‘WALK & TALK’: 35th SW Safety Project zone tomorrow, SW Roxbury next Wednesday

The proposal to rechannelize much of 35th SW after years of safety concerns and reduce its speed limit to 30 mph is one of our area’s hottest transportation topics. Your next chance to take your questions directly to the city is on a walking tour tomorrow morning – and you don’t have to walk the whole distance; the city’s graphic, above, shows where they expect to be and when, both for tomorrow’s 35th SW tour and for next Wednesday night’s walking tour of SW Roxbury. In case you can’t read it, here’s the list for tomorrow:

9:00 am – 35th/Avalon
9:30 am – 35th/Dawson
9:45 am – 35th/Juneau
10:15 am – 35th/Morgan
10:45 am – 35th/Holden
11:15 am – 35th/Thistle
11:45 am – 35th/Barton
12:00 pm – 35th/Roxbury

Here’s the official project page with details of what the city’s considering. The design alternatives were unveiled at two meetings in March – our coverage is here and here. Meantime, the West Seattle resident who started a petition opposed to the rechannelization and speed-limit reduction, Bob Neel, sent us the final summary he has sent to SDOT’s project manager Jim Curtinsee it here.

6 Replies to "'WALK & TALK': 35th SW Safety Project zone tomorrow, SW Roxbury next Wednesday"

  • RachaelB May 15, 2015 (4:38 pm)

    I understand the speed concerns on 35th Ave. What I don’t understand is the complete lack of enforcing the rules that are already there. Reducing the number of lanes and reducing the posted speed limit is only going increase congestion and accidents. SPD should make routine patrols and issue tickets around the city of Seattle. Posted speed limits should be that and not suggestions.

  • ChefJoe May 15, 2015 (5:29 pm)

    Quite true Rachael. A fraction of the cost to do the re-striping would pay for an officer to be patrolling that strip 24×7 for a few years (and that’s presuming the ticket revenue on “I-35” wouldn’t fun the officer).

  • West Seattle Hipster May 15, 2015 (6:31 pm)

    The issues on 35th are caused by driver behavior, I don’t see how it could be the design of the street.

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    Install a few crosswalks, turn lanes, and consistently enforce the rules of the road.

  • S May 15, 2015 (9:21 pm)

    I drive 35th a lot, want it to be safer, but think rechanneling it to fewer lanes is an overreaction. Keep it at four.

  • wetone May 15, 2015 (10:51 pm)

    Having a walk on 35th at 9 am is like SDOT did with their parking study on Admiral wy. area in the winter. I really don’t understand SDOT’s thinking. It’s quiet time…. Seattle being downgraded to 13th in bike safe city’s I can see where the almost billion dollar transportation levy will go.

  • jwright May 15, 2015 (11:45 pm)

    If they did it on a weekday I’m sure everyone would be complaining that they couldn’t participate because they had to work.

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