Fw: Traffic Carnage: Delay the Seattle Transportation Plan

[lee....@outlook.com]

In response to Friday's tally of 10 people hit in Seattle while walking or rolling, I've sent the email below to various people in the city:

Lee Bruch

     205-355-4282 Mobile & Text

     Lee....@outlook.com

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From: Lee Bruch <lee....@outlook.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2022 2:56 PM
To: monisha...@seattle.gov <monisha...@seattle.gov>; Debora Juarez <debora...@seattle.gov>; Alex Pedersen <alex.p...@seattle.gov>; Dan Strauss <dan.s...@seattle.gov>; Lisa Herbold <lisa.h...@seattle.gov>; Tammy....@seattle.gov <Tammy....@seattle.gov>; Sara....@seattle.gov <Sara....@seattle.gov>; Andrew J. Lewis <andrew...@seattle.gov>; Teresa....@seattle.gov <Teresa....@seattle.gov>; Kshama...@seattle.gov <Kshama...@seattle.gov>; office...@seattle.gov <office...@seattle.gov>; 684-...@seattle.gov <684-...@seattle.gov>; kristen...@seattle.gov <kristen...@seattle.gov>
Cc: S...@Seattle.gov <S...@Seattle.gov>; Doug Trumm <do...@theurbanist.org>; Ryan Packer <ry...@theurbanist.org>; Mike Lindblom <mlin...@seattletimes.com>; dkr...@seattletimes.com <dkr...@seattletimes.com>; jdej...@seattletimes.com <jdej...@seattletimes.com>; dbee...@seattletimes.com <dbee...@seattletimes.com>
Subject: Traffic Carnage: Delay the Seattle Transportation Plan

 

An open letter to Seattle's Mayor Harrell and City Council:

10 people hit while walking or biking on Seattle's streets in ONE DAY, on Friday, July 15!

Throughout the last several years the number of collisions in Seattle continues to skyrocket at an increasing rate, especially endangering people of all ages walking and rolling.

Safety on Seattle's streets should be Seattle's # 1 Priority, but the City continues to ignore the crisis.

But more importantly for the future:

The Seattle Transportation Plan currently being drafted does little to address safety and does not reimagine Seattle's streets or its needs.

Its earliest drafts concentrate on traffic throughput and divvies up the roadway accordingly. It presumes traffic volume projections based on decades-old presumptions. It is backward-looking rather than farsighted - it's no more than rearranging chairs on the deck of the Titanic. (See PSRC's projections below).

The final Seattle Transportation Plan should be delayed a bit longer.

It should be drafted in coordination with the Seattle Comprehensive Plan, but it should follow the Comprehensive Plan so that it can be designed to reflect and better support the new, hopefully visionary, Comprehensive Plan and the future of the 21^st Century. 

Friday's tally:

Later that same day a building was hit by a driver and his car:

And earlier that same week a building was almost destroyed by a driver driving a car.

In its Vision 2050 the PSRC estimated that by 2050 the cental Puget Sound Region will have 5.8 million people. That's * twice * the population of the region in 1993. (The 2020 census showed that PRSC may have underestimated the growth by 2%)

That will have immense affect on Seattle's transportation system.

Our roads simply are not capable of handling that amount of traffic * if * we continue our same habits and paradigms.

Some people hope that electric vehicles will change the needs. They won't.

They require the same space and amount of roadway that gas powered vehicles require and have many of the same safety dangers (plus new dangers). The only thing they change is the amount of emissions from their tailpipes, and many scientists think that when the production and disposal of their batteries is included, their net environmental costs may be greater.

The transportation paradigm will change resulting in much less reliance on private automobiles.

As the history of the growth of other cities demonstrates, the paradigm will change whether we plan for it or not.

As cities and regions become more populous worldwide, their reliance on automobiles shrinks. People tend to live and work closer together requiring less commuting. People tend to rely on modern communications systems so that they don't have to travel as much. And most importantly, people tend to rely more on transit, rolling, and walking.

Seattle should wait just a bit longer for a Seattle Transportation Plan that coordinates with, and supports, a new Comprehensive Plan - a Seattle Transportation Plan that leads One Seattle through the change that is happening to a future that works in the 21^st century.

​Lee Bruch

    206-355-4282 cell & text

    Lee....@outlook.com

ARC  -  Aurora Reimagined Coalition

Email: AuroraReimag...@gmail.com

Website: https://www.got99problems.org/ 

[Brent McFarlane]

We’ll said Lee! 

More of this advocacy is needed for the foreseeable future. 

One additional point that is often not included in the discussion about transition to EV’s is that the tire wear and tear and particulate toxins that run off into the water table are a continued hazard to aquatic life and everyone’s health.

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On Jul 16, 2022, at 3:06 PM, Lee....@outlook.com wrote:



In response to Friday's tally of 10 people hit in Seattle while walking or rolling, I've sent the email below to various people in the city:

Lee Bruch

     205-355-4282 Mobile & Text

     Lee....@outlook.com

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From: Lee Bruch <lee....@outlook.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2022 2:56 PM
To: monisha...@seattle.gov <monisha...@seattle.gov>; Debora Juarez <debora...@seattle.gov>; Alex Pedersen <alex.p...@seattle.gov>; Dan Strauss <dan.s...@seattle.gov>; Lisa Herbold <lisa.h...@seattle.gov>; Tammy....@seattle.gov <Tammy....@seattle.gov>; Sara....@seattle.gov <Sara....@seattle.gov>; Andrew J. Lewis <andrew...@seattle.gov>; Teresa....@seattle.gov <Teresa....@seattle.gov>; Kshama...@seattle.gov <Kshama...@seattle.gov>; office...@seattle.gov <office...@seattle.gov>; 684-...@seattle.gov <684-...@seattle.gov>; kristen...@seattle.gov <kristen...@seattle.gov>
Cc: S...@Seattle.gov <S...@Seattle.gov>; Doug Trumm <do...@theurbanist.org>; Ryan Packer <ry...@theurbanist.org>; Mike Lindblom <mlin...@seattletimes.com>; dkr...@seattletimes.com <dkr...@seattletimes.com>; jdej...@seattletimes.com <jdej...@seattletimes.com>; dbee...@seattletimes.com <dbee...@seattletimes.com>
Subject: Traffic Carnage: Delay the Seattle Transportation Plan

 

An open letter to Seattle's Mayor Harrell and City Council:

10 people hit while walking or biking on Seattle's streets in ONE DAY, on Friday, July 15!

Throughout the last several years the number of collisions in Seattle continues to skyrocket at an increasing rate, especially endangering people of all ages walking and rolling.

Safety on Seattle's streets should be Seattle's # 1 Priority, but the City continues to ignore the crisis.

But more importantly for the future:

The Seattle Transportation Plan currently being drafted does little to address safety and does not reimagine Seattle's streets or its needs.

Its earliest drafts concentrate on traffic throughput and divvies up the roadway accordingly. It presumes traffic volume projections based on decades-old presumptions. It is backward-looking rather than farsighted - it's no more than rearranging chairs on the deck of the Titanic. (See PSRC's projections below).

The final Seattle Transportation Plan should be delayed a bit longer.

It should be drafted in coordination with the Seattle Comprehensive Plan, but it should follow the Comprehensive Plan so that it can be designed to reflect and better support the new, hopefully visionary, Comprehensive Plan and the future of the 21^st Century. 

Friday's tally:

Later that same day a building was hit by a driver and his car:

And earlier that same week a building was almost destroyed by a driver driving a car.

In its Vision 2050 the PSRC estimated that by 2050 the cental Puget Sound Region will have 5.8 million people. That's * twice * the population of the region in 1993. (The 2020 census showed that PRSC may have underestimated the growth by 2%)

That will have immense affect on Seattle's transportation system.

Our roads simply are not capable of handling that amount of traffic * if * we continue our same habits and paradigms.

Some people hope that electric vehicles will change the needs. They won't.

They require the same space and amount of roadway that gas powered vehicles require and have many of the same safety dangers (plus new dangers). The only thing they change is the amount of emissions from their tailpipes, and many scientists think that when the production and disposal of their batteries is included, their net environmental costs may be greater.

The transportation paradigm will change resulting in much less reliance on private automobiles.

As the history of the growth of other cities demonstrates, the paradigm will change whether we plan for it or not.

As cities and regions become more populous worldwide, their reliance on automobiles shrinks. People tend to live and work closer together requiring less commuting. People tend to rely on modern communications systems so that they don't have to travel as much. And most importantly, people tend to rely more on transit, rolling, and walking.

Seattle should wait just a bit longer for a Seattle Transportation Plan that coordinates with, and supports, a new Comprehensive Plan - a Seattle Transportation Plan that leads One Seattle through the change that is happening to a future that works in the 21^st century.

​Lee Bruch

    206-355-4282 cell & text

    Lee....@outlook.com

ARC  -  Aurora Reimagined Coalition

Email: AuroraReimag...@gmail.com

Website: https://www.got99problems.org/ 

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