as I see it. There are funds to use for highways, use them appropriately and fit within your budget, that͛s what car drivers have to do with their money. Taxing people off the highways, will drop the gas tax and not increase in the over all. You are getting overly spendy and controlling of people with tax payers money.

There is nothing wrong with patience and being courteous while traveling by car. Who has to be in such a hurry? If you have extra lanes, they should be for everyone/ !s in the book, ͞!nimal Farm,͟ Some are more equal than others/͟ I see this type of thinking undemocratic in our society.

My big question is who is making the money in this type of project? When the people loose someone gets richer. Mark 98032 Feedback Form I am opposed to the tolling lane plan. I believe the all citizens should have access to the roadway regardless of their ability to pay. This approach disadvantages those unable to pay the additional fee. Mark Brillum email or website NO NO NO NO NO

I KNOW THIS WILL BE DONE NO MATTER HOW MUCH PEOPLE YELL

NO Mark Brinton Kirkland Open Benefits:1) Can help relieve congestion; 2) Can raise Unsure. The first priority should be completing House money for highway projects; 3) Any additional lanes 3 gp lanes over the entire corridor. If toll lanes are welcome can generate revenue to help accomplish this, Concerns: 1) privacy issues. A government tracking then it could be ok device in all cars?; 2) Concern that money generated would not go to highways; 3) Could be used to track people's location, speed, etc. Mark Cotter 98052

Page 198 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Mark Cotter Kirkland Open Benefits: 1) Option to bypass stalled traffic for Yes, provides an option to bypass slower or House important trips; 2) Allows faster trip for all traffic; 3) stopped traffic for important trips Allows better use of road capacity. Concerns: 1) Is there enough money to build them using tolls?; 2) Would they be restricted to HOV only at busy times?'; 3) Enough money for 2 HOT lanes in each direction? Mark Cumm email or website By all means implement. Sooner the better. Mark email or website The survey link doesn't work. Doennebrink Mark 98021 Feedback Form Doing so gives the impression that if one has the Much as I would like to see congestion going Doennebrink resources (i.e., money), they can do anything they down, I do not believe charging single car driver wish. In addition, this would simply clog up the HOV for the right to use the HOV lanes is the correct lanes without reducing the number of vehicles on approach. the road and essentially circumvents the intent of having an HOV lane in the first place. By the way, I have used a similar lane in Colorado, so do have some experience in paying to use the HOVs in this manner. If the intent is solely to raise revenue for the roads - whether for maintenance, repairs, or other, then this is a way to do so without a general tax increase. If the overarching intent is to reduce congestion, there are only a couple realistic means to achieve the reduction. 1) Add more roads' this is the most expensive and least appealing method on several levels, but it would be far better to lay the groundwork now than to wait until this is a crisis. 2) Establish a more utilitarian systems of mass transit that integrates and capitalizes on the strengths of various technologies. The benefits of the latter remedy are that changes could be implemented in stages, and, they could be implemented as funds are available. Plus, it would be far more flexilble in meeting both changing travel patterns and future growth. Personally, I would suggest driving towards the solution rather than implementing a temporary fix, but that is just my 2 cents worth. Best of luck. Mark Greenough standard mail No, if they're toll lanes. I drive SR 167 everyday I would use them when I have 2 people in I'm against the toll. If it happens, absolutely. and never see a single driver in the hot lanes. the car. I would never pay a toll and I drive this corridor almost everyday.

Page 199 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Mark Hancock email or website I attended the WSDOT 405/167 HOT lane project I support adding new lanes of any kind, as in presentation in Auburn, and offer the following the later phases of your presentation boards. comments. I have been driving the 167/405 corridor for 14 years now, and know it well. My primary area of concern is between Bellevue and Auburn.

1) I support adding new lanes of any kind, as in the later phases of your presentation boards. New additional HOT lane is fine (as long as you don't take away or convert existing lanes), and new additional general purpose lanes would be helpful as well.

2) I certainly support your later phases where the HOT lanes are central in the interchanges, and one can drive from Lynnwood to Auburn without having to cross over general purpose lanes (including the dual direction bridge over the 167/405 interchange). I probably won't pay to use the HOT lanes during peak hour until you accomplish that.

3) Please do not tie up the existing 405 HOV lane by making it a HOT lane (until you can add an additional new HOT lane and/or general purpose lane to offset that). It is very handy to use the existing HOV lane after 7 PM on the way home at night to pass the traffic congestion at the 405/167 interchange, and on 7 PM northbound 405 where it slows at the Maple Valley Hwy off ramp. If you convert to HOT, and put in your double white lines to limit access, even after 7 PM it will mean getting stuck in that traffic.

4) Please do not use double white lines if you convert the existing HOV lane on 405 to HOT (like you did on 167). You have made 167 a real pain to drive. The ability to move in and out of the existing 405 HOV lane at this time is great, and the double whites limiting access points make it very difficult to deal with congestion in the general purpose lanes (and being trapped in there behind slow cars with no way out). I know accidents are your excuse for the double whites, but that is not a good enough reason to stick us with them. The single white line also allows cars to navigate in and out as the traffic congestion (or lack of it) warrants, meaning it can be safer to do that all along the route, rather than only at a few points at the last minute and then crossing over all general purpose lanes when you stick us with the double whites. Given that, I'll bet it's a wash for accidents (or close enough). Double whites also don't allow use of all off ramps (you have skipped at least one on 167), and you will no doubt have to skip some on 405 (so please don't do

Page 200 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? the double whites).

5) Why aren't the HOT/HOV lanes open to all traffic on weekends?! Every time I visit California and other states, I see signs that only tie them up during the morning commute and evening commute (not even all day), on weekdays only. Why is Washington so backward on this one (you don't need a study - just do it like every other state does). I understand HOT/HOV to encourage behavior on weekday commutes, but that simply doesn't apply on weekends. I have even seen HOV lanes in other states that only tie them up during one direction of the commute (e.g. 167/405 northbound in the AM, but not in the PM; and 405/167 southbound in the PM, but not in the AM). Why is there no creativity on this issue in Washington? It does not help your public relations to restrict us so tightly.

6) Speaking of creativity, every morning we are stuck on southbound 405 approaching the 167 interchange, with the HOV cars crossing over at the last minute to go southbound on 167 and blocking our lanes. I have had cars literally stop in the general purpose lanes waiting for a break to get over to the 167 ramp. If you really want to solve the problem, let those of us in the 405 southbound lanes who want to get through the intersection, get over to the left into the HOV lane to get out of their way before they do that (it works great after 7 PM, so why not during the peak hour commute when we really need it?). Just stripe a dashed line for 1/2 mile before and after the interchange, and let us all merge as needed.

7) Speaking of the southbound 167 ramp off of the southbound 405 lanes, thank you VERY much for the reconfiguration of that ramp a few years ago - its ability to stack cars has really helped reduce the slowing and stopping in the 405 southbound lanes.

Thanks for the good presentation in Auburn, and I hope you get the money for the new additional lanes. Mark Hancock open house

Page 201 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Mark Hanna 98346 Feedback Form The information presented on-line fails to address the costs of building the lane, and setting up additional systems and personnel to calculate, publish and collect tolls. How long until a break even is achieved? Are taxpayers going to be asked to pay for implementing this project, and then again to have use of it? Has any study been performed to determine the increased rates of traffic accidents due to toll HOV lanes? As a 5 day- per-week HOV commuter I can tell you I witness an accident or near accident every workday of the week. Some people are desperate enough to get into the HOV lane they will cheat the system, and others cut into the lane from a dead stop into 50mph+ traffic. It's frightening sometimes! How will safety be improved in the proposed scenario? The same funds proposed for expanding the freeway and/or implementing toll HOV lanes could better serve as incentives for employers to consider other parts of the state for setting up operations. Kitsap county is a good example. Traffic is not an issue, housing is affordable, and the infrastructure exists to support a broad variety of business models from high tech to manufacturing. The best way to mitigate traffic issues is (in my opinion) to remove the traffic, not expand the concrete and asphalt! Why not encourage growth elsewhere in the Puget Sound area to balance the load on all systems? Emergency systems are already taxed. Police systems already taxed, highway maintenance, sewers, water, electricity are all pushing the limits along I-405. If you continue to support or enable packing more and more people into a small area, eventually no amount of planning or money will solve the problems associated with unchecked growth. Build a bigger airport in Bremerton. Provide incentives to the communities in Kitsap that will enable them to court businesses to look on 'the other side' for setting up shop. Your traffic problems will disappear with the people who would rather be somewhere else anyway. Why not give it some thought? Finally, if this model is pursued, it should also be applied to the WSF Ferry System. With exceptions for regular commuters, why not set up a variable rate based on need and capacity just like you're proposing for the HOV lanes? It's a luxury right? Just like using an HOV lane when you're a single passenger. You'll get money to operate the ferries without harming those of us who depend on it as a marine highway (versus the tourists who see it as a tourist attraction or use it for their getaway to the Olympics). I'm sure some will decide it's more cost effective to drive-around the south end of PS, using the HOV toll lanes of course, where you can nail them with a variable

Page 202 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? bridge toll in Tacoma. Mark Johnson 98052 Feedback Form It seems like projects are always built too small. I In general, tolling is a good idea. Increase the think we are better off adding as much capacity as HOV definition from 2 to 3 is OK, so long as possible, since the costs are only going to increase. there is additional capacity built to handle the And do this soon! additional cars in the general purpose lanes. In terms of options--support either options 4, or 5 (with 5 being the preference) because of the increased capacity. Options 1 2, and 3 will not do enough in my opinion. I recognize that this may increase costs, but it may be worth it. In terms of funding, what about looking to increase vehicle fees in certain areas that benefit from the project the most (on the eastside and south King/north peirce counties)? This would target any tax increase to pay for congestion relief. Also, require each city in which construction occurs to put their share of the construction sales tax back into the project to help save some costs. Mark Licata open house This is terrible, rich carpools, poor can wait. No, bad idea, Lexus lane Zero Zero H?A

Page 203 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Mark McGaffey email or website It isn't so much about the Eastside corridor I'm writing about, it's the traffic situation in general.

I think it's wonderful that progress is being made. Projects are getting started, finishing, and hopefully things will get better. However, I feel there is a shortage of information being put out from the DOT about WHY (any) project is being done, what it will accomplish, and HOW drivers can ultimately put these improvements to their best use.

One specific example is the I-705/I-5 interchange in Tacoma. It seems like the work in the curve near 38th Street has accomplished it's intended task....unfortunately, there's a new bottleneck on 5 North where 705/I-5/Puyallup-River Road exit meet. In essence, delays have simply been pushed farther North!

I'm not an expert, clearly. I can't even say for sure that I'm right, it's just the way it seems to me driving this stretch of road every day. However, one thing I do know, is that impatient drivers who wait until the last minute to get into their appropriate lane (for exiting...) tend to add to the delays.

What if there were some kind of mass-media blitz/push for driver education about how WE can all play our small (but important!) part in improving the driving experience for EVERYONE?

It's my opinion that if people got into their appropriate lane sooner, instead of cutting others off forcing them to stop/slow suddenly, at least the FLOW of traffic might remain somewhat constant. Right? I don't imagine this can be proven, but I think it'd at least be worth a shot.

Too many drivers are inconsistent, impervious to others, unwilling to exhibit patience and, quite frankly, unaware of their surroundings. More roads & more lanes? Great! But it all means nothing if drivers don't, collectively, become part of the solution. Let's "learn" people how to be better, more aware, educated drivers!!!

Spend all the money you want/need/can on projects. I'm all for it...... but a real big part of the problem are the people who use the roads. I'd like to see you spend some money educating, too. Mark Pivetta 98390 Comment Form It is a good idea if done properly our taxes should Yes it would be a good idea, you pay for what My crews travel all around Puget Sound Yes they would if they were done The money that is collected should be (electronic) pay for the basic transportation system the other you use we do not have enough tax dollars to area to much time is spent sitting in properly, I would assume they could spent on the toll roads only to maintain systems that are above the basics should be pay for mega projects so give us the options traffic it would be used just like the save at least a 1/2 an hour from Auburn them and add more tolling roadways funded by the ones that use them pay or sit in traffic narrows bridge and 167 lanes to Lynnwood in traffic Page 204 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Mark Poulson 98031 Comment Form Make 405 3 lanes wide for normal cars (most Generally, no. I have been disappointed with Rarely if ever. Over 50% of the time I use If I paid to use them, perhaps. But I Yes, and only there. (electronic) people seem to have an aversion to the right lane, the 167 HOT lanes, but I am not a commuter I-405, I'm a carpool anyway. probably wouldn't get a good-to-go card so it is mostly wasted. This then forces all traffic to during the peak demand times on either 167 or and traffic isn't that horrible when I do the next lane, so there is no easy way to pass unless 405. I don't like the limited on/off access use the 405 corridor. you pop out into the carpool lane). Then, making an points -- can be difficult to exit the lanes when additional lane a carpool lane and/or a HOT lane traffic is heavy. Until there are at least 3 would be OK. Also hope the HOT lane is free "normal" lames, I oppose car pool and HOT outside of the rush hour (just like carpool lanes can lanes. be single occupant after 7PM and before 5AM). Mark Ryker email or website I am not for any toll lanes. Toll lanes favor wealthy people! Mark Schiller email or website I prefer that the express lanes on I-405 corridor be turned into a light rail corridor that will serve as the backbone for Eastside rapid transit. Mark Schuetz email or website If you want to use the HOV lanes, carpool! The idea I am opposed to tolling on HOV lanes. that people can pay to get a benefit not available to the general public should be abhorrent to you and not even a possibility in a supposedly egalitarian society. Mark Shimkus Feedback Form Yes, we need more lanes on I-405, maybe even an elevated freeway or double decker freeway from I-90-SR 520, with 3-4 Toll lanes in each direction above the existing freeway that goes all the way to Redmond. This would be nice! Mark Shimkus email or website It can be done, just means years of more Yes , tolling is fine as long as more capacity is construction. Although I would not like the idea of added like at least an additional 2 lanes of taking existing lanes and converting them. We need traffic in both South and Northbound lanes. more capacity for both toll lanes and regular lanes. Mark Spatz Comment Form Yes, I used the hot lines 167 lanes and feel that Yes, I would use them 2 or 3 times per Yes, 5 minutes per direction. 10 minutes Yes. (electronic) add benefits to my commute. week depending upon the cost. per day. Marshall Frantz 98188 Comment Form Please consider planning for future vehicle use of No. Carpooling is not feasible in today's work I would only use the tolls if I was late for Possibly. No more than $5.00 per each Yes. (electronic) roadways (10-15 years down the road) instead of environments where many people need to an important meeting. They are too use. Amounts more than this are too trying to catch up to the current lack of roadway work flexible schedules to keep their jobs or expensive for normal daily use. expensive. The average driver already system for today's use. perform well. Thus adding lanes limited to HOV pays enough taxes for road use. or HOT use does not make sense. Keep one HOV/HOT lane and add two more lanes for all drivers to use. Martin Wright Feedback Form I drive up for Seahawks games and Navy Reserve duty in Everett. You guys got a real problem. But as a guy who's had an economics course the toll lanes are the only solution that makes sense. I hope one of the most intelligent cities in the country realizes this and put this in effect. And most importantly let it catch on. Ooh-rah make-sense government! And long live figures and rationality over emotional screaming at town halls!

Page 205 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Marvin Weiss 98034 Feedback Form What have been the results of the toll lane on SR 167 from Renton? The costs to implement, the amount of users paying toll and the amount collected. Also, to what extent have cheaters been using the toll lane? Mary Chandler 98006 email or website I͛m a resident of SE ellevue, and I am in favor of tolling, here, there and everywhere. What could be more fair than asking those who use a road to pay for it. Mary Hoy 98059 email or website I tend to agree that this is a good idea. I think I drive between Renton and Bellevue Yes, I think that the express toll lanes Definitely, keep the money local. there would be many drivers who would be twice a week. I don't think I'll be using will decrease my travel time, at least able to afford the extra cost of driving alone in the express lanes except in unusual cases. initially. Then, after that, I think that the the express lanes along the proposed route. I usually check the traffic on-line before traffic volume will grow and exceed leaving the house, and if the traffic is current levels. I think we need either heavy, I just leave a few minutes earlier two more lanes or adding a light rail line or use alternate routes. But, if I do need along the route. For me to use the to use the express lane, I like the idea of express lanes solo, I would have to save having that option. at least 30 percent of travel time. Mary K. Frost email or website Mary Kay Frost email or website If you want to raise revenue by charging those who I am against diluting, over-crowding and Car pooling should be encouraged and can afford their selfishness, then build a lane just slowing down car pool lanes with selfish drivers rewarded with special car pool lanes for them. This will not affect car poolers and will be who can afford to pay for their selfishness. reserved exclusively for car poolers. easier to distinguish between the two species. Mary Kristensen 98034 Kirkland Just do it! Yes Yes Yes - Yes Why not Farmer's Market Mary Robertson open house Mary Twidt email or website First of all I know a lot of people who commute on the bus and a lot of us don't even get home before 6:30. But yet your meetings are set from 4:00 to 7:00. I find that to be very interesting!!

How do we know that the money will be used ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF IMPROVING THE ROADs? Mathew Irisby Bellevue Open House (Aug)

Page 206 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Matt Leber email or website In general, I prefer to use transit when I can. For those times that a public transportation option isn't available or is not feasible I'll drive. I would absolutely be willing to pay a toll for more reliable travel times. In addition, I really do not believe in adding more general purpose lanes as they are expensive to build and maintain and simply appear to encourage more congestion and sprawl. The focus really should be on improving travel times for those who take the bus and/or carpool. For those times where HOV travel is not an option, express tolls will provide an option for those who are willing to pay for a faster commute.

Hopefully these tolling options will also result in additional revenue that can be used for maintaining the roadway system as well as improved transit options. I'm not sure if using tolls for improved transit is an option but I would support that as well - both as a user of transit and as a potential customer of a tolling system. Matt Leber email or website After living on the Eastside for most of my life (I'm Any areas with high levels of congestion should 41) I've come to receive new, or increased, HOT or Express Toll the conclusion that, except for a few small spot lanes. They really seem like the way forward. improvements, we really shouldn't be building new general purpose lanes. They are simply too expensive to build and maintain and lead to more traffic and congestion. Frankly, I'd even support a by-the- mile toll system for the entire freeway system, although I suspect I am in the minority on that one0 Mattew Devine 98055 Feedback Form Matthew 98335 Feedback Form I very much support the idea of an express toll Warren lane. In general, I think tolls which fluctuate based on the time of day are an effective way to mitigate congestion.

Page 207 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Matthias Rieger email or website The last thing we need is Lexus lanes so that rich people don't have to wait as long to get to their boat on Lake Washington. As a rich person would think, why would a middle or lower income person need these lanes anyways? They should be at work, not out having fun. A very profound no here -matthias Bothell Maureen Wright 98059 Feedback Form I am from Chicago, a place where tolls are big. And I drove thru 3 tolls booths for years, each way to and from work. It is not worth it, the price of slow traffic, increased congestion... it is insane. Increase taxes for the highways, not toll booths, they are a really HORRIBLE idea and a EVEN Worst experience!! I know from experience0 Max Mathies 98006 Comment Form Adding lanes if there is a demand for it is O.K.. I am against toll lanes because what it I am against toll lanes. See point 2. I am against toll lanes. See point 2. (electronic) amounts to is that the people that are not using the toll lanes will heavily subsidize the ones that use them. mel oleson 98387 Feedback Form It in effect creates toll roads for the wealthy and I drive the 167 and 405 several times a week. penalizes those who can't afford it or have no What is needed it total removal of the HOV choice as to when and how they get to work. If you lanes and reopening them to general traffic. think mass transit is the answer take a look at the This effort looks like the first step in an attempt transportation oriented development efforts and to slide in a use fee based access to our public understand the public does not plan on living in highways, which is unacceptable. large communal tower complexes just to make the traffic planners and green house gas reduction advocates happy. We need a better approach that focuses on smaller, high mileage vehicles combined with affordable proximity housing for workers to their jobs. Use of light and heavy rail where fiscally feasible is OK, Dump the long bus runs and use them for local transit. Don't fool yourselves to thing people are going to switch to buses unless you make gas or travel prices so high that will ensure voting all the politicians out of office.

Page 208 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Mel Zorb email or website Okay -- I read your mailing and looked at the quoted web site -- but I still can't tell what you are talking about, and I'll bet a lot of others are confused too, or is that part of your "plan"?

Specifically, when you talk about "adding HOT lanes", are you talking about adding more pavement, or are you talking about re-designating existing lanes, or some combination of these two options? Pretty hard to decide whether a person is in favor of something when there is no simple description of the ideas. I just don't have the time to become a 405 expert. I suspect you guys are so close to the subject, you can't take an objective look at what you are writing. Relative to the above, it is hard for me to imagine two (or even one) brand new pavement lanes especially through Bellevue, where in some places it would mean six lanes wide (each way). ???????

I do understand the idea of Express lanes, so that isn't a problem (and your description of that part is very good on the web site).

For the record, I'm a senior, retired, engineer, male. Melissa Merritt email or website I drive a vanpool Monday through Friday from Auburn to Bellevue using 167 - I405. I believe the toll lanes could work however, here are a few of my observations from using the HOT lanes. - Exit/Entrance signage needs to be improved. There are occurrences daily of cars crossing the double line. I believe most don't pay attention to the exit notations and cross as they get closer to their exit. Maybe a solution would be to put in more exit/entrance areas. - Traffic in the HOT lanes slows considerably when someone is trying to exit into the all purpose lanes due to heavy traffic in the all purpose lanes. Again, maybe more exits/entrances would help. - I405 traffic is much heavier than 167. Would the idea of paying a toll and eliminating sitting in traffic cause the HOT lane to be too heavily congested, thus defeating the incentive of carpooling/vanpooling? BTW - the new lanes on 405 (Northbound) are really nice and have aided in the congestion. Can't wait until the Southbound gets open! Thanks for all your planning and brain storming in trying to come to what I'm sure is a mind boggling solution!

Page 209 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Melissa Richards 98056 email or website I disagree with the stated benefits quoted below. I am AGAINST toll lanes on 405! • Higher Performance/ Variable tolling effectively manages volume and significantly increases performance for all users, providing a reliable free- flowing commute, as well as improved performance for general purpose lanes. Allowing solo drivers in the carpool/toll lanes SLOWS DOWN buses and carpoolers. • Regional transit mobility/ Express toll lanes provide the infrastructure to enhance existing transit service and implement a bus rapid transit system, which was endorsed during the I-405 corridor master planning process. I am FOR improved mass transit, including dedicated bus lanes. • Provides financing/ Express toll lanes generate tolling revenue that can help contribute to funding future improvements. A better approach is to gain voter support for better/expanded mass transit projects.

Making the highways bigger has never helped traffic in the 25 years that I͛ve lived on the eastside and watched I405 grow wider and wider.

Active pro-mass-transit voter, Melodie Turk email or website I don't like the ones we have currently. I do not agree with making more toll gates. I believe you should open all lanes to all traffic, hmm... then how fast could we travel? Member: standard mail A simple plan was presented to complete all the No. Extend Hwy 18 to bypass Everett. I-405 is Never. No. In worst case conditions, HOV lanes YES. "Friends killed major regional choke points in the current system, already so safety compromised that to expand are also gridlocked. on Unsafe WA but all the idealistic politicians voted for the light it and make it safe would be cost prohibitive. Roads" rail to nowhere with major conceptual flaws inhibiting significant use for commuting. What is the photo below showing? 1 open lane and 2 HOV lanes?? And where did you find a section that long on I-405 with shoulders? (must be SR 167). Michael & email or website PLEASE give us G2G lanes on I-405!! My Sandy Smith husband and I will be VERY grateful! Michael Burk 98033 Comment Form In general, yes, Express lanes definitely help. After having moved out here from the None. I am vehemently against tolling (electronic) Chicagoland area, I am not interested in and my voting will reflect this. seeing any tolling added to the highways, regardless of if it is currently optional. Once tolling is put in place, it will just continue to get more and more intrusive as more revenue is required for future projects. Michael Gilbert email or website I would like to see the commuter lanes open to all without tolls during the weekdays from 9 AM until 3:00 PM and all day Saturdays and Sundays

Page 210 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Michael Hobbs 98033 Feedback Form I'm not thrilled with the express toll concept. Actually, I dislike it about as much as Tim Eyeman dislikes carpool lanes. I feel that your express toll lanes are kowtowing to Tim-think. This also still feels like you're trying to build more roads to ease congestion. It'll never work. We need to have a real public transit system - one where busses/trains/tolleys come often enough that you never have to worry about schedule or connections. You're talking over a billion dollars here just to get to two carpool/toll lanes on I- 405. A billion bucks would cover 500,000,000 bus rides. You could make busses free0 Michael Kittrell 98056 Comment Form I'm glad you asked! Notes: I use mass transit to Yes, based on current analyses projecting a 70% It would depend. Any consideration of A savings of 25 minutes or more would Yes (electronic) commute to work downtown and then drive from improvement more vehicles moving at a 45mph consistent usage would be price encourage me to pay a toll. I estimate P&R to Totem Lake to pick up child from daycare minimum speed. sensitive. I would not pay a $9 maximum this is how much time a currently save and return home to Newcastle. So I'm using the toll for a non-emergency trip. The 0.50 when I use the carpool lane for evening Kirkland zip code as the relevant work zip code. minimum would fall under my price commutes. range for regular use. Michael Klein 98021 Feedback Form Is the goal more people or faster travel? If we are I am not convinced that a HOT lane would interested in more people a new HOV lane would accomplish a speedier commute. accomplish that with the development of more unified area bus/light rail/vanpool system. It does nothing for people who can't afford to pay the fee to use the lane. Expanding the HOV system would allow people to travel faster due to fewer single occupancy vehicles on the road. Focusing on why people are driving SOV's and you are mover more people at a faster pace. A HOT lane only reinforces the SOV mentality by providing a work around to beat the commute bottlenecks if they have the money. It doesn't change people's motivation for more efficient travel. Even if the true reason for the HOT lane is to generate revenue for transportation improvements, it is short sighted and really does nothing to improve the congestion problems. Adding only HOV lanes would create a reason for people to switch from a SOV to HOV. Michael Pozar Comment Form I think this is a great idea. We definitely need I would be more likely to take public 50%, though it would depend on the Yes, though I would also like to see the (electronic) the additional lanes, and making them express transportation if adequate routes were amount of the toll of course. funds used to improve public toll lanes if far more effective than making provided; another benefit of the toll transportation options. them general purpose lanes. It encourages lanes. carpooling, which reduces congestion, and the tolls help finance it.

Page 211 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Michael 98058 Comment Form Please do not add HOT toll lanes to I-405. Also, I do not like the idea of adding toll lanes Even though I can afford to use the toll The answer is obvious because you can Absolutely not. If you would spend our Saunders (electronic) please remove the toll lanes from Hwy 167 and because they benefit the rich and relegate the lanes I choose not to out of principle. I always raise the rate to maintain a transit dollars on sensible projects (like instead extend an extra lane all the way to Hwy 512. poor of our community to bogged down hope the HOT experiment on Hwy 167 specified traffic density. roads and buses) instead of wasteful rail commuting in cars or forced to take transit. fails. If you want to fix traffic on Hwy 167, we would be much better off. Although transit is good it isn't the only why don't you instead extend the three solution and sometimes it is better to drive lanes all the way down 167. You have your car. plenty of space in the median. Traffic flows very well until it reaches a mile of Hwy 18 where you intentionally neck down the traffic to two lanes. My view of it is you don't want me to drive my car and it really ticks me off. Michael 98030 Feedback Form I commute on the 167 and 405 daily and have Schaeffer not seen any improvement in the 167 traffic as a result of the "HOT" lanes. In my experience it has made commuting more difficult especially as an HOV driver who would exit at 84th street and therefore needs to get out of the lane before 212. I can't count the number of near misses I have seen trying to get people in and out of the HOT lane in that suicide zone. The increase in the lanes northbound south of Coal creek parkway has helped the traffic immensely! If we can add the lanes back through the Kennydale hill, we will be in a much better place. Adding in a toll and creating the suicide zones for the designated transfers will only add more confusion and congestion. I humbly plead to the council to REJECT this proposal. Michael Smith email or website My wife and I highly support the Express Toll Lanes for I-405. We currently use the SR 167 toll lanes with our Go To Go pass and appreciate it greatly! We save fuel and pollute less. It is worth the extra money to us. Michael Steine 98031 Comment Form There are many choke points along 405 that should No, this is a bad idea. Why not add one general Never, I live off of 167 and haven't been No, I don't think it would improve traffic Yes, but we have one of the highest gas (electronic) be addressed before these superfluous projects are purpose lane going each direction? How about remotely interested in paying to use the flow. On 167 where the dashed taxes in the nation. I pay RTID taxes, considered. Make 405 at minimum 4 lanes from removing the multiple bottlenecks on the 405 HOT lanes. I feel the same way about openings appear for the HOT lanes there excise taxes on my vehicle registration. Lynwood to Tukwila. corridor? How about making 405 at least 4 this. is often a slow down as people try to get 405 is an interstate highway so there is lanes from Lynwood to Tukwila? across all 3 lanes to either get off or get also federal money available. There is a into the HOT lanes. If I could get from problem with the leadership and how Kent to Kirkland in 20 minutes no matter they allocate all of that money we the time of day, I might consider paying already pay. By all rights we should have a toll. the best road system in the nation, as it turns out we have one of the worse.

Page 212 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Michael W. 98034 Comment Form On the subject of 'TOLL' express lanes my answer is No this is not a good idea. I am extremely NO. As stated above, I do not believe in No . I support express lanes, but do not No. The whole idea of toll express lanes Lofstedt (electronic) and will always be NO. opposed to allowing single passenger vehicles the government 'giving' benefits to support express toll lanes. is not something I support. to use the HOV lanes. Allowing those fortunate citizens base on their financial where enough to be able to pay to use something with all. others can't (due to financial restrictions) is not something I can support. To me this is a form of discrimination that the government should not be supporting. Michael Wehner Comment Form Quite honestly, I had this idea 5 years ago and was Absolutely yes. Many people need to get places Mostly when I go home from work or are Yes, absolutely. Probably 15 minutes per Absolutely. (electronic) delighted that it was started...albeit on 167 which I and are willing to pay to get there. Most people trying to get to something in the time I use it. don't use often, but certainly if it was on 405 which don't want to wait in traffic and don't properly afternoon. I would use it more than once I take to and from work would be very beneficial to allocate the extra time into their travel plans per week. my quality of life. Anything that gets me off the and it may turn out to be an impulse buy for road faster is a benefit. many people. However, others like myself could then plan on getting places faster if I pay for it. Michele Hardy 98446 Puyallup Yes, hopefully alleviate some traffic. No. Graveyard traffic is not an issue. See above Yes. Meeker Days Michele Wright email or website Things are already messed up in this area and now you want to add tolls? I live in Kennydale (at the top of the hill) and traffic is bad enough. Add the option of this and there will be more 'violators' and confusion than good. When the bus lanes moved to the inside of the freeway it was terrible and still is. Go across three lanes to get to the HOV and then three back to get to a stop. Other cities laugh at our construction of our freeways. Loops, lane closures, etc. Lets get it right but not pay for it this way. People are having a hard enough time now let alone saying if you want to get there faster, pay up. Michelle 98057 email or website I was very disappointed to see a postcard in my Buechler mailbox today asking me to take a survey to add toll lanes to I405. We would be better off expanding the light rail and or bus system then adding more cars to the road. Adding toll lanes is only going to make the congestion problem worse and is not environmentally friendly. I sure hope that you come to your senses and throw this idea out.

Page 213 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Michelle Warner email or website When driving to work I can͛t afford to pay for a toll Transportation board please don͛t screw up I- lane, no matter how slow the traffic is moving. 405 like you did highway 167, The in and out of the lanes is so inconvenient, I can͛t use them What I saw was a lot of the people using 167 moved for my normal trips up 167 to Renton or I-405 over to I-5 prior to the open of the HOT lane and with my family. have stayed on I-5 even when it͛s congested/ I commute with my husband to Seattle several days a week/ I work in ellevue so on the days we don͛t commute together I take 167 and I-405. I saw a big change of volume on I-5 about 3 weeks prior to the opening of the HOT lanes. While you may think they are a success, no one I have talked to does. They either go across the lanes illegally or they avoid them. Prior to making it a HOT lane I was using the carpool lane whenever the family went anywhere/ Now I actually take surface streets if it͛s busy on 167 to get to I-405.

I fear that the commuters will just change which roads they drive if you put a HOT on I-405. In this case more I-5 and either I-90 for 520 bridges. Most of us in the south end don͛t make enough to live closer to work. We cannot afford the toll lanes when alone and the openings are not long enough or frequent enough when carpooling to justify the hassle. This will become only for the rich and make it harder on the families to get around. When you have small children and both parents have to work to make ends meet, you cannot use a bus. You need the flexibility to get to daycare when you are unexpectedly needed.

I don͛t know what the answer is to our traffic problems but adding toll lanes will not help. Michelle Wright Feedback Form My husband takes me to work, but it's not an official 'carpool' like Metro. Will we now have to be in the regular lanes and not the HOV lanes like we can use now? Mike + Cathy open house Wert Mike + Gail open house Sonnenberg Mike Atchison email or website Additional lanes are necessary and waiting for public funding will not get the job timely. We would gladly support a toll lanes if you can add at least two lanes each direction that do not require two or more passengers. Mike open house Boonsripisal

Page 214 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Mike Chang Feedback Form Just build more freeway lanes! After growing up in Seattle and moving to LA and the Bay Area, I have realized that Sattle Freeways are way way way undersized. Since living in CA I have realized there are very few MAJOR freeways and even state "freeways" that are less than 4 lanes each way. Perhaps before building more toll ways the Seattle region should consider making each freeway at least 4 lanes in each direction!!! And possibly adding another major freeway! Mike Clapp 98034 standard mail It is the only way to repair and replace existing I think it is a great idea. If the trucks could use it I would take them only about 4 times a 30 to 60 minutes Yes goods. I think that the speed in the corridor would month. increase. Mike Fluming Bellevue Open House (Aug) Mike Gamache email or website It works on Highway 167 because most people will I͛d see the toll hurting the HOV lanes more than get into the HOT lane and take it to its end (around helping general traffic. highway 18 for the southbound traffic, and the 405 interchange for northbound)/ ut with 405 I don͛t think most people take it from start to end. They may get on 405 in Bellevue or Kirkland, and get off in Bothell. For northbound commuters, I think a good portion of the traffic gets off at the 522 Interchange, or the 527 exit. I think these commuters will never opt for the HOT lane because they will see the toll that they pay as going to waste for the unused portions of 405 past their exits. Therefore we may not see the same success as we see on 167.

Additionally the 405 Northbound existing carpool lane often crawls through Totem Lake at the same 15 MPH that the regular lanes travel at. How will any adjusted toll help solve that? I͛d see the toll hurting the HOV lanes more than helping general traffic. Mike Giesler Comment Form Prioritize the worst bottlenecks - especially the Yes - I think this is a good idea. Higher lane Rarely. I would use the lanes for travel to Definitely. I would need to pay a toll, Yes (electronic) 405/167 interchange usage wins. a second home on many weekends - but but for reliable long distance travel would have multiple passengers. would likely pay a decent amount. Mike Leahy 98008 Renton River Single-occupant, rush hour vehicles are the No. I am in favor of use-based fees like tolls, No. No. Yes. Days problem, no the solution. Pandering to people who and they work well in major urban areas like have chosen gasoline-dependent nightmares does the Chicagoland area, but letting rich people not solve traffic problems. skate while working people sit in traffic is the wrong approach.

Page 215 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Mike email or website I hope that WSDOT will also consider adding light Manderscheid rail to the median of I-405 from Lynnwood to Tukwila/SeaTac, and possibly along SR167 as well. Bus Rapid Transit is certainly the next best thing and I do support it, but it would require a significant amount of investment if it were improved to the quality and speed of rail service.

For example, Sound Transit Route 564 takes over two hours (!!!) to get from Overlake to South Hill in the evening, and that's if it is on schedule. Numerous, costly improvements such as freeway flyer stops would help, but the bus would still be less reliable and likely serve less stops along the way.

My Eastside friends generally refuse to ride the bus, but they are amazingly receptive to rail service, and I think that a well designed light rail system would over time deliver much-better-than-projected ridership. Especially if it had convenient access to Downtown Bellevue, UWB/CCC, Downtown Kirkland, Southcenter, etc. Mike Polli 98032 Comment Form Rail on 405 is a "no-brainer". Why are we still #1 priority for 405 is rail. Rail should be Depends on traffic conditions. Would Depends on how expensive the toll is. No. Should be used to fund rail. (electronic) waiting in 2009? Why are we still throwing money implemented along entire length of 405. much rather take train. at a lost cause? Adding lanes has NEVER improved Anything else is wasting your (our) money. We commute times, just increased trips. What have we are 30 years behind most other major cities. done for 30 years: Add lanes. What has happened to commute times during that entire time: They have gotten longer. How can you then conclude that adding more lanes will improve commute times? Also, you should stop wasting money on concrete walls where residents don't want them. Why spend money on something people don't even want? You should greatly expand implementation of low noise asphalt. Mike Reynolds 98012 Comment Form Please do something ,and employ common sense!! Yes, I think it is a good idea. Anything to get I would use the lanes when I need to Of course it would improve travel time. Absolutely. (electronic) Citizens are dog tired of politicians and their lies, traffic moving. commute by myself in heavy traffic If I could save at least 30 minutes off my delay tactics, smoke screens, and self-serving periods. I would use them about once or commute I would pay the toll. crap...... Thank You! twice a week. I commute from Bothell to Auburn twice weekly or more. Mike Rumer open house Mike Sanders email or website Bad idea. HOV is already full. Mike Steine open house

Page 216 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Mike Stout email or website By biggest concern in turning the HOV lanes into a tolling lane are the cars coming in and out of the lane. I have been commuting on a motorcycle for the last ten years. It's tuff enough to keep an eye out for the car-poolers that are coming in and out of the lane. I can not image what it will be like when more cars are coming in and out of the lane. Normally during my commute I look for more then two people in a car coming across lanes. With tolling in place it will be a lot tougher to tell who will be coming in to the lane. My fear is there will be more accidents with cars and motorcycles. Mikke 98011 Bothell RiverFest Want to know how to charge. Pay once and exit for Yes. Sometimes people in a hurry!!! Are you Well..may be less than 1/month, but it Well0probably I will hardly use it, but Yes, maybe for SR 520? some reason. Do 2 have to again? Or valid for 2 thinking "2 or more" or "3 or more" for HOT may help in case of emergency. may be in the morning that my alarm hours or so? lanes? Three or more gives more free space, doesn't work. but less realistic? Miles Erickson 98201 Feedback Form The HOV system as it stands is broken: at busy times, the 2+ HOV lanes are no faster than general purpose lanes, and I have a very hard time believing that the current 45mph standard is being met. Would WSDOT please increase the HOV requirement at busy times so that buses, vanpools, and bona fide carpools can move freely? Adding a second HOV/toll lane sounds like a fine idea but it does nothing to address the immediate problem. Miles Mitchell 98188 Feedback Form I see the toll lanes as just a money grab. I have problems using the current HOV lanes on 167. I travel with my family most of the time and can use the HOV lanes, until now. Regularly we make trips to Kent from Tukwila. There is no exit at the Central exit in Kent, so you have to get out of the HOV lane 2 miles early at 212th. On the return trip, I can not enter the HOV lane for over 2 miles. What this means is that in part of the most congested area of Hwy 167, I have to add to the congestion. Miles Mitchell email or website No. No more toll lanes. There are more important things to spend money on than your jobs. This shouldn't even be an issue. The toll lanes on 167 are useless.

Where would I go to see how much money is being collected on the 167?

Page 217 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Miles Mitchell email or website The HOV lanes are empty and because of the The Toll system on 167 is a bad idea and a distances between entrances and exits, I can not waste of my tax money. use the lanes anymore. I live in Tukwila and frequently go to Kent. In order to exit at the Central Ave exit, I have to leave the HOV lane before 212th in order to make the exit without illegally crossing the white lines. Then upon returning, I can not get into the HOV lane for over half the way home on the freeway, which means I get stuck in traffic. I drive mostly with my family and can not enter an empty lane of traffic because of this ridiculous toll system. What a complete waste of money. Mili Nelson email or website I appreciate how you are looking ahead. I appreciate how you're trying to improve congestion. What I don't understand is why you don't address the fact that "carpooling" is not catching on the way you'd hoped or planned?

Most drivers like driving on their own time/pace/expectations and even though carpooling gives drivers less congested driving options, drivers still choose, and that's the key word" choose, to drive in those congested lanes because we want/like and sometimes need, to be one person, one car. Not to mention the fact that carpooling has to be orchestrated, i.e.: I work at 7am, my carpool buddy begins at 6am. I leave at 4pm, she leaves at 3pm someday and many days at 7pm....so why should I be penalized to drive when I try to carpool, but it doesn't pan out?

People are going to continue to drive the way they want, whether carpool or not and our population will continue to grow, so charging for "carpools" is only a short term fix. I believe carpool lanes should be abolished and the freeway should remain "free"- ways.

I'm sure you've heard my argument before, so thank you for the opportunity to share. Miller Abel Mercer Island No tolls on I-90. No tolls anywhere. Tolls not right choice. I-405 Need a time range to travel in. Summer will lead to I-90 tolls. I do support a 405 option. Celebration

Page 218 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Mitch Feedback Form I don't understand how HOV express lanes would move more cars than general purpose express lanes. I commute on 405 every day and I know a huge amount of the cars in the HOV lane are 1 adult and children. That doesn't relive congestion at all. Children can't drive anyway. I would like to know why those vehicles are allowed in the HOV lane. Why not let people with pets in the HOV lane? North of 527 is a bottleneck because 405 merges into is a 4 lane highway for 90% of drivers. And tolling single drivers but not cars with single adults with just children in the car is not acceptable. I'd like to just get rid of the HOV lane Mitch Lucas Feedback Form Under your approach making all lanes a toll lane would increase performance and provide financing. We already pay for roads via a gas tax. Increase it, not provide a lane for the wealthy. Yes, I know your study says one toll lane makes all the difference. That simply creates a special class for SOVs. HOVs or nothing. Mitch Lucas email or website Don͛t believe your data/ Nope, don͛t support it/ The signing on express tolling on 167 makes it look like regular HOV users can͛t use it/ Raise fuel taxes on all make the most sense to me. Mm Ostrander 98354 standard mail No, the SR 167 project was a waste of money. One No No, we already pay for the road. Very few people use it. Morris Mutal email or website In my humble opinion anything that can be done to You have my support. help traffic move in a more manageable way is a step in the right direction. When I use 405 or 167, traveling south it is usually early in the morning where traffic currently flows pretty well, In the afternoons during peak traffic it is another story. And I also notice those traveling south in the afternoons are usually gridlocked on 405.

So even though I would not anticipate paying the tolls myself...I am sure there are others who will. MT Ashley 98012 standard mail Traffic wastes time for deliveries, small contactors, No light rail! For me and my usage - 5 to 10 dollars a Doesn't matter what I think, has this Not only is it appropriate, but it is and others who CAN'T carpool or take the busses month; only when trying to catch a plane idea been done in other parts of the reasonable. (no light rail). at Sea-Tac. country. Nancy Anderson Comment Form I think my opposition to any sort of tolling is well No, it is not a good idea. We travel SR 167 If I was driving alone north to Lynnwood I would try to avoid using I-405 at the I am 100% opposed to any sort of tolling. (electronic) said in earlier questions. frequently and really dislike the opportunity to or south to Bellevue, I would never pay a busiest times, or I would find an We pay this state more than enough in move in or out of the toll lanes (we would toll to use the carpool lane. alternate route. taxes and tolling should not be necessary. never pay to use them) whenever we want.

Page 219 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Nancy Anderson Feedback Form The first item that is wrong with this is requiring 3 people in a carpool in order to drive in these proposed toll lanes. The second is the high cost of tearing up 405 again to put in additional lanes. Why wasn't this done the first time around? This proposal is only about two things - getting more money from the people to drive a car or forcing them into buses. You want to move more vehicles - open up all the lanes to everyone all the time. Either that or have 3- hour HOV lanes in the morning and afternoons like in other states. Nancy Lawmbe open house Nancy email or website If I remember correctly, the reason for the ͞HOV͟ Suhoversnik lanes were to get single drivers into car and van pools///It was about pollution and congestion0HOT lanes just makes it easier for one person to get down the road and puts more vehicles in the lane with Van and Car poolers, but then it does put $$ in your coffers.

Your main focus should be on car and van poolers that are helping to cure the situation, rather than the people who cannot leave their cars behind and are adding to the pollution and congestion!

I am in a van pool from Puyallup to Bellevue every morning and back again every evening0I would much rather see the HOV lanes going all the way to Puyallup. When is that going to happen?

TW0Illegal to cross the double white line is a joke. We count several cars each day crossing those lines0 Nathan email or website I can't believe you want to put more "hot lanes" in when the rest of us are stuck in SR167's 2 general purpose lanes. Why not use our hard earned tax payer dollars to build more general purpose lanes instead of taking our money to build these stupid "hot lanes?" We want more lanes that we DON'T have to pay EXTRA for. PERIOD! That's what our gas taxes and other revenue SHOULD be paying for. More GENERAL PURPOSE lanes. Nathan email or website I can't believe you want to put more "hot lanes" in when the rest of us are stuck in SR167's 2 general purpose lanes. Why not use our hard earned tax payer dollars to build more general purpose lanes instead of taking our money to build these stupid "hot lanes?" We want more lanes that we DON'T have to pay EXTRA for. PERIOD! That's what our gas taxes and other revenue SHOULD be paying for. More GENERAL PURPOSE lanes.

Page 220 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Neal Comment Form Yes I do. I like the idea of being able to take I periodically travel north on 405 to visit Yes, I believe it would improve my travel Yes I do. Christiansen (electronic) advantage of express lanes if I am willing to pay family. I would probably do it 2-3 times time. There are times when I need to the toll. per month travel during the evening commute and it has taken twice as long as normal to reach my destination. This would allow me to reach it closer to normal time Nicola Robinson email or website I think nobody is thinking outside the box. First of all where are the urban growth boundaries and how are they impacting traffic congestion? How well controlled and thought out are the growth boundaries? Is development creating self-sustaining communities that support people in leaving their cars at home? Are the regulations and zoning laws in place only to increase the tax revenues of cities, and the profits of the developers? Considering the above, if growth is uncontrolled, creating more traffic etc, we can waste our taxpayers dollars and keep expanding roads, building more roads without any relief to congestion. Surely the proof of this is in the grid lock that has been going on for decades. Roads and tolls are not the solution. There is a deeper issue here that no one seems to want to look at. Or the various committees are set up in such a way that there is no opportunity for creative thinking. We are seeing our forests eroded, our farm land is disappearing, and waterways polluted or destroyed by poorly thought out development. Please consider the above, and do something different. Not business as usual, we are all tired of it. Thank you. Sincerely Nicola Robinson Nik Krastins 98033 Comment Form Congestion would be lessened if there was better I would rather have wider general purpose Only if I am late and being on time is I don't think extra toll lanes would Of course, money raised through tolling (electronic) design planning for on and off ramps. Crossing four lanes than additional, skinny, unused toll lanes. crucial. Once a month, max. improve traffic. they are, and will be should only be used for the road it's on. lanes of traffic from the carpool lane to an exit lane It is maddening to see wide open carpool lanes under used. is a big problem. Carpool lanes from one highway with congested general purpose lanes. As to another should connect without mixing with much as you want more carpooling, a large general purpose lanes. Also, highways should have majority can't or still won't do it. the same amount of lanes for the entire stretch, thus eliminating bottlenecks.

Page 221 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Nik Krastins Feedback Form Will these lanes be able to exit to I-90 and SR520? They should have their own on ramp to these freeways. If they do not connect, will north and south bound express lane drivers still have the ability to get to those freeways, or are they locked in the lanes? If they are allowed to exit they will cause many slowdowns by crossing 4 lanes of traffic at the last minute, much like the problems today when traveling southbound on I405 through Bellevue. Rather than more express lanes I believe you need to add on and off ramps to the other freeeways directly from the carpool lanes, thus avoiding last minute bottlenecks. Nithya Siva 98036 Comment Form Ensure tolls can be paid by a sticker in the window Yes, this is a good idea b/c if you're stated I do not travel on the 405 for work, so I When I travel the 405, it would improve Yes, the tolls should pay for (electronic) of the car that is scanned as you enter the express statistics are true, then all commuters and wouldn't use the express toll lanes at all. my travel times. It is unlikely I would improvements that impact the drivers lane. Only one lane should be designated for those businesses save time and money with this use the toll lane, b/c I use the 405 so who are paying the toll. I think any other who don't regularly use those lanes and need to proposal. infrequently for longer distance use of those funds would be pay individually or with a single pay ticket of some commuting. inappropriate. kind. Norm Gilbertson email or website Take that idea and the rest of your boondoggles and shove them!!!! Norm Hoyt Feedback Form Ladies and Gentlemen When talking about tolling i think that it is vitally important to recognise that the roads that exist today were paid for by our gas federal highway trust fund dollars and thus charging a toll to use that which we have already been required to pay for is unjust and immoral. I you want to build a completely new roadway that is not a part of or associated with that which already exists, then tolling is an appropriate funding mechanism. Repurposing existing facilities and then intentionally constricting the remaing roadway as a basis to extract a toll for use is completely innappropriate and arguably contrary to the original federal funding laws. I know money is tight in olympia but why not cut someof the fat instead of creating a new tax on the working people of WA. Another great idea to make our road building dollars go further would be to outlaw studded tires. The damage done to our roads which are rarely snow covered, by people who use them for six months or more of the year is wrong, give them a tax credit to buy snow tires, the cost would be less the damage done. Norma Phelan 98027 Feedback Form Tolls have always been high on my list... fair, efficient, and NEEDED..... Get it done!!!

Page 222 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Norma Phelan Feedback Form I am in favor of any and all tolls.....Europe has them, the east US has them, and of course we should have left them in place on the 520 bridge...People will scream and yell, but just put them on anyway/////we all adjust in time0 Norma Richards email or website They add a lane and before they get it open My main objection to adding 2 more toll lanes they discover (oops) we need another lane now. A to 405 is this: I moved to good portion of the Bellevue in winter of 1958. At that time they congestion on 405 is lane shutdowns for were working on 405. There construction etc. Perhaps you has not been 1 year since that they have not need to take a look beyond the current days traffic been working on it as a and plan ahead result of POOR planning. accordingly. Even those of us not in the business know the little band aids you put on don't cover next year. They only serve to mess up traffic constantly. Have 1 big shutdown if you must and do the job right for a change! Norma Smith Feedback Form I have been commuting (in a carpool) from Kent to Hot lanes would be effective only if merging in Bellevue or Redmond for 12 years. Since the Hot and out of the lanes coincide with the Lanes were added to HWY 167,I have had to find entrances/exits to the roadway. Without this, I alternate routes because the HOV lanes are no say NO to hot lanes! longer effective. It is not because of additional traffic, but because the double white line forces me to merge into the regular lanes well before my exit. I now take surface streets to avoid sitting in the stop-and-go traffic (and it is actually faster). My afternoon commute increased by 15 min. The morning commute has not been impacted as much. Norman 98422 Feedback Form New tolls lanes would be an extension of the Gilbertson STUPID idea on 167. You Idiot Bureaucrats don't have a CLUE!!!!!!!! Norman Gregory email or website I remember when HOV meant 3 or more people, I worry about the express toll idea because I see which made a real incentive to carpool or take the it taking away from bus as you actually the value of HOV lanes. watched them whiz past you. Since we seem to be stuck using buses as our main mass transit model for some time to come - we need to optimize getting them from here to there in a timely manner.

I support MORE restrictions on HOV/Bus lanes rather than fewer. Orjan 98584 Bothell RiverFest No, not with me and my wife. I have a Tack on an extra 10 cents for the one Westerlund Good To Go sticker for the Narrows who like to drive single and pay! Bridge. Good To Go told me to by an extra device for about $5 to cover the sticker.

Page 223 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Otto & Ruth email or website If you are actually going to add another lane each Pearson direction and use it as the tolled express lane, that might be good. But if you are just going to make a current lane toll, that would not be good. I know your flyer says the new lanes would be in addition to existing, but please pardon me for being somewhat skeptical of your really, truly, adding lanes for vehicles.

Hopefully, we can attend one of your meetings. But, having a meeting from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. certainly cuts out a lot of normal, working citizens. Ruth Pearson P. A. HAIGHT email or website As a long time resident of the east side- I have lived a mile off of 405 for 32 years, I find you suggesting of opening up the carpool lanes to single occupant vehicle for a toll to be very foolhardy. At most times- day or night the HOV lanes on 405 barely move any faster then the ret of the traffic and are currently at maximize capacity. Opening them up by toll would only make it worse. I truly believe this is not a very well thought out proposal. I realize it is revenue driven as are most projects- but this on seem to be a real folly. Pam 98052 Feedback Form Enabling solo drivers to pay a toll to drive in carool lanes hurts those who are being environmentally conscious by carpooling (because they will sit in traffic with the paying solo drivers) and rewards the rich. Pam Auerbach email or website If the new express toll roads go into effect, the result will be to discourage carpools by allowing anyone to pay to use the lanes alone. The carpools will be stuck in traffic caused by the number of solo drivers who will pay, so the environmentally conscious people will be hurt and the rich people will be rewarded. Is this the message that Washington wants to send to its residents?

Page 224 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Pam Wells email or website The average time it takes for my husband is 45 to First off I͛d like to say that it will cause more of 50 minutes from Kent East Hill to Redmond. a headache for those that commute from the Kent/Renton area. Since the toll service started It is in our opinion we highly doubt it will change on 167 backups have gotten worse. the congestion. Whatever happened to police monitoring the HOV lanes? People are more likely to see an officer sitting on the side of the road talking to WADOT Incident Patrol. Then actually hold those illegally using the HOV lanes. As a majority of the time there are more single drivers in the HOV lanes then there are actual legitimate drivers/ It͛s true that the state would pocket some funds by those that would purchase the passes. But what about those that are legally using the lane? We get penalized for being honest? Is that truly fair to us? Is the state really that cruel? Never mind I͛m pretty sure I know that answer.

I have seen everything from life size kid͛s dolls, baby seats with dolls in them, store mannequins and resuscitating !nnie and !ndy/ It͛s pretty sad when a family of three (two members are laying down while buckled in asleep) is closing in on their destination and are pulled over by a motorcycle officer instead of the person driving around with a dressed up doll doing 75mph drives by in the carpool lane.

Wouldn͛t it just be better to actually put out a force of officers to actually ticket the illegal users then it is to make it a pay lane? Wouldn͛t it also be cheaper?

I personally void using any of the highways even with a second passenger due to the abuse by other drivers along with how backed-up it gets. It does take me longer to go from Kent/Renton to Bellevue. ut I͛d rather get there safely and less stressed then stressed out enough to being an overly aggressive driver.

It truly dumbfounds me to see just how many people are still using their phones, texting, reading actual 300+ books, using a laptop/net book, or even looking at a Thomas Guide when traffic is moving at 50 to 60mph. People are more worried about missing out on Twitter, Face book, MySpace, who said what or what the character in the book is doing then they are of being pulled over by an officer.

Since the general public has lost it fear in the police. They will do whatever they want regardless of whether it͛s a pay lane or not/ Pam Womack email or website Put in toll lanes for people who want to use HOV and one person per car Page 225 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Pat Ford- 98178 Feedback Form We need a more efficient way of moving the Campbell existing traffic, not further expediting the already rapidly moving HOV traffic with another HOV-toll lane. We are already paying for our highways. We should not have to "continually pay" via additional tolls. That rewards those that can afford to pay and penalizes the "little guy" who will have to take twice as long just to get to his close to minimum wage job. If you can regulate the toll lanes to maintain 45 MPH, figure out a way to do something similar for the regular lanes - prevent the truly unnecessary "bunch ups" (i.e., no accident, no stalled car, etc.)that cause everything to come to a standstill and traffic to back up for miles very quickly. Work on improving overall FLOW, not instituting lane specific FEES - please! Pat Kelley 98168 Feedback Form I am always confused if I can use these lanes even when I have numerous passengers, when there is a "price" shown on the signs. How does anyone know if I have passengers or not? Since I don't have a "Pass" in my window, am I going to get a ticket and a fine for hundreds of dollars and the have to prove I did have passengers at the time which should have entitled me to use the HOV lane???

Page 226 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Pat Simonich email or website I was looking at your web site http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/tolling/eastsidecorridor

It contains a paragraph that says "Looking to year 2014, if we were to add general purpose lanes on I- 405, we could move 10% more cars at 45 mph (or better) than we do today. If we add that capacity as express toll lanes, we can move 70% more cars at 45 mph (or better) through I-405 than we do today."

Can you tell me how you arrive at this claim that an express toll lane would move 70% more cars while an extra general purpose lane only increases capacity by 10%? Is this estimate based on adding one new lane, two new lanes, or more? There are only two general-purpose lanes between Renton and Bellevue, so wouldn't adding one new GP lane increase capacity by 50%?

I assume you made some before and after measurements of traffic volume on Hwy 167 when you added the HOT lane. Could you also please send me a copy of this data?

One comment about the HOT lane implementation on Hwy 167. Restricting the HOT lane access to specific areas actually makes it harder for HOV vehicles to use them. Prior to the HOT lane, an HOV could enter or leave the lane at any convenient location. The restricted access creates congestion and probably reduces the number of HOV cars in the HOT lane. Please don't make this mistake again.

Page 227 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Patricia Conrad email or website In my opinion the proposal to add HOT lanes to 405 I am totally against HOT lanes. is to raise money for the state and to help the elite who can afford the extra money for HOT lanes. It is not designed to truly help commuters or ease traffic.

Here are a couple of my ideas for alternatives:

1. To make Washington a better attraction for business (including retaining Boeing) turn the present HOV lanes into bus and truck traffic only. No more single car commuters. An alternative is to build not a HOT lane but a commuter lane strictly for buses and trucks.

2. Open up the current HOV lanes to all traffic during non-rush hour periods.

3. Eliminate HOV lanes completely and just let the traffic flow normally.

The HOT lanes are a waste of taxpayer money with low return for a high expense, make-jobs projects. We taxpayers are already paying too much for too little.

If you want to truly help 405 users then: 1) connect the Woodinville/Bothell 405 exchange with I-5 by building a highway due west; and 2) build another highway similar to 405 north/south between I-90 and either Issaquah or North Bend that will eventually connect in the north to I-5 (north of Everett).

Improve Eastside bus service (more buses and more frequent service), provide more help to private and public buses serving major public events.

Also your online survey for HOT is subjective in some parts it is actually a "push poll" in several of its questions--please give the public credit for having some intelligence.

Page 228 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Patricia K Jenkins email or website When travelling on Hwy 167, before the toll was put into place, you could [if you had two or more people in your car] move from the regular lane to the HOV lane, and visa versa, any time the driver wished to do so.

Right now, there are signs that say that you cannot cross a certain type of line to move from the regular lane to the HOV lane, and visa versa. You can only move over in certain designated spots. If you move over whenever you wish, you risk getting a ticket.

Basically, this forces a legal HOV car to drive in the regular lane until there is a place to move over. So, if the traffic is moving slowly, a legal HOV car has to stay behind the slow moving cars until there is a place for the driver to move over.

So, to do this on I-405 is about as illogical as what's going on Hwy 167. What good does the HOV lane do if one cannot get into it all the time instead of only in certain designated spots. Patricia K Jenkins email or website If you are a legal carpooler (2 or 2+ people), you can It makes absolutely no sense to copy the fiasco only get in at certain places. Otherwise you have to on Hwy 167. wait behind slower moving cars until you get to a legal place to move into the carpool lane. That is the dumbest idea someone has come up with yet and, yes, it did get implemented. Sounds like the I- 405 folks are doing it to us again! Stupid is as stupid does!!! Patrick Buckley 98031 standard mail I am now retired as of April 30th, but I have no I would never use the toll lanes. The I-405 corridor needs a parallel Well, duh! confidence that the addition of toll-lanes will freeway to the east running from solve any problem. Highway 18 and then cutting off early to Issaquah. Patrick Sirr 98004 Feedback Form I believe you must toll the I-90 bridge as well. If you don't drivers will avoid 520 and produce gridlock on 90 and around Lake Washington. Patsy Davis 98056 standard mail Yes, it would help ease up the traffic. Yes, on some occasions I would definitely 10 minutes. Yes use it0maybe 4 or 5 times a month/ Patty Wills 98047 Renton Open Allowing buses on the 167 to enter the toll lanes Yes Yes House (Aug) earlier. Have spent an extra 25 minutes because Sound Transit buses couldn't enter the toll lane earlier

Page 229 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Paul Allard Feedback Form When speeds over Kennydale Hill are at the same rate as other parts of I-405, then you can toll over Kennydale. Big Rig trucks and Flammable Loads are the biggest single cause of slow speeds on Kennydale. Kennydale either needs truck lanes or a tunnel. To minimize use of alternative routes, Renton and Newport have used adverse traffic signals to increase the commute time on those routes. Continued delays of this sort coupled with tolling, will result in increased frustration and road rage incidents along those alternate routes. Paul D. Roberts email or website As a retired highway engineer, I see no benefit in tolling lanes let alone HOV lanes on SR 167 and I 405 in the metro area. HOV lanes create hazards on ramps and should be eliminated.

Much of experience has been in California where I noted recently the elimination of HOV lanes on certain Bay Area freeways. When I enquired why from some Caltrans friends of mine, they simply said that by removing them increased traffic flow and reduce crashes in certain area, particular where there were on/off ramps at frequent intervals. I suggest that you give this try before you spend a lot of MONEY in a foolish attempt at 'good to go lanes" which get abused on SR 167 where there is little or NO enforcement and does little to improve traffic volume or flow.

Remember the 3 'E's' Engineering, Education and Enforcement. You need all three components to make things work. I see little effort in the at least 2 of the 3. Paul Grimaldi 98074 Feedback Form A toll for an HOV lane is not the solution to this problem. I have not problems with tolls but I have been driving this stretch for 10 years. What I see is: a very unutilized lane. With the volume of traffic on this interstate even if that lane was not an HOV lane all the lanes could not handle the volume. If it is an HOV lane,,,it will just slow it down. While having a toll to just the "few" that will use it does not move ALL the traffic. The goal should be to move ALL the traffic and not just the selected ones that pay. A better combination of tolls and lanes is the answer not just a "user" fee solution. Think long term. Think growth. Think more traffic. While your proposal might solve the short term it does not solve the long term. Seattle already made that mistake 50 or 60 years ago. Don't duplicate it. Think!!!

Page 230 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? paul herigon email or website I recently returned to the Seattle area for a visit I was excited to see this article that something three weeks ago. I was saddened to see that little is being considered. or no progress had been made on the I 405 corridor. I would recommend WSDOT contact TXdot and see what we do here in the Texas area. Our toll system and road development is amazing. I live in the Dallas Fort worth metropolis area, with a combined population of 8 x͛s the Seattle area and with the exception of peak rush hour I have minimal trouble getting around. Keep up the forward thinking, Seattle needs better traffic management. Sorry to say that is one of the reasons we moved. Paul K. Graves 98007 standard mail Get on with the project!! This is a very good idea. Two times per week. I'm retired. When I Yes, it would improve travel time. Any Absolutely. was working I used I-405 north/south times savings is worth paying a toll. We every day and many weekends. use the Narrows Bridge all the time. Paul Parks Feedback Form Add the extra lanes - no tolls - highway taxes are enough. Paul Pohle email or website I would like to say the video was ok but I noticed not too many people using the toll Lanes. Probably due to the cost. Most people with an income less then $100K

Are barely making it in this area. Thus the added income on top of gas and licensing fees are already high not to mention insurance which is a scam to get all they can from someone that

owns more than one vehicle, as you have to be insured for every family vehicle you might chance to drive. Although you can only drive one at a time. Next I would say you are going to do this

toll regardless of community views, as we have seen in the past and everywhere in government. Even with building codes if enough money is offered or plan to be a tax any thing goes, even in

environmentally sensitive areas. I think personally the amount of traffic ease by this toll lane plan will not help as much as you all think. The less financially set families will still be using the free

lanes and the toll lanes will be under used. Figure out the average well off compared to the average Joe and you will see how many will use the toll Lanes. I would just add more lanes period,

over or under or expand other roads. I know you will do what you will, as narrow focused as government is.

Page 231 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Paul Rynne Feedback Form It would seem to be the way to go much and all as I don't like it. Please do something proper with the tolls raised like using it to improve public transport along the Eastside "corridor". L ong term I suspect that another freeway is needed further East (i.e. Sammamish area) to take more of the N-S traffic in the Puget Sound area. Perry Bloch Mercer Island Yes, more lanes, less traffic. Yes, $50 Yes, anything to decrease congestion Yes Summer Celebration Perry Freeman 98034 Kirkland one existing lane should be for carpools of 3 or No. Too many cars on the road already. This Never. No. More traffic - more congestion - Yes. Farmer's Market more. would encourage more people to drive rather more pollution. than carpool/bus. Peter Cheaz email or website How are tolls paid? Will there be a booth that Initially, I was opposed to the idea of tolled car- serves as checkpoint for number of passengers in a pooled lanes. Now that I read that carpools will car and charges tolls? What keeps drivers from be toll-free and that single passenger cars can hoping in and out of the lane, avoiding the toll? If go on the HOV for a toll, then I͛m not opposed the lane is fully closed off so you can only enter and to the idea. exit at certain points, then doesn͛t multiple booths slow down traffic? Is it honor system? Peter Eichman Feedback Form Tolling is not the right solution. Why should people have to pay to use an additional lane that their tax dollars already funded the creation of? If the studies show that opening up the HOV lane can reduce traffic congestion and provide a higher average speed, then the HOV lane should be turned into a general purpose lane. It would be wonderful and refreshing to see an honest evaluation of opening up currently wasted lanes in a manner other than to generate additional revenue. Peter Gallagher email or website I think this is an excellent idea.

One question would be how do you pay the tolls? If there is going to be some kind of sticker that a camera can read (or whatever) how do you ensure that everyone gets one?

Overall, I love the idea however, if you want some real poll results, advertise this potential change a bit more and you will get a real feel for what the people along the I-405 corridor think.

Excellent idea and I hope the funds raised will be put to real good use; maybe something relating to better and more efficient mass transit over necessarily building more roads. Peter Giodowski 98033 Kirkland Sounds like it. I see the traffic bottle necked in My commute is against traffic, not an Not my commute. I don't have major Yes. Farmer's Market several areas, but never in the direction I'm issue with me. I'd never use it. issues. traveling. I luck out.

Page 232 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Peter Gregory Comment Form Great idea! I love the SR167 HOT lanes. 2-3 times per month I believe it would save me 10-15 mins Absolutely! (electronic) per trip. Peter Nice email or website Electronic tolling is an excellent idea on all Puget Sound highways. Please, let's change the lanes that are *already there* - no more adding new lanes to already huge highways. Phil Henry email or website First you mismanage our money then you take our Please do not do this. money and leave us with more traffic. It truly is a very negative expense, $, Time in traffic, etc0 for anyone that uses a car (everyone) to get to work. If the option is Public transportation, and no one uses it, perhaps it is not a good option. Slower. Not efficient, not planned correctly. Phil Henry email or website First you mismanage our money then you take our money and leave us with more traffic. Please do not do this. It truly is a very negative expense, $, Time in traffic, etc0 for anyone that uses a car (everyone) to get to work. If the option is Public transportation, and no one uses it, perhaps it is not a good option. Slower. Not efficient, not planned correctly.

Page 233 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Phil Herrera email or website I believe the numbers are skewed for this proposal. There may be a 70% increase in 45+mph movement ͞IN THE TOLLING L!NES͟/ However, there is no logical way that equates to 70% more capacity in all lanes to move 45+mph. That all depends on who is willing to pay the variable toll. You yourself stated that the cost raises with the increase of congestion at that particular time. That drives more people away from the toll lane .. If you currently have 2 general purpose lanes and 1 carpool lane there is likely 80% + in the general purpose lanes. Less than 20% in high occupancy. If enough people paid the toll to even out all three lanes there would be 33.3% vehicles in each lane. If you have two HOV/Toll lanes and they are at full capacity that is 25% in each lane. Then and only then do you get close to your numbers. It is not logical to presume that the correct number of drivers willing to pay a variable toll will be equal to those that don͛t/ As well the tax dollars to build the system comes from all drivers. If I am driving alone I have to pay twice to use the lanes I have already been taxed on. If you are going to make a toll road than all who drive on the toll road should have to pay to drive, Carpool or not. That is fair and equitable taxation. If anyone is going to travel on a toll road for free it should only be buses, No cars. No more tax dollars should be used to build lanes that are only limited use. For every HOV lane built at least one general purpose lane needs to be built. That is equal representation for taxation. 405 and 167 have been under sized for over ten years. Bring them up to capacity before you propose limited use. Do your job instead of trying to find ways of getting everyone into a bus. To own a car is not a sin. Phil Scott 98119 Feedback Form HOV lanes were created to encourage car pooling and mass transit options. Allowing access to HOV lanes for single occupant vehicles only servers to takes away emphasis from ride share expansion. If people want to drive 45mph in the future perhaps this should be address not by more lane development but by alternative methods of transit.

Page 234 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Phil Tracey email or website Gas tax, Car tax, Truck tax, Registration tax, Tax on Yea...RIGHT!...Ha Ha....Move 70% more traffic oil, parts and new with a toll road? Where cars, tax on tires, tax on real estate to live here. did you dream this one up??? Everything is taxed...and some are already taxed to pay for roads. Toll roads are not a good idea. Where do our Get the developers to pay for it as they build new tax dollars currently go? houses...and stream line government. I.e.....how much does this little exercise cost??? How may millions??

Take a look at Illinois and Indiana on toll roads. They STILL can't keep up with the costs of highway maintenance. ADD the light rail and save the road money. We don't need more government taxes and LESS RESULTS.

Page 235 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Phil Zack email or website Regarding the proposed HOT lanes on I-405, I think it will help the congestion problems we are seeing, but how will you address the issues which already have come up with the HOT lanes on 167?

If the transponder is in the car of a person who normally pays to drive the lane, but who has passengers on this trip, he or she will be charged for a trip that should not require a fee. How do you prevent this unauthorized payment from happening?

How are violators identified and stopped? Officers would have to be able to tell, from a distance, whether a car has a transponder, in addition to whether they have passengers. It seems an impossible task for the officers.

A much more important issue has not been discussed, however, and that is how to reduce the number of trips across the region that people take. We do not have to accept the assumption that all trips are really needed. Some percentage could be eliminated if the vision for this area was not limited to how to make the roads work better, or how to make the transit work better.

Many people in this area who are employed working on computers travel across the region to get to the place where their job is currently located. However, many of these jobs need only be connected via computer network to other parts of the business, and do not really need to be located in the same building. Some of the area's employers, such as Boeing and Microsoft, have offices in various locations, yet they insist that all employees report to a specific location when they are needed on-site. Many of these jobs could as easily be performed if the employee were able to report to an office on their end of the region. For example, many Microsoft people could report to the building closest them, rather than crossing Lake Washington. Now, some people who work at Microsoft are able to report in from their homes, but this levies requirements of hardware, software and connectivity on the employee or contractor, which saves the company money, and yet the employee gains no benefit from having taken on this expense.

To serve both the employer and the employee, in a way that reduces the number of trip on our highways, the government must step in to make the rules, and those rules must work in conjunction with the plans being laid for improvements to our

Page 236 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? roads and transit. The region is a physical network of networks, and just as with the Internet, it will work far more efficiently if problems are addressed in a more global manner. Pratt standard mail I would like to know how much money has been Does this mean one lane in each direction? I would not pay. I would take a friend It would not improve my travel time Yes collected from the already existing HOT lanes on SR and travel in the HOV or HOT lane for because right now and all future plans 167. Are there evaluations that would tell me how free. call for me to travel with a friend and for many people have already bought and are using free. In fact, if lots of single drivers paid Good to Go passes on SR 167? Is it paying for itself? to use HOT lane on I-405, my drive time How will I get answers to my I-405 questions? would be lengthened. Quentin Holt email or website I have a gang of extortionist hoodlums that are operating out of the Pierce County District Court who are attempting to rob me of a large amount of money on the pretext of an innocent $4 navigational error that I committed on the infamous Tacoma Narrows Bridge tolling set-up. For this cause, I am determined to forever boycott all present and future tolling schemes operated either by or for the State of Washington.

Personally, I am fed up with the larcenous attitude of the Department of Transportation in particular and with the larcenous attitude of Washington State government in general. You bureaucrats imagine that the general public is a bottomless source of funds to finance your every extravagant dream. Probably most state employees are in the financial class, but of lot of other people, myself included, are not. If you ever allowed us to enjoy that carrot, then you would no longer have to dangle it in front of us.

I see this proposal as just another imaginative scheme to get ever deeper into my already mostly cleaned-out pockets, to clog I-405 for more years and years with ever more ugly and in-the-way construction junk, and to add more money and power to your bureaucratic empire. I am totally opposed to this boondoggle and totally opposed to you.

Burn in hell!

Page 237 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Quentin Holt 98058 Feedback Form Proposals like this make me angry and hateful. You bureaucrats obviously imagine that the general public is comprised of magic cash cows that you can milk without limitaton and that we will never run dry. You are pre-occuppied with ever more ambitious and artful schemes to milk ever more money out of us. They run the gamut from ever higher taxes to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge entrapment racket. I am broke! "Relieving congestion" is a fraud. It is the carrot dangled out in front of us. You will never allow us to eat the carrot because then you would no longer have it to dangle in front of us to trick us into approving ever higher taxes and road construction junk in our way. R Cule Kirkland Open Benefits: Move people, goods and services Yes, we must pay for a good system. House concerns: Disruption white building R. Cule Kirkland Open House R.J. 98006 standard mail When are you going to quit dreaming up new ways NO! The general public receives little benefit I will never use them if they have a toll! No! I-405 needs more general traffic NO! The WSDOT has more than adequate to get the taxpayer money and start addressing the from this excessive added form of taxation. lanes. Tolls do not save general travel funds for this purpose. Cut your bloated task at hand? Enough! times. Only the rich can use them. bureaucracy!! R.J. Arkell 98006 Feedback Form I am absolutely, totally and unequivocally against placing tolls on roads built with public funds and/or taxes. This idea amounts to double-taxation and should be placed on a ballot for public vote. It is time to do your job and quit dreaming up more ways to tax the public. Enough is enough!

Page 238 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Randy Kaiser Feedback Form These express HOV toll lanes are a bad idea. They create a regressive tax on the people who use the roads the most - low wage workers that must commute long distances from locations where affordable housing exist to where the good jobs are. It also unfairly taxes single drivers who don't have the luxury carpooling but need to get where they are going. and, without additional ramps these toll lanes which are placed on the left side of the road, create congestion at the major on/off ramps - it can actually be dangerous negotiating into the current HOV lanes. As is stands now, the HOV lanes are under utilized most of the day, taking valuable lane space that would increase throughput for all traffic - not just a select few. I suspect, if you took away the current HOV lanes you would immediately meet your goal of increasing speeds by the percentage you quote. However, Connecting 405 and 167 to create a strong corridor is a good idea, but probably will be obsolete by the time it is enacted. I would be working on the next "loop" - connecting 18 and 2 to create a another 8 lane Seattle "bypass" spanning from Tacoma to Everett. Ravi Jaker 98406 Puyallup Thanks for doing the study. Yes, I'm all for a tolling alternative to help build Unknown. Would depend on my need to Yes, 10 minutes. Yes Meeker Days additional lanes. It would help reduce traffic by get to my destination quickly. giving people an alternative and might confidence more people to use mass transit. Ray & Judi email or website We vehemently OPPOSE the addition of tolling Schafer lanes on I-405. The HOT lanes on Hwy 167 are a nuisance, and do not provide good on/off access and the "double line" is a joke! Whatever you are gaining in revenue has been a total annoyance to the rest of the travelers that just want another lane of travel without cost!

An HOV lane is all that is needed. We do not see how the "toll" idea enhances anything at all. There is still congestion everywhere. We need more mass transit, not more toll lanes! Raymond Frey 98033 Comment Form Traffic on 405 from Bellevue to I-167 gets bad at 1 Yes, I travel from Puyallup, Bonney Lake and I might pay/use these tolls lanes 2 or 3 Yes, saving 20 or 30 minutes during high Yes. (electronic) or 2pm. Any thing that can speed up that trip is Sumner to Bellevue and Kirkland 3 or 4 times a times a week. traffic times on 405 would be worth it. worth trying. week and would appreciate a faster way to travel. RC Quint 98208 Feedback Form Toll lanes are a great way to raise revenue for future highway construction. drivers who are willing to pay the toll would free up more space for the rest of the commuters. I ride my motorcycle year-round just so I can use the hov lanes around the area. I-405 is the worst commute of all.

Page 239 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Rebecca email or website I write with reference to your website I believe it is not a forward-thinking idea to alter Woodgate http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/tolling/eastsidecorridor the current HOV lanes on I405 into Express Toll Lanes The primary reason that traffic is so bad in Seattle is and strongly urge you to investigate alternative because there are too many vehicles on the roads plans. for the current road design. = The current HOV lanes encourage people to carpool - this reduces the number of vehicles on the roads and alleviates the problem. = Express Toll lanes do not encourage people to carpool - in fact, they do the opposite. Current carpoolers who can afford the toll are likely to abandon carpooling. Similarly, those who are well placed financially and who were so frustrated with the traffic they have undertaken other approaches (e.g., public transport or telecommuting) will now return to driving and pay the toll. Thus although Express Toll lanes may alleviate congestion for those who can pay but were currently not carpooling, overall it will increase the number of cars on the road, making the whole problem worse.

As we look to a greener Seattle, and a future that must reduce its carbon emissions, we should support schemes that reduce the number of cars on the roads.

Thus, I encourage you instead to consider road alterations which will address the heart of the problem.

a) how to reduce the number of vehicles on the road. Traffic is non-linear. If your roads are near capacity, only a small increase in numbers of cars on the road can quickly make serious congestion. Thus, every little helps. - improving/ encouraging the use of public transport is an obvious step forward. (Public transport in Seattle is great if you are moving radically (from the suburbs to the center), but not so great perpendicular to that.) - encouraging carpooling is another. - increasing gas prices also, eventually, makes

Page 240 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? people think harder about their means of transport and seriously consider alternatives.

b) how to upgrade junctions/roads to better suit the volume of traffic. - frequently on 405 the congestion arises from lines of vehicles attempting to leave the freeway. A long term fix could be improving capacity for exiting volumes. A short term gain might be achieved by changing the timing of lights. - roundabouts were introduced into the UK with miraculous improvements to traffic flow. I strongly urge you to consider such road improvements. - could "tidal" lanes (with flow direction changing with the time of day) as per I-5 usefully be introduced onto I-405? - the merge into 405 southbound from 522 is particularly bad as the merge comes on an uphill gradient, which slows everyone. Could we consider diverting oncoming traffic to the next junction north or south? I am far from an expert in these matters, but there are those who specialize in it. Pioneers in the area are http://www.trl.co.uk/default.htm I assume you are in consultation with some similar groups, and I would be interested to hear what they say. Can you put this information on your website?

In terms of financing alterations - I strongly believe that a increased tax on gas is the fairest way of raising the money. It is Pay-as-you-go. It is also the easiest and cheapest to implement, since the mechanism to collect the money already exists. Introducing toll lanes requires us to put money towards collecting the tolls, and policing non-payers - that money and effort could be far more constructively spent.

Page 241 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Renay Bennett email or website Please put me down as a vote for no tolls. We pay enough to WSDOT, and every other agency out there that mismanages our money and never does anything right. Please don't take more of OUR MONEY for useless, make-work projects that never bear out any real lasting relief. Resa Roth 98072 standard mail Yes, I think it's a good idea. Additional lanes, I do not use I-405 for commuting. I may It could improve travel time. I don't Yes regardless of if they are toll/non-toll, will help use the toll lanes of I am in a hurry to get know how much time savings would ease traffic congestion. somewhere. make it worth it. Ric Brown 98004 email or website ite the bullet0increase the number of lanes! Richard Boyes 98011 Comment Form I suffered through years of construction on the 405 No. Since I would only travel that route in non- no. never no yes (electronic) segment between 522 and I-5 near Lynnwood and peak hours anyway, they would not do much the end result was no additional general purpose for me. Put the money in to mass transit to get lanes. people off the road and save energy Richard Byham 98125 Feedback Form Stop tolling. Use gas taxes instead. We are all in this together. Not the people on this road vs. the people on that road. I expect to pay the same amount. But a gas tax distributes the charges to everyone. And tolling distorts traffic patterns. I've driven on the east coast. Toll roads everywhere are a terrible idea. Richard 98056 Comment Form Please do not try to sell this as a feasible project No it is not a good idea. It would only add a toll The premise that you state is incorrect. No. I think tolls are double taxation Castleberry (electronic) cost to the trip and slow down the other lanes.

Page 242 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Richard Harrigill 98178 email or website HOT lanes on I405 is a bad idea. I do not approve of them on SR167 and it will be worse on 405. I travel the 405, 167 and SR16 corridors frequently.

We need more general purpose lanes! Adding capacity is the best way to alleviate congestion. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge SR16 traffic is a perfect example. It used to be a horrendous bottleneck. Now the traffic flows great. HOT lanes on 405, especially two with no increase in General Purpose lanes, is a criminal and stupid idea.

Tolls are not appropriate. Period. I already pay taxes to maintain and build these roads. It is theft to require me to pay to use them.

The SR167 HOT lane has actually hampered traditional HOV commuters due to the limited breaks in the double white line. You often must wait in slow/stopped traffic for a long distance before entering or after exiting the HOT lanes. I use my G2G pass frequently on the Narrows Bridge, but have NEVER used it on 167. Short of a life- threatening medical emergency, I never will.

We also need to get rid of all collector/distributor lanes in congested areas. These are a huge source of congestion.

The fact that the traffic has gotten better on 167 since the inception of the HOT lanes does not show the success of HOT, but rather the folly of restricted lanes in general. Traffic would flow best if unrestricted, and it costs nothing to not put up fancy equipment, or to not make special lane markings or signage.

Stop trying to be social engineers and go back to the basics of being traffic engineers.

Page 243 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Richard k Parker 98001 Comment Form The problem with traffic is all the selfish people in No! I pay plenty of taxes and can't afford to Never! I wont pay you shit If you charge someone to drive on 405 (electronic) the carpool/fast lanes cutting all the way over at fork over more to drive to work to get taxed on every penny should stay on 405. their on or off ramp at the last second. Is it really it again. fair to create these lanes that condone their ignorant driving and make good drivers pay for it? We have been paying it for years with our time. WA STATE must make new laws that strictly enforce and penalize extreme lame changes. For example: restrict lane change distances and no changing lanes within set distances. Set up cameras to enforce these laws. I'm sick of seeing huge commercial vehicles (that violate gross weight limits) in the carpool lane such as huge lawn-care vehicles with trailers in the HOV lane. It's ridiculous. How about no trailers in HOV lanes? START SENDING THESE PEOPLE TICKETS and utilize the taxpayer's money somewhere else. Obtain your revenue from the people cutting over from the carpool lane, merging in from onramps, and cutting illegal lines at the last second. Traffic monitoring equipment could be paid for from the majority of ignorant drivers I'm in construction and drive all over the I5, 405, and 167 corridors. 90% of the problems are the people driving like childish idiots with their "Me first" attitude. Richard Parexis Feedback Form No toll roads - ever. Period. They have always been a bad idea in that that they never get turned off and they become a revenue source for all sorts of things.

Page 244 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Richard Parker email or website The problem with traffic is all the selfish people in the carpool/fast lanes cutting all the way over at their on or off ramp at the last second. Is it really fair to create these lanes that condone their ignorant driving and make good drivers pay for it? We have been paying it for years with our time.

WA STATE must make new laws that strictly enforce and penalize extreme lame changes. For example: restrict lane change distances and no changing lanes within set distances. Set up cameras to enforce these laws. I'm sick of seeing huge commercial vehicles (that violate gross weight limits) in the carpool lane such as huge lawn-care vehicles with trailers in the HOV lane. It's ridiculous. How about no trailers in HOV lanes?

START SENDING THESE PEOPLE TICKETS and utilize the taxpayer's money somewhere else. Obtain your revenue from the people cutting over from the carpool lane, merging in from onramps, and cutting illegal lines at the last second. Traffic monitoring equipment could be paid for from the majority of ignorant drivers I'm in construction and drive all over the I5, 405, and 167 corridors. 90% of the problems are the people driving like childish idiots with their "Me first" attitude.

Page 245 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Richard Paylor 98015 email or website Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of the Eastside Transportation !ssociation I͛m pleased to submit the following comments and questions in regard to the Eastside Corridor Tolling Study based on the limited documents available to the public.

Lack of Detailed Information: Available WSDOT documents provide a hard sell for managed lanes. However, these documents do not provide information allowing independent review of the claims.

Baseline: The adopted I-405 master plan should have been used as a baseline. Comparisons between the managed lane options and the adopted plan would provide useful information, including, for example: • osts • Performance • Environmental impacts • Total roadway widths including lanes, shoulders, medians and buffers for the managed lanes.

I-405 Master Plan: The adopted plan meets demand requirements with up to 2 additional GP lanes in each direction and conversion of the single HOV lane to a managed lane through 2020. All of the local jurisdictions along the I-405 corridor plus WSDOT, King County, Metro, Sound Transit and the Federal USDOT agreed to the Master Plan in 2002. The legislature instructed WSDOT to plan for up to 2 HOT lanes. They did not say to convert one of the planned GP lanes, under the adopted master plan, to a managed lane. Your analysis should have added another managed lane to the planned configuration in addition to the 2 GP lanes. How will the master plan͛s additional GP expansion be added if the HOT lanes are built?

Preliminary Draft Documents: WSDOT has refused to release backup documents supporting the assertions with the explanation that the documents are ͞preliminary drafts/͟ They may be preliminary drafts, but will be the basis for the report to the Legislature. After that report, the Legislature may commit to specific actions that give momentum to the managed lane program leaving the public and the legislature uniformed in regard to this critical supporting information. Note that the I-405 Record of Decision requires additional environmental analysis for two managed lanes. No doubt, the environmental analysis would be forced to support legislative decisions. In addition, we and other

Page 246 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? members of the public will not have had the opportunity to review and comment on the basis of these WSDOT positive claims.

Older Documents: Some older, more detailed reports are available. However, these do not appear to represent current WSDOT thinking. For example, the 2007 updated ͞white paper͟. • Eliminated the 3+ tolled lanes from further consideration (p. 26). The current options are all based on 3+. • The white paper says that the tolled lanes are "no t a tool to generate revenues" (p.28). Current analyses in the 29-Oct-09 briefing document, show between 30% and 100% of the unfunded gap to be supported by toll revenues (p. 34)

Necessary Guidelines for Tolling: • Provide a clear benefit for toll payers with some combination of improved capacity, reduced congestion, improved safety, and reduced operational costs. • Tolls collected from highway users should be used to support new highway improvements in the corridor where collected • Other transportation modes, including specifically transit, should be funded from other sources. • Toll rates should be set to maximize throughput of vehicles and not to maximize revenue. This appears to be a WSDOT guideline. • In general, we oppose tolls charged on existing highway capacity. • We support a shift to a 3+ definition of a carpool/ The majority of 2+ carpools were not created by the availability of an HOV lane. These, including fam- pools, would have carpooled anyway.

HOT Incentive: If, as is claimed in 29-Oct-09 briefing materials, speeds in the GP lanes are improved significantly with a managed lane system, • What incentive is there for users to pay a toll? • onversely, how congested do the GP lanes have to be for drivers to switch to the HOT lanes and pay a toll?

Only Option 5 adds any GP lanes: The 29-Oct-09 briefing materials describe five study options. With Options 1, 2, 3 and 4 it appears that all new lanes would be managed (HOT) lanes. Only Option 5 adds one GP lane each way between I-90 and SR- 167.

I-405 Travel Demand: Is this held constant among the 5 options?

Page 247 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Free-Flow Speeds: Page 30 of the briefing materials for meeting #3 of the Executive Advisory Group (EAG) shows vehicles and people moving at free- flow speeds. For each option, how many vehicles and people are not moving at free flow speeds, and what are the speeds?

Regional Network: What other significant regional network changes have been assumed, including, but not limited to I-90, SR-520, and I-5?

Basis of Users Choice of Lane: What rules were used in estimating carpool and tolled vehicle use of the managed lanes? Have the rules and procedures been verified with actual operating experience?

Existing HOV lanes: 29_July-09 briefing materials for the EAG described HOV lanes as over capacity (p.20). Where does this occur? How does this compare with ͞urrent HOV lanes are not meeting performance targets͟ (p/15)

Again, we thank you for the opportunity to submit our comments and questions on this matter and look forward to continuing to work with WSDOT as more information becomes available. Richard Symms 98027 Feedback Form I see a lot of them using the diamond lanes while driving solo anyway so you might as well get some of them to pay. Richard Tait 98040 Feedback Form Your suggestion that a HOT lane would do more for overall traffic speed than another GP lane is counter-intuitive and leaves one to wonder what speeds you have calculated for the GP lanes that do remain. I consider it very important to retain the additional GP capacity that is included in the Record of Decision. Richard 98004 open house Many exiting traffic problems on I-405 could be Thompson solved if the primary flow through the I-405 SR 167 interchange was directed onto SR 167 and the flow to I-5 and the airport was handled as an off-ramp (flyover). In addition, as the XOJ highways system was intended as a bypass, I-405 should extend from Lynnwood all the way past Tacoma on SR 167. Let's vote the XOJ concept for its intended purpose and take this opportunity to design it accordingly. (Note: The above discussion is written with a southbound flow in mind. A northbound flow from SR 167 to/onto I-405 is similar. Richard Woods 98372 standard mail If you build toll lanes, you should keep one lane for No! HOV lanes should be used to encourage car Never None Yes HOV only! pooling only!

Page 248 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Rick Bendix 98059 Feedback Form Well, I would rather just have a convenient bus to take me to work, but since that has never happened, I would gladly pay tolls to avoid the mess that is 405 between S. Bellevue and Sea- Tac:) Great idea! Rick Chapman open house Rick Thomas email or website I do not support toll lanes on I-405 for the following reasons: (1) They͛re a safety hazard/ The lanes are usually on the inside of the freeway. To enter or leave them, you have to cross 2-4 lanes of fast moving traffic. To zip across the lanes to get to the exit/toll lane is hard to do safely. !dditionally, while you͛re in the lane whizzing by all the slower cars to your right, there is a good chance that one of those slower cars will turn left into the relatively open toll lane to advance on the roadway. That forces the cars in the toll lane to slam on their brakes to avoid hitting the car that just pulled out. This happens a lot- that͛s why, even though I usually qualify for the HOV lane, I don͛t use it/ Too hard to exit and I͛m afraid some car will pull out right in front of me and I won͛t be able to stop/ (2) It makes me feel like I͛m paying to drive on a road I͛ve already paid for once/ (3) Its a class differentiator. Rich people driving expensive cars will be in the toll lane (because they can afford it) speeding by the ͞lesser mortals͟ in the regular lanes/ (4) When people cheat in the toll lanes (in the lanes without paying or using an expired toll card), I assume someone will have to catch the law-breakers/ Who? The Police can͛t enforce the laws we have now; another added responsibility will mean another law un- enforced. (5) The remaining regular lanes will fill up more forcing people to use neighborhood streets to get to their destination. Instead of using I-405 to get to Bellevue Square, for example, shoppers will take the back roads through Redmond and Kirkland to get there to (a) avoid the toll and (b) avoid the crowded remaining ͞free͟ lanes/ (6) Isn͛t driving (with the expense of the car, gasoline, maintenance, licenses, insurance etc) expensive enough? Note: A dumber idea: Having drivers pay for the miles they travel by installing a GPS in every car and somehow having that information sent to some central office (the way Oregon is trying) for billing. Rob Fellows open house Page 249 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Rob Johnson 98008 Bothell RiverFest Yes, to keep the highway moving. 10 times 10 minutes Yes Robby Rew email or website Wirth this economy I don't feel like its a good idea I can hardly afford gas in my car and food!!! Robby Rew 98011 standard mail I know myself that times are very hard for everyone it's a great idea. The traffic on SR 167 is horrible. I am all for it. I hate the traffic there. It would cut off some time. Not sure Yes, absolutely. with the economy. I am for the project. I hope how much, but anything would help. other will be also. Robert I am very opposed to spending any of my tax dollars Bergstrom on toll lanes on 405. Why? Because I pay taxes for transportation and get no personal benefits. 405 needs another general purpose lane between 522 and 527. It is always a black area on your traffic maps. The Bothell Everett Freeway [727] constantly adds over 1 full lanes of traffic to 405 southbound and removes one full lane northbound. Everyone else the Puget sound country is getting more lanes under some government plan or stimulus package. We are not.

We are doubly screwed. I live in south Snohomish County just So of Mill Creek. I have no bus service to Seattle or Bellevue. I have to drive 4 miles south to park-n-ride lot where cars are regularly vandalized - so we can't leave one there. Yet I pay full tariff to Sound Transit. We get no benefit from them. No Rail. No light rail, no fast buses, Nothing. And based on the 20 year plans I've seen we never will. So I have to continually oppose all plans and office holders who do not fix a worst traffic problem in the state. Why are we constantly ignored?

Robert Robert E baker email or website This charging for HOV lane's for anyone is a slap in the tax payers face. If the traffic is calm it should be free to everyone because we all paid for it. Robert Pierce 98107 Feedback Form I am against this concept simply because it unfairly gives our roadways to the wealthy. Maybe you could call it the Benz lane. Robert Ridgwell standard mail Start now. This is a good idea, I-405 is a mess. 20 days It will save time and cut down on Yes. frustration, accidents and save fuel.

Page 250 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Robert Sauer email or website You still don͛t get it, do you?

Get the cars off the freeway, do not add more!

How many more years will it take brain dead DOT officials to get it through their thick American skulls that rail has been and always will be the right answer. As you continue to DRAG your feet and battle with city/state officials, the costs associated with rail continues to rise, all the meanwhile you keep adding more lanes to the freeways in areas that are just as congested as they have been for the past 15 years. You are not gaining any ground, all you are simply doing is dancing around the real problem (VOLUME). Oh, and by the way- that will ͞never͟ stop increasing folks0

As a person that has lived here for 45 years (lived in 3 foreign countries and traveled through 52 countries around the world), I have steadily watched DOT chisel away the large Freeway medians to add more lanes for cars instead of rail. Now, the brilliance of the powers that be- are trying to get the taxpayers to pay for boring tunnels underground for rail lines at astronomical costs, have you all lost your minds and can͛t grasp reality? We have hundreds of miles of rail lines sitting out there with no trains running on them?

How about all of you DOT officials take a trip around the world and see for yourself how the rest of the large populous countries move commuters, or would that be too much of a reality check. The !mericans are so in love with their cars that they͛re choking on the toxins from the emissions. Think about that for about half a second, ever wonder how much poison you inhale into your system and how your body processes all that toxin sitting in traffic each day? I live/work within a 6 mile range- gee how did that happen, it was by choice!

So, go ahead- add more lanes and charge the taxpayers to use them0I͛ll be moving out of state within the next few years so I can live a cleaner healthier life outside of the foolhardiness driven Seattle metropolitan area.

My parting comment, ͞good luck putting a dent into the volume issue at hand͟ you all are so over your head in ignorance it is almost funny to see you drowning in it. Robert Shay open house Robert Strom Phone comment Not a fan of the double white lines on SR 167. They Likes the idea of tolling/ He hopes there aren͛t are too restrictive. any double white lines.

Page 251 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Robert Wells 98321 Feedback Form I am noticing an alarming trend in the HOT and HOV lanes as we travel between Buckley and Woodinville. Many drivers want to travel faster than the posted and safe speed limit of 60 MPH. Cars will cross the double white line and weave in and out of the HOT and LOV lanes with more frequency. Make more lanes available and the speed will only increase. Why not save the effort and raise the speed level to what ever the driver decides for himself is good? In other words, this study is no more than a blind for the state's obsession with increased revenue. Robert M. Wells Roberta email or website I completed the survey, but sadly the first Lewandowski question doesn't distinguish between "do you support more lanes" and "do you support tolls." So your results seem to appeal overly negative toward tolls. I do support tolling IF we are to have more lanes, but I definitely am opposed to more lanes on 40! Robin Fox 98144 Feedback Form I think toll roads are a great idea. I have used them in Florida and Massachusetts, as well as the Tacoma Narrows bridge, and they do not hold up traffic or cause other problems. I think $6, which I have heard kicked around as a possible fee, is too expensive for too many people. I know revenue is important, but it shouldn't turn in to another hardship for people who are poor and have to drive because public transportation doesn't work for them. Robin Fox 98144 Feedback Form Absolutely, there should be toll roads! I - 5 should be a toll road too. But the tolls shouldn't be outrageous, like the suggested $6 for the new Hwy. 99 tunnel. On the east coast the tolls are generally under a dollar. Robin 98205 Feedback Form Please no toll!!! Put up speed cameras and HOV Frankhouser violator cameras, should be a better revenue collector as that seems to be the ultimate goal! Don't punish us who abide by rules or take carpooling incentive away!! Rodger 98055 standard mail I would like to see more non-toll lanes added to I- No, it is not good to add more toll lanes. We Never No Yes Holmstrom 405 and SR 167. need more lanes for regular un-tolled travel. Rodney Feedback Form I think that the express toll is a good idea. The Stevenson reason I think this is because people should help pay for the roads and the Freeways during this hard couple of years. I hope sometime in the future, that you guys have the Interstates and the highways have toll on them.

Page 252 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Roger Smith 98390 email or website I have a question about the HOT lanes success so far and how you can go fro 10% to 70% more cars traveling at 45 MPH.

The first question is, ͞How successful are the current HOT lanes on 167?͟ ased on what I see, I can͛t see how they are more effective in reducing traffic congestion. My wife and I have almost stopped using the HOV lanes, even though we can most of the time, because we find it very difficult to get in and out of the lanes in the places we need to. We travel 167 every day for work and school and the traffic congestion has not been reduced since the introduction of the HOT lanes/ If you can͛t show how traffic has be reduced in any significant way, then how can you expect us, the taxpayers, to fund more tolls just to raise money. The goal of the DOT should be traffic congestion reduction. So far, with respect to the HOT lanes, I don͛t see the WSDOT doing anything but raising funds. Are the HOT lanes paying for themselves?

The second question is, ͞How can you go from 10% to 70% more cars traveling at 45 MPH?͟ ased on the 167 project, I don͛t see how you can get there/ I would have to assume that your calculations would assume that some of those cars would already be in the HOV lane. My guess is that you are making a lot of assumptions that people will change their habits based on you tolling system. I can tell you just based on the people I know, that the only thing that the HOT lanes have done is add to the congestion on 167 since you have made it more difficult for those of us that used to use the HOV lanes to get in and out of the HOT lanes.

As an observer of the traffic on the highway that I travel everyday, it would seem to me that the people making the decisions at WSDOT do not routinely travel the roads that they are proposing to toll. It all looks good on paper, but the reality is that traffic is not better. If the people making the decisions would have drive the roads, then I think that they would come up with better ideas. Why not have more buses running up and down Hwy 167 with off-ramp stations? This would have more of an impact on me getting out of my car than HOT lanes. Roger Vaughn 98055 Feedback Form I think it is a good Idea, as long as it is comparable to SR 167 rates and laws. Ron Davis email or website We paid for the roads and their upkeep for years. We should be able to drive on them for free!!!

Page 253 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Ron Higgs Mercer Island Worst idea ever. No, we're already paying too many taxes. No No No Summer Celebration Ron West Feedback Form Look at the new Narrows Bridge Toll, it's rate has Toll Lanes is just another way of COLLECTING increased at least twice since opening. The reason MONEY!! This is another way of expanding the so many are using it is because these people work difference between the RICH and the POOR. on the mainland side. I'm sure if they were able to Politicians are driven by the RICH!! get jobs on the other side that paid equal or more, more of them would stay on their side and not HAVE TO COMMUTE. When is this idea of digging into the pockets of residents going to STOP??? The more we pay the less we receive!! The smart way to help the residents is to improve what we already have to work with, such as Metro, Rail Commuter, Light Rail, and Express Lanes. Traveling Hwy. 167, I- 405, and I-5 during peak travel times does not have any traffic gaps, if you add a Toll Booth, that will only SLOW TRAFFIC!! Of course if you get rid of all the economically POOR residents struggling to survive, then of course you can afford to RAPE THE RICH, and do whatever you want to do with their money. Most of them have moved here from outside, such as California, Texas, New York, they have reaped their rewards, are fat and hungry to destroy another part of the country! YOU ARE DESTROYING WHAT USED TO BE A BEAUTIFUL, SAFE PLACE TO LIVE!!! Ron West Feedback Form You and your Wealthy Rich are bound and determined to make the Seattle Area one of the most EXPENSIVE places to live!!!

Most of you outsiders moved here because of the better ways of living and good life! Now that you are here, you want to built it into the complicated, over-populated, expensive way of life you left behind when you moved here!!! We don't want you, we don't need you, go home to where you came from!!!!!!!! Rose and Bill email or website We think this is a plan long overdue. We believe Wayne more drivers will begin carpooling and those who are in a frantic race to SeaTac should appreciate an option to pay a toll.

Page 254 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Rosemary email or website The toll lanes on 167 are horrible, you have to know Do not use Toll Lanes on I-405. Heinen where the dashed lines are in relation to your exit and get out of the lanes extremely early in some cases for exits and you cannot get out of the lane if you are following a car that is going slower then even the other lanes are traveling at. The dashed lines do not allow enough time to pass a slow car and get back into the lane. All around it is a horrible idea. This is a horrible mess and causes great confusion and frustration to drivers that are carpooling. Besides being a problem for out of towners. Ross Hunter open house Ross McIvor 98015 standard mail As long as they are adding to existing lanes, I would likely use them only once or Depends on my needs. I would look for It's appropriate to fund those extra lanes including planned expansion of listing lanes as twice a month. savings of at least 15 minutes. $1 to $2. in that corridor with funds from the this time. I'm good. corridor. Ross Morrison 98006 Renton Open Sorry to see those that can afford tolls get same Will this project mean changing all the ramps Never Yes at peak times only. At those times Yes House (Aug) speed advantage as car-pools. Loss or incentive to we're just finishing? Coal Creek to 116th ave off the HOV lane is almost as busy as the carpool ramp (NB)? What do you mean adding 2 aren't regular lanes you going to use the existing HOV? What is the estimate Ross Nicoll email or website The Eastside had a good corridor in the form of the BNSF track until the WSDOT severed it when you widened I405 at Wilburton last year. That act ruined any hopes of adapting that track to take commuter trains from Renton to Woodinville, from where connections could easily have been made to the west. As it is now, that track is rusting and might as well be torn up - or become a cycle track or footpath or some such useless idea. All because the WSDOT destroyed the track at Wilburton. And now you are contemplating spending billions on a new expansion of I405. Not with my vote. Roy McMurtrey 98005 Feedback Form Roy Woosley email or website It is my opinion that tolling is an attempt to bail out poor decision making of the DOT and state legislators for mishandling transportation monies. The citizens of this state approved taxes to be used to expand roads and maintain the existing infrastructure but the money was ͞transferred͟ to fund other pet projects that have left our roads and bridges in disrepair and under built to serve us. Giving these people more money to squander is as ridiculous as expecting them to have done a good job in the first place. I for one have absolutely no confidence in their ͞ability͟ to do a good job now/ Roy Woolsey Ryan Abbotts open house

Page 255 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Ryan Mitchell email or website I believe that tolling some, but not all lanes only I do not and will not support partial tolling of supports the mobility of those that can pay and either 405 or 167. hinders the mobility of those that cannot although the lanes are generally paid for from those taxes paid by the general citizen. It is financial exclusion.

One of the original functions of government was to build and maintain the roads. Better choices and efficiencies are ignored in favor for finding more ways to tax earnings of the public. Ryan T. email or website Normally I͛m very diplomatic when it comes to Blankenship sending emails to government officials but I͛ve just had it. Good to go fuck yourselves Washington! We are sick of paying for your government inefficiencies with our massive tax burden and we are pissed/ We don͛t want any more government and we sure as hell don͛t need your stupid toll lanes and bridges. How about you open the carpool lane to every body so that people that are working can get from place to place faster which will help the economy and oh yes also raise more tax revenue the respectable way if indeed there is a respectable way to steel from people. S. Garabrandt 98058 Kent Cornucopia Don't make the same terrible mistake as SR 167 No! The concept on 167 is a gross failure! The I am against this entire idea. No - as on SR 167 it would make it worse. I am against this. Days traffic flow is terrible! Entry and exits are awful - call me for more comments on this. S. W. Wing 98006 Bellevue I'm also in favor of tolls on both SR 520 and I-405 Yes, provide additional option for drivers Depending on distance, one or two Sometimes. 20% or more faster. Yes. Strawberry bridges across Lake Washington. dollars. Festival Four to 6 times a month. S. Wilton 98034 Kirkland Bridges and access for roads that cross the I-405 Good idea, but would not use it. Zero Not unless the toll lane was in addition Yes Farmer's Market corridor need a lot more capacity. to the existing lanes. Sally Culverwell email or website I received a flyer from you about Express lanes on I-405 and telling me to take a brief online survey at www.wsdot.wa.gov/tolling/eastsidecorridor WHERE IS IT???????????????????????????????? Sam Otto standard mail No, we have enough paving already. No, I wouldn't use them. No.

Page 256 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Sandee Charlton email or website While we are spending all this money on Studies at this particular time, I would be more interested in how our huge unemployment and lack of jobs is impacting the actual commuting process. This state has done so much to encourage major companies to move elsewhere with overtaxing and business unfriendly mandates. I've seen so many small business closed down in the last year. Even my company who has been in business since the early 70's is struggling. We are a local trucking company and as other trucking companies are going out of business right & left we are barely holding our own. The future holds no promise for employment possibilities, why are we spending all this money on studies instead of trying to create jobs in our state?

Page 257 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Sandy Ehrhard email or website I have been commuting from Puyallup to Bellevue for the past 11 years. I am 70 years old and work fulltime January through April and part-time the remainder of the year. In order to make the commute bearable I start the morning drive at 3 a.m., thereby making it to Bellevue in 35 minutes. There is no good time to head south in the afternoon - occasionally it can be done in 45 minutes but most of the time it is an hour to even two hours.

For a period I commuted by bus - catching it at Sumner. But that didn't shorten the commute, especially in the afternoon when the buses are subject to the same delays as the rest of us. And the first morning bus didn't leave until 5 a.m., they were cold (it was winter) and noisy.

So, my thoughts on a toll lane - not real positive. I have observed the usage of the 167 toll lane and have come to the conclusion that that freeway needed another lane. Period. Not a toll lane. And, even when I can use the lane in the morning (before 5 a.m.), I hesitate because of the restriction to only enter or exit at limited spots. I have not bought a pay-to-go transponder so have not used the lane at any other time of the day other than before 5 a.m. or after 7 p.m. (except when I had my grandkids in the car).

Other observations : There are so many big trucks on the 167, moving very rapidly, using the fast lane, trying to pass each other. It can be very intimidating for a small Honda!! Too many pickup trucks and cars like to get in the fast lane and never pay attention to the back up that may be accumulating behind them (whatever happened to those signs that recommended that Slower Vehicles Move Right???) The WSDOT is too slow to open the Toll Lane to all traffic when there is an accident that creates a back up in the regular lanes. And my favorite, what is the reasoning for charging $2.50 for the Toll Lanes when traffic is extremely congested? I would think the price would be more reasonable to encourage usage of the Toll Lane and thus get all lanes moving faster.

Perhaps I am biased in my thinking regarding the Toll Lane because I won't buy a transponder (in California you didn't have to pay for it, just the usage). And I understand that this corridor from Bellevue to Tacoma is not going to ever be an easy commute even with another lane - whether it is a

Page 258 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Toll Lane or not. Guess I should be glad that retirement is in my near future!! Sanja Kirovski 98033 Kirkland No No No No Farmer's Market Sara Lagerquist email or website More road just means more cars and more cars While I am in support of traffic moving faster, I means more pollution and loss of nature. I would do not support the addition of more lanes to gladly give up the idea of less congestion if it means the highway. protecting nature. Sara McMillian 98034 Kirkland I think the HOT lanes should be available for people Yes. The lanes contribute to congestion if they I am paid once a month, so I would Yes. Any time savings is worth it. I think the funds should be used Farmer's Market with hybrid vehicles. Or you should get a discount if are unavailable. probably pay once a month. wherever they are needed. you own a hybrid. Sarah Minaker 98055 Comment Form We're way overdue in trying to solve this problem! I think it is a great idea! Maybe this will cause My husband and I are both retired, so we Yes. 20 minutes would be worth it. Certainly! (electronic) some to reconsider carpooling or pay the toll. try to avoid the time of day with heavier traffic. scott & cheryl email or website The limited access/egress makes the system a real I am against the tolling if it is done like the 167 frary hassle. I find myself cheating because of slow tolls, meaning, limited access and egress to the traffic in the carpool lane (slower than the main lanes. line) and due to inappropriate access to exit ramps. You must leave the lanes far too early and enter traffic 2 exits before your exit because of poor access. I think the lanes are a failure as a carpool lane and, in conversations with others, I find I͛m not the only person with this opinion.

Trying to do a similar system on 405 without fine tuning 167 first would be a mistake. Scott Ashley 98040 Feedback Form I'm against toll lanes. I think roads should be paid out of vehicle taxes, gas taxes, special taxes allocated for roads. I also believe faster traffic lanes should be allocated to mass transit and car-poolers, not to single drivers.

Page 259 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? scott barrett email or website Your survey was skewed towards positive aspects of Toll roads are a bad idea, period! Increase the toll lanes. Your precepts for having toll roads revenue across the board not corridors/ Don͛t are also incorrect and skewed. What you fail to make driving your own car the cheapest or show is the impact to carpool, Vanpool and bus easiest alternative. traffic after converting to toll lanes. Your claim that 70% more cars can travel faster is misrepresentative. The road can only sustain a certain volume of cars. When you take cars from the general lanes and add them to the carpool lanes it increases slightly the general lane speed but decreases the carpool lane speed. Since converting SR167 to toll my commute times have increased over 50% and the flexibility I had to safely enter and exit the lane has been removed, causing even further delays. All the while increasing my fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Is Washington abandoning the carpool concept and the encouragement of carpooling? Toll lanes do nothing to encourage carpooling and only create a façade of solving traffic and funding problems. If you just want to move traffic then add the extra lanes and make them all general traffic and stop pretending to care about reducing the number of single drivers. If you want to raise funds for transportation why not abandon the ͞exempt͟ and ͞official use͟ license plates. That money that would have otherwise gone into the transportation fund is being spent in other government and business activities. These cars still use the roads but do not contribute to its funding or maintenance, giving a false cost to the public of the cost of this exempt status. The replacement and maintenance of the states road should be a matter of fact part of their budget planning. Fair sources of income are increased petrol tax, license fees based on CO2 emissions (similar to European tax scheme). Start charging the public the actual cost instead of scurrying around every time a road needs maintenance or replacement. Surely someone there understands lifecycle costs. It would be unthinkable in private business to build a bridge and not plan (and budget) for its replacement over time.

Page 260 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Scott Dideon email or website Have you ever inquired what people think about the current HOV system on Route 167?

It is ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE !!!

It is hardly ever used, an absolute was a waste of taxpayers͛ dollars, when it is used you never know if you are going to violate the law by crossing over at the wrong time, the places where you can cross over DO NOT work well with exiting 167 safely. I have observed people trying to force their way over desperately trying to get off at their exit almost causing accidents. People that would legitimately qualify for HOV (more than 1 person), are afraid to use the lane because of the double white lines. The revenue that is ͞collected͟ will never pay for the additional lane! It only continues to add to the craziness of SR 167. I avoid the road as much as I ever did before the construction.

I have never seen such obvious mismanagement for a state DOT as you guys are doing! The HOV for SR 167 should be discontinued IMMEDIATELY!

If you try to pull this stunt on 405, there will be thousands of angry citizens in the streets, and I͛ll be the one holding up a sign giving your phone numbers out.

I am so frustrated at the incompetence in our state͛s bureaucracy/ It is time for people to be held accountable. Scott Douglass open house Scott Frary Feedback Form The 167 HOV lanes are a terrible design and require breaking the law to maintain sanity. Far too frequently you'll come up on someone doing less than the speed limit or even less than the left lane and legally you're stuck behind them until you can exit at an approved spot. Even then sometimes you can't get out completely legally because you may have heavy traffic beside you, pacing, making it impossible to get out legally. Another concern is that allowing people to pay to use the lane alone you are discriminating against the low income driver. For many people it's all they can do to afford gas to go to work, much less pay to get special treatment in an HOV lane. Scott Freeman email or website Do you have a time line for other locations to have tolling services? Scott Kuznicki Mercer Island Would like to be on toll discussion and review Summer committee. Celebration Add motorcycle on signs (all caps - more readable).

Page 261 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Scott Smith email or website Not in favor of tolling Scott Smith email or website I think the State should be ashamed of failing to provide basic services ... and our politicians should be ashamed of not standing up and doing their jobs. Scott Stephens 98042 Feedback Form I'm fine with paying for new roads, but it needs to be done right. I'm tired of driving on freeways that are dangerous because the carpool lane is a different material than the rest of the freeway and the lines from the old freeway have been scraped off making it confusing on the dark rainy nights where the lane goes. Cross merging needs to be eliminated; elevated on/off ramps need to be built if freeways merge. Busses need a way to get to the HOV or rapid lanes without cutting off the rest of traffic just so they can get off two exits later. Every freeway in a major city should be built to the max for future proofing and budgets should be kept up to stay on top of traffic flow and expansion. We shouldn't make a big capital investment in roads only to leave them to rot for 30yrs when we have congestion issues again. 4 + 1 HOV for the entire eastside corridor from Lynwood through Puyallup is what we should strive for. If 3 general purpose lanes, plus two HOV/HOT lanes gets us that capacity with minimal congestion on the GP lanes then fine (but it would be nice if this was proven in another city first). Scott Wickett 98374 Puyallup I really appreciate the focus on improvements in Absolutely yes. I use the toll lanes on SR 167 Probably about 5 to 10 times per month. 15 to 20 minutes worth of savings would Yes! Meeker Days this corridor. now. Approximately 3 to 5 times per month. make it worthwhile to pay Sean Morris open house Shane Feedback Form Build the toll lane. Any lane is a good lane. If people don't like the toll lane, it can always be redesignated as a general purpose lane later.

Page 262 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Shane Johnson email or website First off, I'm a long distance commuter... 50 miles With the HOT lane expansion ideas, I'd only like one way EVERY work day. to pay ONE toll... Enter a HOT lane at 512, that's the price for my whole ride into Redmond. My concern is I'd like the HOT lanes to extend from well before the Hwy 167 corridor onto I-405 thru into Lynnwood. Currently I leverage the HOT lanes from their current start at Hwy 18 thru till their end just before I-405. I then am stuck in commuter hell thru all of Renton, Bellevue and until I exit at Hwy 520 towards Renton. I'd further leverage HOT lanes if they existed from I-5/Hwy 512 interchange to Hwy 520 at NE 40th Street.

My commute is pure hell everyday from 512-167 interchange thru into Auburn, all thru the Pacific- Sumner corridor. Then from Renton to 520. Each day the HOT lane on 167 I can cruse along at ~60- 65. But on the main road I'm lucky to hit ~45 on average.

I shouldn't be charged for multiple zones, transitions, etc. I believe a fair price (minimum) $1.00 per commute to cover all zones makes sense for this benefit.

I further believe that the HOT system expansions should be enacted NOW, not wait around for more debates, delays, budget reforms, etc. The project should already be on track for a phase one completion by the end of 2010, instead of possible start in 2012. HOV lanes already exist, you're only talking about adding extra stripes (paint) and loop sensors and overhead signage, this project should only take maybe 5-6 months to complete. With the right system, you could leverage existing uplink data points for flow traffic sensors.

If the system is planning to add more lanes, leverage HOT lane income now to make it possible. Make a seamless corridor from I-5/Hwy 512 thru to I-5/I-405 interchanges thru the 405/167/512 corridor.

I believe enacting HOT lanes now makes economic sense. Get the system online as fast as possible on 405 and hire more people/companies to make each section's time line set in stone. Set a project end date of 12-2010 and force any contractor who fails to meet deadlines to be paid 50% less than their winning bid. I'm sure they'll get it online asap. Make them eat the cost for loss of use, not us the general public. If they can't get the system online in a fast pace for a simple paint job, and minor wiring per section, then they obviously aren't the correct contractors to leverage in the next phase,

Page 263 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? expansions.

By going minimalistic, the project can then determine where adding more general purpose, special purpose, new off/on ramps or expanded HOT lanes makes sense with reliable data based on HOT use.

Places like the Renton-Kennedale hill, may be benefited to have a Truck Only or Truck left only rule to improve traffic. Forcing the trucks to not pass up/down the hill where we see the most traffic congestion due to the hill climb/onramps on left side crossing to HOV lanes, etc.

Please work with improved deadlines, not 5-10 years down the road, but less than 2 years and force contractors to meet those goals within safety margins. Shane Kenyon Comment Form I think this is a horrible idea. I think the people that why would you make people pay for lanes that none. I will go completely out of my way non because you are not explaining your no because the work being done now, (electronic) are designing this idea and constructing it have not were already there to you. you are basically to not pay for anything. when the 520 self clearly. where is this extra lane isn't in areas that need work. oh and the driven on this road and will not drive on this road taking a lane away from everyone and making bridge is going to be tolled if ever I will coming from? you will tare in to hills money collected will not go only to the ever. so they don't know the real problems and this them pay for it. why? not use it at all. I will go to I90 or through and property 's to gain the space. then fixing of this corridor. only 2% of each isn't the solution!!!!!!! lake city. (and I love driving across 520) you will steal one of the lanes that are car will the rest will go to some already there and make people pay to committee that doesn't need the money use it. (in essence make more traffic or to get us out of our debt we're in. because you know can't use that lane.) non after the 7pm time anyone can use the carpool lane. is this going to be true still with this lane . or is it tolled 24/7 Shane Macaulay email or website I would not be in favor of taking an existing general I am in favor of adding more lanes to reduce purpose lane and converting it to a toll lane, congestion. thereby reducing the number of general purpose lanes, but I am definitely in favor of building a new lane as an express toll lane. This relieves congestion and would raise revenue from willing payers.... the best kind of fee is one paid by people who are willing to pay it because they get something of value, in this case reduced drive times. This reduces idling time in traffic, and therefore we all benefit from reduced gasoline consumption. It also increases productivity and quality of life by effectively shortening the workday and giving people more time at home and with families.

Page 264 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Shaney Mullen Feedback Form We need real solutions that increase flow, volume, In my opinion, the express tolls are a waste of and save time. Let us be creative in designing these money, time, and effort. solutions and if we can't make a perfect solution with the money we have - break-up the perfect solution into pieces. Let us isolate areas where traffic can be improved very cheaply by using the space we have. All the while, please let us think about the future of our city by building and spending with a plan and end goal in mind. A city slowly dies when people waste their time away from productive activities with their family and job, and instead spend it on the road increasing their stress levels. The cumulative benefits of even saving a little time per person spread out throughout the day, week, and year can be enormous. Lets think big! Shanna Armenta 98011 Comment Form Pavement projects = jobs, but building mass transit Absolutely not! When are people going to I don't want to pay tolls! I want to be NO, it would not improve conditions, I would be ok with paying tolls on 405, (electronic) also = jobs. More asphalt is a short term, short- acknowledge that more asphalt is not the able to buy a transit system pass - for an especially long term. Let's take cars off ONLY IF the money was being used to sighted answer. Transit is a long term answer. If answer? It is just a short term bandage, and I expanded, functional and truly accessible the road, instead of just encouraging increase mass transit along that corridor. we are going to spend money and want to create am tired of our transportation serving transit system! more people to drive by building more jobs, let us PLEASE opt for the long term, contractors first and the community second. lanes! environmentally responsible answer. We need mass transit, not more driving lanes! Sharon Hutson Feedback Form "Currently, the HOV lanes are not providing reliable service for transit." Is there no consideration of dedicating the expansion lane to HOT service while leaving the HOV lane restricted? Obviously, current HOV flow gets conjested during peak hours. Study statements do not address the impact of solo drivers given access to the HOV lane. It appears the expansion is primarily for those who would pay extra and the impact of those additional drivers would be assumed by existing HOV users, increasing peak hour conjestion for all.

Page 265 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Sharon Hutson email or website Neither the flyer I received in my mail or your website information clarify an issue that is crucial to my understanding of these plans. Are the new HOT lanes intended to replace the current HOV lanes on I-405? Per the flyer, "These new lanes would be in addition to existing toll free general purpose lanes".

Your material repeatedly refers to the HOT lanes as "new" lanes, suggesting to me an expansion of the current lanes on the interstate but no mention is made as to what will become of the current, "2 Occupancy" HOV lane that has already been paid for by my tax dollars and is currently "free" to qualified users.

I get the impression that the intent is to replace the "2 Occupancy" and free HOV lane with "new" restrictions that would require all who are not buses and Vanpools to pay for the privilege of using this already existing lane, that has already been paid for in past tax collections.

Please clarify this issue with me and answer the following question:

Will the HOT lanes be replacing the existing HOV lanes on I-405 or are the HOT lanes to be in addition to the HOV lanes.?

Thank you for your attention and response to my question.

Page 266 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Sharon Hutson email or website Neither the flyer I received in my mail or your website information clarify an issue that is crucial to my understanding of these plans. Are the new HOT lanes intended to replace the current HOV lanes on I-405? Per the flyer, "These new lanes would be in addition to existing toll free general purpose lanes".

Your material repeatedly refers to the HOT lanes as "new" lanes, suggesting to me an expansion of the current lanes on the interstate but no mention is made as to what will become of the current, "2 Occupancy" HOV lane that has already been paid for by my tax dollars and is currently "free" to qualified users.

I get the impression that the intent is to replace the "2 Occupancy" and free HOV lane with "new" restrictions that would require all who are not buses and Vanpools to pay for the privilege of using this already existing lane, that has already been paid for in past tax collections.

Please clarify this issue with me and answer the following question:

Will the HOT lanes be replacing the existing HOV lanes on I-405 or are the HOT lanes to be in addition to the HOV lanes.?

Thank you for you attention and response to my question.

Sharon Hutson Sharon Ladd 98004 Thanks for asking. Yes. We need overall capacity increased, but it I'd use it whenever traffic is heavy. I don't Yes, if 20 minutes or more savings would Yes needs to be part of an overall plan to connect use I-405 for work commuting, so I'd use be worth the toll. east/west bound and north/southbound. it several times a month. Shauna Temple email or website I would like to hear more about this as it would significantly impact my commute. I am concerned that this simply a way to create a revenue stream while negatively impacting those who have been making efforts to ride share with two people. I would be more interested in hearing a proposal that wouldn't oust current users. (2 versus 3) Shawn 98375 Puyallup The HOT lanes must extend down to SR 167 in Yes, because traffic is too congested at all times Yes, once or twice a week. Yes, is minutes said from I-90 to SR 167 Yes Dobbelaere Meeker Days Puyallup there. It should be up to drivers to pay to get around it.

Page 267 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Shawn Etchevers Feedback Form It seems like a reasonable project to me. I spent a lot of time learning and talking about this at a Public Display held at the Kirkland City Hall a few weeks ago.

Just DON'T support the idea of building TODs in every Park & Ride, but ONLY in areas with already extensive development and services like Totem Lake. Otherwise, you'll contribute to random spikes in density everywhere instead of building up density in areas already zoned as such, where a 'village' environment can be created for the tenants and their families. Redmond did it right. Fight the dumb bureaucrats from Seattle. Shawn Etchevers 98033 Comment Form A. Do what is most economic and efficient first, Dedicating TWO highways lane to HOV vehicles, As usual, you are focusing on vague Frequent, Reliable, Affordable, Timely, It depends on what the road (electronic) while following a proper urban plan, not just a plan perhaps one just for buses, is a good idea additional fees, w/o providing any and Well Connected bus routes to ALL 'improvements' are. It looks like to solve a current and short-term ͚traffic͛ problem/ PROVIDED that Bus service FROM multiple key information about the (specific quality of) key work/shopping/recreation 'someone' is eying the money to support B. Have your planners really talk with various Park & Ride station TO multiple Key alternatives that will come with this destinations in the region would help more bureaucracy . How about an experienced, independent urban planners, and destinations IS FREQUENT (5 min or less) at package. This proposal should start with me drop the car almost entirely, if it honest efficient program with revenue study carefully successful livable urban areas that least 12/day. Otherwise, you will not serve clear TO/FROM bus routes in the short takes me less time than presently does refunds to those from whom it is use bus-only urban transportation models. well the commuter population and encourage and long term so that people can better to go where I want to go. collected. Curitiva, Brazil, is one such place. But check also the rest of the population to also use the bus plan where to rent or buy a home. Your cities with successful light-rail service Lyon and from their nearest P&R. This would also people look at only one variable in a Montpellier, France. They first had buses, they provide the opportunity to test some of the multi-faceted problem! slowly moved into trolleys and light-rail. They run routes/stops and provide solid data to justify, on existing streets. C. Consider and include non- or not, possible eventual light rail routes. motorized transportation and the NECESITY to have DON'T REDUCE HIWAY LANES W/O livable urban villages, not just shelters and ͚work REASONABLE AND AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVES centers͛ (office-park downtowns) from which TO COMMUTERS. THAT IS NOT A SOLUTION!! people need to escape as fast and as often as they can. D. Keep in mind that the more you facilitate living far away from work centers, the more infrastructure needs and traffic chaos will increase. Normal people want to live in quiet green areas where they can also recreate themselves nearby. Shawn Etchevers email or website I think that tolling should probably be part of the final solution to the problem you are trying to resolve. Shawn Etchevers 98033 Feedback Form By themselves, they will not be too effective for Tolling and Hot Lanes will help alleviate the very long, unless current commuters have: A. traffic and should be part of the solution. But, Frequent and Reliable bus service to and from key they address only one side of the equation. destinations. B. Large and convenient Park and Ride facilities near the starting of their commute. C. Frequent, reliable and convenient connections from the drop-off point to commercial and work centers. The goal should be to discourage car use, while providing TRULY convenient, and not too expensive, public transportation.

Page 268 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Shawn Wilton 98034 Feedback Form The article did not mention the use of HOV lanes by motorcycles (currently allowed) is the intent to charge bikes to use the lanes or was this a typo? Clarification would be critical on this issue for me to support this effort. Also is traffic flow east - west across the corridor part of the solution? Current roads and bridges are not able to handle the volume of traffic travelling across the 405. The addition of traffic flow lights on the ramps often makes these roads even more congested. I am interested in a total solution not a simple fix that will ease traffic for two year before becoming over burdened. What is the long term plan for this corridor? Shelby Dobbs open house Panel # 2 Why "must" they develop a HOV plan toll? If the 2 lanes (like option 5) was done all the None. I am cheap and would carpool to I love the idea of another HOV lane (the Yes. I also think that the state gas tax Panel #4 How much is the federal tax is the % of way ASAP. Yes, if it takes more than 5 - 10 years go where I needed or just stick it our in 2 HOV's), but if I'm by myself I would not should be assigned to the gas station it's own gas fee? How much is own state tax on gas? to implement study option #5 then NO. I don't the GP lane and suffer. pay. I'd take alternate routes or derive near. Or city taxes for gas tax. How much more would we need to increase to do think bottlenecking it from SR 522 to SR 520 via family carpool, which is likely. I like all the projects needed here? Can we do a county would help for a test project. HOV. I would use it over 90-percent of (tri) tax to make this happen sooner? Panel # 5 Any time I'm on the freeway. options for a train or light rail w/ use of the railroad lines? With branches that can go to the bus P+R?? Is there solutions on how to connect the HOV I-90 to I- 405 + to SR 520? Panel # 6 What is the current MPH in the HOV lanes? How much does it effect the HOV speed? Panel # 8 How can we chime in for 3 + carpool? I would not be able to qualify for the HOV for 80 - 100% of my trips via I-405 and I-90 use. I am lucky everyday for the option to use the HOV lane. (SR 167/I-405) Panel # 9 and 10 There is not enough traffic enforcement on these roads already to prevent not "Good To Go! Passholders from over using this lane, which makes use how are HOV feel like we are getting from sharing own lane. The 1 HOV lane w/tolls and the double whit line is also hard for real HOV cars because there is no room to pass or enough room to get over for exiting and entering. Concrete barriers and better signage and passing HOV areas like in LA are good examples to increase flow, instead of double white lines (which is unenforced. Ticking doesn't prevent people from doing it anyway).

Stages 1 --> 5, could the bottlenecks problems be handled 1st instead of in #5? HOV direct lines to interchanges. SR 522 widening, SR 522 --> north to I- 5 widening. Shelia 98011 standard mail I'm retired Only use I-405 to go from Bothell to No, the tolling lanes on SR 167 are seldom used. Never 5 hours a month Yes Verschaeve Issaquah (once a week at peak time). It would be worth 50 cents to save 20 minutes. Shelly Clair open house

Page 269 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Shelly Matson email or website There are many better solutions to the I405 and I vote NO to more road TAX tolls! SR167 traffic problems than expanding toll lanes! Tolling existing roadways tax again what taxpayers have already paid for a dozen times over. Adding tolls provides no solution at all! We need NEW roads built! WA State hasn't built any new freeways since my grandparents died 40 years ago, yet it's collected trillions of tax dollars which it has not invested back into roads! King County tax payers want NEW freeways built that parallel SR167 (Example: 6 lane freeway from Buckley, thru Enumclaw, thru Black Diamond, into Kent, Renton, Issaquah, Redmond etc.; one that runs east of SR167). Also, a new freeway is needed that runs from Federal Way to Burien; anyone thought about turning Military Road or Pacific Highway South into a 4 to 6 lane, non-signaled highway that actually moves people along quickly? And what about a few new high speed highways that run east from both Kent and Auburn across the valley to I-5, so everyone doesn't have to exclusively use Hwy18 and I405 to cross over. Toll roads don't work because everyone must still navigate through the same I405 and SR167 intersection, which is the major problem. Only building new highways that bypass this trouble spot will solve your transportation problem. It is time for the WADOT to invest in a more permanent solution to the I405/SR167 traffic problem.

Page 270 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Shelly Matson email or website There are many better solutions to the I405 and SR167 traffic problems than expanding toll lanes! Tolling existing roadways tax again what taxpayers have already paid for a dozen times over. Adding tolls provides no solution at all! We need NEW roads built! WA State hasn't built any new freeways since my grandparents died 40 years ago, yet it's collected trillions of tax dollars which it has not invested back into roads! King County tax payers want NEW freeways built that parallel SR167 (Example: 6 lane freeway from Buckley, thru Enumclaw, thru Black Diamond, into Kent, Renton, Issaquah, Redmond etc.; one that runs east of SR167). Also, a new freeway is needed that runs from Federal Way to Burien; anyone thought about turning Military Road or Pacific Highway South into a 4 to 6 lane, non-signaled highway that actually moves people along quickly? And what about a few new high speed highways that run east from both Kent and Auburn across the valley to I-5, so everyone doesn't have to exclusively use Hwy18 and I405 to cross over. Toll roads don't work because everyone must still navigate through the same I405 and SR167 intersection, which is the major problem. Only building new highways that bypass this trouble spot will solve your transportation problem. It is time for the WADOT to invest in a more permanent solution to the I405/SR167 traffic problem. I vote NO to more road TAX tolls! Sifferman Family 98034 standard mail I believe that the ALL lanes on ALL public highways No Never No. Absolutely not. out to be open to ALL drivers ALL of the time. No HOV lanes! Simon Tufnell 98021 Comment Form Although I am a "consumer" of the highways, I would consider paying when needed. I It could improve my travel time, either I'm not so sure about that one, but from (electronic) and I am looking to lower my costs, I do expect I might do that at least once or by letting me into the toll lane, or by the standpoint that all eastside roads are reluctantly agree that this idea has merit. twice a week. letting enough other people into the connected, I suppose it makes sense lane, so the regular lanes can go faster. I within reason. don't like to drive more than an hour in rush hour. So, from Bothell to Renton should take me 25 minutes, but in rush hour it takes more than an hour. It would be nice to save at least 20 minutes. Skip Nelson 98033 Feedback Form I'm all for hot toll lanes on 405. I work everywhere from Everett to Parkland.

Page 271 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Sol Feedback Form What is the main purpose of the express lanes? Is it really to make it more convenient for the citizens that utilize SR167 or I405? Or is it a means of revenue at the expense of your ever- taxed, road-rage induced citizen? I commute from Puyallup to Seattle a few days a week for work by car. SR167 North is a joke on mornings between 6am-9am if you are driving alone. Like most drivers do. And your solution? A restricted HOV lane that sees very limited use. TRAFFIC IS STILL JAMMED! Please add a standard lane to SR167 and stop with the non-sense. Stacy Harper 98052 Bellevue I would not mind opening up the carpool lanes I almost always have 2 or more in the car no that's the only place they should be used Strawberry to toll for single drivers but do not like the HOT with me so unless all drivers were Festival lanes where can only enter and ext at certain charged it would not affect me much. points Less than 3 or 4 times a month Stan Malm 98031 email or website I live right off the 212th street exit on highway 167. I think the HOT lanes are just another Also when I get on at 212th street and head south I advantage for the rich. can not enter the carpool lane even thought I have three people in my car for over a mile because of the stupid requirements of the double white line. Also when in the carpool lane if someone is in front of you driving below the speed limit you can not get around the slow driver until you find a place with no double white line. If I have two or more people in my car I should be able to cross the double white line anytime!!!! Stanley Crow email or website This is stupid! Why not add a light rail line on the 50 miles and let it handle the heavy traffic. As I drive that corridor, I see that most of the traffic is single occupancy. If you want to toll folks to get more WSDOT $ why not charge a toll to everyone on the corridor who is in a single occupancy vehicle and apply that money to build a light rail line. We have enough freeway capacity. Add more lanes & you'll encourage us to think it's OK to buy more vehicles and ALL drive solo. When will WSDOT start being the department of transporting and stop being the department of paving? Stephen email or website Why am I as an HOV being penalized so an SOV Chamberlain can buy their way into the HOV lane? HOT lanes do nothing to reduce the number of cars on the road. it only slow down those of us that have gotten out of our cars. Stephen E. email or website Your add in Tuesdays Bonney Lake Courier-Herald I do love the Good to Go HOT lanes that are in Boerstler on tolled express lanes states that it would ͞create place. a 50+ mile corridor from Puyallup to Lynwood͟ The HOV lanes on 410 south end in Auburn. Are there plans on extending this in the near future?

Page 272 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Stephen Fesler email or website I would like to say that I support tolling highways I don't mean to come off as fanatical, but as I and the concept of a HOT lane, but I do not support an urban planning professional with expertise building additional lanes on I-405. We don't need to in transportation, I cannot support this induce anymore demand to freeways that kill cities proposal. and destroy the fabric of the urban society. If the scope of this project is limited to either outright tolling all I-405 lanes or only utilizing the carpool lane as a HOT lane (identically to SR-167) then I support such an effort. This otherwise is a waste of tax dollars that are better spent on completing SR- 167 to I-5 or SR-509 to I-5 or for that matter working directly with local bus jurisdictions or Sound Transit to assist in rail and bus mobility within the Puget Sound region. The overall expansion of freeways in the central Puget Sound region should not continue except to complete alignments and upgrade existing infrastructure through smart transportation demand management systems. You know this is just a bad, bad scheme to create additional lanes needlessly. A Level Of Service of D or F should be more than acceptable on I-405 period because of the poor planning and failure of WSDOT to effectively create a bypass in the central Puget Sound region. Regards, Stephen Kropp email or website I'm not sure I understand how the tolling system In response to your survey, I definitely support would work, how much I would pay or how the additional lanes on I-405 (as many as possible) payments would be assessed. I received a traffic and am willing to pay extra property taxes ticket for driving over a bridge in Pierce County that and/or sales taxes to support them. I did not know had a toll. I did not know anything about the toll, did not understand how to pay, and never received a bill. I didn't find out until I checked my credit report a year later and found out that the County had reported me to the credit agencies. Apparently they had not updated my mailing address to reflect the address on my driver's license (which was updated 2 years prior to the ticket!!) The State needs to do a better job of updating drivers addresses and informing people. I think it is wrong for the government to ruin a person's credit rating over a $36 toll violation.

I still don't understand how the toll lane works on I- 167. So I do not think I would not support a toll.

Page 273 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Stephen email or website I have used the HOT lanes on 167 and find them Osterman awkward and that they have not improved traffic flow. In fact it seems to have reduced the flow of traffic not increased it. On 167 the double white lines do not allow enough distance to leave the HOT lane and take the exit you want, this problem is even worse when traffic volume is heavy.

The idea of using tolls to chance the time at which we commute to work is just plain bad. My employer needs me to be at work every morning at 7:00 am. I can not change that, no matter what the toll rate is. Most of the users have the same constraints. If they did not why would they choose to drive when the traffic volumes are the highest?

Letting more use the HOV lanes will just slow down our already slow bus system. I use public transportation as time allows which unfortunately is almost never. It just flat takes to long to get from point A to point B, often I can get form one destination to another faster on a bicycle.

We as Washington residents already pay for our roadways. We have a very high gas tax for the purpose of keeping our roadways safe and in good repair. Using HOT lanes to generate more revenue is just a sneaky way of taxing the public. Stephen Shapero 98112 Feedback Form This is a brilliant concept. My main concern is that the revenue generated by the tolls should absolutely be focused on providing real mass transit solutions. We should follow in the footsteps of other (smaller, smarter) cities that have already found great success with new or expanded light rail systems. the number one priority for WSDOT and the beneficiary of this new revenue stream SHOULD NOT BE MORE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. Build more roads, get more traffic and sprawl. Please use this money to build out the light rail across the lake and give us a real city where economic growth is not hampered and quality of life (not to mention the natural beauty that makes this place so great) not reduced by more roads. Our city is so small compared to other growing American cities, it is ridiculous that we have such massive transit problems. Seattlites seem uniquely predisposed to be unable to get anything done when it comes to big projects, don't let this project be another waste of time. Get it done. Steve & Dyann email or website Parker

Page 274 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Steve Miland email or website The sign that says that it is illegal to cross double The toll lanes on 167 are dumbest thing I have white lines doesn't make ever seen. any sense. I cross them regardless, especially if my exit is coming up. If the traffic is backed up on 167, I'll use the HOV lanes regardless if I have two plus people in my car.

The people who came up with the toll idea reminds me of the managers where I work. They sit up in their nice offices making the decisions about those of us on the front lines, and we have to laugh at them for being so stupid. Those of us on the front lines know what needs to be done and how to do it right. You people need to be lined up and shot. Leave ALL the lanes open at ALL times and the traffic flow will take care of it's self. There is NOTHING, short of adding more lanes and stopping the building of new cookie cutter homes, that will increase the flow of traffic on 405/167 during SLOW hour. Steve Oleson 98006 Feedback Form As a taxpaying citizen, I am TOTALLY against ANY and ALL tolling on Washington roadways. Further, I would like to see ALL forms of HOV lanes discontinued. If my taxes go to pay for roadways in this state, I should be able to use all of them since I have helped to pay for all of them! Steve Sires email or website Took the toll-405/167 survey. The survey further supports the truth that you can make a survey that twists the results very easily. If you took the questions out of the survey that are pointedly assuming that people do want tolls then the results would be other than what you are looking for. Steve Spear email or website HOT lanes on SR-167 have been a expensive, wasteful experiment and should not be If WSDOT wanted to improve mobility in the expanded to include I-405. Eastside corridor, it would install a bridge to re- connect the rail line that was severed by WSDOT freeway expansion in Bellevue. The rail line mostly parallels I-405 and can easily be upgraded for commuter and freight use. This freeway corridor cannot be expanded fast enough, with or without tolls, to meet demand; therefore a multi-modal approach is required.. Upgrading this rail line hasn't been seriously considered by local transportation leaders inside and outside of WSDOT.

Page 275 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Steven Bode 98092 Kent Cornucopia Yes, it is a good idea for two lanes. I do take a I take the bus. No way. Days bus and it would make it much faster. Please add more HOT & general lanes on SR 167. Steven Haag 98346 Feedback Form It is my belief that tolls are unelectable as you are basically selling infrastructure to those who can afford it. Make minimum wage...you sit in traffic for an hour. High dollar lawyer you get to work in 15 minutes. The one thing that should not become a social economic issue is "OUR" infrastructure. Government is here to work for all the people not just the affluent! Steven Knapp 98004 Feedback Form I am completely against paid access to special lanes. Everyone's tax dollars are contributed equally to the construction and maintenance of our highways and every person deserves equal access to the lanes. Paying for special access to lanes provides select access to those who are willing and able to pay more for our public services. If I am willing to pay an extra dollar to renew my drivers license, I don't get head of the line privileges at the DOL. The state should not be in the business of providing special access to services based on what the user is willing to pay. Government services are supposed to be equal access to all. And to be clear, I totally support HOV lanes because they serve a significant purpose that does not include payment for special access. Steven Oleson email or website First, I thought I was taking a "brief online survey". Since that appears not to be the case, My thoughts are: To drastically improve traffic flow all that needs to be done is simply get rid of ALL express lanes, have public education campaigns on courteous driving habits, and require WSP emphasis on ticketing slow drivers in the fast lane(s) who refuse to move to the right when faster drivers come up behind them. Sue Ann Bube email or website My husband and I are divided on this issue. He would like to see all lanes open to everyone all the time (i.e. no HOT lanes). I however, like being rewarded for not traveling alone and like the HOT lanes. I also see them as revenue generating and a great way to encourage carpooling. No matter what we desperately need a seamless eastside corridor. The extra lanes are a must! Sue Bilger Comment Form I'd support much higher taxes for a good rail No. I can't imagine how awful the commutes I'd pay going home - evening commute. None. I truly do not think these things yes. I'd be livid if it were used elsewhere. (electronic) system. would be for the time it took to add these new Maybe twice a month. I'd take the bus work. lanes. more, though, if this scenario happens

Page 276 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Sue Stronk 98056 standard mail This are is congested and needs fixing. The state Yes to lanes, no to tolling. Tolling won't pay for Tolling is not fair - creates the haves and MORE LANES FOR ALL - NO TOLLS! Yes, if we pay for it. Money should needs to quit supporting losers and Mexicans and lanes entirely. We will pay for them anyway and have not's. We ALL PAY TAXES! benefit this area not Spokane - DUH! giving everyone not willing to work a free ride. It should get to use them - more lanes - OPEN TO needs to give the taxpayers the benefit of their tax ALL!! This is going to create an I-5 bypass of money spent for our benefit and get tough with Seattle -due to construction by convention free loaders. They can move to another state for center in Seattle. It is a STATE problem not a help! regional one. Build us lanes to travel. We all want to move fast or stop growth. Sun Martin email or website Susan Bagley 98003 Feedback Form Express tolling on I-405 is a very good idea. The funds generated would certainly not cover the cost of design, right of way acquisition, and construction, but would offset the cost of operating and monitoring the I-405 traffic flows. I definitely support Eastside Corridor Tolling. Susan Rainwater 98003 Feedback Form I believe we should be encouraging carpooling and I am STRONGLY APPOSED to having a pay-toll not allowing those who have a greater income, the lane anywhere in Washington State. ability to pay for a shorter commute. As an avid carpooler, I am also against the concept of being forced to share the carpool lane with the wealthier folks who can pay to use the assigned carpool lane. Susan Schoberl 98371 Feedback Form I ue the 167 corridor weekdays with Go-to-Go. It saves me a minimum of one hour travel per day and increased my mpg. It is a terrific enhancement for commuters. Difficulties are people that do not comply with rules by cutting across the double white line or driving in the lane without 2+ people or a pass. There is no way to tell if the car in front of you has a pass and to call in on the HERO line means you have to be driving fast, write down license plate and know makes and models. I use the HERO line alot - does it result in a warning or a ticket? I encourage good to go lanes all over the King County and hope for them to come to Pierce County as well. Susan Thornes email or website YES YES YES!!!! FINALLY A GOOD IDEA FROM WSDOT!!!!!� please create a hot lane on 405.....the only caveat I have is that the term 'carpool' should not be defined as a driver and a kid or un- licensed adult since they are not actually taking a car off the road. It should be 2 or more licensed adults or just eliminate carpools from the free list (this would make it much easier on police). There is no need to study the concept of HOT LANES since they are already working well in other states. JUST DO IT!! Lets move into the 21st century and stop lagging behind the other more innovative, tech savvy metropolitan areas. Thanks! Susan

Page 277 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Susan 98372 Puyallup No, because it's been my experience that the Has anyone ever looked into the CA maybe 15 minutes one way Yes VonEhrenkrook Meeker Days HOT lane on SR 167 has not improved traffic incentive for fuel economy vehicles using flow. I think we might want to study the HOT and LOV lanes for "free?" highway plans implemented in Germany. Susannah 98059 Feedback Form I like the idea of a carpool toll -one that is FREE to Dougherty carpools while non-carpools pay to use. I do not like a general toll -and I don't like a toll that progressively gets more and more expensive. (Southern California now has tolls that are $10 each way -ridiculous) Ted Oatway email or website I further believe that express tolling will only push I am strongly against express toll lanes. I feel more drivers on to side streets, moving the that this sort of tolling discriminates against congestion but not resolving it. It is also my opinion drivers who have a lower income and does not that policing the single occupant drivers that will provide them with a viable choice. use these lanes without paying the toll is something the state has already demonstrated that they cannot do given the frequency of SOVs that I see driving in the HOV lane almost daily. And if the State Patrol are more able to identify and fine these drivers that only puts further pressure on the courts.

I am much more supportive of rapid rail transit (not buses), which is a proven and effective method of moving large numbers of people efficiently, coupled with incentives to create more dense business areas. Teresa Bliss 98033 email or website Yes, I think it is a good idea. I would like the I would use the toll lanes when traffic It is worth a lot to me to not have the I think it would be okay for it to be used tolls to go to expanding mass transit/light rail was bad or during rush hour. I would stress of sitting in traffic. to fund roadway improvements for the on the eastside. It would also help buses get to probably only use them a few times a eastside but I would prefer it to fund there destinations in a more timely manner. month and I would pay $2 to $4 per trip. mass transit/light rail. Teresa Bliss 98033 Comment Form Yes, I think it is a good idea. I would like the I would use the toll lanes when traffic It is worth a lot to me to not have the I think it would be okay for it to be used (electronic) tolls to go to expanding mass transit/light rail was bad or during rush hour. I would stress of sitting in traffic. to fund roadway improvements for the on the eastside. It would also help buses get to probably only use them a few times a eastside but I would prefer it to fund there destinations in a more timely manner. month and I would pay $2 to $4 per trip. mass transit/light rail. Teri Elliot 98008 Bellevue Put money into rail/light rail/other mass transit No - letting people pay their way into No No Yes Strawberry options rather than another money maker better/faster lanes favors higher wage earners Festival over lower wage earners who can't afford to pay and doesn't help mass transit Teri Johnson 98004 Tukwila Days Can't wait! Yes! 20 + days 10 minutes Yes Terri Newland open house

Page 278 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Terrie Hartsough 98034 Feedback Form I believe this project goes entirely against the concept of the HOV (high occupancy vehicles. I realize we have new problems with traffic volumes which I would like addressed in a more fair, creative and sensitive ways. I don't believe adding more lanes and letting people "buy" there way out of doing the right thing is good. This hasn't proven to be succesful for our country so far, in fact, extremely detrimental. When you do this, will the HERO number have to be discontinued? I currently see a lack of enforcement of laws on all streets, I don't have confidence in your plan to fund, enforce, and collect fines? At least charge fines that make an impression and substantially increase the fine each additional time. Maybe cleaning highway litter would work - I know, wishful thinking. Since petroleum supplies and pollution is a more dire issue to the earth than people who can afford to pay the lane fee, allow driver only hybrids to travel for free in the pay lane. I was originally against this but it ultimately will help with pollution and encourages people into more environmentally friendly cars. Purely personal irritations about the 405 and this project are: Our neighborhood will never thrive, if survive, with the road noise the way it is even at this time. Uncomfortable and long commutes may help to get better rapid transit and single passenger vehicles off the road. All the cedar trees (what idiot chose cedars in a dry berm in the summer)died due to lack of water. We have no green barriers like most neighborhoods. The sound walls immediately increased the noise. There is no absorption like a natural barrier provides. The approach to the wall curves and it seems to direct and bounce noise along it into the neighborhoods. Whatever, it increased not decreased. We have constant jake brake noise from the trucks - no police intervention or signs saying restricted. There have been three trucks while composing this e-mail. You are traffic engineers and not the EPA but I would prefer a more inclusive planning process with all departments involved for the sake of homeowners and the environment. Terrie Hartsough open house Terry Lleland email or website After reviewing the info on your website, I am not in favor of the proposed construction. Thanks, Terry Lleland

Page 279 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Terry R Sorum email or website Here are the problems I have seen/experienced: I believe these lanes to be a waste of taxpayer time and money, as well as a producer of 1. They limit the access to the HOV (hot) lanes, congestion into the "normal" lanes. causing many vehicles with 2+ riders, to remain in the regular lanes. The solution ,if you have to keep the hot lanes would be to allow vehicles with 2+ passengers to cross the double white lines at any time. However, I prefer HOV only lanes. 2.Hot lanes negate the purpose of the HOV lane, which was to encourage car pooling. So in essence, you put more cars on the road, and send the message that if you are willing to pay, those HOV lanes you wanted to use in the past are there for you, and you can all still take your own car to work. 3.Millions of dollars were spent to set up the 167 corridor, and I don't need to see the numbers to know that the revenues collected from HOT transponder users will take years and years to even cover the initial cost. I would like to see those numbers. Driving 167 nearly every day, I have noticed a marked decrease of vehicles using the HOV/ converted HOT lanes. And there really are very few of those who are in it, who are single passenger HOT users. Therefore the restricted lane has reduced usage, while the normal lanes have become more congested. This in turn has rendered ineffective the extended freeway on ramp lanes, that we just spent millions to extend. With the freeway speed lower due to the above you don't need longer lanes to achieve whatever the current mph You have provided no clear purpose for the existence of these lanes, other than providing single occupancy vehicles the option of using the HOV lane for a price to avoid the congestion created by all the single occupancy vehicles using the normal lanes. The HOV lanes were created to reward the carpool with a lane restricting those 1 passenger per vehicle trips. In closing, It appears to me that this is a very misguided attempt to begin introducing a system of tolls to provide new revenue streams. I am not against a well planned toll system, having traveled them back east many times. They need to be revenue neutral, and tolls collected should be used exclusively for the upkeep of the roadway collected for. Aim trying to be as objective as possible here, but I am finding that difficult given the most recent expenditures on 167 that amazingly enough have found a way to increase congestion during an economic downturn that has resulted in far fewer vehicles on the freeways. I can only imagine what traffic will be like once we return to pre recession

Page 280 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? commuting.

Thanks for reading this. I feel fairly certain that your effort to inform the taxpayers and invite them to give input for consideration on this matter will have no true bearing on this project, which I believe the WDOT and agencies have already made a decision on, as usual. Theresa Beckett 98005 Bellevue Just add more lanes. I do not like the Good to Go lanes. I believe it Never No Yes Strawberry actually creates more traffic due to the fact you Festival can only get in at a certain time. Thomas Feedback Form I'm dubious, at best. Sounds like more traffic crossing the mainline, a lot of it unsafely. Is what you bring in on tolls going to cover the cost of this? If you have this much technology why can't you add a third lane on I-5 going thru downtown? That seems to be I-5's big slowdown. For I-405 just add another regular lane like north of Bellevue. That 5 lane wide section seldom gets congested. Thomas Buford email or website I do not think we should build any additional lanes on I-405 (general or express). The money should be spent on improving transit on the 405 corridor. Thomas Dao 98032 Feedback Form Please do not do on I405 what was done in 167, its confusing, not very effective and the double lines where you can enter/exit the carpool lane is frustrating and dangerous. Thomas Garrod email or website Currently, too many drivers think the carpool lane is I support proposed changes, especially where a fast lane. a double white line is applied. They expect drivers at the speed limit to move to the fast lane to let them by. They cut closely in front of drivers who do not move over to express disapproval. It would help if there were some degree of speed enforcement and some signage to indicate that car pool vehicles must not move right for faster traffic.

Page 281 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Thomas Kiger 98038 Feedback Form I am against tolling of any kind. We already pay taxes to support roads. Why should we pay more for a privilage that should already be ours. The HOV Lanes are a failure, one in three cars that use it are illegal. Theres no way that keeping those people out of the HOV Lane is enforceable. And it's just Frustrating to all the other drivers that see all those people cheat. And all in all, it's just not a good use of the space. Moving Traffic is like piping water, the bigger the pipe, the more water you can move, and faster. You can't put in a new lane and then restrict it. All lanes need to be open to all people. (Yes, that means no HOV lanes as well.) That's the American way. Either we are all equal, or we are not. Thomas Kiger email or website Unfortunately, because of the short sightedness of To take the new lanes that they are now all the Freeway building and turn Planners in the past, we now have far less than the them into lanes for the privileged few, would required capacity be a slap in the face of needed on 405. The only thing that will relieve the all 405 commuters. congestion on 405 is more general usage lanes. You already have a Commuter Lane. That should be enough. This is just another money grab by the State on the backs of the already overtaxed and highly stressed out (from traffic Jams) commuters. It seems that we collect enough money already to build the roads we need, it's just that it gets spent on other things other than roads. Other states can do it, why can't we ??? Just build more lanes and let the commuters use them without paying for them twice !!!!!!! THOMAS 98005 Comment Form THE WSDOT NEEDS NEW IDEAS TO IMPROVE NOT A GOOD IDEA. BIGGEST PROBLEM IS WOULD NOT USE TOLL LANES NO THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE THEY SHOULD WHIPPLE (electronic) TRAFFIC MORE THAN JUST ADDING TOLLS AND CAR POORLY SIGNED AND DESIGNED BE USED. POOL LANES THAT DEAD END LIKE THE 520 BRIDGE INTERCHANGES. EVERY INTERCHANGE IS A ONES OR THE NEW ONES ON MERCER ISLAND THAT BOTTLENECK.. MOST OF THE SIGNS ARE JUST CREATE A WORSE SITUATION THAN IT WAS POORLY POSITIONED AND ARE NOT VERY BEFORE. INFORMATIVE. ALSO DRIVERS NEED TO GET IN CORRECT LANES WELL BEFORE THE INTERCHANGE. MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO GET INTO EXIT LANES CLOER THAN 1/2 MILE TO THE INTERCHANGE.

Page 282 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Tiffany email or website These lanes make me so angry every time I drive in First of all, you've got to be kidding me? you're Sherwood them. I am a carpooler, I don't, and won't ever, pay really going to try to say that these lanes have to use this lane. The fact that you painted 2 lines on ANYTHING to do with safety? That's the boldest the road and told me that it's illegal to cross them lie I have ever heard. makes me even angrier. Why is it illegal? (the "free" carpool lanes on other highways don't have this rule) Oh, yeah, you want to make sure that no one is cheating the system, so that you get your money out of them. But you don't even consider (or care) whether or not it will make it slow the lane down or make it unsafe when people try to get in and out of this lane at the small designated area. That's the price we peasants pay I guess. Your revenue is more important.

Try *not* wasting MY money that I already pay with my taxes and then maybe you'll have the money you're trying to get with these "HOT" lanes.

I will be letting all my friends know to email you about this, since I can't think of ONE person that I know that doesn't absolutely HATE your dumb HOT lanes.

And since this is a "Pilot Program" on 167, are you going to repeal it once the public says NO? How would we go about repealing your pilot program, that you built, before it was even approved? Tim Boesch Bellevue Open House (Aug) Tim Chipman Feedback Form This looks to be a great improvement - helps speed up traffic for everyone while paying for itself. I wonder if SR-167 should eventually become designated as an extension of I-405? With the added capacity, the Interstate "brand" may help to divert more non-local traffic off of I- 5. Tim Hunt open house

Page 283 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Tim Kerns 98445 Feedback Form To Whom This May Concern: I have been driving from Tacoma to Redmond for the past 15 years. This is before the carpool lanes were put in use. I can tell you from experience that the car pool lanes do not help the traffic congestion at all. As much as we may wish them to work they simply do not. First Issue: People with an infant in the car do not count as true carpooling as I don't believe that infants are allowed to drive. This is stupid, annoying, very frustrating considering I am trying to get to work and someone with an infant in the car on their way to the store is allowed in this lane and I am delayed sometimes by hours in getting to work. Second issue: People that are just out and about and would be riding together anyway do not count either. Third issue: Since we taxpayers are over taxed and see very little for the massive amount of dollars we are forced to pay I am very annoyed and angry that one certain people are allowed in to this lanes as it is now. Now saying to me that if you pay us even more you can drive in a lane you already pay for. NO I WOULD NOT PAY A SINGLE CENT. Tim O'Connor 98006 Comment Form If the numbers are true that more people could I don't travel north or south as much If reducing travel time by 50% or more, Yes. (electronic) have access to 45mph drive times vs. just during heavy traffic times, but could see then worth the extra cost. adding another general purpose lane; then this using the pay option at least once per makes much more sense. It appears if this month. Maybe more. happens and the I-90, I-405 interchange improvement happens, then I will be forced to sell my condominium and move. At this point I cannot tell how exactly this will affect me. Tim Peter 98034 Kirkland I think it would be a good idea if: 1 time per month Probably not, unless it freed up space in Yes. Farmer's Market the single lanes. 1) It did not reduce availability or # of existing free non-HOV lanes for single drivers. 2) It did not create grid-lock (or significantly slow existing speeds) in the HOV lanes. Tim Rich 98005 Bellevue keep funding rail! Yes. Pay to use I would pay daily on a monthly fee. 20% reduction yes Strawberry Weekly Festival

Page 284 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Tim Weeks Feedback Form My friends grandfather worked for the DOT for about 30 years in his life as a planning engineer. He told us that by the time plans that were developed, finalized, then executed were completely out of date and no longer helpful by the time the process is over and construction is completed. I tend to think about that story any time I see ideas about adding more lanes. I can certainly understand the budget shortfall and the money the state stands to make from these toll lanes however I pose the questions of why when it will be useless and overcrowded by completion? why when we could opt for trains instead of lanes and a viable interconnected train system from east to west, south to north? Tim Wong Feedback Form I really don't like the idea of the toll lanes because it restricted the freedom of drivers (of HOVs) moving in and out of the HOV lanes whenever and wherever they want to. Sometimes drivers(of HOVs) just want to use the HOV lane to pass slower car(s) ahead and merge back to general purpose lanes instead of staying on the HOV lane the whole time and the double white lines restriction prevent drivers from doing just that. Just as the same problem we are facing in SR-167 with the double white lines. Drivers can only move in or out of the HOV lanes shortly before or after an exit. It is really inconvenient for a lot of drivers. Tina McKay 98059 standard mail STOP SPENDING! Bad idea. We can't afford it. Need to cur our NEVER! NONE NO spending and reliance on foreign oil and adding more lanes doesn't help either!

Page 285 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Tod Hodgen email or website What I would like to see the responsibility for roads Personally, I am against any tolling in to be spread across all government, ensuring that Washington State. local agencies don͛t just build roads to connect to the Interstate Highways.

As an example, you are focused on connecting the top of I405 to the bottom of SR167. Although I agree this is necessary, that means all the traffic must flow east and west to access it.

Why are we not connecting 148th in Bellevue further North to Woodinville? Why are we not connecting 39 in Everett to 35 in Bothell and on to Woodinville.

Why is SR 9 not being extended south of Woodinville all the way down to SR520?

Why are we not considering a complete bypass of this whole mess with a new bypass north of Everett that drops out South of Tacoma.

I think it is irresponsible for any agency to continue to drop traffic onto the existing interstates. I would like to see model laws passed that require local jurisdictions to ensure that every rode they build that puts a new car onto the freeway, has created roads that put a certain percentage of cars on a parallel road to the freeway.

To continue to think that our existing freeways, or Sound transit will fix the issues we have is just narrow minded, and irresponsible government. Putting tolls on these roads accomplishes nothing, but a wider freeway, and more congestion to get to them. Get real with your planning and start thinking about ring roads on the eastside, and other solutions that don͛t require more concrete to I405/

This not a one light town anymore, stop thinking in terms of I-405 as your traffic solution, its not. Todd Peterson email or website I am in favor of the express toll lanes on I-405. I drive up 167 and think they are working great. I would also like to see the toll lanes completed south of Hwy 18 all the way to 512 in Puyallup since I drive in from Bonney Lake.

Page 286 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Tom Hagerty email or website How do you figure 70% more capacity moving at 45 mph? Logically this does not make sense. If you are figuring only the current flow in the HOV, then yes, 70% would seem easier to understand. You need to personally drive 405 at 9:00 AM or at 6.15 PM0the HOV lanes have very little traffic, while the general lanes are still stop and go0hmmmm seems like adding capacity will only benefit ͞Some drivers͟ for a very short time period/

!dd capacity to the General Lanes0/please!

Please publish a condensed version of your studies, I am not a civil engineer, however I can do math0//and as the saying goes – ͞Liars figure and figures lie! ͞ Tom Hinmon open house Tom Houck email or website I am glad I don't live near the 167 HOT lanes mess, I don't like the idea of toll/HOT lanes on 405. and don't have any appreciation for your social engineering exercise. Instead of preferential faster commutes for the more affluent that pay your tolls, you could have just added capacity for all. You could have still managed peak capacity in one lane to keep mass transit, vanpools, and carpools moving, but leave it otherwise open for everyone. Instead of wasting money on enforcement, it could have been spent on capacity. Start by expeditiously fixing the bottlenecks.

You screwed up the future of N-S rail along the 405 corridor by removal of the Wilburton tunnel, leaving a fractured rail right of way. It could have already been functioning by now with FAST light rail between Renton and parts north, but never more. Meanwhile, the ongoing 405 road projects advance so slowly they appear to be someone's 30 year career project. You act like there is no sense of urgency. Why not run these projects like the Bay Area after the '89 earthquake, completed early and under budget?

You can't even manage the road capacity you currently have, namely the reversible lanes on I-90. It continues to be an annoyance whenever there is an M's game at the Safe, the reversible lanes are open eastbound with light traffic, while the westbound traffic is backed up to Eastgate. You'd think that if you had their season schedule for 81 home dates, you could work it out to have the lanes open in the right direction, but no, that is too difficult. Tom Nardini Kirkland Yes, ease traffic congestion. Probably wouldn't use the lanes Yes Yes and Gracie Farmer's Market Bowdan Page 287 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Tom Rossman email or website When adding any additional lanes to I-405 light rails should be embedded for future conversion to mass transit. Based on the previous addition of HOV lanes it has resulted in discovering that even more lanes are needed. Pretty soon you will have a twelve lane freeway and still congestion. Get smart and plan to accommodate a more realistic solution of future rail without needing to tear up the roadway again. I-405 shouldn't be treated as a make work forever project. Tom Vessella 98275 Feedback Form I think that Express Toll lanes are a brilliant idea and am excited that WSDOT is implemting them. They provide an opportunity for commercial vehicles (such as repair technicians, delivery vehicles) to efficiently travel during business hours. They provide a much needed guarantee of traffic flow for critical trips (such as going to the airport). And most importantly, no other highway innovation so clearly can identify what drivers are willing to pay as a marginal cost for road improvements. Aside from the revenue, WSDOT will be provided a wealth of real data as to the amount of money WS residents are willing to pay to avoid congestion. I hope to see these toll lanes eventually expanded to all interstates in the region, particularly I-5. Tom Webb email or website Any road using "tolling" MUST also provide one bus/carpool lane INDEPENDENTLY. I recently traveled on route 167 it was confusing & this approach on tolling is wrong as the tolling lane was also shared by the bus/carpool traffic. You have to create pain for the single driver to drive them onto: the public transportation or make them pay from their wallet or force carpooling. yours, Tom Webb Tony Basile 98036 Feedback Form The only solution is to better enforce and promote I believe building new lanes is wasteful and lane management rules. Right now, you can drive inefficient. They time lost during construction down any local freeway and either fined the lanes will never be regained in post-construction clogged by vehicles drive abreast for several miles improvements. driving below the flow of traffic, heavy vehicles in the left lanes, and left lanes with 50% more traffic than any remaining right lanes. If you sort these problems, there would be no need for more than 3 lanes anywhere. Tony Richter Comment Form Spend a little less money on beautification of the This is one of the most pathetic ideas that has Never, the state should improve the It would take an infinite amount of time Not in the next eternity. (electronic) freeways and improve the on and off ramps and been floated to date. Make a toll lane available existing system. for me to consider paying for something discontinue wasting funds. to only those who can afford it and for those that was paid for already. who lack the funds, too bad.

Page 288 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Tracy Borders 98011 Comment Form I know I've pounded the answers with light rail, but No, add light rail instead, there are WAY too I wouldn't ever, but I would easily pay $3- All of the lanes, even the car pool lanes It's the only area the funds should cover. (electronic) I seriously think if you could set up light rail to go many cars on the roads now, why add more $4 if light rail was available. Especially, if on 405 are packed, southbound heading down the middle, use the freeway park and ride lanes which would in turn add more cars? it can get me to work quicker than by into Bellevue, every afternoon a mess. bus stops for light rail transfer stations & have drop riding the bus. Northbound from 85th to past the Mill off points at major sections where people work and Creek exit a disaster with grid lock. Your shop, for example, some type of link to Bellevue tolling lanes might be a quick fix at first, Square Mall, Bellevue Transit Bus Center, Renton & but within a year, I think we'd be right Everett Boeing, etc, you'll get people out of their back where we started. You need to get cars & on to "trains". Why commute by car when people out of their cars & onto mass you have to fight traffic and face a 35-45 minute transit. Buses aren't cutting it, they commute when you can hop on the train, relax and don't run as often as Seattle buses run & be there between 15 to 25 minutes without the they're right in traffic with all of the stress of the commute? other cars out on the roads. Tracy Bury email or website Please, do not make this happen! No! Please do not put these in.

#1 long distance/non-locals can't buy an express lane trip because there are no toll booth collection sites #2 it will force local or short trips on to the neighboring roadways #3 it does not support any move towards light rail or more convenient bus P&R type service implementation Travis Linn Comment Form I would pay a flat rate to drive the HOV lanes. If you are truly adding lanes and not turning I would be willing to pay a flat rate, not No. I would need to save 30 minutes Yes (electronic) existing HOV lanes into toll roads then it would an adjustable rate. 20 from Sumner to Redmond. increase traffic flow. If not, then no, people aren't willing to pay for something they have already paid for. Travis Saling 98390 Feedback Form Since WSDOT is obviously not interested in any I'm not in favor of the express toll lanes. I see effective enforcement on these lanes, it amounts to people routinely violate the existing ones on SR a tax and penalty inflicted on honest people. With 167 now. routine and persistent enforcement, then I might change my mind - but I know that won't actually happen. You'll do what you did on 167 - light enforcement for a few weeks, then absolutely none thereafter. Travis Walker 98034 Kirkland Yes, it would be nice to bypass the exit from I- Wouldn't pay. We always carpool. Yes, 30 minutes Yes. Farmer's Market 405 to SR 167. V. Tobin 98006 Bellevue Yes Occasionally0/4 times per week Yes. 15 minutes Yes. Strawberry Festival

Page 289 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Victor Bishop 98008 Feedback Form Thank you for studying the options for HOT lanes on I-405/SR167. I support converting the HOV criteria to 3+ for the HOT lane. I understand that many, if not most - up to 80% - of 2+ carpools are not really commuter created carpools, rather, they are families that normally ride together. Has WSDOT (TRAC?) done any analysis of this question? Please include local or national data on this question in your final report to the legislature. The Approved I-405 Master Plan calls for "up to two general purpose (GP) lanes" from end to end. This plan seems to use one of those two lanes and convert it to a HOT lane along with the existing HOV lane. This proposal converts a long planned GP lane (partially constructed in Kirkland and South Bellevue and partially funded in Bellevue, Renton and Bothel)to a HOT lane. This conversion needs to be fully investigated through a SEPA and NEPA process per the approved Record of Decision from the FHWA on I-405. The committment of the toll revenues from the Corridor HOT lanes to the highway construction within the corridor must be absolute. This requires a State Constitutional Ammendment to treat toll revenue from highways the same as the 18th Ammendment requires the gas tax to be reserved for highways. Please discuss this in your final report to the legislature. The gas tax is a very good user fee, is still rising in Washington as a revenue source (please report accurately on your data on this), is a 'carbon tax', and is the traditional revenue source for highways. While an additional gas tax takes 'political capital', so does establishing tolls on our current transportation system. I support a gas tax increase rather than tolls. The gas tax is a much broader highway 'user fee' with an established, low cost tax collection system. Tolls are expensive to collect. Please include a cost analysis of the toll collection system in your final report to the legislature. The I- 405 Master Plan showed that 95+% of the 2030 peak hour travel demand would be handled with the 2 additional GP lanes in each direction plus the BRT system on I-405. If the travel demand on I-405 can be handled with the planned capacity, why do we need managed lanes in the form of HOT lanes? I understand that the legislature required WSDOT to do this Study. However, all of the local jusidictions along the I-405 corridor plus WSDOT, King County, Metro, Sound Transit and the Federal USDOT agreed to the Master Plan in 2002, revised in 2004 (for R8A on I-90). Please do a full evaluation of the difference between the HOT lane results for the five Study Options and the I-405 Master Plan results as a part of your final report to the legislature. This corridor is the absolute top priority for the

Page 290 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? economic vitality of the State of Washington. (It's lack of capacity is one of Boeing's excuses for going to South Carolina). We must keep the priority on capacity improvements on I-405, not funding alternatives. Traffic Congestion is the problem. We can do something about it. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this important issue. Victor email or website HOV lanes do NOT improve traffic as much as Sandulescu regular lanes do. HOV lanes are born from the attempt to pool more people together in less cars. By providing toll access to HOV lanes, even this function is negated. All you remain with is people with money to spend take advantage, while the government gets revenue trying to cover the new expenses. It is absolutely unacceptable.

Spend the money for a regular lane only! Victoria Filion 98056 Comment Form Yes, because it was ease up traffic among all If I needed to get to a destination quickly, I think it would improve travel time Yes. Since you're paying to use the road, (electronic) the lanes during rush hour. like for an appointment or another kind because it would add more HOV lanes, it only makes sense that they money of trip I would pay. I'd probably only use and people who paid to use it wouldn't should go towards improvements on that it once a month or so and I would expect be in the general use lanes. I'd really road. to pay about the same as a round trip on have to get somewhere at a specific a bus. time before I'd pay for it, so probably 15 minutes would be the least amount of savings I'd pay for.

Page 291 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Virginia email or website I think it is about time that the government of the Almonrode state of Washington starts cutting costs instead of increasing them. In order to put the toll lanes in, someone has to put up the toll signs, mess up traffic with more construction and COST taxpayers even more money paying for wages, equipment and other incidentals that might be needed.

Most people know that the only way to dig your way out of a hole (debt) is to QUIT spending money you don't have. Government doesn't seem to realize the value of this rule. You, in the government, seem to feel you have open permission to put your hands into the pockets, purses and checkbooks of the citizens that are out here working to pay our own bills, keep clothing on our bodies and food on the tables.

It is time that YOU cut your expenses. A good start would be for all government employees to be required to ride the mass transit that you are trying to force on us. Since government is the number one employer in the state, that should take a lot of the congestion off of the roads. In addition, it would save us, the taxpayers, the cost and maintenance of the state owned vehicles that the government employees drive; many of which are newer and nicer than the ones we are able to afford for ourselves.

Do you realize how much time, money (taxes) and frustration. this action alone, would save! Vivian Cornelius email or website We have already been charged twice on Hwy 167 ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! because we did not get the shield in place quick enough (which we have because of the Bridge).

For awhile we kept it on unless we were going on the bridge, however, it does not fit tightly and bangs constantly. The noise is irritating and it doesn't do our windshields any good either.

The current procedure puts the "monkey" on our back to remember it. Since my husband and I always go together, we are always a carpool. There should be a way to have those charges reversed. Vivian Cornelius 98006 Feedback Form Why are you bothering to ask for input? You have already decided to install HOT lanes whether the public wants them or not. However, count my vote (if you even bother) as a loud NO. W.D. Baldwin open house Wade Cooper 98033 Kirkland I hope they keep the HOV lane for certain hours Yes, I think it's a good idea. It gives people the No; N/A Yes; N/A Yes Farmer's Market and the HOV lanes as is - unless there is a toll. option to weed out of traffic into another lane.

Page 292 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Wally Lloyd 98004 Comment Form Good idea. I-405 doesn't work for SOVs. This I would use it to get to appointments and I think it would. I don't commute on I- Yes and it could fund roadway (electronic) might help. Anything is worth a try. the airport. Perhaps 4 times per month. 405 so it would be easy for me to afford improvements throughout the region as from time to time. well. Warren Yee 98108 Auburn Open SR-512 and SR 167 (Sumner-Renton) should be Yes, I-405 news lanes should be tolled. If you U/K U/K Yes. House (Aug) renumbered to Z-405. SR 704 should be tolled. Also are forcing SR-16 users (Tacoma Narrows) to use pylon to separate GP from 107 lanes. pay, so does any new facility. Wayne Gores 98058 Renton Open This is just another way to get more money out of We need the new lanes to help traffic I would never pay to use a toll lane same as #2 By the time it pays for its self the traffic House (Aug) the tax payer. I thought you wanted to ease traffic. will double Wenda Collins Kent Open Good clear presentation of materials by the Relieve congestion, improve roads and create a House represenative. systematic plan. Wenda Collins Kent Open I believe the top three benefits of express toll lanes House are 1) Systematic plan; 2) Relieve congestion; 3) Improve roads. I am most concerned about the cost. Wilbur Green 98030 Feedback Form I am ADAMANTLY opposed to the hot lane program! HOV lanes were originally created to encourage car pooling. Now you want to use them to create three classes of drivers - the ordinary single driver, the car pool driver and the WEALTHY single driver. Further, the HOT lane program makes it more difficult for car poolers to enter and exit the HOV lanes. If we must have toll roads then toll ALL vehicles, but don't create an elitist class of drivers. Once again, I am very much opposed to HOT lanes!!

Page 293 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Will & Cheryl email or website I currently operate a vanpool running from Lake Brandt Stevens to Factoria, Bellevue. One of my stops is the Canyon Park P&R. Although I don't currently live in the south end and utilize the HOT lanes, I did at one point live in Auburn prior to the implementation of the HOT lanes. The reason your study shows that the HOT lanes work is that the carpool/vanpool/bus usage is low. The problem with the 405 corridor from about 520 - 527 is that is dead stopped even in the carpool lanes during the hours of 3-6pm. How is it supposed to help the flow of traffic by allowing SOVs into the lane by paying? Why are we not focusing on more folks using vanpools/carpooling/Buses? Why are you enabling people to continue to drive alone? The emphases should be on incenting people to use alternate forms of transportation, not increasing the volume of traffic and limited access to and from the carpool lane. I do travel HWY 167 from time to time on the weekends and I was quite astonished by A) the low usage of the lane; B) the limited access to main off ramps. Example the Central St Exit in Kent. You have to get out of the lane like 2 miles prior and sit in traffic. How is that helping Transit/carpoolers/vanpools? I don't want to have to get out of the carpool lane at Beardslee exit and sit an extra 5-10 min in traffic to take the canyon park exit. This should be about getting more vehicles off the road not allowing more people to want to take their vehicle instead of using alternate transportation that they may already be using. Questions I have: During the pilot on HWY 167 was it determined if Carpool/vanpool/transit ridership decreased as people now have the option to use their gas guzzling vehicle to clog the carpool lane? What is the cost of maintenance on the lane vs. prior to the project? How much $ was spent on upgrading the lanes to make them safe for higher volumes of vehicles? How much was all the signs and installing the system? Is there going to be limited access like on 167? If so I am dead set against this option if it going to interrupt my commute as I am actually doing something by driving a vanpool of 12 people. I heard that on $30,000 in tolls were collected last year; was this enough to cover all the expenses of installing the system? Here is a suggestion instead of HOT Lanes. - Leave the carpool lane and make it a Transit Only lane (during peak hours) - Convert the next lane to it's right to a transitional carpool/toll lane (during peak hours) - Toll the whole corridor not just an Express lane

Page 294 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? - Study the exits and make sure you are not blocking access to and from high usage exits (Canyon Park); wouldn't mind you blocking access to the totem lake exits since there is the carpool/transit off ramp. Benefits: A) You would not interrupt Transit B) You would be forcing SOVs to either pay the toll or to use alternate transportation, therefore getting people out of their vehicles, increasing the flow of traffic

Page 295 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? Will Knedlik email or website These comments are presented in a preliminary form on behalf of the I-405 Users Coalition, as well as for the SR 520 Users Coalition and for the I-90 Users Coalition, because WSDOT has failed to supply core data and other quintessential information on those reasonably detailed bases required to allow complete responses.

These three Users coalitions' starting point is with a comparison of highly specific representations made by WSDOT on its website both respecting its pivotal "2005 TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIP FUNDING PACKAGE" and also regarding its "2003 Nickel Package" (bolding in the original, in each instance, as is more fully indicated below within materials copied from that website today, attached infra, and incorporated herein for all purposes) with the woefully incomplete and often inchoate materials presented as to WSDOT's current Eastside Corridor Tolling Study.

Taken together, agency personnel should be congratulated if WSDOT's Eastside Corridor Tolling Study is in fact intended as a bait-and-switch exercise designed not only to bring bureaucratic sleight-of-hand to a new level of deceptiveness in this state, but also to create a situation which literally "begs for cynicism by the public" (in the apt words of one Democratic state legislator at the JTC's meeting in SeaTac, earlier this week, in the presence of David Dye).

Thus, if this is the goal, then hearty congratulations, because WSDOT able tolling staff has already accomplished these rather despicable ends quite fully.

Of course, the WSDOT website's representations are only the beginning as to its Transportation Partnership funds since the former WSDOT Secretary conducted a dog-and-pony show all over nearly every part of the state of Washington in order to ensure that all citizens were fully aware of what was voted on in respect to a referendum on all of that funding, and the resulting statutory contract between the state and its voters in the specific circumstances at issue as to same, legally, places these representations in an entirely different legal category from Nickel Package funds (which the Legislature can likely change, at will, if it wishes to create a circumstance that then "begs for cynicism by the public").

Reasons that WSDOT's conduct now implicates bad faith through intentional bait-and-switch tactics

Page 296 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? against all state taxpayers start with its failure, negligently or willfully, to comply with its completely explicit statutory responsibilities for its transportation planning, in the central Puget Sound region, since the effective date for planning for every mode of transport through a legislative enactment that has required after the effective date for RCW 47.80.030 on July 1, 1994, over 15 full years ago now, as follows. ͞Each regional transportation planning organization shall develop in cooperation with the department of transportation, providers of public transportation and high capacity transportation, ports, and local governments within the region, adopt, and periodically update a regional transportation plan that: (a) Is based on a least cost planning methodology that identifies the most cost-effective facilities, services, and programs͟ (bolding added)/

Since WSDOT has disregarded those comparative cost-benefit analyses that are at the heart of all "least cost planning," it has failed to obtain huge economic potentials and great engineering advantages of value methodologies when applied at the conceptual and preliminary-engineering stages of planning for all major transportation systems when, according S!VE International͛s ͞Value Standard,͟ such value engineering͛s ͞greatest benefit and resource savings are typically achieved early in development during the conceptual stages͟ (2007 edition), and it now apparently feels that it must hornswoggle taxpayers to fill increasing gaps between funds available and funds required because of its own at least passive disregard for state law in conjunction with the Puget Sound Regional Council's active defiance for state law (with encouragement by Hon. Richard Ford, by formerly Hon. Aubrey Davis and by others aiding and abetting all such wrongdoing).

Equally bad and perhaps worse, the Eastside Corridor Tolling Study appears to disregard the power inherent in systematic applications of standard economic principles to transportation planning in order to use economics as a grab bag of means for picking the pockets of taxpayers, and this highly selective application of economic tools, such as pricing, not only thwarts the great potential of economics for achieving the most cost-effective allocation of limited resources if the full array of economic methods is employed right from the starting point of comparative cost-benefit analyses onward to include pricing principles through tolling and all other economic techniques applicable, but also creates substantial potentials for key outcomes vis-a-vis regional economic competitiveness to be Page 297 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? made worse by the tolling contemplated for the Eastside Corridor than would occur with no economic understanding whatsoever (rather than distortions of such knowledge by base means seemingly in view as to WSDOT's current tolling posture)..

In addition, the Eastside Corridor Tolling Study pays wholly inadequate attention to the pivotal issue of timing as to potential tolling, which is absolutely critical currently, since tolling modalities which are now "bleeding edge" will be much more mature, much more flexible and likely much less expensive in five-to-seven years (according to information repeatedly provided to legislative leaders by state- retained experts since mid 2009).

Also sadly lacking is fundamental engineering, factual, fiscal and legal informationessential for a meaningful review on an informed basis as to apparently self-serving claims being rather too facilely made by WSDOT's growing staff of tolling uber alles evangelists, as exacerbated by WSDOT's failures to use the adopted I-405 Master Plan as the proper and legally defensible baseline for comparing managed-lane options with that fully adopted plan as to costs, as to performance, as to environmental considerations, and as to those potentially adverse safety impacts devolving from inadequately identified roadway parameters (including but not limited to widths of lanes, shoulders, medians and buffers), inter alia, as well as either its failure or else its refusal to provide documentation in support of its assertions (so as suggest an apparent self-promoting bureaucracy).

The three Users coalitions endorse both the Eastside Transportation Association's concern about WSDOT's further failures toidentify benefits for potential toll payers with sufficient clarity to allow analyses (as well as its failure to identify constitutional questions as to utilizations of any toll revenues beyond "highway" uses that appear to be directly covered by the explicit language of the 18th amendment to the Washington State Constitution (i.e. since tolls are to be partial additions to and/or partial replacements for fuel taxes), and also its crucial questions in several relevant categories in consequence of WSDOT's lack of specificity to date in several key areas (including 18th Amendment problems if tolls are contemplated for any uses that are not in fact and in law eligible "highway" purposes).

Additionally, the three Users coalitions request the Page 298 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? opportunity to supplement their preliminary comments herein when answers to ETA's questions have been provided.

If bait-and-switch intentions by WSDOT implicated by its highly questionable Eastside Corridor Tolling Study to this point are apparent but not real, then the three Users Coalitions would be pleased further to assist as to WSDOT's tolling rather than being compelled to preserve its past representations to all state taxpayers.

William Albright email or website Pay to Go ... is fine with me and a program that makes sense!!!! William open house Broodforsen William C 98004 Comment Form The form didn't wrap the text in the boxes when NO. I am concerned with how the tolling Bonner (electronic) there was more text than would fit in a single line. works. Since we will be tolling for bridge traffic, and I'll have the pass installed in my car, what I'm against the so called "Hot Lanes" and tolling happens when I drive in the HOV lane with a individual lanes in roads. person in the back seat of my car? I also dislike limited access single lane HOV lanes. It always I am concerned with how the tolling works. Since seems that I'm behind the one person going we will be tolling for bridge traffic, and I'll have the slower than regular traffic if I'm in a limited pass installed in my car, what happens when I drive access single lane. in the HOV lane with a person in the back seat of my car? Similarly, if I have a badge installed on a motorcycle to be able to use a toll bridge easily, how does that work when I'm riding in the HOV lanes?

I dislike limited access single lane HOV lanes. It always seems that I'm behind the one person going slower than regular traffic if I'm in a limited access single lane. William C email or website The form didn't wrap the text in the boxes when I'm against the so called "Hot Lanes" and tolling Bonner there was more text than would fit in a single line. individual lanes in roads.

I am concerned with how the tolling works. Since we will be tolling for bridge traffic, and I'll have the pass installed in my car, what happens when I drive in the HOV lane with a person in the back seat of my car? Similarly, if I have a badge installed on a motorcycle to be able to use a toll bridge easily, how does that work when I'm riding in the HOV lanes?

I dislike limited access single lane HOV lanes. It always seems that I'm behind the one person going slower than regular traffic if I'm in a limited access single lane.

Page 299 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? William C 98004 Comment Form NO. I am concerned with how the tolling Bonner (electronic) works. Since we will be tolling for bridge traffic, and I'll have the pass installed in my car, what happens when I drive in the HOV lane with a person in the back seat of my car? I also dislike limited access single lane HOV lanes. It always seems that I'm behind the one person going slower than regular traffic if I'm in a limited access single lane. William H. 98047 Auburn Open WSDOT has gas tax money from 1965 to 2009 - Not No Tolls No, would not use No No, All WSDOT is a waste of money Brodersen House (Aug) well spent. William email or website Will the state be constructing two additional lanes Lockinger in the north and south corridor of I-405 for the proposed express lanes, for a total of four new lanes? Or is the plan to use the existing general service lanes? William 98034 Comment Form Artist rendition of 405 corridor shows minimum Lockinger (electronic) 3 person carpool for the formerly two person carpool free lanes? I would strongly oppose a 3 person free carpool lane in the 405 corridor. What are the plans for the free carpool lane, 2 or 3 occupants? William Lovell email or website I would only be in favor of these new toll lanes if they were open to all traffic at all times except the morning and afternoon rush hours. Actually, I want the present express lanes to be open to all traffic now except during the morning and afternoon rush. William Lovell 98056 Feedback Form One lane is nowhere near enough. We need 2,3 or maybe 4 lanes each way to make 405 really work. One lane is a joke. You keep forcing us to drive in construction zones for years. If you're going to build something, do it quick like California. Work around the clock with many contractors and quit messing around. William Root 98021 Comment Form This may be unrelated but with regard to possible It is a good idea but it should never be at the I would pay only if traveling during peak Yes. If I can save as little as ten minutes, Yes, insofar as the money is needed to (electronic) tolls on the I-90 and 520 floating bridges, it might expense of expanded mass transit/light rail. hours - something I try to avoid. I'd willingly pay a toll. maintain or improve that road. If the be prudent to also put a toll on Hwy 522 through Even as fossil fuel use will wane in coming Otherwise, yes, I would pay extra to state is using state money for parts of Bothell and Kenmore. Toll-avoiding commuters will decades, alternate fuels and electric vehicles avoid creeping along. I might use this that expense, it's only fair that other gum up 522 to nightmarish proportions if that road will continue to drive the demand for personal service 3 to 4 times/month. parts of the state roadway system share remains untolled. vehicles. These new lanes should be made in I-405 revenues. available to single-occupant vehicles for an additional charge. Oh, and this form should allow wrapped text so I can review what I just wrote. . . William Shadbolt 98007 Feedback Form I'm all for having toll express lanes. Those who want to pay, can and those who don't, don't have to.

Page 300 of 301 Name zip Comment Narrative Comment Do you think express toll lanes are a Would you pay to use express Do you think express toll lanes Do you think tolls collected Source good idea for the Eastside Corridor? toll lanes on the Eastside will improve travel times on the from express toll lanes should Corridor? Eastside Corridor? be used for improvements within the corridor? William Webb 98034 Feedback Form Under no circumstances will I support tolls on I- 405. WSDOT's performance in managing the money taken from us via Gas taxes, bonds and other taxes has been abysmal. You need to mange the taxpayers money effectively and not spend it on non-essential projects or PC "feel good" ones. Build and take care of the roads!!!!! That's what we are paying taxes for. Stop trying to force us out of our cars and onto buses. You can't spend the money you have now effectively and now you want to confiscate more? I can't believe your gall. NO TO TOLLED EXPRESS LANES. GIVE US MORE GENERAL USE LANES AND LISTEN TO US FOR A CHANGE. -COL Bill Webb Zachariah Feedback Form Tolling is an excellent idea. Creates incentive for Sinmerd those who are against tolling to carpool or use mass transit, reduces traffic, increases revenue for the state. I think 405, and both bridges should be tolled, let alone just tolling a seperate lane.

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