Miller CC BBQ Wednesday Sept. 10th

Central Area Neighborhood Greenway Open House Thursday, August 28, 4:30 – 6:30 at Miller

Please join us at an open house next week to learn more about the Central Area Neighborhood Greenway most promising routes for Phases 2 and 3 (the south and north ends of the greenway, respectively) and share your input. We will review the evaluation criteria of previously studied routes, the most promising route from Rainier Avenue S. to E. Roanoke Street, and some of the design elements that may be applied.

Open House Dates & Locations

Phase 2: South Jackson Street to Rainier Avenue South

Tuesday, August 26, 4:30 – 6:30

*Presentation begins at 5:30

Garfield Community Center - 2323 E. Cherry St.

Phase 3: East John Street to East Roanoke Street

Thursday, August 28, 4:30 – 6:30

*Presentation begins at 5:30

Miller Community Center - 330 19^th Avenue East

Please feel free to come to either meeting, as we will have staff available to answer your questions and hear your feedback about all phases of the project. In addition, representatives from the 23^rd Ave Corridor Improvements project will be there to answer questions about upcoming construction.

Mathematically, we live in the perfect place

(see on CHS blog).

This guy, using the formula below, found the perfect place to live:

Sadly he doesn't live here, but we do!

Greenway Information and comment forms available online

A big thank you to those who attended our recent drop-in sessions for the Central Area Neighborhood Greenway! We heard a lot of great comments and enjoyed talking with you about this exciting project.

If you weren’t able to attend, all of the boards and materials are available on our website:http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/centralgreenway.htm. You’ll see that we’re considering route options for Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the greenway (the south and north ends, respectively).

Your feedback is important now, as we’ll be making final route decisions by the end of August in order to begin design in the fall. The comment form used at the drop-ins is posted on our website along with other event materials. We’d love to hear your thoughts! Please submit comments by August 8th.

Another pair of drop-in sessions is being scheduled for late August to present the final selected routes for Phases 2 and 3. We’ll be in touch with you again once dates and times have been finalized.

If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact me directly.

Sincerely,

Maribel Cruz

Sr. Communications Advisor

City of Seattle Department of Transportation

O: 206.684.7963 | F: 206.615.1237 | maribel.cruz@seattle.gov

(My personal take was that the 22nd Avenue route could have advantages:
• The traffic calming features could help with the cut-through traffic that uses 22nd after turning off 23rd
• mixing 2 way bike traffic, school buses and cars on 21st by the school seems problematic. 
Andrew Taylor)

Block Party, Tues Aug 5th, 6-10pm

We've reserved our block (21st Ave between Republican and Thomas) for Seattle Night Out. What's Night Out? This is the annual night when neighborhoods around Seattle can close their streets to cars and use the space to play, bbq, and mingle.

This will be our second annual "Miller Park" block party. Like last year, it will be a potluck / BYOB affair. We'll have a bbq out for anyone to use.

What: Night Out Seattle

Where: 21st Ave E between Republican and Thomas st.

When: Tuesday, August 5th, 6-10pm
Who: You and your friends/neighbors.
Bring: Food to share, drinks for yourselves, and any games you think would be fun.

In the meantime, we're looking for volunteers who would like to pitch in. Please let me know if you could help with any of the following:

- Games. Anything that you think would be fun (e.g., sidewalk chalk, water balloons, etc.)

- Chairs / Tables. We'll have a few, but not enough -- anything you could contribute would be great.

- Plates / Cups / Napkins / Utensils. You get extra points if you bring your own non-disposables :).

My email is: guillaume_mauger (at) yahoo (dot) com

We had a lot of fun last year, including a (non-emergency) visit from the fire department, and cute toddler dancing.

Hope to see you there,

Guillaume

Drop in Info Session for Central Area Greenway: July 17th

Please join us at a drop-in session next week to learn more about the Central Area Neighborhood Greenway and share your input. Since our last public meeting in February, we have refined route options for Phases 2 and 3 (the north and south ends of the project, respectively). Phase 2 is from South Jackson Street to Rainier Avenue South, and Phase 3 is from East John Street to East Roanoke Street. Each drop-in will correspond with a phase of the project.

Drop-in Dates

Phase 2: South Jackson Street to Rainier Avenue South

Tuesday, July 15, 4:30 – 7 PM

St. Mary’s Church School House (611 20^th Avenue South)

Phase 3: East John Street to East Roanoke Street

Thursday, July 17, 4 – 6:30 PM

Miller Community Center (330 19^th Avenue East)

Please feel free to come to either session, as we will have knowledgeable staff available to answer your questions and hear your feedback about all phases of the project.

If you can’t make it to a drop-in session, please feel free to email me with any questions, comments or concerns you may have regarding the project. You may also view our website for more project information: www.seattle.gov/transportation/centralgreenway.htm

Madison Street Bus Rapid Transit: your thoughts?

Next Wednesday morning I will be interviewed about the proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) for East Madison Street. I would like my replies to reflect the views of the neighborhood, and invite you to submit your thoughts as comments on this post. All I know is contained in the original E-mail (below) and the link in it: http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/madisonbrt.htm

I presume we will be able to invite them to a meeting if it becomes reality, but it would be good to register our views early.

My personal view is that Bus Rapid Transit only works well if there is a dedicated bus lane. Present Seattle BRT efforts appear to me to be mostly window-dressing: buses painted a different color and marked "Bus Rapid Transit".  See this Lake Union Trolley example I saw recently:

Good afternoon, Andrew –

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is now getting started on the yearlong study of options for bus rapid transit (BRT) service along the Madison Street corridor. Madison is one of five corridors identified in Seattle’s Transit Master Plan as a priority for investing in high-capacity transit service.  Better, higher quality service is needed to keep pace with the growing demands of businesses, major institutions, and residents along and around this corridor.