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Traffic Advisory

Submitted by chad360 on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 1:27pm.

Do advisory role(s) exist for the citizenry of Olympia on the topic of traffic design?

I'm looking for a "vehicle" for citizen input on traffic design in Olympia, and a way to create citizen-directed transportation studies.

Any thoughts?

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i'm not sure

Submitted by a.future.with.n... on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 1:29pm.

i don't have any direct advise for you, but if i were in your shoes, i'd track down Meta Hogan. She's the best person to answer questions like these.

Two possible

Submitted by emmettoconnell on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 2:07pm.

Either the planning commission or the bike/ped advisory committee. The planning commission because it has to do with how the city grows, and the bike ped because it is intrinsically about transportation.

Emmett is correct...

Submitted by Matthew Green on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 6:49pm.

...about the planning commission and the bike/ped committee. They are the closest things to a transportation advisory committee. However, while both of these committees intersect heavily with transportation, neither is specifically focused on transportation.

There are still many major city transportation decisions made with little or no citizen input -- for example, which big road projects should the city apply for grants for. Such things are more often a result of either one part of town pushing for their project (the best case scenario) or a result of transportation staff making their own decisions without talking to the public (the all-too-common worst case scenario).

I recommend you decide where your personal transportation focus is. For overall growth patterns, do planning commission. For bike/ped stuff, do bike/ped committee. For a specific project in a specific neighborhood, rally your neighborhood to hassle the city council. For anything else, create your own.

Matthew

Also

Submitted by Katherine on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 2:19pm.

There's also talk around town about alley projects downtown and using them as real pathways for peds and bikes. A lot of repair work needs to be done before we can even talk about asthetics, but these could potentially be interesting, safe and engaging areas instead of dead zones.

we should talk

Submitted by Rob Richards on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 12:49am.

The "Alley Reclamation Project", as I've dubbed it in my head is something that I've been excited about. If there are other folks in town talking the same stuff we should all get together. I lost some of my steam when the weather turned, but this is the perfect time for planning.

IT

Submitted by rebecca on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 12:45am.

I don't know about road design type stuff. But for public transportation, I believe Intercity Transit has a Citizen Advisory Committee.

Board of Directors

Submitted by emmettoconnell on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 7:10am.

IT has a board of directors on which citizens, in addition to elected officials, serve. The citizen positions are appointed by the board itself.

alleys

Submitted by ktk on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 8:19am.

I like this idea, like alleys and would like to see them used as an alternative to road for bikes and pedestrians.

ktk

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