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Community Mobility & Universal Design

Seattle Design Festival � September 14, 2014

Tom Minty

Northwest Universal Design Council

Alex O’Reilly

King County Mobility Coalition

Community

Mobility &

Universal

DesignWelcome

Northwest Universal Design Council

▪ Universal Design considers all aspects of the built environment.

▪ Promotes access and ease of living for every person, regardless of age or ability.

▪ Universally designed properties, products, and processes enable everyone to live actively by design.

▪ For more information, visit www.environmentsforall.org.

Seattle Design Festival � September 14, 2014

King County Mobility Coalition

▪ Inform the planning of special needs transportation services in King County

▪ Improve mobility for people with limited transportation options due to:

▪ Age

▪ Income

▪ Disability

▪ Limited English proficiency

▪ Other limiting factors

▪ Livable Communities Committee—incorporates livable communities strategies into the Coalition’s work and into the provision of special needs transportation.

▪ For more information, visit www.kingcounty.gov/mobilitycoalition.

Seattle Design Festival � September 14, 2014

Slideshow & Discussion

Real Life

Mobility

Challenges

More Discussion

Real Life

Mobility

Challenges

Special ThanksSpecial ThanksSpecial ThanksSpecial Thanks▪ City of Bellevue

▪ City of Seattle

▪ Aging and Disability Services

▪ Seattle Department of Transportation

▪ Seattle Human Services Department

▪ Seattle Municipal Archives, Office of the City Clerk

▪ Hopelink

▪ John L. Scott, Inc.

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▪ King County 211 Community Information Line, Crisis Clinic

▪ King County Metro Transit

▪ SMR Architects

▪ StopInfo for OneBusAway

▪ UW Health Promotion Research Center, BEAMS (Built Environment and Mobility Study)

City of Seattle

King County Mobility Coalition

Jon Morrison Winters, Mobility Manager

Hopelink

JWinters@hope-link.org • 425-943-6769

Northwest Universal Design Council

Irene Stewart, Planner

Aging and Disability Services

Seattle Human Services Department

irene.stewart@seattle.gov • 206-684-0662

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