SAVE 35th AVE NE

Forcing car and bus traffic to share one lane, thereby backing up car traffic at each of 35th’s many bus stops, will create a traffic nightmare. I urge you to reconsider this plan.

Save 35th Ave. Save our parking. Don't care about flashing crosswalks. Pedestrians need to walk faster!

As a cyclist and a parent in the neighborhood, I applaud the intent of bike lanes....but what's been done already and particularly what is being proposed for 35th will not improve safety or viability as a means of transport. Bikes moving downhill in a mixed/shared lane on 35th can see and be seen like all the other vehicles. They can see pedestrians, and for the most part are predictable because just like the auto traffic, they obey signals/controls. Uphill, there is already a bikeway on 36th, much more suited to the speed difference in the traffic, allowing bikes to see crossing traffic "stopping" (at some of the only residential stop signs in the city - not good in itself!) at the cross streets. This protects BOTH drivers and cyclists. Hiding the bikes behind a row of parked cars has not proven to be safer, and makes getting out on the curb side dangerous for vehicle occupants - both those in parking cars and on passing bikes. These bike lanes are not going to encourage dedicated bikers who can already navigate through traffic as traffic, and will not protect kids and others who cannot do so safety today. With 50 yrs experience of biking while mixing with traffic, I feel strongly that this does not improve safety. Finally, as was well said by many others, Seattle needs a balanced plan for transport: If you want to dedicate resources as a means to encourage less auto driving, invest in better public transport. Bikes are not going to serve the community at large for commuting - the kids, the less-abled or inclined, to ride up/down our large hills - in the dark and rain. Sounds UNSAFE as a premise, in fact. Rather see the neighborhood better educated and equipped to share the road with bikes, while investing in public transport that actually works.

No to bike lanes on 35th! This is just plain unpractical!

Keep 35th street as is! Our businesses need it, our pedestrians need it!

I live on 34th Ave NE, near NE 75th St. There are already so many business patrons parking on our street every day, due to lack of parking on 35th, not to mention cars speeding around the corners and down our block—endangering our families!—to avoid the congested arterial intersections. The Northeast Branch of SPL is one of the most heavily-used branches in the city, and has a tiny parking lot. Ditto for the Wedgwood Post Office. There are many small businesses, medical offices, and houses of worship along 35th Ave NE that also depend on street parking. The many poor, elderly and disabled residents who walk and ride buses to get to these places, and children walking to school, already take their lives in their hands crossing the streets. The bicycle commuters I know hate riding on 35th, and already use 39th and other side streets. Replacing parking with bike lanes on 35th will not increase bicycle use, it will only exponentially worsen all of these problems. If anything, 35th is already too narrow for the existing traffic load. What we really need are more crosswalks (and repair of the existing ones: the east-west walk signal at 35th NE & NE 70th has been broken forever), and left turn signals (in both directions!) at all the major intersections.

No to adding a bike lane on 35th!

This street is already dangerous with cars, parking, and pedestrians. I’m worried that adding a bike lane will lead to more accidents and be dangerous for pedestrians and bikers.

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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.

Please consider our vital community access to the library and places of worship. Restore the parking on 35th.

the businesses along 35th need street parking. Most have no parking lots. The bike lane scourge has made driving in Seattle a nightmare, and I have given up trying to "buy local" and now do most my shopping online.

We cannot afford to lose parking!!! This area is getting so congested; this will make it worse!

As a 26-year resident of the area, I wholeheartedly agree that we need more safe CROSSWALKS on 35th, not bicycle lanes that are hazardous to cross for the elderly, and for those with small children.

There is already a nearby greenway for bicyclists that connects to the Burke Gilman Trail. 35th is the main commercial street in this neighborhood. Many entities use 35th for parking on a regular basis. Bikes are not feasible for many residents who have children, who are elderly, or who are disabled. The 35th bike lane plan is a bad idea. Please stop it.

There are better alternatives. No need for a bike lane on 35th.

While our family wholeheartedly supports bicycle commuting and riding, with a wife who was a former avid cyclist, streets with lower traffic volume than 35th Ave. NE are far preferable and safer for bike paths. 35th Ave NE is the main commercial thoroughfare in Wedgwood. Restricting parking so drastically will affect business and the elderly and disabled who rely on nearby parking.

Uphill cyclists should be on 36th. That’s how I ride every day. No interest in riding uphill on 35th, PBL or not.

Save? A street? No. Make it BIKES only. Too many cars on the road as is.

Bikes should not be on main thoroughfares. Period. This city has to stop ruining businesses and communities with their bike manifesto. It is not an if we build it they will come. I have seen the transformation of many areas with bike boxes etc with 100K spent on making it bike friendly for 2 or 3 bikers a day. Focus on real issues

This will also eliminate much of the much of the parking for my synagogue (Cong. Beth Shalom)