Open house for proposed Market Street changes

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As we’ve written before, The Seattle Department of Transportation and King County Metro are hoping to make changes to Market Street and Route 44. According to SDOT, the changes will “promote faster travel, provide better schedule reliability and will include enhanced bus stops.” The two agencies will be holding a public open house later this week for the public to learn about the proposed changes.

According to SDOT, the proposed changes in Ballard will include:

  • Expanded eastbound and westbound bus stops on NW Market Street at 11th NW and 28th NW.
  • Some lower-ridership bus stops will be proposed for closure to help speed up buses through the corridor.
  • Also on Market, at 24th Street, improvements will be made to promote transit operation through the intersection. We’ve contacted SDOT to get more information on the changes at Market and 24th, which at one point included a pilot project to make the right lane a right-turn only lane. Once we hear back we’ll update this post, but wanted to get the word out for the meeting as soon as we heard.
  • In addition, ‘transit signal priority,’ which gives buses the green light, will be added to many intersections along Route 44.

    • Back in May of this year the president of the Ballard District Council wrote a letter to the director of SDOT, Peter Hahn, with concerns about some proposed changes that were discussed at the April District Council meeting. You can read their concerns here.

    A funding package hasn’t been secured for the project, so SDOT believes the implementation will be carried out in phases between 2011 and 2014.

    The community open house will be held this Thursday, September 16th from 5:30 to 7 p.m at Ballard Swedish Medical Center (5300 Tallman Ave NW), Conference Room A. You are also welcome to email your comments to Jeff Bender at jeff.bender@seattle.gov or call: 206.684.8837.

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