In 2009, the Park Avenue neighborhood became a designated Community Based Services (CBS) area.  Speeding was identified as a top neighborhood priority.   Various City departments are partnering with the neighborhoods to utilize existing programs to help fund the first phase of the improvements, including Mobility staff, Community Based Services, the Urban Forestry Program, Environmental Services and the City’s Traffic Calming Program.

In April 2011, City staff met with CBS groups in the neighborhood.  They suggested various traffic calming devices (e.g. bulb-outs, traffic islands, speed humps, streetlighting, trees).  There was a Open House on the Park Avenue Traffic Calming Project on Tuesday, August 30th from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Moore Library.  Park Avenue neighbors provided input on preliminary plans for a traffic calming project and recommended measures to reduce overall traffic speed, make the street safer for everyone, enhance pedestrian and bicycle mobility, and find ways to integrate trees, landscaping and other amenities.

More information is available at the Park Avenue Traffic Calming Project website.

2) S 48th to Wright Park via Fawcett

The City is working with Metro Parks to determine the best solution to get cyclists from S G Street to Fawcett. 

City staff updated the North Tacoma Neighborhood Council on this project on July 11th and the West End Neighborhood Council on July 20th.

Adopted Documents (and subsequent amendments)
The Mobility Master Plan (MoMaP) was first adopted by the City Council as a new section of the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan on June 15, 2010 (per Amended Ordinance No.27892).  The City Council also adopted the Pedestrian and Bicycle Design Guidelines as an MoMaP implementation strategy and as a part of the Complete Streets Design Guidelines (per Resolution No. 38051). 

The MoMaP was subsequently amended in 2012 to reprioritize bicycle improvement projects (in Table 2), prioritize pedestrian improvement projects (mainly in Table 3), and keep other information current.  The MoMaP is currently going through minor amendments as part of the 2013 Annual Amendment process.

• Transportation Element (including MoMaP on pages T-12 to 41) (adopted 6-12-12)
• Transportation Element (including MoMaP on pages T-12 to 42) (adopted 6-15-10)
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Design Guidelines (adopted 6-15-10)

2011 Bicycle And Pedestrian Counts: September 27-29th
The 2011 bicycle and pedestrian counts took place September 27- Thursday, September 29th.  Volunteers were stationed at twenty-two intersections or trails during peak commute hours and asked to tally bicycles and pedestrians as they went by. 

The bicycle and pedestrian count is part of an annual state-wide effort, coordinated by the Cascade Bicycle Club and the Washington State Department of Transportation. It is also part of a nationwide effort to begin obtaining data about the nation’s pedestrian and bicycle travel. These counts are particularly important to the City of Tacoma as we begin to implement our Mobility Master Plan. This is the 4th year that the City of Tacoma has participated.  We couldn't collect this important data without the help of our amazing count volunteers.

The 2011 count report will be posted when it is available.