7a Supp
South Harbor Truck Parking Work Group Recommendations Mike Merritt Mike Estey Local Government Manager, Parking Operations Relations Manager & Traffic Permits Port of Seattle SDOT Background Work Group established in response to South Harbor community concerns about heavy-duty trucks parking in the neighborhoods. Initiated by Commissioner Tarleton and co-led by City of Seattle Councilmember Sally Clark Goal: To better understand truck issues in Georgetown and South Park, and to create a collaborative process to develop recommendations to address the issues. .35: "M ' A x, W; 4': :H u Mlllmlulm'l' ' 5mm mum 5mm m mM 'nm US DO! um (in i Work Group Process Representation from environmental, community, regulatory, City of Seattle, and industry 5 meetings to date Key focus areas Identification of truck parking issues Actual land use vs. zoning, freight routes Cargo operations and Clean Air Strategy Development of recommendations Night Truck Parking in Georgetown Night Truck Parking in South Park Findings 1. Trucks parking on residential streets in areas zoned "residential" 2. Trucks parking in areas zoned "industrial", but where there are pockets of residential populations 3. Off-street overnight truck parking would help alleviate the pressure and demand for onstreet overnight truck parking Findings 4. Observation of trucks using non-arterial streets inappropriate for large trucks 5. Voluntary compliance alone may not sufficiently address these issues 6. Additional outreach, education, and awareness of the benefits of anti-idling is needed Recommendations: Truck Parking Communicate streets zoned for residential Patrol and enforce Communicate where overnight truck parking is available and preferred Post signage in problematic locations Work with community and industry Monitor for effectiveness Recommendations: Truck Parking Endorse Port efforts to designate off-street truck parking City should explore off-street truck parking at City-owned sites Explore potential changes to Seattle Municipal Code if necessary T25-South Truck Parking Facility T25-South Truck Parking Insert new visual Truck Parking Area 1.8 acres Recommendations: Truck Routing Re-examine existing truck routes Verify and communicate those designated for regular truck use and routing Enforce use on streets not designated for regular truck use Review truck route signage and supplement if needed Recommendations: Anti-Idling Post advisory "No Idling" signs at movable bridges Identify other locations for advisory signage Support City efforts to adopt a "No Idling" ordinance PSCAA should continue to work with all parties on education and outreach Next Steps Briefing to City Council, April/May 2009 Work plans and timelines being developed T25-South parking facility available, July 2009 Partners working together on communications and outreach
Limitations of Translatable Documents
PDF files are created with text and images are placed at an exact position on a page of a fixed size.
Web pages are fluid in nature, and the exact positioning of PDF text creates presentation problems.
PDFs that are full page graphics, or scanned pages are generally unable to be made accessible, In these cases, viewing whatever plain text could be extracted is the only alternative.