Tyee Middle School Traffic Safety Survey

Welcome!

The City of Bellevue Neighborhood Transportation Safety Services is developing a traffic improvement strategy around the Eastgate area near Tyee Middle School, essentially along the following streets:138th Ave SE and 136th Pl SE, from Allen Road to SE 37th St; SE 40th St, from 136th Pl SE to 146th Ave SE; and 146th Ave SE, from SE 42nd Pl to SE 37th St. This strategy will focus on addressing concerns about speeding and traffic volumes as well as addressing the need for safe walking and bicycling to/from school and in the neighborhood.

This summer and fall City staff will be meeting with stakeholders, identifying partners, and working together with the school community and neighborhood residents to develop short and long term actions to increase traffic safety in these neighborhood areas. The preferred alternative that the communities choose can include the construction of physical measures such as improved crosswalks, pavement markings, and various traffic calming features.

We need your help!
Responses to this survey will help us determine what would help people drive responsibly and safely, deter cut-through traffic, or identify particular locations of concern. This survey will take about 10 minutes to complete. Thank you for your time!

Questions? Contact Vangie Ann P. Garcia, City of Bellevue Senior Project Manager at vgarcia@bellevuewa.gov or 425-452-6103

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* 1. Please select your affiliation with the school:

School administration or staff

PTA

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* 2. Contact information:

Name

Email Address

Phone Number

Position/Title

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* 3. Are you familiar with Bellevue's Neighborhood Traffic Calming program?

Yes

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* 4. In your best estimate, what percentage of your student population walks or bikes to school daily?

Less than 10%

10 - 30%

30 - 60%

Over 60%

Don't know

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* 5. Has your school collected data about how students travel to/from school? (check all that apply)

Student hand tallies

Parent surveys

Bike or pedestrian counts

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What is your mode of transportation to and from school? (select all that apply)

Ride alone

Carpool

Walk

Transit

Bike

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Are you interested in participating in the development of a traffic improvement plan for your school? This could consist of in-person meetings and/or feedback via email/web portal.

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* 8. What are the main challenges to walking or biking to school? (Select your top three concerns.)

High traffic speeds

Takes too long to walk or bike to school/students live too far away

Poor driving behavior (distracted driving, speeding, not yielding at crosswalks)

Lack of sidewalks or sidewalks are not continuous

Lack of bike paths or bike lanes

Lack of bike parking, bike parking not secure, or not in a convenient location

Concerns about stranger danger

Concerns about criminal activity/gangs/violence/dogs

Concerns about bullies

Poor visibility of people wanting to cross at intersections

Not enough gaps in traffic making intersections challenging to cross

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* 9. Does your school have any policies that may be a barrier to walking or bicycling? For example, biking to school is prohibited until a particular age.

Don't know

Yes (please describe)

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* 10. Refer to the map below and select the top three locations that pose the highest safety concern.

A - Intersection of 136th Pl SE and SE 38th St

B - Intersection of 138th Ave SE and 138th Pl SE

C - 136th Pl SE, 138th Ave SE and SE 40th St

D - North Side of School Property, near back parking lot (SE 40th St)

E - Intersection of SE 40th St and 138th Ave SE

F - SE 40th St, east of school

G - East Side of School Property (138th Ave SE, between SE 40th St and SE Allen Rd)

H - Main School Driveway at SE Allen Rd

I - Vicinity of Edgebrook Swim Club Driveway on SE Allen Rd

Other (please specify)