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Status: Fixed
Location: Trail alongside the E-3 Busway
Description: There is a great deal of broken glass along the trail. There are also boxes, shopping carts, and other debris on the trail. A number of locations show evidence of homeless encampments. This situation is probably intimidating to many potential users, including cyclists, pedestrians, those in wheelchairs, the young, and the elderly. There's not much point in having the trail if it's in this condition. This could also impact transit users.
Cross Streets: Royal Brougham, Holgate, Lander, Forrest
Direction: South
Facility Type: Bike Path
City: Seattle
County: King
State: WA
Lat/Long: 47.580073, -122.327352
Geocoded? Location has been entered
Hazard Type: Debris
Hazard Level: 3 - Moderately Dangerous
Annoyance Level: 3 - Very Annoying
Incidents: 0 - None known
Report Date: 2008-02-22
Reported by: John Neller[82]
Last Modified by: [1]
Last Modified Date: 2008-03-19
Modes Affected: Bicyclist, Pedestrian, Wheelchair
Start Date: 2008-01-03
End Date: 2008-03-17

Recommendation: clean up the trail, remove the debris and other objects, and patrol it to maintain it in good condition. Coverage by bicycle police would be a particularly good idea.
Comments:
Log: ******************[23 Feb 2008 0:30:20 EST] Report edited/modified by: Rebecca Slivka [1]******************[23 Feb 2008 0:30:49 EST] Report edited/modified by: Rebecca Slivka [1]******************[23 Feb 2008 0:31:08 EST] Report edited/modified by: Rebecca Slivka [1] ********************************************************************************** 23 Feb 2008 0:32:37 EST, Rebecca Slivka [1] comments: [ 22 feb 2008 sent email to SDOT ] ********** ********************************************************************************** 19 Mar 2008 12:46:09 EDT, Rebecca Slivka [1] comments: [ 17 March 2008, John Neller writes: I've noticed that the areas at the south end of the E-3 Busway Trail (at Forrest St) have had chain-link fencing installed, apparently to prevent the homeless form camping there. There is also now much less glass on the trail. ] ****************************[19 Mar 2008 12:48:46 EDT] Report edited/modified by: Rebecca Slivka [1]

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