Contact the Transportation Commission - Neighbors for a Livable Bellevue

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Dear Members of the Bellevue Transportation Commission,

I am writing to share my opposition to Bike Bellevue, the City’s plan to add 15 miles of bike lanes for $18.6 million, 11 of those miles created by taking and converting vehicular travel lanes in Downtown, Wilburton and Bel-Red.

For most of the plan’s proposed locations, adding bike lanes requires removing at least one full vehicle traffic lane. According to the City’s own estimates, this would result in 210 daily new bike trips by 2035 throughout the project area, representing a marginal increase in bicycle mode share, from 0.8% to 0.9%. Notably, none of these new trips are anticipated to be made by commuters.

Existing traffic conditions in the proposed areas are already challenging and expected to worsen as the City expects 30,000 new residents and thousands more accessing Bellevue for work in the decade to come. The addition of bike lanes, particularly when better and safer alternatives exist and have been identified in past plans, is likely to worsen traffic congestion, introduce unsafe complexities to streets and intersections, and make Bellevue a less accessible and welcoming place that many will simply choose not to visit at all.

I urge you to reject Bike Bellevue projects in their current form and advocate for more cost-effective and safe alternatives that do not require taking vehicular lanes from the majority of the traveling public.

Thank you for your dedicated service and commitment to fostering a livable Bellevue.

Sincerely,

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