- FREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD -

Reducing traffic east/west, from the north end of the Fremont Bridge roughly ten blocks to First Ave NW, will have significant impacts on commute times for residents, workers, and will impact small business owners. We have not seen quantified and meaningful transit time savings and clear transit benefits relative to the considerable and sustained neighborhood impacts.  

Daily commute trips, specifically those going to-and-from downtown, changed dramatically during COVID. It is becoming equally clear that we do not yet know what the ‘new normal’ will be and a return to work at pre-COVID levels may not happen. 

Fremont is a strong example of how without updated data, and more time to see how commute patterns will evolve, the proposed Route 40 changes could result in negative unintended consequences that create neighborhood through-put hardships that cannot be undone. Saving a few minutes on bus arrival times for the magnitude of potential impacts does not seem warranted. 

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