12th Avenue Neighborhood & Business District

SDOT will be repaving 12th Avenue between Pike and Madison Streets on July 20-21. Looks like they plan to keep one lane open to traffic during this time and the sidewalks will also remain open.

That means that the The 12th Avenue Neighborhood Festival will be home to a freshly paved and beautiful street!

Questions about the repaving? Check out the SDOT website.

On Monday April 5th Mayor McGinn officially endorsed the Broadway Two-Way Streetcar Alignment (map below) for the First Hill Streetcar. This comes after the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) presented the same recommendation to him in mid-March. The official SDOT  recommendation package can be found here.

Broadway Two-Way Alignment

With this recommendation the Broadway-12th Ave Couplet seems nearly dead, but it is important to note that McGinn made a clear commitment to north/south transit on 12th in his letter to City Council here.

The 12th Avenue Stewardship Committee is currently strategizing about how to influence the discussion regarding moving a Metro bus route to 12th. An update will be provided on this at the next meeting on Tuesday, April 13th at 5:30pm at the Seattle U A+A Building (824 12th, corner of 12th and Marion). Please join us if you would like to get more involved in this issue!

There’s an opportunity to comment on the City’s proposed changes to the restricted parking zone on Capitol Hill, which includes a section of 12th Avenue between John and Pine Streets. Please click here for more details and a map of the proposed changes.

Meeting details:
Tuesday, March 9th
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Seattle Central Community College, Room 1110

The 12th Avenue Stewardship Committee meets at 5:30pm the same evening but we should be finished in time for you to head over here afterwards and let your comments be heard on parking.

There’s more on the First Hill-Capitol Hill Streetcar in the Seattle PI recently. There’s a lot of the same information in this article that folks probably know already. However, there are some more public meetings coming up if you haven’t weighed in regarding your alignment preference.

Looks like these are open houses so please stop by anytime during the times below to share your comments and ask your questions.

Tuesday, Feb. 9th
4:00pm - 7:00pm
Union Station
401 S. Jackson Street

Thursday, Feb. 11th
11:30am - 1:00pm
and then later from

4:00pm - 7:00pm
Seattle First Baptist Church
1111 Harvard Avenue

As always, there’s more info and a place for public comment here at the Seattle Streetcar website.

12th Avenue loop map

There’s more today on the Stranger’s Slog about the 12th Avenue streetcar loop.

If you have questions, comments or opinions regarding the streetcar route, please considering sharing them with the good folks at SDOT via the Seattle Streetcar site . There’s also tons of good information on this site regarding routes, density, bicycle integration and project schedule.

Check out this Stranger article advocating for a streetcar on 12th Avenue! This is the first in a month-long series of articles in the Stranger outlining critical "marching orders" for City leaders. We’re excited that the 12th Avenue streetcar made the first group!

With SDOT starting their meetings about the incoming streetcar project this week there is a bunch of GREAT information and debate going on about the alignments being considered. Below we have consolidated these discussions into a list, for quick review. Check them out!

The most recent Stranger article on the "Streetcar Smackdown".

An examination of of bus service around and near the alignments on CD News .

A case against the Broadway-12th Couplet on the Seattle Transit Blog .

A post on CD News that references the lost First Hill Link Light Rail Station and its Overlay Boundaries. Original overlay map here .

A discussion of the 11th Avenue Couplet (on the north end of all three alignments) on the Seattle Transit Blog .

A poll to vote on which alignment you prefer and coverage of the first forum on Capitol Hill Seattle .

A wonderful set of maps created by the Stranger .

A less wonderful set of maps created by SDOT !

SDOT has finally announced the public forums on the First Hill Streetcar line, due to complete construction and start running by 2013. There will be three meetings this week and at each SDOT will present the alignments being considered and general information about the project. Alignment alternatives can be found here.

There is an alignment on the table that includes 12th Avenue, commonly referred to as the Broadway-12th Ave Couplet.  This alignment is compelling for a variety of reasons, including speed of service, ability to catalyze neighborhood commercial development on 12th and consistency with the intent of the lost light rail station, which was planned for Madison, just west of Broadway.

Regardless of which alignment you support, please come out to learn about this project and how it might impact your community!

First Hill Streetcar Forums

Tuesday, December 15th 6-8pm - Seattle Central Community College

Wednesday, December 16th 6-8pm - Yesler Terrace Community Center

Thursday, December 17th 6-8pm - Union Station

Spirit of Our Youth sculpture on the KC Youth Services Center Site (corner of 14th & Remington)

Please join us next Tuesday night for the 12th Avenue Neighborhood Meeting. The meeting will be at the Seattle University Admissions and Alumni Building at the corner of 12th and Marion.  Drinks and snacks will be provided.  Here is the agenda: