West Seattle Transportation Coalition

The West Seattle Transportation Coalition is proud to announce that we have been joined by the North Delridge Neighborhood Council (NDNC), the Westwood/Roxhill/Arbor Heights Community Council (WWRHAH) and the Admiral Neighborhood Association (ANA).

• North Delridge Neighborhood Council: representative of up to 4,200 residents.
• Westwood/Roxhill/Arbor Heights Community Council: representative of up to 6,700 residents in Westwood/Roxhill and 5,100 in Arbor Heights.
• Admiral Neighborhood Association: representative of up to 13,000 residents.

They join a wide array of other community groups and individuals across the West Seattle Peninsula, representative of up to 63,000 residents, who are working together to improve long overlooked and long overdue transportation issues in our area. How can you help them?

• See who endorses us: please click here for a list of all the groups and individuals who have joined the WSTC since our September 24, 2013 inauguration.
• Come to a meeting: click here for meeting schedule information, to come to a meeting.
• Endorse us: click here to join the coalition as an endorser and help improve transportation in the West Seattle peninsula.
• Volunteer: click here to join our team of over twenty volunteers that are on committees and teams of the WSTC, working to implement change and forward progress for where we live.

The West Seattle Transportation Coalition is a Peninsula-wide organization working to address transportation and mobility issues for Seattle’s largest constituency. Representing more than 100,000 people living and working in the 10 square mile area between the Duwamish River and Puget Sound, these community leaders, advocates, business owners, and residents are working to address transportation and commuting challenges we face in our area. What challenges?

Watch the first ten minutes of this video:

Would you like to know more? 

The West Seattle Transportation Coalition is made up of the following Committees, and is looking for volunteers. To join any of them or for more information about them, please email to info@westseattletc.org. You will be joining a team of twenty committed local volunteers.

Outreach Committee

• What Outreach does: The evangelists. Engagement with businesses, community groups, special interest groups and individuals for recruiting into the coalition, education, and to collect feedback for the coalition to act upon.
• Chair: Deb Barker

Communications Committee

• What Communications does: The geeks and skunkworks operators. Manages the WSTC’s online presences; conducting annual/bi-annual Issues Surveys; writing press releases; managing and facilitating communications between other advocacy groups. Sometimes serving as the squeaky wheel for the other committees.
• Chair: Joe Szilagyi

Research and Solutions Committee

• What R&S does: The technical people and planners. Develops and adjusts the West Seattle Peninsula Transportation Master Plan by receiving and disseminating research info from Outreach, Communications & Meetings. Works directly with DPS, SDOT, WSDOT, EPA, etc. for research on technical, planning, and transportation solutions.
• Chair: Kevin Broveleit

Action Committee

• What Action does: The advocates. Meets with officials (elected and otherwise); agencies; goes to and holds rallies; engages directly with whomever is required for West Seattle to get commitments for solutions.
• Chair: Amanda Kay Helmick

How do the committees work to improve transportation on the West Seattle Peninsula? Something like this:

The West Seattle Transportation Coalition is proud to announce that the Alki Community Council (ACC), the West Seattle Junction Neighborhood Organization (JuNO), and the Highland Park Action Committee (HPAC) have endorsed the WSTC.

They join with the Delridge Neighborhood District Council, Genesee-Schmitz Neighborhood Council, and Morgan Community Association in association in endorsing our growing coalition.

Today, the WSTC now helps represent up to 34,600 peninsula residents on transportation related issues and advocacy.

• Alki Community Council: representing up to 4,900 residents.
• West Seattle Junction Neighborhood Organization: representing up to 6,000 residents.
• Highland Park Action Committee: representing up to to 6,000 residents.

The following individuals have also added their names to endorse the WSTC:

• Katharine Christian, West Seattle Family Dentistry
• Susan Conn
• Allison Dobbins
• Lezlie Jane

Please click here for a list of all the groups and individuals who have joined the WSTC in the exactly 31 days since our September 24, 2013 inauguration. Click here for meeting schedule information, to come to a meeting. Click here to join the coalition and help improve transportation in the West Seattle peninsula. Why should you join?

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The West Seattle Transportation Coalition is proud to announce on October 18, 2013, our first public endorsements from groups and individuals for WSTC to help represent them on transportation-related issues. The following groups have endorsed the WSTC:

• Delridge Neighborhood District Council, according to Mat McBride, chair of the DNDC: representing the neighborhood councils of the eastern half of West Seattle.
• Genesee-Schmitz Neighborhood Council: representing up to 7,700 residents.
• Morgan Community Association: representing up 10,000 residents.

The following individuals have endorsed the WSTC:

• Brian Allen
• Jon Coombes
• Theresa Harnett
• Madeline Johnson
• Ksenya Lagutina
• Tom Rickell
• Linda Ruffer
• Kerrie Shurr
• Martin Talarico
• Chris Wallace

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The West Seattle Transportation Coalition is a Peninsula-wide organization working to address transportation and mobility issues for Seattle’s largest constituency.

Representing more than 100,000 people living and working in the 10 square mile area between the Duwamish River and Puget Sound, these community leaders, advocates, business owners, residents and workers focused on addressing transportation and commuting challenges caused by:

• The reduction of mass transit services: The current insufficient level of service will be compounded by the proposed cuts in our already under served area.

• Loss of infrastructure: The scheduled removal of the SR-99 Viaduct without sufficient replacement capacity on other routes to and from our Peninsula.

• Density without transportation capacity:  The region’s commitment to increased density is not matched with equivalent increases in transportation capacity to serve the Peninsula’s steadily growing population.

• Natural barriers: West Seattle has only limited routes connecting it to downtown and beyond for the vast majority of its commuters. Mass transit is the primary option that can move us across these choke points to keep our transportation systems functioning.

The West Seattle Transportation Coalition calls upon our city, county and state elected officials to produce permanent solutions to these identified challenges affecting our Peninsula.

We call upon the City of Seattle to:

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Here is the agenda for the first West Seattle Transit Coalition board meeting. This will be held on Tuesday, October 8th, 2013 at the High Point Neighborhood House (6400 Sylvan Way SW) at 6:30pm. Board meetings are open to the public.

The minutes from the inaugural meeting are available here: WSTC inaugural meeting minutes September 24 2013

General items: Introductions; last minute news and updates.

1. Formalize and settle the interim WSTC board.
2. What is our vision/mission statement?
3. Collect feedback on proposed by-laws; aim to ratify by board meeting #2 on November 12.
4. Quick review of a proposed 8 month timeline.
5. Quick discussion on getting the various peninsula groups on board that our board is affiliated with (follow up next meeting to expand on this).
6. Main item: Final draft of the WSTC initial Letter/plea for help to officials. Send it out this month.