Jun

1

Capitol Hill Community Council’s Complete Streetcar Campaign

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Great City volunteers and sustainable transportation advocates on Capitol Hill have been conspiring and brainstorming together for years.  We’ve been thrilled to see the great traction our friends on the Capitol Hill Community Council (CHCC) are getting with their innovative “Complete Streetcar” concept.  Here’s an update from the CHCC’s Mike Kent:

On Tuesday, May 4th, more than 50 transit advocates and active community members joined the Capitol Hill Community Council’s Complete Streetcar Campaign at Capitol Hill’s Sole Repair lounge in celebrating the group’s recent successes.

Million Dollar Nile regaled Capitol Hill Complete Streetcar fans with the world premiere performance of "My Streetcar's on Broadway" -- a twist on the Sir Mix-a-Lot classic.

The day before, the Seattle City Council voted into law legislation that brought the proposed First Hill Streetcar closer to completion.

Complete Streetcar Campaign supporter Web Crowell created the animations which ran on a loop throughout the event on Sole Repair’s flatscreen monitors throughout the night


The party honored the group’s success in advocating for an alignment that would run in both directions along Broadway north of Union Street, instead of looping around Cal Anderson park.

The group’s next steps include calling for an extension of the proposed streetcar route beyond Denny Way to the northern end of Broadway near East Aloha Street, as was originally envisioned, and pushing for a streetscape plan that includes, among other things, a separated two-way cycle track.

If you are interested in becoming active with the Complete Streetcar Campaign, send an e-mail to chcc.streetcar@gmail.com.

Oct

26

SDOT Releases Draft Cap Hill Parking Plan

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Note: Our friends at SDOT have asked us to pass this along to the masses:

SDOT has recently released a DRAFT parking plan for the Capitol Hill study area. Residents, businesses, and property owners will be receiving a mailer with plan details within the next few days. In addition, you can find details of the plan on our Community Parking Program-Capitol Hill website, which is: http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/parking/cp_caphill.htm.

Also on the website is a link to a web survey where you can review the plan and submit comments and give your feedback.

Jul

24

Capitol Hill Parking Study

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SDOT is currently in the studying on-street parking in a large area of Capitol Hill. They’ve just published their initial findings and plan to use this research to develop a parking demand management strategy for the neighborhood. You can see their findings here.

Ruth Harper, program’s project manager will be at our next September Streets for People meeting to discuss the study. Hope to see you there.

September 14th
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Nyhus Communications (Map)
1525 4th Ave

Image: StreetsBlog

Image: StreetsBlog