Part of the budget package that City Council had a hearing on last night is the restructured transportation funding, as listed in an attachment to the agenda called Transportation Scenarios Memo for TBD. The TBD is the Transportation Benefit District that allows us to collect additional sales tax and vehicle annual registration fees, so these scenarios show what is possible with various funding amounts.
The Transportation list of projects now includes five categories: Major Projects, Pedestrian and Bike Mobility, Vehicle Mobility, Neighborhood Mobility, and Preservation & Reconstruction. Normally these would have been the subject of a lengthy discussion at Transportation Commission, which would have then forwarded recommendations to the City Council for review and approval. Since that didn’t happen with the process this time, I’m scrambling a bit to understand the newly created list myself, and wanted to share the organization I’ve added in case it’s helpful to anyone else. Please also share with me any links and references you’re aware of. I’ll be adding more as I have time.
The next opportunity to learn more about the budget will be on September 30th, at the Budget Information Session at Bellevue CIty Hall, 6pm (link).
Neighborhood Mobility, 13-14% of overall investment. This list is from page 7 of the Transportation Scenarios memo, reorganized with numbering added so you can see where they originally appeared in the list.
| 1 | Parking and Curb Management Implementation (see Sept 14 newsletter comments on this) |
| 21 | Project Development – Vision Zero |
| 42 | Neighborhood Greenway Scoping and Implementation |
| 48 | BellHop Interim Support |
| 35 | Arterial Street Speed Mitigation Ph 1 |
| 12 | DT Bellevue Signal Safety Interventions |
| 2 | 164th Ave NE, Northup to NE 30th St Corridor Safety Improvements |
| 4 | 156th Ave NE, NE 8th to NE 24th St Corridor Safety Improvements (link) |
| 15 | Project Development – Corridor Safety Improvements |
| 41 | SE 8th St Corridor Safety Project Development |
| 27 | NE 8th St/166th Ave NE Crosswalk Improvements |
| 30 | Newport Way/4200 Block Crosswalk Improvements |
| 39 | Somerset Dr Pedestrian Improvements |
| 45 | NE 11th Place, 148th to 151st Ave NE Neighborhood Sidewalk |
| 46 | 156th Ave SE, Lake Hills Blvd to NE 1st Pl Multimodal Improvements |
| 47 | 164th Ave, SE 14th St to NE 6th St Multimodal Improvements |
| 16 | Safe Routes to School – International School and Samm HS |
| 17 | Safe Route to School – Newport HS |
| 18 | Safe Route to School – SE 46th |
| 19 | Safe Route to School – Main from 156th to 158th SW |
| 33 | Safe Route to School – Allen Rd vic Newport Way |
| 34 | Safe Route to School – Spot Projects (example?) |
| 26 | 108th Ave NE Street Lighting, Eastrail to City Limits |
| 29 | Northup Way Street Lighting, WLSP to NE 8th St |
| 49 | Lake Hills Neighborhood Street Lighting Improvements |
| 3 | Safe Speeds Bellevue Citywide Arterial Speed Limit Reductions |
| 6 | 124th Ave SE north of Coal Creek Pkwy speed reduction |
| 7 | Main St, 140th to 148th speed reduction |
| 8 | Main St – 124th Ave NE south of NE 8th speed reduction |
| 10 | 116th Ave SE south of SE 60th St speed reduction |
| 22 | SE 16th St, 145th to 148th Ave SE Speed Reduction |
| 23 | Allen Rd Speed Reduction |
| 24 | 156th Ave, NE 4th St to SE 11th St speed reduction |
| 37 | 145th Place SE and Lake Hills Blvd Speed Reduction |
| 43 | Lake Hills Blvd, 156th to 164th Ave SE Speed Reduction |
| 44 | SE 35th Pl – SE 34th St, Eastgate Way to WLSP Speed Reduction |
| 13 | High Injury Network Speed Feedback Signs |
| 38 | Speed Feedback Signs at Speed Safety Camera Locations |
| 20 | 2029-2030 Traffic Calming Overlay Coordination |
| 5 | 164th Pl SE – SE 38th St Traffic Calming |
| 9 | SE 34th St – 113th Ave SE Traffic Calming |
| 11 | 161st Ave SE Traffic Calming |
| 14 | 166th Way SE & NE 28th St Traffic Calming |
| 25 | 173rd Ave NE n/o Northup Way Traffic Calming |
| 28 | East Bellevue Greenway Traffic Calming |
| 31 | 151st Ave SE s/o SE 50th St Traffic Calming |
| 32 | 118th Ave SE n/o Eastrail Traffic Calming |
| 36 | SE 8th St Traffic Calming |
| 40 | 146th Ave SE s/o SE 37th St Traffic Calming |
Pedestrian and Bike Improvements, 28-29% of total
| 1 | Eastrail to Spring Blvd Trail Connection (link) |
| 2 | Eastrail to Mountain to Sound Greenway Trail Connection (link) |
| 14 | Pedestrian/Bike Eastrail Access from 118th Ave SE |
| 12 | NE 12th, 100th to 108th Ave NE Multipurpose Path Completion* |
| 18 | Eastrail Crossing Improvements at Lake WA Blvd |
| 33 | 114th Ave Multipurpose Path, NE 8th to SE 8th St Concept Design |
| 36 | Eastrail Connection near Main St/116th Ave |
| 13 | 2026 Citywide Pedestrian Facility Spot Improvements |
| 27 | Main St at 101st Ave and 102nd Ave Pedestrian Improvements |
| 3 | Eastgate Way near Richards Rd Sidewalk Completion |
| 6 | SE 34th St, 162nd Pl SE to WLSP Sidewalk |
| 7 | NE 40th St, 140th to 148th Ave NE Sidewalk (link) |
| 8 | 173rd Ave NE, Northup to City Limit Sidewalk |
| 23 | SE 22nd St, 150th to 156th Ave SE Sidewalk |
| 24 | SE 36th St, w/o 142nd Pl SE Sidewalk |
| 28 | 148th Pl SE, SE 44th St to SE 46th Pl Sidewalk |
| 35 | Allen Rd, SE 38th St to 138th Ave NE Sidewalk |
| 4 | NE 8th Street Complete Streets and Citywide High Visibility Crosswalks Projects (link) |
| 15 | 116th vic Overlake Hospital – Signalized X-walk |
| 16 | NE Bellevue Crosswalk Improvements (NE 28th St/Bel-Red Rd, NE 24th St/171st Ave NE) (link) |
| 17 | 110th Ave NE/NE 2nd Pl & 164th Ave NE/NE 12th St Crosswalk Improvements |
| 19 | NE 8th St near Vuecrest Crosswalk Improvements (link) |
| 20 | 132nd Ave NE near Bridle Trails Crosswalks and Speed Reduction |
| 21 | NE 10th St/110th Ave NE Crosswalk Improvements |
| 29 | NE 10th St/10700 Block Signalized Crosswalk |
| 31 | 156th Ave SE @ SE 10th St, SE 20th Pl, SE 22nd Pl and 157th Ave SE Crosswalks |
| 34 | SE 60th St/120th Ave SE Crosswalk Improvements (link) |
| 38 | Newport Way/129th Pl SE Signalized Crosswalk |
| 5 | SE 16th St, 148 to 156th Ave SE Multimodal Improvements |
| 22 | SE 8th St, 112th to Lake Hills Connector Multimodal Improvements |
| 26 | Spring Blvd, 136th Pl NE to Bel-Red Rd Multimodal Improvements |
| 30 | 108th Ave NE, NE 4th to NE 8th St Multimodal Improvements |
| 37 | Main St – 100th to 116th Multimodal Study |
| 32 | 2028 Citywide Bicycle Facility Spot Improvements |
| 9 | NE 2nd St, Bellevue Way to 108th Bicycle Improvements |
| 10 | NE 4th and 120th Ave NE, 116th Ave NE to NE 8th Bicycle Improvements |
| 11 | Northup Way, 120th to 124th Ave NE Bicycle Improvements |
| 25 | Vertical Protection for Buffered Bike Lanes Demo |
Vehicle Mobility (17-18% of total)
| Smart Mobility Technology & Infrastructure (link) |
| Lk Hills Conn & SE 8th St Intersection Improvements |
| 148th Ave SE/Kelsey Creek Center New Traffic Signal |
| W Lake Samm Pkwy/Northup Way New Traffic Signal |
| Project Development & Construction – Under performing i/s (?) |
| Forest Dr, SE 63rd to Lakemont City Services Communication |
| 150th Ave SE/SE 37th St/I-90 EB Off-Ramp Interchange Improvements |
| Factoria Blvd/SE 38th St Intersection Improvements |
| 148th Ave NE/NE 8th St Intersection Improvements |
| SE 8th St/114th Ave SE Intersection Improvements |
| Forest Dr/Lakemont Blvd, New Traffic Signal |
| NE 12th St/116th Ave NE Intersection Improvements |
| Newport Way/Lakemont Blvd Intersection Improvements |
Major Projects (35-37% of total)
Preservation and Reconstruction, 6% of total
| NE 20th St e/o 130th Ave NE Sidewalk Flood Mitigation |
| SE 36th Street Medians Modifications |
| Northup Way/116th Ave NE Traffic Signal Upgrade |
| Lake WA Blvd/NE 10th St Intersection Rebuild |
| School Zone Beacon Repair Citywide |
| Coal Creek Rockery Repair |
| Slope Stabilization Northup/NE 4th Pl, 130th/NE 26th Pl, 104th SE/SE 24th Pl |
| Major Sidewalk Repairs |
| 112th Ave NE, NE 12th to NE 24th St Street Lighting Upgrades |
| NE 8th St/164th Ave NE Traffic Signal Upgrade |
| NE 8th St/92nd Ave NE Traffic Signal Upgrade |
| 148th Ave SE – Larson Lake Flood Mitigation |
| Citywide Rockery Evaluation |
| Citywide Rockery Reconstruction |
* This particular one is dismaying, since the current walkway on NE 12th in front of the townhomes between Bellevue Way and 106th is so lovely, and I think the tree tunnel will be hollowed out and trimmed back to widen it as a multipurpose path.
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