CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION _________________
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A RESOLUTION relating to transportation; repealing and amending various sections of the Transit Master Plan as adopted by Resolution 31367 and adopting new sections.
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WHEREAS, on April 16, 2012, the Seattle City Council adopted the Seattle Transit Master Plan (TMP) unanimously by Resolution 31367; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 3 of the TMP, "Corridors," identified and described Priority Bus Corridors, a Center City Streetcar Connector, High Capacity Transit Corridors, and Center City bus priority corridors; and
WHEREAS, since the adoption of the TMP, much progress has been made toward implementing the transit recommendation included in the plan, such as:
* City Council adoption of a Locally-Preferred Alternative (LPA) for the Center City Streetcar Connector (Resolution 31526), and completion of the project's Environmental Assessment and Preliminary Engineering;
* Development of an preferred concept for the Madison Street bus rapid transit (BRT) project;
* Conceptual advancement of a Roosevelt bus rapid transit corridor;
* In partnership with Sound Transit, completion of an analysis of multiple high capacity transit alternatives to connect Ballard and Downtown;
* Continued transit speed and reliability improvements, such as bus-only lanes at selected locations throughout the bus network;
* The voter-approved Proposition 1 to maintain and expand bus transit service within Seattle by increasing frequencies and reducing overcrowding on certain routes and provide fare subsidy for low-income riders; and
* The voter-approved Transportation Levy to Move Seattle to regular property taxes for up to nine years to provide transportation improvements, both capital and operating; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the above accomplishments, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has developed a bus rapid transit network plan that refines transit priority corridor development begun in the TMP for the existing ...
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