The document discusses plans for improving access and connectivity to a new Sound Transit sounder station in Lakewood, Washington. It outlines the use of a station district overlay analysis to examine the area and a bicycle composite accessibility index to evaluate bike routes. The plans propose pedestrian overpasses to improve connections across barriers like highways and rail lines in order to increase access to the sounder station from surrounding neighborhoods.

1. LAKEWOOD SOUND TRANSIT SOUNDER STATIONYou Can’t Get There From Here Washington APA Conference October 4-6, 2010 Dan Penrose, AICP Senior Planner, City of Lakewood

3. Station District

4. Overlay Method for Site Analysis

21. Bicycle

23. Bike Composite Accessibility Index

24. What is the Route Directness Index?

25. RDI thresholds

26. Lakeview Ave. St Claire Hospital Bridgeport Way 115th Street

27. RR Over-crossing I-5 Over-crossing Making the Pedestrian-Bike Connection

28. Baseline with Pedestrian Overpass Using Route Directness Index

29. Before After taller parcels = higher land use density (address points per acre) Land Use Density and RDI

30. THANK YOU APA Washington Conference October 4-6, 2010 Dan Penrose, AICP Senior Planner, City of Lakewood