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Tukwila Community Connections South King County Mobility Coalition Ryan Miller Transportation Planner | Service Planning

Project Context & Goals z Context • One of eight 2018 Community Connections project • Partnership between Metro and City of Tukwila Goals • Provide mobility options that better serve the residents and residential areas of Tukwila 2

Outreach Process Phase 1: Needs Phase 2: Solution Phase 3: Report Assessment Concepts Back and Decision • Fall 2018/Winter 2019 • Summer/Fall 2019 • Fall 2019 • Working Group Meeting 4 • Working Group Meeting 1 • Working Group Meeting 3 October 2, 2018 October 30 th July 23 rd • Needs Assessment Survey • Concept Preference • November – December Survey and Supplemental (online) Outreach • March – April (Paper) • October 2 nd – October 27 th • Working Group Meeting 2 April 2019 3

Community-Identified Transportation Needs • My community needs transportation options which… • … are available when I need it, for example, during evening, weekend, and off-peak hours • … consider all users (English language learners, those unable to read, no/low-income, people with disabilities, etc.) • …connect to community destinations • … are easy to understand and use • … provide a safe environment 4

Proposed Solution Concepts Expand Via to Community Van Bike/Scooter Share Transit Network to Transit • Current Via to Transit in • Volunteer-driven group trips • Requires enabling Tukwila is limited legislation from the City • Facilitated by a Community of Tukwila • Trips to/from Tukwila Transportation Coordinator International Blvd • Two potential Metro roles • Two potential models: Station in partnership w/ • Weekdays from 6-9AM & • Community Van – Existing providers Metro program for county- • Expand the span and/or • Rider cost subsidy to wide group trips service area of the trips to transit • Neighbor-to-Neighbor – existing Via to Transit • Bike/Scooter Focused on a linguistic/ service rebalancing at transit cultural community for local facilities trips with a complete fare subsidy 5

Outreach Methods - Online and paper survey • Surveys available in 8 • Promoted via languages • Dissemination of links via City and partner channels • Amharic • Metro Transit Alerts • Burmese • Facebook campaign • English • Oromo • Somali • Spanish • Tigrinya • Vietnamese

Methods – Immigrant and refugee outreach • Held listening sessions in Burmese, Spanish, and Somali • Guided conversation followed the format of the survey • Participants compensated with $50 gift card • Worked with HealthPoint Tukwila and Partner in Employment disseminate and collect in- language surveys • CBOs compensated for their work

Stakeholder Recommended Solution Concepts Expand Via to Community Van Bike/Scooter Share Transit Network to Transit • Recommended to move • Recommended to move • Stakeholder group forward forward recommended that this not move forward • Prioritized investments as • See a market for both types of follows: Community Van 1. Expand weekday span 2. Add a second “hub” location 3. Expand the service area 8

Next Steps Implementation Performance Outreach Rollout planning measurement We are here • Implementation planning • Planning work to “flesh out” the solution concepts • Rollout • Tasks required to start operations of the service • Performance measurement • Establishing targets and measuring performance

Questions? • King County Metro Project Manager: Ryan Miller, Transportation Planner, Community Connections, 206-477-5044, Ryan.Miller@KingCounty.gov