The Seattle Department of Transportation confirmed this morning that they are abandoning the original lane configuration and will preserve the parking on 35th Avenue NE. This outcome means our neighborhood access remains intact while the current design plans are formally canceled. We will continue monitoring the official project documentation to …
November 27, 2018
Final supporters
Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) plans to eliminate all parking on the west side of 35th Ave. NE (from 47th to 85th) in order to add designated bicycle lanes on both sides. This will hurt our neighborhood and will not improve safety as claimed.
Keep It Safe and Accessible!
Tell the City to Stop, Listen, and Change the Design for the 35th Avenue NE Paving Project
THE FACTS:
- The plan reduces parking on 35th by about 60%.
- Bicyclists already have safe alternative routes: shared lanes on 35th, a bicycle greenway on 38th/39th NE that connects to the Burke Gilman trail, and other nearby streets.
- 35th Ave. is a critical neighborhood arterial that serves nearly 14,000 vehicles per day. The City’s plan envisions only one vehicle lane in each direction. This will result in gridlock. Frustrated drivers will zoom onto side streets, putting children and pedestrians in further harms way. Buses and emergency vehicles will be impeded.
- The City’s plan privileges a few over the thousands of people, including elderly and disabled people, who need to drive and cannot conduct their daily lives on bicycles. It is driven by the Seattle Bicycle Master Plan, which focuses solely on bicycling, not the well-being of neighborhoods or residents.
SPECIFIC CHANGES NEEDED:
- Restore all street parking on the west side of 35th.
- Remove designated bicycle lanes on both sides of the street.
- Improve pedestrian safety by adding flashing crosswalk lights at more intersections, not just 80th. E.g., NE 60th, 72nd, 77th, and 87th.
- Change the design to better meet our transportation and accessibility needs.
For more information or to join us, email [email protected]
We would LOVE a DONATION BUT DO NOT donate on this i-petition site. It goes to them! Please send a donation to our PayPal account: [email protected]
Thank you!
[email protected] Team!
Updates
Reached 5,000 supporters
September 22, 2018
Reached 1,000 supporters
January 25, 2018
December 10, 2017
We have reached 100 signatures on this petition. I am currently preparing a formal letter to the Seattle Department of Transportation to request an immediate meeting to discuss the parking removal plans.
Reached 100 supporters
December 8, 2017
1,487 Comments
I commute by bike from Wedgwood to the UW, and I DON’T want bike lanes on 35th Ave. I use quiet avenues that run parallel to 35th. Like many recent bike lanes, these will just inconvenience thousands of drivers for no benefit at all to bike riders.
On Roosevelt Way the the bike lanes and the reduction were a coffin nail for business. On a typical cold wet day virtually no one is in the bike lanes, on nice days it very light. They do nothing to improve traffic flow or transportation in general.
I love bikes and applaud people who use bikes over cars. But this proposal is a bad idea. Many of us still need and use cars, like it or not. And businesses rely on access, as do emergency vehicles and buses. Compromise is really important in this case.
We have a handicapped family member that shops on 35th. Without easy access, it will be almost impossible for her to make her way around. The bike lanes will be dangerous getting out of the car, across the bike lane and to the curb. Stop this plan.
Did the folks who came up with this plan look at the traffic around Eckstein and ASB? 35th is already horrible near these schools. Reducing vehicle traffic on 35th will penalize parents and kids even further when there are two existing biking options.
STOP REMOVING STREETS AND BRING CURBS BACK
Enough with imposing more unnecessary bike lanes at the expense of the majority of commuters. Fancy bike lanes recently installed elsewhere never get used as it is!
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The Seattle Department of Transportation confirmed this morning that they are abandoning the original lane configuration and will preserve the parking on 35th Avenue NE. This outcome means our neighborhood access remains intact while the current design plans are formally canceled. We will continue monitoring the official project documentation to …
November 27, 2018
Final supporters
Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) plans to eliminate all parking on the west side of 35th Ave. NE (from 47th to 85th) in order to add designated bicycle lanes on both sides. This will hurt our neighborhood and will not improve safety as claimed.
Keep It Safe and Accessible!
Tell the City to Stop, Listen, and Change the Design for the 35th Avenue NE Paving Project
THE FACTS:
- The plan reduces parking on 35th by about 60%.
- Bicyclists already have safe alternative routes: shared lanes on 35th, a bicycle greenway on 38th/39th NE that connects to the Burke Gilman trail, and other nearby streets.
- 35th Ave. is a critical neighborhood arterial that serves nearly 14,000 vehicles per day. The City’s plan envisions only one vehicle lane in each direction. This will result in gridlock. Frustrated drivers will zoom onto side streets, putting children and pedestrians in further harms way. Buses and emergency vehicles will be impeded.
- The City’s plan privileges a few over the thousands of people, including elderly and disabled people, who need to drive and cannot conduct their daily lives on bicycles. It is driven by the Seattle Bicycle Master Plan, which focuses solely on bicycling, not the well-being of neighborhoods or residents.
SPECIFIC CHANGES NEEDED:
- Restore all street parking on the west side of 35th.
- Remove designated bicycle lanes on both sides of the street.
- Improve pedestrian safety by adding flashing crosswalk lights at more intersections, not just 80th. E.g., NE 60th, 72nd, 77th, and 87th.
- Change the design to better meet our transportation and accessibility needs.
For more information or to join us, email [email protected]
We would LOVE a DONATION BUT DO NOT donate on this i-petition site. It goes to them! Please send a donation to our PayPal account: [email protected]
Thank you!
[email protected] Team!
Updates
Reached 5,000 supporters
September 22, 2018
Reached 1,000 supporters
January 25, 2018
December 10, 2017
We have reached 100 signatures on this petition. I am currently preparing a formal letter to the Seattle Department of Transportation to request an immediate meeting to discuss the parking removal plans.
Reached 100 supporters
December 8, 2017
1,487 Comments
No bike lanes or parking, please! The metro buses already swerve into opposing traffic on a regular basis. My side mirrors have been clipped by the buses more than once. 35th is too narrow with parking as is, and it would not get better with bike lanes.
I commute by bike from Wedgwood to the UW, and I DON’T want bike lanes on 35th Ave. I use quiet avenues that run parallel to 35th. Like many recent bike lanes, these will just inconvenience thousands of drivers for no benefit at all to bike riders.
On Roosevelt Way the the bike lanes and the reduction were a coffin nail for business. On a typical cold wet day virtually no one is in the bike lanes, on nice days it very light. They do nothing to improve traffic flow or transportation in general.
I love bikes and applaud people who use bikes over cars. But this proposal is a bad idea. Many of us still need and use cars, like it or not. And businesses rely on access, as do emergency vehicles and buses. Compromise is really important in this case.
We have a handicapped family member that shops on 35th. Without easy access, it will be almost impossible for her to make her way around. The bike lanes will be dangerous getting out of the car, across the bike lane and to the curb. Stop this plan.
Did the folks who came up with this plan look at the traffic around Eckstein and ASB? 35th is already horrible near these schools. Reducing vehicle traffic on 35th will penalize parents and kids even further when there are two existing biking options.
STOP REMOVING STREETS AND BRING CURBS BACK
Enough with imposing more unnecessary bike lanes at the expense of the majority of commuters. Fancy bike lanes recently installed elsewhere never get used as it is!
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No bike lanes or parking, please! The metro buses already swerve into opposing traffic on a regular basis. My side mirrors have been clipped by the buses more than once. 35th is too narrow with parking as is, and it would not get better with bike lanes.