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Seattle Great City Initiative Brownbag Lunch Forum:
 Better Options for Local Transit

March 13, 2008
12-1:30
Triad Urban Center
NW Corner of Third and Cherry

While most of our transportation debate recently has focused on big regional infrastructure issues, there are also interesting new proposals for local transit networks designed to connect Seattle neighborhoods to each other.  The Seattle Streetcar Alliance has ideas for an expanded streetcar network.  And we voted to fund Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Seattle by approving the Transit Now Ballot Measure in 2006.  Both streetcars and BRT are intended to provide a new level of service that will make local transit more appealing to users.  Please join the Seattle Great City Initiative for a discussion on local streetcar and BRT plans from folks who should be "in the know."

Guests include:

Jack Lattemann, Transportation Planner, King County Metro, will update us on Bus Rapid Transit plans for North Aurora, Ballard and West Seattle.

James Kelley, President of the Urban League and proponent for a streetcar network.

James Coney, of Queen Anne and the Uptown Alliance, on a proposal for a new streetcar line linking South Lake Union, Queen Anne, Fremont and Ballard.

The lunch forum series connects those who care about Seattle's future with the ideas, leaders, and innovators critical to making Seattle a thriving and sustainable city.  Bring your lunch, and come learn, discuss and be inspired.

Please RSVP to Allison Burson allison.burson at greatcity.org to help us plan how to set up the space to comfortably accommodate everyone.

In addition to the brownbag lunch Thursday, we will the third forum in our What it Takes Forum Series on housing on Tuesday, March 18th.  

Allison Burson

Seattle Great City Initiative

Program Coordinator

206.905.6940 direct

206.577.2994 fax

allison.burson at greatcity.org

615 Second Ave, Suite 600

Seattle, WA 98104

www.greatcity.org

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From:
mailto:allison.burson at greatcity.org allison
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mailto:Jack.Lattemann at kingcounty.gov 'Lattemann, Jack'
Sent:
Friday, March 07, 2008 2:19 PM
Subject:
[sgci-news] Better Options for Local Transit Brownbag Lunch Forum
Seattle
Great
City
Initiative Brownbag Lunch Forum:
 Better Options for Local Transit

March 13, 2008
12-1:30
Triad Urban Center
NW Corner of Third and Cherry

While most of our transportation debate recently has focused on big regional infrastructure issues, there are also interesting new proposals for local transit networks designed to connect
Seattle
neighborhoods to each other.  The
http://www.buildthestreetcar.org/
Seattle Streetcar Alliance
has ideas for an expanded streetcar network.  And we voted to fund
http://www.metrokc.gov/kcdot/transitnow/chart_rapidride.pdf
Bus Rapid Transit
(BRT) in
Seattle
by approving the Transit Now Ballot Measure in 2006.  Both streetcars and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_rapid_transit
BRT
are intended to provide a new level of service that will make local transit more appealing to users.  Please join the Seattle Great City Initiative for a discussion on local streetcar and BRT plans from folks who should be “in the know.”

Guests include:
Jack Lattemann
, Transportation Planner, King County Metro, will update us on Bus Rapid Transit plans for North Aurora, Ballard and
West Seattle
.

James Kelley
, President of the
http://www.urbanleague.org/
Urban League
and proponent for a streetcar network.

James Coney
, of Queen Anne and the
http://www.uptownalliance.org/
Uptown Alliance
, on a proposal for a new streetcar line linking South Lake Union, Queen Anne, Fremont and Ballard.

The lunch forum series connects those who care about
Seattle
’s future with the ideas, leaders, and innovators critical to making
Seattle
a thriving and sustainable city.  Bring your lunch, and come learn, discuss and be inspired.

Please RSVP to
Allison Burson
allison.burson at greatcity.org to help us plan how to set up the space to comfortably accommodate everyone.

In addition to the brownbag lunch Thursday, we will the third forum in our
What it Takes Forum Series
on http://www.greatcity.org/what-it-takes-forum-series-1 housing
on Tuesday, March 18
th
.  

Allison Burson
Seattle
Great
City
Initiative
Program Coordinator
206.905.6940 direct
206.577.2994 fax
mailto:allison.burson at greatcity.org allison.burson at greatcity.org

615
Second Ave
,
Suite
600
Seattle
,
WA
98104
http://www.greatcity.org/ www.greatcity.org

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