Bike + Transit Meetup Saturday Afternoon

Eastlake BRT Open House

Designs for Move Seattle's "RapidRide Plus" will be rolled over the next few years. It has become clearer of late that the "Plus" meant "Rapid Ride Plus Other Things", not plus as in "better than Rapid Ride". SDOT views these not as transit corridors, but as multimodal corridors (something that wasn't necessarily clear to voters last fall). But overlaid promises (Move Seattle, the Bike Master Plan, etc) require all of us to recognize that there will be both wins and losses for bike and transit advocates on these corridors.

If the recent Eastlake/Roosevelt outreach round was any indication, there is the potential for conflicts between bike/transit advocacy interests, especially on the narrower corridors. If you believe those nascent divisions are unnecessary and want to find ways to rally around shared goals (like reducing on-street parking, or resisting excessive general traffic lanes), come out this Saturday from 1-3pm for a "Multimodal Meetup" at the Impact HUB (2nd/Washington in Pioneer Square).

From the Facebook event:

How can Seattle's transit, walking, and biking advocates work together to create a safe and reliable transportation system?

This meetup is a first step towards cooperative advocacy.

We'll be using the Move Seattle Levy as lens. The levy promised to implement 7 Rapid Ride Plus corridors by 2024. The levy also promises to implement walking and biking safety projects along some of these corridors and along other priority transit corridors (such as Pike/Pine). We'll be looking at these corridors and discussing potential ways to work towards bold solutions that prioritize people who walk, bike, and take transit.

Co-sponsored by the Seattle Transit Blog, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, Cascade Bicycle Club, Transportation Choices Coalition, and Feet First (contact gordon@seattlegreenways.org if your organization would like to be involved).