Transportation & Mobility
For too long Seattle has tried to push people out of their cars without providing a better alternative. As gas prices continue to climb in the face of dwindling oil supplies and increasing global demand, and to deal with the threat posed by climate change it’s time we build a transit system for the future. While it was plagued with some management problems Seattle’s Monorail Project had one thing right: grade-separated rail-based rapid transit with fast, frequent and reliable service. Transit investments should be broadly funded from a variety of revenue sources including implementation of a transportation benefit district.
• Rapid Rail Backbone: Build a rail-based rapid transit system that permits people from all over Seattle to get downtown (or elsewhere) with fast, frequent and reliable service. Rail stations in our urban centers and urban villages will encourage new development and enable businesses to locate nearby, creating compact, walkable communities.
• Streetcar Connectors: Implement surface streetcars along key business corridors to allow people to get back and forth. This will enable people to get about their daily errands quickly and efficiently without need for personal automobiles.
• Bus Circulators: Use buses to get people who don’t live near transit stations from where they live to the stations that will get them quickly to their destination.
• Bus Rapid Transit: As interim measures to decrease commute times, and for service to areas where rail infrastructure doesn’t make sense utilize Bus Rapid Transit.
• Greenways & Bicycle Boulevards: Bicycle paths separated from both moving traffic and parked cars that permit our families and elderly to also get around by bicycle safely.
• Connectivity: Our transit system must be a system, with easy connectivity between various modes.
• Freight Corridors: Prioritize freight traffic on key freight corridors and improve intermodal connectivity to make our port the most efficient on the west coast.
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