Seattle Transportation Strategic Plan
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
- Strategy OM1 Operate the Transportation System Effectively
- Strategy OM2: Maintain and Preserve the Transportation System
- Strategy OM3 Replace and Rehabilitate Failed Elements of the Transportation
System
- Strategy OM3.1 Maintain Arterial Pavement in a Smooth Condition
- Strategy OM3.2 Reduce Pavement Deterioration Caused by Utility Cuts
- Strategy OM3.3 Minimize Pavement Damage from Heavy Vehicles
- Strategy OM3.4 Replace and Rehabilitate the City's Bridges and Other
Structures
- Strategy OM3.5 Replace and Rehabilitate Traffic Control Devices and
Streetlights
- Strategy OM4 Maintain and Improve Transportation Safety
CARS
- Strategy C1 Optimize General Traffic Flows on Arterial Streets
WALKING
- Strategy W1 Make Street Crossings Safer and Easier
- Strategy W1.1 Upgrade Crossings to Improve Pedestrian Safety and Convenience
- Strategy W1.2 Mark and Maintain Crosswalks
- Strategy W1.3 Ensure Transportation Projects Do Not Create Pedestrian
Barriers
- Strategy W1.4 Adjust Signal Timing to Support Walking
- Strategy W1.5 Use Pedestrian Push Buttons Appropriately
- Strategy W2 Improve the Sidewalk System
- Strategy W2.1 Extend the Sidewalk Network
- Strategy W2.2 Repair and Improve Existing Sidewalks
- Strategy W2.3 Evaluate Policies Governing Responsibility for Sidewalk
Installation, Repair, and Improvement
- Strategy W3 Improve Sidewalk Lighting
- Strategy W4 Use Design Standards that Make Walking Safer and More Attractive
- Strategy W4.1 Review Street Design Standards to Ensure They Support
Pedestrian Needs
- Strategy W4.2 Simplify System for Designating Key Pedestrian Streets
- Strategy W5 Ensure that New Federal Transportation Law Gives Fair Funding
Treatment to Pedestrians
- Strategy W6 Support Innovative Pedestrian Projects
BICYCLING
- Strategy B1 Complete and Expand the City's Urban Trails System
- Strategy B2 Make Improvements to Reduce Barriers and Resolve Bicycle
Safety Problems
- Strategy B3 Ensure that Bicycles Can Cross Bridges Safely and Conveniently
- Strategy B4 Provide Street Space for Bicyclists
- Strategy B5 Encourage Installation of Safe and Convenient Bicycle Parking
- Strategy B6 Ensure that New Federal Transportation Law Gives Fair Funding
Treatment to Bicycles
- Strategy B7 Support Innovative Bicycle Projects
TRANSIT
- Strategy T1 Develop and Implement the Seattle Transit Initiative
- Strategy T2 Improve Transit Speed and Reliability
- Strategy T2.1 Reduce Bottlenecks Where Buses Get Caught in Traffic
- Strategy T2.2 Give Buses Green Lights at Intersections with Signal
Preemption
- Strategy T2.3 Reduce Delays to Buses Leaving and Re-entering Traffic
- Strategy T2.4 Consolidate Bus Stops
- Strategy T2.5 Switch to Low-floor Buses
- Strategy T2.6 Encourage More Efficient Fare Collection Systems
- Strategy T3 Make Transit Convenient, Understandable, and Easy to Use
- Strategy T3.1 Make Bus Stops and Transfer Points More Visible and Comfortable
- Strategy T3.2 Improve Bus Service Information
- Strategy T3.3 Provide Real-time Bus Information
- Strategy T4 Establish and Implement Transit Service Priorities
- Strategy T4.1 Allocate Transit Service to Achieve Basic Mobility and
Ridership Goals
- Strategy T4.2 Evaluate Transit Service Investments Against Clear Performance
Standards for Ridership and Cost-effectiveness
- Strategy T4.3 Ensure that Bus Transit Redeployment is Effective and
Fair
- Strategy T4.4 Update and Integrate City Transit Street Classifications
to Establish a System that Guides Transit Investments
- Strategy T5 Support Equitable and Ridership-oriented Fare Policies
- Strategy T5.1 Participate in Efforts to Reduce Fares
- Strategy T5.2 Explore Opportunities to Expand the Ride Free Area
- Strategy T6 Discourage the Development of Park-and-Ride Lots in Seattle
- Strategy T7 Support and Promote Public Involvement in King County Metro's
Decision-making
- Strategy T8 Encourage Testing of New, Innovative Transit Services and
Technologies
NEW TRANSIT STRATEGIES
- Strategy NT1 Expand Monorail Service
- Strategy NT2 Develop Options and Funding for the Seattle Transit Initiative
Higher Capacity Local Transit Services
- Strategy NT3 Explore Options for Water-based Transit Service
SOUND TRANSIT
- Strategy ST1 Work with Sound Transit to Provide the Best Possible High
Capacity Transit
- Strategy ST2 Secure Effective and Thorough Public Involvement
- Strategy ST3 Use Station Area Planning to Maximize Ridership and Further
Growth Management, Neighborhood Plan, Economic Development, and Revitalization
Objectives
- Strategy ST4 Maximize the Direct Economic Benefits of Sound Transit
Construction
- Strategy ST5 Integrate Infrastructure Investments
- Strategy ST6 Seek Financing for Unfunded System Components
- Strategy ST7 Promote Effective and Fair Redeployment of Transit Service
- Strategy ST8 Promote Bicycle Access to Sound Transit
TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT
- Strategy DM1 Develop a Trip Reduction Initiative
- Strategy DM2 Encourage Flex Pass Programs
- Strategy DM3 Support Vanpool and Carpool Programs
- Strategy DM4 Extend TDM Programs to Small Businesses and Small Business
Organizations
- Strategy DM5 Develop and Encourage Parking Cash-out Programs
- Strategy DM6 Strengthen Transportation Management Programs
- Strategy DM6.1 Update and Improve Older Transportation Management Programs
- Strategy DM6.2 Improve Monitoring and Support of TMP Sites
- Strategy DM6.3 Promote TDM Programs in Residential Development
- Strategy DM7 Establish TDM Grants Program
- Strategy DM8 Develop Seattle Smart Card
- Strategy DM9 Promote Telecommuting
- Strategy DM10 Promote Proximate Commuting
- Strategy DM11 Encourage Car Sharing
- Strategy DM12 Unbundle Parking Spaces from Building Leases
- Strategy DM13 Support Efforts to Evaluate and Reform Transportation
Pricing
- Strategy DM14 Advocate for the Incorporation of TDM Efforts in Major
Corridor Projects
- Strategy DM15 Educate the General Public About the Benefits of Using
Transportation Alternatives and the Costs of Driving Alone
- Strategy DM15.1 Develop Education and Marketing Campaign
- Strategy DM15.2 Develop Transportation Education Programs for Seattle's
Students
- Strategy DM16 Continue Recognizing Successful TDM Programs
- Strategy DM17 Participate in Regional TDM Programs
ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES
- Strategy A1 Incorporate Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Transit Improvements
into Capital Improvement and Major Maintenance Projects
- Strategy A2 Work to Focus the Ferry System on Moving People Rather
than Cars
- Strategy A2.1 Encourage Washington State Ferries to Serve Increased
Demand with Walk-on Passenger Service Rather than Additional Vehicle Capacity
- Strategy A2.2 Improve Transit Connections for Walk-on Ferry Passengers
- Strategy A3 Optimize the People-moving Capacity of Existing Streets
- Strategy A3.1 Use Intelligent Transportation Systems Effectively
- Strategy A4 Use Traffic and Parking Enforcement and Education Programs
to Improve Safety and Mobility
- Strategy A5 Expand Availability of Taxi Stands and Taxi Queuing Areas
- Strategy A6 Improve On-street Traveler Information and Navigation Guides
PROTECTING AND ENHANCING NEIGHBORHOODS
- Strategy N1 Continue Seattle's Neighborhood Traffic Control Program
- Strategy N2 Improve Streetscapes on Central Streets Through Urban Villages
- Strategy N3 Support Development of Full Service Neighborhood Business
Districts
- Strategy N4 Encourage Transit and Pedestrian-oriented Development
- Strategy N4.1 Strengthen Minimum Standards for Pedestrian Conditions
- Strategy N4.2 Make Streets with Substantial Transit Service Pedestrian-friendly
- Strategy N4.3 Use Design Review to Promote Transit-oriented Development
Strategies
- Strategy N4.4 Support Transit Ridership Goals with Appropriate Development
Densities
- Strategy N4.5 Evaluate Density Standards
- Strategy N5 Support Location Efficient Mortgages
- Strategy N6 Expand Use of Street Rights-of-Way for Public Open Space
PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT
- Strategy ENV1: Advocate for More Fuel-efficient Vehicles
- Strategy ENV2: Encourage the Development and Use of Cleaner-fueled
Vehicles
- Strategy ENV3: Reduce the Noise Impacts of Freeway and Arterial Traffic
MOVING FREIGHT AND GOODS
- Strategy FM1: Improve Major Truck Streets to Support Safe, Efficient
Truck Movements
- Strategy FM1.1: Fix Site-specific Obstacles to Truck Movements on Major
Truck Streets
- Strategy FM1.2: Review Design Standards to Ensure that the City's Arterial
Streets Can Accommodate Trucks
- Strategy FM1.3: Improve Pavement Conditions on Truck Access Routes
- Strategy FM2: Minimize Conflicts Between Trucks and Other Transportation
Modes
- Strategy FM2.1: Grade Separate Key Truck Routes at Heavily Used Railroad
Crossings
- Strategy FM2.2: Explore Strategies for Minimizing Other Conflicts Between
Trucks and Other Transportation Modes
- Strategy FM3: Minimize Conflicts Between Rail Facilities and Other
Transportation Modes
- Strategy FM3.1: Relocate Facilities to Avoid Major Conflicts Between
Modes
- Strategy FM3.2: Coordinate Railroad and Traffic Controls to Minimize
Conflicts
- Strategy FM4: Preserve Existing Rail Corridors and Freight Rail Capacity
- Strategy FM5: Evaluate Potential Changes to Regulations of Rail Operations
Across City Streets
- Strategy FM6: Protect and Improve Freight Access to Manufacturing and
Industrial Areas
- Strategy FM7: Develop and Implement Goods Delivery Strategies
- Strategy FM8: Review Marine and Air Access Policies
- Strategy FM9: Develop Funding Partnerships to Promote Projects that
Benefit Freight
- Strategy FM10: Coordinate the City's Work on Freight Mobility Issues
PARKING
- Strategy P1: Review and Revise Parking Requirements
- Strategy P1.1: Review Minimum Parking Requirements for Off-street Parking
- Strategy P1.2: Increase Flexibility to Respond to Specific Local Conditions
- Strategy P1.3: Explore Allowing Off-site Parking for Multi-family Residential
Development
- Strategy P2: Provide Parking Management Assistance to Neighborhoods
- Strategy P3: Support Transition to Centralized Parking
- Strategy P4: Make Parking More Pedestrian-friendly
- Strategy P5: Allow 72-hour On-street Parking
- Strategy P6: Establish and Enforce Curb Space Priorities in Commercial
and Residential Zones
- Strategy P7: Develop Technology-based Off-street Parking Systems
- Strategy P8: Establish Parking Management Strategies Roundtable
FUNDING
- Strategy F1: Increase General Fund Support
- Strategy F2: Increase State Gas Tax Revenues
- Strategy F3: Pursue County Implementation of Local Option Gas Tax
- Strategy F4: Develop and Analyze a Commuter Parking Tax
- Strategy F5: Consider Property Tax Revenues
- Strategy F5.1: Consider Voter-approved General Obligation Bonds
- Strategy F5.2: Consider a Transportation Levy Authority
- Strategy F6: Increase Use of Localized Revenue Sources for Localized
Improvements
- Strategy F7: Support Efforts to Evaluate and Develop Transportation
Pricing Strategies
EVALUATION
- Strategy E1: Monitor TSP Progress in Meeting the Transportation Element
Goals of the Comprehensive Plan
- Strategy E2: Evaluate Transportation Strategies as They are Implemented
to Monitor Their Effectiveness and Provide Feedback for Future Projects
- Strategy E3: Track TSP Implementation