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Route D1 Route D2 Route D3 Route D4

Map of Streets Surveyed in Lake City Click on any map for a larger view

Route A1 Route A2 Route A3 Route A4

The maps below above show the eight surveys planned: A1, A2, A3, & A4 represent the positive "asset" condition routes and D1, D2, D3, & D4 represent the "deficit" condition routes. Survey volunteers included residents of the Lake City neighborhood with help from Sustainable Seattle volunteers. For map details, click on the specific route map and for data findings, keep reading! Due to lack of enough volunteers, only three of the eight routes have been completed: D2, D3, and D4.  With more community volunteers, the remaining routes will be completed at a later date. 

Findings of the March 25th, 2006 street-level survey:

Community members collected deficits & concerns (what they didn't like and what they thought were problems) along the mainly residential but with some commercial areas of the main business district of the Lake City neighborhood.   

Table 1:



Table 1 above lists the most frequently collected negative conditions (deficits) organized by feature.  37 conditions were found in the sidewalk category but in most cases during this survey, sidewalks did not actually exist on routes D2, D3 and D4.  In order to collect conditions that related to sidewalks as volunteers walked along the edge of the roadways, volunteers added the condition "needed" to indicate where sidewalks were lacking and then despite no sidewalks, collected conditions, such as uneven pavement, litter and dumping under the feature "sidewalk".  The second most frequent street feature was roadway, with litter and potholes the most common concerns.  In total, there were 114 deficits or concerns collected by community members in the Lake City neighborhood on March 25th, 2006.  For a complete list of all the deficits collected during this survey, click here. (Excel document)

Deficit Conditions Found and Sent to the City of Seattle

There are four deficit conditions which are recognized by Sustainable Seattle as priorities. These include: graffiti, potholes, large dumping and serious incidents of uneven pavement. These conditions are sent to the respective City of Seattle agency immediately after they have been collected. This pie graph summarizes the number of these priorities which were sent to the City as compared to the total number of deficit concerns collected. In Lake City there were a total of 114 deficit conditions collected out of which 9 were sent to the City as priorities.  For a list of the conditions sent to the City of Seattle, please click here. (Excel document)

What do you think of the results of the street-level survey in the Lake City neighborhood?

If you work or live in Lake City, we would love to hear what you think of these findings.  Your opinion is important for understanding community priorities related to the physical environment along the main business district of the neighborhood.

Please click HERE to tell us what you think of the results and share your thoughts about the neighborhood!

 
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