CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION __________________
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A RESOLUTION requesting reports from the Seattle Department of Transportation, the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections, and Seattle Center identifying transportation projects in the vicinity of the Seattle Center Arena and describing the process for administering the Arena Access Management Plan.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle ("City") is committed to investing in improving all modes of transportation; and
WHEREAS, the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the renovation of the Seattle Center Arena identifies significant transportation related impacts; and
WHEREAS, the City and Oak View Group share a goal of reducing the rate of private vehicle trips to events at the Seattle Center Arena over time; and
WHEREAS, the draft Arena Access Management Plan (August 2018) identified preliminary mode share goals of 31 percent of National Hockey League or National Basketball Association game attendees walking, biking, taking transit, or the monorail by 2020, increasing to 38 percent by 2025 and 49 percent by 2035; and
WHEREAS, the City's Comprehensive Plan has a mode share goal for the Uptown Urban Center of 85% of non-work trips using travel modes other than driving alone by 2035.
WHEREAS, mode share goals for the Seattle Center Arena have been established as part of the Master Use Permit for the project.
WHEREAS, regardless of other transportation modes, all event attendees will be pedestrians at some point during their trip; and
WHEREAS, the City has a goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2050, and recognizes the environmental benefits of sustainable modes of transportation such as walking, biking, and taking transit; and
WHEREAS, the City is committed to building a safe, basic bike network for all Ages, Languages, Ethnicities, Genders, Races, and Abilities (ALEGRA); and
WHEREAS, new Sound Transit light rail stations are scheduled to open beginning in 2021, including a station at Seattle Center in 2...
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