New Sound Transit Link light rail stations are coming to NE 130th and NE 148th Streets

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Posted: January 12, 2021

Sound Transit reports below on the status and outlook for NE 130th and NE 148th stations.

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Summary 

  • The Shoreline South/148th Link light rail station is planned to open in 2024. The NE 130th St Station is scheduled to open in 2031, however in February 2020 the Sound Transit Board approved advancing final design and may consider opening the station sooner. 
  • In our NE 130th St & Shoreline South/148th Stations Multimodal Access Study, we created a roadmap for future improvements to make it easier to walk, roll, bike or take transit to these stations.   
  • We want to make it safe, and convenient for people of all ages and abilities to walk, roll, bike, and take transit to the future light rail stations. 
  • Together, the 18 proposed projects create a complete network to support multimodal access to the future stations, as well as the proposed SR 522 Bus Rapid Transit Stations along NE 145th St. 
  • As part of this study, we also identified potential funding sources for each of the projects. This is a helpful guide for future investments! 
  • We will coordinate project concepts from this study with other city departments and partner agencies in the study area. 

Multimodal access studies – like this one for NE 130th St & Shoreline South/148th St stations – create a roadmap for future improvements to make it easier to walk, roll, bike or take transit. 

The Shoreline South/148th Link light rail Station is planned to open in 2024. The NE 130th St Station is scheduled to open in 2031, however in February 2020 the Sound Transit Board approved advancing final design and may consider opening the station sooner. 

To build fully-connected, multimodal transportation systems, regional transportation teams rise to the challenge. We work collaboratively to build a transportation ecosystem that ensures all the assets in our region – Link light rail stations, sidewalks, bus routes, and more – fit together to keep you connected. Transportation investments require significant coordination and partnership between different agencies to make a complete and seamless system that gets people around the region. 

Read the full report at this link.

 

Speed Limit Reduced to 25 MPH on 3rd Ave. NW

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Posted: December 31, 2020

A couple years ago Seattle passed an ordinance to lower speed limits on arterials.  Unless posted differently arterial speed limit is 25 MPH.  It has taken a while to change the signs on arterials around town, but recently the signs on 3rd Ave. NW changed from 30 MPH to 25 MPH.

Neighbors near 3rd Ave. NW have urged lower speed limits, for pedestrian safety, so this is a step toward that.  

We will need to adjust our “auto pilot” speed when we drive on 3rd Ave. NW.

How to avoid online holiday scams

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Posted: December 22, 2020

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Tis’ the season for online holiday shopping AND holiday scams! Be vigilant for any sketchy or unexpected calls, texts or email. Additionally, with so many of us working from home it’s important to keep our work and personal digital lives separate.  Here are some tips that may help you avoid holiday shopping scams.

  1. Choose carefully where you shop and make sure it’s a legitimate retailer. Don’t click on the email or text links for “amazing offers” as it may take you to a fake website. If you’re unsure, don’t use the link and either type a website address directly into the address bar or search for it and follow the search results.
  2. Use a secure payment platform, such as PayPal, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Using these platforms means the retailer doesn’t even see your payment details. Use a credit card when shopping on line, if you have one. Most major credit card providers protect online purchases. There are also services such as Privacy that provide virtual payment cards, allowing you to use a temporary card number for online payments but may not provide the same protection. Always check the terms and conditions before your sign up.
  3. Provide only enough detail to complete your purchase. Fill in the mandatory details which are usually marked with an asterisk (*) Be wary if it asks for security details, such as your mother’s maiden name, to complete the purchase.
  4. Watch your transactions carefully monitoring for fraudulent charges that may get buried among your holiday gifts.
  5. Keep your accounts secure by using unique and strong passwords for each account. Hackers would like nothing better than stealing one password and using it on all your accounts. Make sure that your important accounts (email, banking, social media, shopping, and payment, like PayPal) are protected by strong passwords that you don’t use anywhere else.
  6. Watch out for suspicious emails, calls and text messages. If something doesn’t feel right, delete it.
  7. Act quickly if things go wrong. If your credit or debit card has been used by someone else, let your bank know immediately so they can block it.

SPD Seeks Community Feedback on Draft Use of Force, Crowd Management Policies

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Posted: December 17, 2020

The Seattle Police Department is committed to on-going critical review, learning, and iterative reform of policies, procedures, and training, and is looking to engage the community in ongoing innovation and change.

As part of the consent decree process, SPD is reviewing and revising its crowd management and use of force policies.  These policies are being revised based on internal recommendations from SPD’s Force Review Board, insights from OPA, the OIG, and the CPC, and recommendations from the public.  As required under the Consent Decree, SPD has provided ideas on policy revision to the CPC, OPA, OIG, the Department of Justice, and the Monitoring Team. SPD hopes to have policies in form as approved by the DOJ and Monitoring Team submitted for court approval in 2021. 

Now, SPD is looking for continued feedback from the public and stakeholders. SPD understands that many in the community have questions and concerns about these policies.  For purposes of transparency and soliciting feedback from as many community members as possible, and to inform further discussion, SPD is providing these policies in draft form at this time.  Comments or suggestions relating to these policies may be submitted to SPD, anonymously if you so choose, using the following form.  Comments or questions may also be submitted to the OIG, OPA, or the CPC.  

SPD further understands that there may be very divided opinions within the community.  As it has pledged to the CPC, SPD pledges to the community at large to be open and transparent with respect to questions raised and its engagement with all stakeholders in the iterative process of policy development and review.  While SPD will not be able to respond individually to each comment or suggestion received, each will be shared with OPA, OIG, the CPC, the DOJ, and the Monitoring Team for consideration as revisions and discussions take place.  

Please review the following draft policies and provide feedback via the survey links embedded at the end of each individual document.

SPD looks forward to your comments and ideas on the future of policing services in Seattle. We are accepting feedback through January 8th, 2021.

Use of Force Core Principles 

Use of Force Definitions 

De-Escalation 

Using Force 

Use of Force –Tools 

Use of Force – Reporting and Investigation 

Reviewing Use of Force 

Crowd Management, Intervention, and Crowd Dispersal 

Seattle Parks and Recreation seeking input on renovating the Bitter Lake Play Area and Comfort Station

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Posted: December 1, 2020

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Seattle Parks and Recreation invites the community to take a short survey in this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BitterLake1 and provide input on the renovation of the Bitter Lake play area and comfort station/restroom. This is an opportunity to provide feedback on the restroom renovation and let the design team know the desired types of play elements you would like to see in the renovated play area. Please visit the park, 13035 Linden Ave. N, and share this survey with your neighbors.

The project will provide a modern, all-gender comfort station/restroom facility, as well as new play equipment that provides play opportunities for all abilities. In addition, the project will make safety and accessibility improvements that meet the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

For more information please visit https://www.seattle.gov/parks/about-us/current-projects/bitter-lake-playfield-play-area-and-comfort-station-renovation or contact Kevin Bergsrud at kevin.bergsrud@seattle.gov or 206-684-5831.

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A Look Back to the Future: Seattle-Everett Interurban Electric Railway

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Updated: November 24, 2020

By Will Murray

A southbound Hammond Car at Ronald Station [Today 175th and Aurora near Ronald Place]. A small car like this ran on 145th to the Seattle Golf and Country Club NW 145th and 3rd NW from 1911 – 1921. Larger Interurban cars ran these tracks from Seattle to Everett 1910-1939  [Courtesy, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections.]

 

Courtesy of ‘Seattle by Trolley’ Warren Wing, Lawton Gowey Collection

 

A Southbound Siemens-built S70 car Artist concept of Shoreline South/145th Station to be completed 2025 and presently under construction. Courtesy of Sound Transit

 

At the turn of the 20th Century Broadview residents worked on farms, fishing or in lumber mills and a roundtrip to downtown Seattle was a grueling 8 hour buggy ride. Automobiles were scarce, and trains were plentiful when Seattle commuters were tempted to try the Puget Sound Electric Railway: “Hourly service… Baggage Checked Free… Low Rates.. Fast Time.. No Cinders… No Smoke”. Then in 1910 a commuter could board an electric rail car at 5th and Pike and be whisked sixteen miles north to Forest Park [now Lynnwood] in 45 minutes for 40 cents! The Seattle – Everett Traction Company’s Interurban train cars slowly traversed Westlake and Phinney Ridge until North of 85th St where it reached speeds exceeding 60mph through old growth stands of Doug Fir and tiny communities such as Groveland, Bitter Lake, Ronald and Forest Park. The Interurban Trains running every hour on the hour spurred development of communities and created economic growth carrying market fresh produce, timber and commuters. As highways like State Route 99  were built and upgraded to Expressways they witnessed the rise of the automobile and the demise of Interurban railways nationwide in the early 1940s.

 In 2016 Seattle’s car population stood at 637 cars per 1,000 residents totaling 435,000 according to a Seattle Times study and roadways often clogged with traffic. Today many Seattle residents labor over keyboards furthering the Information age. Universities and employers alike provide all access transit passes while many people forgo the expense of automobile ownership. In December of 2000, Sound Transit launched rail service between Seattle and Tacoma and began planning for light rail. Then in 2009 the Central Line was launched with Service between Tukwila and Seattle featuring electric rail cars on elevated tracks. Commuter rail returned to the Seattle area and so did the ridership averaging 80,000 commuters a day in 2009. An extension to Northgate is expected to open in September 2021 and continue onto Lynnwood by 2025. That 40 cent ticket to Lynwood in 1910 will probably be in the $4-$5 range by 2025.

Take a trip back in time at Lynwood’s Heritage park where Car 55 a 1909 Interurban single-ended wooden electric train car resides. To learn more local history visit: Heritage Park site

 

 

Community Council Meeting Recap

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Posted: November 20, 2020

Here is a brief recap of the Nov. 17th Broadview Bitter Lake Community Council meeting.

Alysun Deckert shared that she is coordinating a group to cook meals for families at Compass Housing on N 132nd each Thursday.  They are looking for more volunteers to help out.  So far they are only 2 weeks into their new adventure and have had great feedback from the families. For more information please contact Alysun at Alysun1@icloud.com

Diane Vickers, PTA President for Broadview-Thomson brought us up to date on the activities at Broadview-Thomson including their new sign on the front of the building!  She shared details about their Giving Tree, You can stop by the school and pick up a tag or use the following form (https://forms.gle/c839KTpSrRZvjUVx8)  She also reviewed their Food Program, School Supplies needed, Upcoming Virtual Auction and fantastic attendance rates at the school.  Sadly they will not be having their Christmas Tree Sale this year… but there are so many other ways to donate.  See their website for more details on all of these programs….    https://broadviewthomsonpta.com They also have a facebook page you can follow 

https://www.facebook.com/pg/BTPK8PTA.  In addition, you can join the PTA or just sign up on their mailing list to keep updated on their activities.

Speaking of schools in our area…. A panel for Viewlands Elementary, presented the plans for constructing a Brand New School on the Viewlands site. It looks like it will be amazing!  Here is a link to the details for the project…. Be sure to check out the video!

https://www.seattleschools.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=627&pageId=87862713

Katrina Scarlett, a member of the Development Team for Mary’s Place, reviewed the mission of Mary’s Place and why they had to move from their site on 130th which was not set up for COVID safety…. as well as ways to donate to help them out….  Here is a link to the list of items they need…. They are encouraging giving gift cards which are easier to distribute.  There are also two drop off locations for clothing and household items… in downtown Seattle and SODO.   

https://www.marysplaceseattle.org/share-your-stuff

Last but not least…  North Helpline shared ways to donate to help them out.  They have two locations.. One right here in the Bitter Lake area across the street from the Community Center in the SHAG apartment building.  They are open Thurs thru Sat, 10am to 2pm and available to take food donations.  They not only do food distribution, but also do assistance to prevent utility shut off and eviction.  They have recently expanded to include Home Delivery and are expected to reach 300 families.  In addition, they are doing a big turkey drive for the upcoming holiday.  Check out their website for ways to help….  www.northhelpline.org

Our next Virtual meeting will be in February… so keep a watch out for the announcement.  That is the annual meeting where we vote on Board members so be sure to attend.  Also let us know if you have any interest in being on the Board or starting up a committee.  We have had a request for someone to follow new construction in our area to let us know about comment periods and for someone to help with the website and calendar and possibly setting up HOOTSuite.  You can be a member at large or just head up a committee…  Let us know if you can help 🙂

In the mean time… Stay safe and Healthy and enjoy your Holidays..

Broadview-Bitter Lake Community Council Meeting Nov. 17

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Updated: November 14, 2020

Hey there Community, We apologize for the delay in communicating with you.  It has taken us a while to re-group to the “New Normal”.  We’ve missed you and thought you would like to know what is happening in our neighborhoods so we’ve asked a few people to come and talk to us…   Please join us for a virtual meeting on November 17th starting at 7pm….

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkduyoqjIqGNJNJ8J_Or5xpni76liMmp2d
November 17th starting at 7pm, join Broadview Bitter Lake Community Council to hear what is happening in our neighborhoods.
 
Here is what we have planned..  If you have something you would like to add, please let us know at least a few days before so we can get you on the agenda… (email address is below)
 
Mary’s Place will give us an update about where they are now and what their current needs are for the season.
 
N. Helpline will let us know how they are holding up in the pandemic and what their families need.
 
Viewlands Elementary is excited to tell us about the upcoming construction!
 
Broadview Elementary will fill us in on virtual learning and their upcoming (hopefully) Spring auction…. (their auctions are sooo much fun!)
 
There will be time for questions. We look forward to seeing you all again and catching up!

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