The City of Olympia is considering adopting new street design standards
to apply to new subdivisions.

Generally, the new standards will be more pedestrian friendly, slow
traffic, make intersections easier to cross, and reduce stormwater runoff.

The new standards will also reduce speed limits on some high-speed city
streets.

OK, this is not exactly "bicycling" in nature, but we are almost all
also walkers. And slower traffic in neighborhoods will make them more
bikeable too.

These were developed over the past year by a committee consisting of two
city council members (TJ Johnson and Joe Hyer), two Planning
Commissioners (Cary Retlin and Roger Wilson), and two Bike/Ped Committee
members (Christopher Jennings and Joe Ward). They are a big
improvement over the current standards.

The City is having a workshop and open house to discuss the standards.
I strongly urge you to attend this workshop, Thursday, March 16, at City
Hall.

Just stop in for a few minutes at the meeting, and express your support
for progressive street standards. No need to spend all day.

I've attached the City's flyer on these new standards.

--
Jim Lazar, Consulting Economist
1063 Capitol Way S. #202
Olympia, WA 98501
Voice: 360-786-1822
Fax: 253-679-7405

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