[NFBSea] FW: Take the Aurora Safety Planning Survey

Tue Jul 26 19:19:47 UTC 2022

Passing on for your information.

Take the Aurora Safety Planning Survey

 <https://mailchi.mp/a42923d327e6/join-us-on-monday-8989393?e=966dd4e0a6>
View this email in your browser 

<https://mcusercontent.com/13f6566d436970a7550adb829/images/6e5c537b-cc5d-ed
02-a09f-086f20f73ddc.png> 

THE AURORA AVE PROJECT SURVEY IS NOW OPEN

The Seattle Department of Transportation is seeking community input to
understand the challenges that people face traveling along the corridor. In
addition to pedestrian and bike safety, the survey asks about transit
ridership along Aurora and how you use the E-Line. 

<https://got99problems.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13f6566d436970a7550
adb829&id=1caef4a0dd&e=966dd4e0a6> Take the survey now 

This is your first official chance to share what is unsafe about Aurora. The
survey unfairly asks you to rank* several much-needed safety improvements.
We need sidewalks AND signalized crossings!
A great deal of nuance is avoided in this survey. Nevertheless, it's
important to take a minute and remind SDOT that we need an Aurora Avenue
that puts people first.

*Be careful when ordering these rankings - the higher numbers are sometimes
"most needed/important" and sometimes the lower numbers are.

The survey also doesn't leave much room to share your thoughts on the many
other problems that are directly connected to Aurora: crime, land use,
climate impacts, personal safety, etc.
The Aurora Reimagined Coalition is committed to advancing these issues and
addressing the corridor holistically.
<mailto:aurorareimaginedcoalition at gmail.com> Send us a message if you'd like
to get involved. 

SUGGESTED RESPONSE

Question 17: Where would you like to see a new crossing of Aurora?

N 143rd Street
N 137th Street
N 128th Street
W Green Lake Dr N
W Green Lake Way N
N 50th Street
N Motor Place
N 41st Street
N 39th Street
Aloha Street 

<https://mcusercontent.com/13f6566d436970a7550adb829/images/4ef33aee-3fdf-a6
46-fbb7-4b0161a5ffdd.jpeg> 

Our vision for reconnecting Fremont includes an accessible, street-level
crossing at N 41st Street 

WHY DO WE NEED MORE SIGNALIZED, STREET-LEVEL CROSSWALKS?

1.	They allow everyone - people walking, biking, using a wheelchair, or
pushing a stroller - a safe and easy way to cross the highway
2.	Additional signals at key locations will change people's perception
of Aurora as a through-highway into a more dense urban main street, which
will significantly change traffic behavior (notice the difference in speed
and driver behavior between the Fremont section and the Licton Springs
section of Aurora)
3.	An additional crossing near a busy or dangerous intersection can
give people walking, biking, and rolling a safer option, which will reduce
the load on that major intersection (an example of this is N 92nd Street)
4.	Delays to transit can be minimized using the electronic system that
gives buses a head-start at stoplights
5.	Coordinating bus stops with new crossings can improve transit
riders' experience and encourage ridership

<https://got99problems.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13f6566d436970a7550
adb829&id=8ce5fb09b2&e=966dd4e0a6> 

<https://got99problems.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13f6566d436970a7550
adb829&id=8b51d3cabc&e=966dd4e0a6> 

<https://got99problems.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13f6566d436970a7550
adb829&id=16a5c0e8c9&e=966dd4e0a6> 

<https://got99problems.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13f6566d436970a7550
adb829&id=a293d8b4a6&e=966dd4e0a6> 

The Aurora Reimagined Coalition is a group of neighbors, nonprofits,
businesses and organizations working to create a safer, better Aurora Avenue
North in Seattle.
Learn more at
<https://got99problems.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13f6566d436970a7550
adb829&id=3872fdcde0&e=966dd4e0a6> got99problems.org. 

<https://got99problems.us1.list-manage.com/track/open.php?u=13f6566d436970a7
550adb829&id=3b03386d71&e=966dd4e0a6> 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/nfbsea_nfbnet.org/attachments/20220726/04a0f0fd/attachment.html>