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Subject:            Thoughts on Freight Mobility                  I   /Meeting of Mao/CIA 29,31
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A few thoughts about what the Freight Advisory Board and the Port might promote as a pro-
transportation agenda:

VMT: The City Council is considering inclusion in the Comprehensive Plan of a goal of a reduction in
"Vehicle Miles Traveled", of perhaps 18%, based on a recent conversation at the March 23 meeting
of the Committee On The Built Environment. This presumably includes all vehicles except public
transit. At least one Council member has openly endorsed induced congestion as a tool of traffic
management. The deleterious impacts of idling vehicles stuck in traffic - pollution and wasted time --
are ignored by SDOT because, it alleges, it cannot quantify these with sufficient precision. That
sounds disingenuous, and a frontal assault on mobility.

ROAD DIETS: SDOT officials say they evaluate arterials due for repaving, and the evaluation
(coincidentally?) usually involves proposals for constraining capacity. The Freight Advisory Board
should be consulted BEFORE Road Diet preliminaries are undertaken inside SDOT, so that the
significance of the specific arterial to freight transportation can be considered at all phases.

ROAD DIETS: Elected officials often dismiss insights from businesses and citizens because they lack
"data", which are only available from SDOT and thus promote SDOT's agenda. The Port can create
credible and objective data -- it's perhaps the only independent source available -- and the Freight
Advisory Board can demand to be a participant in the formulation of SDOT studies.

ROAD DIETS: Advocates, acolytes and apologists say that each and every Road Diet has
"succeeded". Some have been harmless inconveniences, some have been outright detrimental -- but
credible coherent presentations in responsible forums have been lacking. Both the Port and the
Freight Advisory Board can help review the more problematic Road Diets. The first Road Diet to be
reversed or substantially modified will end the perception that these are irreversible.

PLANNING: The ad-hoc promotion of Road Diets would be less legitimate if it confronted a coherent
mobility plan connecting industrial zones with each other and the region at large. Even though the
next few years will bring construction-induced disruptions to transportation throughout west-central
Seattle, a meaningful plan could be a bulwark against ongoing degradation of our transportation
network.

-- Kirk Robbins

From:            scompost@q.com
Sent:              Monday, March 28, 2011 12:18 PM
To:               Mailbox, Regional-Transportation
Subject:            freight meeting

I cannot make your meeting tomorrow on Tuesday but I do have some questions:

1) Nickerson used to carry some/much truck trafc. Now when I drive Nickerson during the day I rarely, if
ever, see any trucks. Wht is the reason for this

2) Mercer Place W is being deluged with trucks. How does freight trafc feel about this? why are there so
much more trafc on this link?

3) where is the freight trafc going when they use Mercer Place W? to 1-5? downtown? 99?

thank you,

susan casey
3227 14th Ave W

Subject:            FW: Port of Seattle Commission Roundtable: Seattle Freight Mobility,3/29 10:30 am, Pier 69

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Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:46 PM             R0 M1 6&0'1','
To: Brown, LaTonja
Subject: Re: Port of Seattle Commission Roundtable: Seattle Freight Mobility,3/29 10:30 am, Pier 69

I will be unable to attend, however I would like my input to you shared.
With the construction going on near T46 and with the volume of freight1ncreasing in the Port of Seattle. I feel it
is a must that all terminals keep the ow of trucks moving and not stopping for
a lunch break. The Seattle
Police agree!
When they are working trafc control by the entrance of T46 and they stop for lunch, the police have trucks
backed up across lst ave. All the way to the I 90 off ramp.
We feel it is a time to take on a staggered shift or lunch. This could be a test or
a temporary shift to see how it
goes.
I also believe it would help Air Quality at the terminals.
Terminal 5 has adopted this plan and it is running very smooth with no long backups.
,
Good Job terminal 5.

Sent from my BlackBerry smartphone with Nextel Direct Connect


From: Mailbox, Regional-Transportation
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:19 AM
To: Mailbox, Regional-Transportation
Subject: Port of Seattle Commission Roundtable: Seattle Freight Mobility, 3/29 10:30 am, Pier 69

The Port of Seattle Commission will host a special meeting on Tuesday, March 29th for a roundtable discussion
on freight mobility in the city of Seattle. Seattle's freight route system is critical to the regional economy
supporting jobs and businesses in the manufacturing and industrial community, as well as trade and logistics
businesses around the state that are dependent on the Seattle harbor. An urban setting must support these
needs, while fostering strong communities. The goal of this roundtable is to recognize the role of the city and
its new Freight Advisory Board in supporting robust and efficient transportation networks, and the jobs that
depend on those networks. Discussion will focus on current Seattle freight planning, investments and
infrastructure.

The Commission will hear from the Chair of the Seattle City Council's Transportation Committee and the
director of the Seattle Department of Transportation. Following these overviews, roundtable participants
representing the freight mobility interests will give brief introductions, followed by dialogue with
commissioners and identification of next steps.

The roundtable will begin at 10:30 am at Port Headguarters, Pier 69; the agenda will be finalized and posted
on Thursday, March 24. The meeting will be available through live audio and video.

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