Sammamish holds first public workshop for bike-and-pedestrian mobility plan; city seeks input on sidewalks, bike lanes and school routes

Sammamish City officials and consultants on the evening presented the first community workshop for a new Bike and Pedestrian Mobility Plan and invited residents to flag sidewalk and bike-lane gaps on an interactive map that will remain open through March 21.

The workshop, led by Audrey Starci, Sammamish’s director of public works, set out the plan’s goals, schedule and how recommended projects could be folded into the city’s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). “This is one of our very important plans for this next biennium. This is a critical plan for the city,” Starci said, noting that Sammamish has not previously adopted a stand-alone bike-and-pedestrian plan and that elements will be incorporated into the city’s Transportation Master Plan.

Consultant project manager Wintana Miller of DKS Associates described the project’s near-term schedule and objectives and reviewed existing conditions, facility gaps and collision data. “The goal is to get projects onto the city's transportation improvement plan, that would…