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    SW Roxbury StreetRoad Safety Corridor

    Feedback Session 2Project Manager Jim CurtinFebruary 26, 2014, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

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    SDOTs mission & vision

    Mission: delivering a first-rate transportation system for Seattle.

    Vision: a vibrant Seattle with connected people, places, and products.

    2

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    SDOTs values

    Keep it safe

    Focus on thebasics

    Build healthycommunities

    Support athriving

    economy

    Provide greatservice

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    Presentation overview Background Project area

    Existing conditions Early projects What weve heard so far Feedback session Next steps

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    Background Safety improvements

    requested byCommunity Councils

    Data indicates highspeeds and collisionissues on Roxbury

    SW Roxbury Street at 35 th Avenue SWlooking east

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    Background Goal: improve safety for all Data-driven education, enforcement, and engineering efforts Short and long-term engineering solutions Many opportunities for community input Implementation late 2014 and 2015

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    Project area

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    Existing conditionsSW Roxbury StreetPrincipal arterial classification

    0

    5,000

    10,000

    15,000

    20,000

    25,000

    30,000

    35th Ave SW 30th Ave SW 26th Ave SW 17th Ave SW 14th Ave SW 8th Ave SW 4th Ave SW

    verage Daily Traffic

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    Existing conditions

    Adjacent land uses 153 parcels 52% single family residential 18% retail, office, industrial

    3 schools, parks, open space White Center/Westwood Urban

    Village Served by 10+ transit routes

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    Existing conditions

    Collisions 223 total collisions last three plus years 112 injuries

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    Existing conditions

    Pedestrian and Bicycle Collisions 11 pedestrian-vehicle 2 bicycle

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    Existing conditionsSpeeds 5+ mph over speed limit in most

    locations

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    Early projects Pavement repair Photo enforcement at

    Roxhill

    Holy Family Signage improvements

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    What weve heard so far Improve the pedestrian environment

    Reduce the number of travel lanes onthe western portion of the corridor

    Reduce speeding

    Review operations at several signalized

    intersections: 8th Ave SW and Roxbury 16th Ave SW/Delridge and Roxbury 26th Avenue SW and Roxbury 35th Ave SW and Roxbury

    Address pavement conditions in severallocations

    Reduce speeds and collisions at theintersection of Roxbury, 4 th Ave SW andOlson Pl SW

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    Tonight feedback session 2

    6:30 PM 7:30 PM Review our data Share your experiences and observations

    about SW Roxbury Street

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    Next stepsMarch 110:00 AM 2 PM

    Feedback Session 3 and 4White Center Summitwww.wccda.org

    March 11 White Center Chamber

    March April Business, school, and generalcommunity outreach

    March July Early projects begin

    Design process underwayJuly Design review meetings

    (to be announced)August Project implementation begins

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    Questions?

    [email protected] | (206) 684-8874http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/roxbury.htm

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    Thanks!

    http://www.seattle.gov/transportation