Bike trails, walkways, paths, bike lanes, dog water bowls, sidewalks, bike rack design and location, crosswalks, water fountains, lighting, bus shelters, bus routes – as you walk, ride or take transit in the City of Shoreline, what do you think is missing? What – and where – are the community’s most important transit, pedestrian and bike needs?
These are the questions Shoreline needs the community to help answer as it updates the Transportation Master Plan (TMP). If you missed the open house held earlier this month, it’s not too late to share your thoughts. Download the Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan Questionnaire and the Transit Plan Questionnaire to fill in and send to the City. Questionnaires must be received by August 31, 2009, to be included in the process.
The TMP is a long-range plan that helps guide how the City develops its Capital Improvement Program, coordinate transportation improvements with land uses and better plan what is needed to respond to growth.
Shoreline is updating the TMP because of the significant changes that have been completed and that are planned for the City’s transportation system since the last update in 2005. Completed changes include the Interurban Trail, first mile of Aurora and the pedestrian bridges. Improving the next two miles of Aurora and new bus rapid transit service from both Metro and Community Transit, not to mention the light rail, are changes that are coming to Shoreline’s transportation system.
For more information, contact Senior Transportation Planner Alicia McIntire at (206) 801-2483, amcintire@shorelinewa.gov.