Public Comment - Exhibit C
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 WARNING: External email. Links or attachments may be unsafe. 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. 11-12-19 Airlines /Table 1 jan-Oct 2019.xlsx 1410/2021 Seven strategies for the degrowth of aviation | Green World GREEN WERLD Seven strategies for the degrowth of aviation View article in full site >> Magdalena Heuwieser, co-founder of the anti-aviation campaign network Stay Grounded, discusses seven strategies to reduce flying and build a just transport system. . aT ST '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 https://greenworld.org.uk/article/seven-strategies-degrowth-aviation?amp&fbclid=IwAR1Ga7cwFmnE7KX_wilyl6DzQHKIM-NhPyMpoy5z9aJPp9f8Pm... 1/5 1/10/2021 Seven strategies for the degrowth of aviation | Green World 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 https://greenworld.org.uk/article/seven-strategies-degrowth-aviation?amp&fbclid=IwAR1 Ga7cwFmnE7KX_wilyl6DzQHKIM-NhPyMpoy5z9aJPp9f8Pm we 2/5 1/40/2021 Seven strategies for the degrowth of aviation | Green World 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 https://greenworld.org.uk/article/seven-strategies-degrowth-aviation?amp&fbclid=IwAR1Ga7cwFmnE7KX_wilyl6DzQHKIM-NhPyMpoy5z9aJPp9f8Pm... 3/5 1/10/2021 Seven strategies for the degrowth of aviation | Green World '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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