<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>The SDOT folks just followed up to ask who from TRU is attending our briefing tomorrow. They said Saunatina RSVPed but no one else yet. Dave, Cole, Ember, Tony, anyone else— can you let me know if you’re planning to attend so I can pass it on?</div><div><br></div><div>Katie<br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 22, 2024, at 8:19 PM, Katie Wilson <katie@transitriders.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Agreed! Everyone who’s responded so far is flexible, so how about we just go for <b>Tuesday, April 23rd, 5:00-6:00pm</b>? If anyone has a different preference speak up, otherwise I’ll go ahead and confirm with SDOT on Monday.<br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 22, 2024, at 7:33 PM, Saunatina Sanchez <saunatina@gmail.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large">I can make any of the listed times, though I think it'd be best to choose one of the non-member nights.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large">S.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 12:31 PM Katie Wilson <<a href="mailto:katie@transitriders.org">katie@transitriders.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>I forgot to bring this up last night. If you’d be interested in attending, let me know what works for you and I’ll get back to SDOT to confirm.<div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 21, 2024, at 8:39 AM, Katie Wilson <<a href="mailto:katie@transitriders.org" target="_blank">katie@transitriders.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div><div>A couple people expressed interest, so I went ahead and asked for some times. Here’s what they offered, if you want to join let me know what works for you! (April 18th is our membership meeting, I don’t know if they could shift that time to 5-6 or not but could ask.)</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">- Thursday, April 18th, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.</div><div style="font-size:16px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- Tuesday, April 23rd, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. </span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">- Wednesday, April 24th, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. </div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">- Tuesday, April 30th, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.</div><br></div>
<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 19, 2024, at 2:14 PM, Katie Wilson <<a href="mailto:katie@transitriders.org" target="_blank">katie@transitriders.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div><div>This just in. Let me know if you’re interested in a briefing and we could set one up.</div>
<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif">"Paulk-C, Traci" <<a href="mailto:Traci.Paulk-C@seattle.gov" target="_blank">Traci.Paulk-C@seattle.gov</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Briefing re: SDOT Harrison and Mercer Transit Access Project for Seattle Transit Riders Union</b><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif">March 19, 2024 at 2:12:47 PM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif">"<a href="mailto:katie@transitriders.org" target="_blank">katie@transitriders.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:katie@transitriders.org" target="_blank">katie@transitriders.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif">DOT_HarrisonMercer <<a href="mailto:DOT_Harrison_St@seattle.gov" target="_blank">DOT_Harrison_St@seattle.gov</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Katie, </div><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"> </span></p><div style="margin:0in;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Hello! As you may be aware, the<span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>Seattle Department of Transportation<span> </span></b>(SDOT) is planning an upcoming<span> </span><b><a href="https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/current-projects/harrison-mercer-transit-access" id="m_-593160566884918153OWA7b59690c-8b81-dc38-76f0-c68781c4edac" title="https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/current-projects/harrison-mercer-transit-access" style="margin:0px" target="_blank">Harrison and Mercer Transit Access Project</a></b> focused on creating a new pedestrian-focused corridor across South Lake Union, rebuilding the roadway to support future transit service, and accommodating future regional transit routes coming from Northeast Seattle, the SR-522 corridor, I-405 corridor and Renton.</span></div><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span></p><div style="margin:0in;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">As a next step, we’re reaching out to community organizations including<span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"><b>Seattle</b></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b> Transit Riders Union</b> to see if you might be interested in<span> </span><b>receiving a general briefing from the SDOT team about the project scope and timeline.</b></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"> </span><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">You can contact us by email here or below to schedule and you can also view additional background<span> </span><b>at the project website<span> </span><a href="https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/current-projects/harrison-mercer-transit-access" id="m_-593160566884918153OWA3ad6b7e0-76cd-24f9-ff6d-ecbf1030358a" title="https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/current-projects/harrison-mercer-transit-access" style="margin:0px" target="_blank">here</a>.<span> </span></b>(As an FYI, I'll send a note to Beau and Mike, as well.)</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></div><div style="margin:0in;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Thank you! </span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Traci Paulk</span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The Harrison and Mercer Transit Access Project Team </span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Email:<span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(76,44,146)"><u><a href="mailto:HarrisonMercer@Seattle.gov" id="m_-593160566884918153OWA061a51cf-8815-ba84-4065-88dacb34d401" style="color:rgb(76,44,146);margin:0px" target="_blank">HarrisonMercer@Seattle.gov</a></u></span></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>Transit mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Transit@transitriders.org" target="_blank">Transit@transitriders.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.transitriders.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/transit" target="_blank">http://lists.transitriders.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/transit</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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