One Center City

West Seattle Transportation Coalition

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ONE CENTER CITY
Unified and integrated plan
for how we:
Move through,
Connect to, and
Experience
Center City

Many communities,
perspectives, and partners
Project sponsors
City of Seattle
King County Metro
Sound Transit
Downtown Seattle Association
o 20-year Vision
o Action Plan for Near-Term,
Mid-Term, and 20-year
Horizon
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WHY ONE CENTER CITY?

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WHERE IS THE
CENTER CITY?

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WHAT IS THE
CENTER CITY?

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OPPORTUNITY
AND GROWTH
o 10,000+ residential units
under construction (June
2016)

o 11M+ square feet of

institutional, office and retail
space approved or under
construction (June 2016)

o Convention Center Addition

NEAR-TERM STRATEGIES

North-South
Surface Street
Improvements
Demand Union, Pike, &
Management Pine Surface
Strategies Street
Improvements
Hub Area
Improvements

Bus Service
Restructures

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SURFACE TRANSIT & STREET
OPERATIONS

Options include:

Make signal and turning

improvements for bus travel
times

Add a southbound bus lane

on 5th Avenue

Change 5th Avenue into a two-

way transit street

Change 6th into a two-way

street
POTENTIAL TRANSIT SERVICE
RESTRUCTURING STRATEGIES
What
Change bus routes to reduce number
of bus trips going through the
downtown core
Deliver transit riders to light rail or
bus routes
Key Takeaways
Optimizes use of transit hubs and
light rail capacity
Adds a transfer for riders on affected
routes
Improves reliability for some regional
trips
Improves or maintains travel time
compared to the No Action scenario
for most riders
Reduces bus volumes on downtown
streets
BUS SERVICE RESTRUCTURING OPTIONS

Agency staff vetted over 30 options

Eliminated those with limited benefit or
high impact to riders
Selected small set of promising options
that align with regional system priorities

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BUS SERVICE RESTRUCTURING OPTIONS

Photo Credit: King County Metro

King County Metro, Sound

Transit, & Community Transit
have well established public
processes
Multiple public and stakeholder
outreach tools and approaches
Outreach may refine options or
identify new options

Metro Sounding Board Considers Link Connections

Service Restructuring Options

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One Center City: West Seattle Potential Change
Timeline

2017
July-October
Public Engagement
Online and face-to-face open
houses and stakeholder briefings
Feedback on interest in First Hill
service and approaches to
minimize transfer impacts

2018
January
Ordinance Submitted
Ordinance begins routing through
Metro to Executive

March
King County Council
considers Ordinance
Council approval needed (early
April)

September
Implementation
(earliest possible)
September 2018 service change

DRAFT
 HUB AREA IMPROVEMENT OPTIONS

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 HUB AREA IMPROVEMENT OPTIONS

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WHAT WEVE HEARD (THUS FAR)

Make safety a priority

Focus on people first

Include TDM and other

measures to reduce auto
demand

Include freight and delivery

strategies

Consider effects on the regional

transportation system

Complete protected Center City

Bike Network

Consider innovative and creative

solutions

Enhance experience for all users

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WHAT WEVE
Make safety HEARD
a priority
Focus on people first
Ensure pedestrian safety, accessibility, & quality
Complete protected Center City Bike Network
Enhance experience for all users
Focus on managing drive-alone demand & increasing
person moving capacity of streets
Consider innovative and creative solutions
Consider effects on delivery and movement of goods
Consider effects on the regional transportation system
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WHO WE
Advisory Group
HAVE HEARD FROM
Meetings & other forums

Stakeholder & Community Groups

40+ briefings
Neighborhoods, business, youth
commission, disability advocacy,
transportation advocacy, & others
City Advisory Boards

Public Outreach
Online Open House
2,461 unique users
332 responses
Happy hour

Agency Leadership & Elected Officials

One Center City agency Executives
Elected officials
Twenty years from now

How will you get around How will people use

your neighborhood? cars?

How will people use How will we get our

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FUTURE WORLD CLASS HUBS?

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NEAR-TERM STRATEGIES
DECISION ROADMAP

Discuss opportunities, challenges, &

JAN results of no action
Learn about potential near-term
FEB strategies
Provide feedback on near-term
FEB strategies

Guidance for advancing strategies

MAR
Executive Steering Committee
MAY recommendations

Continued Analysis and Refinement

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We are
here
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ONECENTERCITY.ORG
 Kim Becklund kim.becklund@kingcounty.gov
Diane Wiatr diane.wiatr@seattle.gov

Thank You

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