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Joe Copeland Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>The Seattle Department of Transportation is looking for public comment on a plan to add peak-hour bus lanes on much of Aurora Avenue. Seattle Transit Blog, which has a graphic and links to a city survey, says the city might abandon the plan for five blocks west of Green Lake</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
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            <p>The Seattle Department of Transportation is looking for public comment on a plan to add peak-hour bus lanes on much of Aurora Avenue. Seattle Transit Blog, which has a graphic and links to a city survey, <a href="http://seattletransitblog.com/2013/06/25/sdot-seeks-comments-on-aurora-bat-lanes/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">says the city might abandon the plan</a> for five blocks west of Green Lake so that local businesses can retain street parking there. Of course, a five-block gap in bus-only lanes doesn't seem like a smart way to maintain traffic flow, but what do we know? Assuming the city does finalize transit lanes for the whole stretch, Seattle could start catching up to neighbor Shoreline on Aurora upgrades.This city video on Shoreline's long-term plan for its future is a little hokey at times but it also captures a vision and hints at changes that are receiving scant attention.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0HtjhnV8GvY?list=UU6DYg7XNsHqoM9z7Xu_NCrg" width="560"></iframe></figure>
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The Seattle Department of Transportation is looking for public comment on a plan to add peak-hour bus lanes on much of Aurora Avenue. Seattle Transit Blog, which has a graphic and links to a city survey, says the city might abandon the plan for five blocks west of Green Lake so that local businesses can retain street parking there. Of course, a five-block gap in bus-only lanes doesn't seem like a smart way to maintain traffic flow, but what do we know? Assuming the city does finalize transit lanes for the whole stretch, Seattle could start catching up to neighbor Shoreline on Aurora upgrades.This city video on Shoreline's long-term plan for its future is a little hokey at times but it also captures a vision and hints at changes that are receiving scant attention.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi