1. Opportunity Lost, Again Opportunity to be Regained
Aurora
Opportunity Lost, Again Opportunity to be Regained

2. Opportunity Lost, Again
2008 The state & city partnered, funded, and planned a major redo of Aurora. The project was cancelled; funds were spent elsewhere.
2015 The city advertised an upgrade to Aurora as part of the Move Seattle levy - the upgrade disappeared.
2018 The state will repave Aurora this summer. The state had asked the city if they wanted to partner to do more. The city said no.

3. Aurora: From N. 145th St. to Woodland Park @ N. 59th St.
UNSAFE
In last years From Jan thru Mar. 2018:
3,516 crashes (343 per year)
11 people killed (1 per year)
2,020 injuries (197 per year)
183 pedestrians hit (18 per year)
51 bicyclists hit (5 per year)
Average 80 crashes per mile each year

4. Aurora: At Risk in Bitter Lake/Haller Lake
Northgate Elementary School Serves the East Side of Aurora
78% of students: free/reduced lunches
81% of students: are of color
42% of students: English language learners
Broadview – Thomson K-8 School Serves the West Side of Aurora
58% of students: free/reduced lunches
68% of students: are of color
29% of students: English language learners

5. Aurora: Between Bitter Lake Urban Village & Aurora-Licton Urban Village
UNSAFE
Aurora is the only north-south connection for ¾ miles between
Meridian Ave. & Fremont Ave.
Choices to walk or bike: use Aurora’s west side or its east side?

6. Aurora: Main Street for Aurora-Licton Urban Village
NEGLECT
Aurora is a repellent gash through what should be the heart of the Aurora Licton Springs Residential Urban Village
Neglect forces people away from what should be a vibrant main street and breeds deterioration and crime

7. NEGLECT
Aurora
Seattle’s repeated neglect of civic investment is an abdication of fundamental city planning and a failure of transportation and safety planning.
It is a denial of a major part of the Seattle 2035 growth strategy, equity, and the comprehensive plan

8. Aurora: What could have been
COMPARE
Compare what Shoreline did to Aurora. They proceeded with the improvements planned in 2008
Compare to Lake City Way, which carries more traffic than Aurora. It was improved with many of the funds that had been planned for Aurora

9. Aurora Opportunity to be Regained
IMGINATION NOT LIMITED
Imagine what could be
It could be anything
Cancelled in 2008

10. Aurora Opportunity to be Regained
IMGINATION NOT LIMITED
Imagine what could be
It could be anything
Think ahead
10 years?
20 years?
30 years?
What do we want?
How do we get there?
How pay for it?

11. THE FUTURE Aurora Improvement won’t happen unless we make it happen
It will take a coordinated investment
by citizens and the City and State requiring:
City Planning & Design Guidelines
Economic Development Planning
Transportation & Road Planning

12. Opportunity Missed FAILURE
Parts of Greenwood Ave. were repaved in 2016
No new pedestrian safety was added SDOT can rectify their failure, but it will cost more than doing it right the first time

13. Citizen Action Helps CORRECTION
Citizen groups protested SDOT’s omission of pedestrian facilities in their 2016 Greenwood repaving
Groups are seizing the reigns by independently doing some of the things that the city should have done.
The next section to get repaved (planned for ) includes pedestrian facilities

14. Citizen Action Helps WIN
In Licton Springs community groups spearheaded by Greenways groups and ALUV received 3 grants totaling $1.4 million for a pedestrian signal at Aurora & 92nd, other safety improvements, & artwork along Aurora
~5 years ago citizen groups began a concerted effort at the state, regional, and city levels for a pedestrian & bike bridge across I-5 at Northgate. It will open by 2021.

15. Strength in Numbers Band together to DEMAND to make Aurora better
WIN
Broadview-Bitter Lake Community Council
Haller Lake Community Club
ALUV - Aurora-Licton Urban Village Alliance
Licton Springs Community Council
Greenwood Community Council
Green Lake Community Council
Seattle Neighborhood Greenways
Licton-Haller Greenways Group
Greenwood-Phinney Greenways Group
Northwest Greenways Group