Seattle Transit Plan

May 1, 2007

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The Seattle City Council adopted Mayor Nickels' Seattle Transit Plan - To Get Seattle Moving (Resolution No. 30799) in September 2005 after additional public review and comment. The plan is the basis for transit strategies in the City's Transportation Strategic Plan, which was adopted in August 2005.

SDOT will use the Seattle Transit Plan to:

• Help coordinate our partner transit agencies' planning activities
• Develop transit service and capital investment recommendations for elected officials and our partner transit agencies
• Make commitments to operate certain arterials so they provide a minimum acceptable level of speed and reliability for transit (assuming minimum acceptable service frequencies and span of service exist or will exist)
• Generate more transit funding to support growth in Seattle and the region.

Like the Transportation Strategic Plan, the Seattle Transit Plan is focused on getting Seattle moving. It does this by addressing the following issues:

• Key Transit Corridors Connecting Urban Villages – Seattle Connections
• Key Transfer Points in Major Activity Centers
• Criteria for Evaluating Technologies
• Transit Quality of Service Measures (see UVTN Monitoring Report)
• Transit Priority Treatment Toolbox
• Service Investment Needs

Finally, the Seattle Transit Plan recommends minor revisions to the City's Transit Classifications.

Below are links to the elements that comprise the plan. In addition, links are provided to two consultant reports that were used to develop the plan.

Comments Welcome

If you have comments or questions about the Seattle Transit Plan, please contact Jeff Bender at jeff.bender@seattle.gov, or (206) 684-8837.

Next Steps

The City is working with its partner transit agencies on Seattle Transit Plan implementation. Please check this web site for updates on Seattle Transit Plan implementation.

Transit Plan Executive Summary

Seattle Transit Plan - Final - Summer 2005

Seattle Transit Plan PowerPoint Presentation

APPENDIX 1: King County Metro West Subarea Bus Routes (PDF format)

APPENDIX 2: 2003 Rider Non Rider Survey (PDF format)

APPENDIX 3: Seattle Popular Monorail Plan System (PDF format)

APPENDIX 4: Sound Transit Regional Transit Long-range Vision (PDF format)

APPENDIX 5: Definite 2030 UVTN Corridors (PDF format)

APPENDIX 6: Candidate 2030 UVTN Corridors (PDF format)

APPENDIX 7: City of Seattle Neighborhood Plan Transit (Bus) Recommendations (PDF format)

APPENDIX 8: Survey of Transit Technologies (PDF format)

APPENDIX 9: Metro Bus Stops without Shelters (PDF format)

APPENDIX 10: Seattle Transit Street Classification Process (PDF format)

Appendix 11: Seattle Bus Layover Space Locations (PDF format)

APPENDIX 12: SDOT Arterial Parking Restrictions Policy (PDF format)


Other Supporting Plan documents

Seattle Transit Network Development Plan

Comprehensive Street Classification, Performance and Design Standard System FINAL WORKING PAPER

Maps

Map 3.1 2000 Population/Employment Density (PDF format)

Map 5.1 Seattle Comprehensive Plan Urban Villages (PDF format)

Map 5.2 2030 Population/Employment Density (PDF format)

Map 5.4 Current Zoning (PDF format)

Map 5.5 Urban Village Transit Network (PDF format)

Map 7.1 UVTN Segments for 2007 Implementation (PDF format)

Map 7.2 Existing Travel Speed - Peak Period (PDF format)

Map 7.3 Existing Travel Speed - Base Period (PDF format)

Map 7.4 Existing Travel Speed - Evening (PDF format)