From:            Bernedine Lund
To:                Commission-Public-Records
Subject:           [EXTERNAL] Public comment for PoS COmmissioner"s meeting on 1-12-21
Date:              Monday, January 11, 2021 9:04:58 PM
Attachments:      PoS Commissioner 1-12-2021.pdf
2020 Number of Flights table.pdf
2019 Number of flights table.pdf
7 Strategies for the degrowth of aviation.pdf

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Here's a public comment with three attachments. Have another vet appt in the
morning but for sure should be back to read the comment. The only way it makes
sense is to also see the two tables and short article. Can you include it all with the
mintues?
Have a good day tomorrow - it rained so much even the dog didn't want to go for a
walk.
This is reaching the 25 mb max, so may have to try again if this does not go out.

Bernedine

PoS Commissioner's meeting, 1-12-2020, Public Comment, Bernedine Lund, resident of Federal
Way, member of QSPS and volunteer for 350 Seattle Aviation Group 
Hello, everyone, 
This week-end I found that data from the noise monitors was available through the end of 2020.
Attached is the summary table for 2020 and for comparison a similar table for the previous year,
2019.
One of the first things someone would notice about either table is that the distribution of the
number of flights vary widely depending on the location of the noise monitor. For the 2020 table
12 noise monitor sites report over 200 jets a day, with Beacon Hill (#9) reporting 512 per day.
This 512 may seem like a smaller than usual number but it is still a jet every 5 minutes for 16
hours a day. Yet, 2020 is consider a slow year for flights. In 2019 there were 13 monitors
reporting over 200 jets per day with 9 of the 13 being over 400 a day, which is about 1 jet every
2 min for 16 hrs a day. 
Having a goal to return to the past number of flights seems unreasonable given the known harm
done to the populations on the ground and the world in general. Rather than striving to return to
the previous number of flights, it seems prudent to take care of the area communities we have
and by looking for ways to decrease the growth of aviation in the area,
Attached is a short article titled "Seven strategies for the degrowth of aviation", which includes
the following strategies: 
End tax exemptions 
Target frequent fliers 
End short haul and domestic flights 
Foster alternatives to flights 
Limit airport growth 
Change tourism 
Change travel polices 
As you can see, this suggests a systemic change in how we live and travel. I encourage you to
review the article and consider how you can take action by not increasing the capacity of the
airport.
Note: the 2020 Flights table does include the number of flights captured by the temp noise
monitor at Nautilus Grade School (#002). I'm still looking to see why there are about half the
number of flights as at Sacajawea (#22). 
Attachments: 1) 2020 Flights, 2) 2019 Flights 3) Seven strategies for the degrowth of aviation

Number of Flights' Measured by PoS Noise Monitors
2020 Jan-July

Noise Monitors                                                                   2020
Corrected data'
Ave#   Ave#
Siteiis                 #      Jan      Fed      Mar      Apr      May     June      July      Aug                                         TotalJan
Sept     Oct      Nov      Dec             flights/_,       flights/
Dec 2020
month   day
Temp at Nautilis Grd Sch     002                                                                                                           3,607      3,607    3,607     120
Air Cargo 4, SeaTac         #01     4,263    5,033     7,620     5,471    4,979    6,788    8,820     8,733     7,674    6,798   5,027    5,548   76,754    6,396     213
Maple Leaf Reservour, Seattle     #03      1,243      723      482       73      101      173      150       141      171      297      381      420    4,355      363      12
C Blain School, Seattle        #04b       122      110      116       53       43       52       44        38      100       85      135       96      994       83       3
Median Ele, Medina         #05        87     616      866      419      775     1,052     1,353     1,343     1,376      594      553      533    9,567      797      27
Hamilton View Park, SW, Seattle   #06        13       36       83       33       42       53       62        72        28       43       29       36      530       44       1
Central Area Sr Center, Seattle    #07       336     447      304      117      214      311      368       437      290      324      343      488    3,979      332      11
Mercer View Community Center ~~ #08         8      39        5        1       14        5        3         5        1       25       22       23      151       13       0

Beacon Hill Reservoir'        #09    29,711   25,077   19,233   5,224 |      See Data Notes       |    7405    10,777   12,391   13,959   14,471  138,248   15,361     512
Brighton Playfield, S Seattle      #10       567     693      520      222   5,067     7,745      202       178      213      372      172      213   16,164    1,347      45
Beverly Pk School, SeaTac      #11    16,758   15,207   13,556    4,512     5,067     7,745     9,415    11,052     9,599   11,518   11,329   11,780  127,538   10,628     354
S$ 126, Burien            #12      2,551    3,493    4,654     2,817    2,509    3,373    4,850     5,661     5,018    3,918     3,129    3,058   45,031    3,753     125
Cedarhurst Middle Sch, Bruien    #13    12,447   10,859    8,209    2,093     2,535    3,955    4,605     5,439     5,455    7,183     7,679    7,459   77,918    6,493     216
N Clear Zone, SeaTac         #14    12,884   10,494    9,038     3,008     2,837    4,586     6,407     7,253     6,690    7,298     8,765     8,353   87,613    7,301     243
Sylvester Mid Sch, Burien       #15       389     264      171       91      139      115      208       198      223      201      242      335    2,576      215       7
Chinook Mid Sch, SeaTac       #16      1,840    1,460      623       89      117      101       81        65      138      419      734      718    6,385      532      18
S 207th St, SeaTac"         #17    15,605   14,793   13,812    4,953    5,343    7,728   10,032    11,995   10,074   11,544    9,866     9,068  124,813   10,401     347
S 226 St, Des Moines         #18    14,970   14,242   13,301    4,737   5,047    7,439     9,669    11,539     9,633   11,017   10,863   10,930  123,387   10,282     343
Midway Ele, 24 Ave S, Des Moin ~~ #19    15,382   13,359   11,142     3,834    4,246    5,804     6,499     7,701     6,497    9,363     9,673   10,003  103,503    8,625     288
Parkside Ele, S 247, Des Moin     #20    14,302   12,382     9,828     2,946    1,522    2,302     2,560     5,534     5,302    8,096     8,216    8,433   81,423    6,785     226
Mark Twain Ele, Star Lake, FW    #21    14,387   12,019    8,934     2,461    3,016    4,383    4,478     5,565     5,529    8,070    8,852    9,067   86,761    7,230     241
Sacajawea Jr H, FW         #22    10,886   11,329    8,724    3,184    3,771    5,505     7,334     9,145     7,850    7,964    6,958    7,053   89,703    7475     249
Meredith Hills Sch, S300, Auburn ~~ #23       297     195       76       29       25       33       95       150       68      107      110      106    1,291      108       4
Twin Lakes Ele, 42 PI SE, FW     #25       374     356      236       67       83      188      115       103       89      187      121       82    2,001      167       6
Woodmont Ele, 16 Ave S, Des M  ~~ #28    13,862   13,375   11,157     3,765    4,231    6,331     8,157     9,836    8,461    9,630    9,107    9,363  107,275    8,940     298

General Comments
1 - Count of SEL measures used to estimate count of flights; some flights
are counted 2 or more times, giving an overestimate of 2-4% of flights
2 - See Noise Monitor Map for location of noise monitors.

3 - Calculations for totals and averages has been corrected to show data for 9 months for Monitor #9.

4 - Monitor #17 not transmitting between starting mid day Nov 27, when monitor pole is hit by
car, and Dec 6. This table does not include corrections made in est flights during the
9.5 days data was not available.

5 - Temp Monitor #002 at Nautilus Grade School, Federal Way, data posted starting 12-1-2020
Data Notes - see outlined boxes in table. May - Aug 7 - Monitor #9 at Beacon Hill
was not transmitting data.

1-11-2021 Airlines/SEL data/Tables

Number of Flights Measured by PoS Noise Monitors
Jan-Dec 2019

Noise Monitors                                                                            2019                                                            2019

Ave #     Ave #
Site                        Jan      Feb                                                                                         Total
Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sept    Oct    Nov                 flights/  flights/d
2019
Mo     ay
Air Cargo 4, SeaTac          #1     11,929    8,798  14,792   11,630  12,456   10,458   7,060    7,371    5,686   6,830    8203    3941 109,154      9,096      303
Maple Leaf Reservoir, Seattle      #3        714     361     505     737     476     631     588     410     607     780     425    1158    7,392       616       21
C Blain School, Seattle         #4b       102      67      72      95      79      83      92      83      85      98      86     147    1,089        91        3

Median Ele, Medina          #5        861    1,895   2,874    1,875    2,565    1,710    1,248    1,938    1,477    1,239    2323     262   20,267      1,689       56
Hamilton View Park, SW, Seattle     #6         47      59      80      48     104      65      67      58      57      56      63      19     723        60        2

Central Area Sr Center, Seattle      #7        496     696    1,224     778    1,286     870    1,154    1,120     994     550    1065     522   10,755       896       30

Mercer View Community Center     #8         12        5       8      16      20       4      21      13       5       9        7      14     134        11        C

Beacon Hill Reservoir          #9     10,883   18,575  20,960  22,067    9,141   18,367  17,181   14,172   14,454  17,001   20753   27509 211,063     17,589      586
Brighton Playfield, S Seattle      #10       515     537     580     592     603     582     852     738     641     690     753     724.   7,807       651.       22
Beverly Pk School, SeaTac       #11    16,064   13,450  15,639   15,763   16,785   17,629  18,900   18,586   16,897  16,844   15644   17361. 199,562     16,630:     554
S 126, Burien            #12      4,662    5,567   8,102    6,542    7,867   6,538   7,194   8,161    5,466   6,135    7478    3042   76,754      6,396:     213
Cedarhurst Middle Sch, Bruien     #13    11,460   8,841  10,075   11,698   12,099   12,003  12,582   12,493   12,244  11,720   11585   12850 139,650     11,638:     388
N Clear Zone, SeaTac         #14    14,311   11,524  13,179   15,135   14,383   14,082  13,410   13,089   11,688  11,653   11115   11642 155,211     12,934-     431
Sylvester Mid Sch, Burien       #15      2,849     369      42     455     423     270     173     210     315     344     394     490   6,334       528.       18
Chinook Mid Sch, SeaTac       #16      1,642     859     704    1,312    1,419    1,376     222      91     923    1,263     953    1155   11,919       993       33
S 207th St, SeaTac          #17    15,668   13,675  15,892   15,997   17,295   18,114  19,211   19,549   17,369  17,339   15774   16381 202,264    16,855      562

S 226 St, Des Moines         #18    14,811   13,057  15,480   15,341   16,644  17,523  18,619   19,028   16,806  16,655   15645   15824 195,433     16,286      543
Midway Ele, 24 Ave S, Des Moin     #19    12,580    9,557   9,470   11,432   11,654   13,946  14,712   13,630  14,145  13,677   10721   16070 151,594    12,633      421
Parkside Ele, S 247, Des Moin      #20    11,982    8,933   9,379   10,993   11,275   13,410  14,469   13,387   13,449  12,621    9998   15202 145,098     12,092      403
Mark Twain Ele, Star Lake, FW     #21     11,619    8,125   8,643   10,419   10,109  12,536  12,199   12,371   12,939  12,040    9481   14881 135,362     11,280     376
Sacajawea Jr H, FW          #22     12,121   10,717  13,450   13,264   14,748   15,431  16,063   16,665   14,502   13,825   13757   13684 168,227     14,019:     467
Meredith Hills Sch, S300, Auburn    #23       139     170     144     132     115     166     218     101     252     293     114     243    2,087       174        6
Twin Lakes Ele, 42 PI SE, FW      #25       358     230     343     272     404     454     366     238     366     391     236     653    4,311       359       12
Woodmont Ele, 16 Ave S, Des Moin   #28    13,906   12,089  14,350   14,803   16,292   16,854  18,050   18,273   16,186   9,078   14764   15361 180,006    15,001      500


1 - Count of SEL measures used to estimate count of flights; there
may be small percentage (< 5%) of the counts that are due to noise other than aircraft
2 - Location of noise monitor in relation to airport. See Noise Monitor Locations map.





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network Stay Grounded, discusses seven strategies to reduce
flying and build a just transport system.




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'Stop the expansion of the airport': Protesters form a red line at Barcelona's El Prat Airport to call for an
end to the growth of the aviation industry

Magdalena Heuwieser
Mon 22 Jul 2019

only way to counter the harmful climate impacts of aviation is reduced flying. In
current discussions, the focus often remains on an individual level, shaming
people who fly, but this is too narrow an approach. At the moment, everything

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encourages people to fly, be it cheap prices, advertisement or simply a lack of
alternatives  it is no wonder that the number of flights is growing dramatically.
For every one person that decides to stop flying, we might see 50 more start: if
this is something we want to avoid, we need structural changes.

On 12-14 July in Barcelona, the 'Degrowth of Aviation' conference
discussed
seven different measures to reduce aviation. The conference
was organized by
the Stay Grounded Network and brought together 150 people from all
over the
world, without a single flight being taken. Present were scientists, climate
activists, feminist initiatives, NGOs, trade unions, social movements and
neighbourhood initiatives from Barcelona who fight mass tourism and the
expansion of the airport, as well as initiatives fostering alternatives like night
trains and sailing ships. On the last day of the conference,
we took direct
action, forming a red line at the airport in Barcelona to show our opposition to
further growth.

While there are many more ways to reduce aviation and build
a just transport
system, seven of them were discussed in detail.

1. End tax exemptions

While taxes do not solve all problems, it is no option to continue with indirect
and unjust subsidies for the aviation industry. Kerosene and flight
tickets need
to be taxed at rates similar to or higher than other modes of
transport. Since on
an EU or worldwide level, this is currently hard to implement, countries should
take those steps and make bilateral agreements with others
to also put taxes
on international flights. The revenues should be used to foment alternatives
to
flying.

2. Target frequent flyers

In addition to ending tax privileges for the aviation industry,
the injustice
involved in aviation can be targeted by implementing
a frequent flyer levy. On a
worldwide scale, more than 80 per cent of people have
never flown, while for a
few, flying even several times a year has become a normality. These
are
usually wealthy people  and their mode of living is sustained to the detriment
of those already facing down the climate crisis. Therefore,
it is proposed that a
levy (for example 100 [90]) is implemented when someone takes their
second flight in one year  the cost then doubles with each flight
taken that
year. This way, people who only very rarely fly to visit their family in another

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continent are not disadvantaged, while everyone is disincentivised to fly more
frequently. The revenues would go to making environmentally friendly transport
modes like trains more affordable, and to support sectors dependent on tourism
and flights to transition towards climate jobs.

Christine Tyler/ Stay Grounded

The Degrowth of Aviation conference attendees

3. End short haul and domestic flights

The above price mechanisms have to go along with limiting those flights that

can easily be transferred to trains or buses. This measure can be implemented
with offering
very quickly in the coming years, and a ban must go hand-in-hand
more and better alternatives.

4. Foster alternatives to flights

In Europe, the train infrastructure has to be improved, offering comfortable night
trains, good connections and accessible booking systems. High speed trains
are not necessarily the best alternative, since energy use rises exponentially
with speed. We have to consider whether a transport system compatible with
the limits of our planet and the climate crisis might also mean slower travel and
trade. Of course, we should also be researching into the possibilities of a
modern shipping industry based around renewable energy, as well as providing
good online conference systems in order to avoid work travel.

5. Limits for airports

Expanding airports and constructing new ones both accommodates rising
demand for flights and creates a business impetus to boost demand, to fill the
growing capacity. There are about 1,200 airport infrastructure projects around
the world. Many of them are connected to violations of human rights and
destruction of biodiversity or agricultural land. Airports also put people under
constant noise and pollution pressure. Putting moratoria on new airport
infrastructure, establishing limits for flight numbers and noise and scaling down
existing airports wherever possible are all important ways to stop the growth of
the sector.

Christine Tyler / Stay Grounded

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'Stop the expansion of the El Prat Airport, pollution, tourism, climate
change'

6. Change tourism

The consequences of over-tourism are hitting more and more cities and
countries and are closely connected to low-cost airlines and the growth of the
aviation sector. Some cities already put limits on the number of cruisers that are
allowed to enter the port or limit entrance to overcrowded areas. In Barcelona,
social movements are fighting against platforms like Airbnb that contribute to
rising rents and gentrification. Putting different kinds of limits on tourism on a
city level is one way to deal with the problem, while another is to support
behaviour change and foment other forms of travel. This might include reducing
work hours and establishing the right to take sabbaticals, so that the need for
quick one-week holidays is reduced.

7. Change travel policies in institutions

While most of the above measures would need to be established at
a
government policy level, universities, NGOs, trade unions and other institutions
could also take the lead and serve as role-models by implementing travel
policies that support a more sustainable mode of transport. For now, travel
policies mostly follow the pattern that the cheapest and fastest way to travel is
given every advantage. This forces people to take the plane even if they don't
want to. Changing the policies can mean committing to higher travel costs,
allowing for more time spent on the journey to be counted as working time, and
setting clear reduction targets (instead of 'offsetting' flight emissions, which is
nothing more than a sale of indulgences).

The conference ended with a call to action: "In order to bring about this
needed
change, a hands-on approach is necessary, and everyone can participate,"
said Stay Grounded''s Mira Kapfinger. "We need social movements demanding
this in the streets, we need direct actions at airports,
we need science,
institutions, companies and individuals showing the advantages of staying
grounded and slow travel, and we need civil society pressuring governments."

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