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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Passing on for your information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> Hamby, Beth <beth.hamby@soundtransit.org> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 13, 2025 4:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> ADA Accessibility <accessibility@soundtransit.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Sound Transit seeks input on at-grade crossing safety enhancements by Feb. 6<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hello accessibility community,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Through Feb. 6, Sound Transit is seeking community input on a </span><a href="https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/draft-agc-systemwideplan-202501.pdf"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>Draft Master Plan</span></a> <span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>for at-grade crossing safety enhancements, including projects involving pedestrian signals, sign enhancements, an automatic pedestrian gate pilot, and other safety-related enhancements planned at specific stations. At-grade rail crossings are where tracks and trains intersect roads or paths, where pedestrians cross the tracks on the same surface level as the train.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Please share your feedback through the online forum on this web page:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.soundtransit.org/crossingsafety" target="_blank" title="http://www.soundtransit.org/crossingsafety">https://www.soundtransit.org/crossingsafety</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Below my signature, I’ve included contents of a news release about the online forum. The news release can also be found on the ST website on this page:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/news-releases/sound-transit-seeks-input-grade-crossing-safety">https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/news-releases/sound-transit-seeks-input-grade-crossing-safety</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Beth Hamby (she/her)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Senior Program Manager-Accessible Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Passenger Experience<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Desk: 206.717.9075<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Email: <a href="mailto:beth.hamby@soundtransit.org">beth.hamby@soundtransit.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sound Transit<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.soundtransit.org/">www.soundtransit.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><img border=0 width=160 height=48 style='width:1.6666in;height:.5in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.png@01DB65CB.DAD96B90" alt="Sound Transit's logo"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Beth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><a name="_Hlk181004144"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><img border=0 width=133 height=73 style='width:1.3854in;height:.7604in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image004.jpg@01DB6635.99D56300" alt="ST logo"></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:X-NONE'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:X-NONE'>Jan. 13, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:X-NONE'>Sound Transit seeks input on at-grade crossing safety enhancements <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Online<span style='color:black'> forum provides overview of the draft Master Plan that will guide systemwide safety enhancements through 2027</span></span></i></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Sound Transit is seeking public input on the At-grade Crossing Program Draft Master Plan, which was presented to the Sound Transit Board of Directors in November of 2024. An online forum will collect feedback and personal experiences to help inform possible revisions to </span></span><a href="https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/draft-agc-systemwideplan-202501.pdf"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>the Draft Master Plan</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>, which is set to be finalized in May of this year. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The online forum can be joined </span></span><a href="http://www.soundtransit.org/crossingsafety" target="_blank"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>here</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> and can be translated upon entering the site. Feedback gathered between Jan. 13 and Feb. 6, 2025 will inform Draft Master Plan revisions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>As of June 2024, Sound Transit, in partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), has completed nine at-grade safety enhancement projects in the Rainier Valley segment. Early data indicate positive findings in incident reduction are occurring as the agency targets zero fatalities. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The At-Grade Crossing Program is a comprehensive safety initiative launched in 2021 to enhance safety at designated at-grade crossing locations where tracks and trains intersect on the same level with vehicles and people walking, rolling, and biking. The program includes safety enhancements and increased safety awareness and education efforts. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>To learn more about the program or to share your crossing experience, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.soundtransit.org/crossingsafety"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>http://www.soundtransit.org/crossingsafety</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk181004144'></span><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>