Division Street Transit Oriented Development

Kellen Dec 17 2025 at 3:48PM on page 1

Concern

None of these number of responses give any value to these percentages. Of roughly ~451 participants, why are there only 48 responses?

Kellen Dec 17 2025 at 3:42PM on page 1

Concern

What a joke of a question. Please ask questions appropriately, not to elicit a desired response. If you asked me would I LIKE to walk to work, my answer is HELL YES. If you asked me would I LIKE to bike to work, sure I'd like that as well. Would I EVER walk or bike to work, HELL NO. I work on the South Hill and live on the northside. Its not feasible or reasonable, even if there was a direct straight rout without any stops only for bikes would that work. Also, did the city council and city development forget we live in the Pacific Northwest where it's not even feasible to ride a bike for at least three months of the year? Please ask that question "If there was a dedicated bike lane on division, would you switch from driving to biking?" How likely would you switch from driving to biking to work/shopping if there was a bike lane on division? 1-10". Come-on people.

anonymous 9 Dec 15 2025 at 8:14AM on page 1

The majority of Spokane area travel, other than potential local recreational/entertainment activities, is and will be by automobile for many years to come, as the majority of residents do not walk, bike or take transit due in large part to Spokane's climate, existing safety issues, time constraints and distance to travel to work/shop, etc. Any focus on improving sidewalks/bike travel should be restricted to small neighborhood communities and not near the main automobile thoroughfares where the majority of people living and visiting Spokane travel on, making it not conducive or safe to bike/pedestrian traffic and will result in further traffic issues.

Cameron Dec 10 2025 at 10:10PM on page 1

Suggestion

I am a paratransit operator with Transdev (STA contractor), so I know the city very well. The main issues I see in Spokane, especially as it relates to transit and development, is that safety is lacking. The city needs to prosecute and jail criminals so that they are not constantly reoffending all the time. Moreover, transit has a stigma of being transportation for the homeless. It needs to be transportation for professionals and working class. Therefore, bad actors need to be aggressively monitored and kicked off fixed route busses. I also see that there needs to be more connectivity in the Valley, Liberty Lake, and Otis Orchards. That is where the service is lacking, not really along Division. Lastly, the roads need to be aggressively fixed as well. Spokane is 35 years behind in fixing roads. It makes no sense to have the busses drive over broken roads that cause wear and tear.

Dream Dec 7 2025 at 6:54PM on page 1

This part is important. So often these projects just end up gentrifying the areas they improve, forcing poor people away from the benefits the projects create. We need to make sure this doesn't happen

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Sue Lani Madsen Dec 4 2025 at 4:13PM on page 1

Question

Good point. Has a statistically valid demographic sampling been done to poll attitudes and priorities?

Sue Lani Madsen Dec 4 2025 at 4:11PM on page 1

Question

How many participants own land along this corridor? Were they asked what changes or incentives would encourage a change in long-standing development patterns? Were they ased what the barriers are to such development?

anonymous 5 Dec 4 2025 at 9:57AM on page 1

Suggestion

More frequent bus service would greatly improve residents willingness to take buses for regular commuting! It can be difficult to take the bus when it takes 45 minutes to get somewhere that only takes 25 minutest to drive.

anonymous 5 Dec 4 2025 at 9:55AM on page 1

Suggestion

Mixed use development is a good strategy to combat urban sprawl and thereby reduce reliance on cars. One note would be to ensure mixed use development does not gentrify the neighborhoods along the N/S Division corridor as it has in Kendall Yards and other mixed use areas of Spokane.

anonymous 5 Dec 4 2025 at 9:53AM on page 1

Support

I agree that making Spokane more friendly to other transit types would greatly increase quality of life, safety, and reduce noise and air pollution!

Janine Dec 3 2025 at 7:04PM on page 1

Support

Yes, please! I walk and take the bus as my main forms of transportation. The speeds at which today’s exceptionally heavy automobiles travel on Division is terrifying.

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Janine Dec 3 2025 at 7:01PM on page 1

Suggestion

Yes, please! The science on this is so clear!! As many trees as possible, to cool us, clam traffic, and clean the air! :)

Janine Dec 3 2025 at 6:58PM on page 1

Support

Agree! I was recently in San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver, BC and would love to see Spokane reach for their multimodal models before wasting more on 20th century auto-centric infrastructure. Local businesses thrive among multimodal arteries!!!

Veronica Dec 3 2025 at 11:54AM on page 1

Concern

It's not safe to walk and bike in North Spokane, even if the weather is mild. There is no point in increasing mobility here if it's unsafe to be mobile due to crime, drugs, and gangs.

in reply to anonymous 3's comment

New to Spokane Dec 3 2025 at 11:11AM on page 1

Concern

Agree. There should be a completely separate parallel bike path IF the cyclists are willing to pay for it.

New to Spokane Dec 3 2025 at 11:00AM on page 1

Concern

Are cyclists going to be taxed/licensed or do drivers have to bear the cost for these improvements?

New to Spokane Dec 3 2025 at 10:38AM on page 1

Concern

Crosswalks by themselves are dangerous. Crosswalks with a traffic light or blinking yellow light should be honored by motorists. Otherwise it can be difficult to see a pedestrian wanting to cross.

in reply to anonymous 3's comment

anonymous 4 Dec 3 2025 at 10:26AM on page 1

I agree 100%! This is inviting more accidents and worse traffic issues. I don’t understand the push for bike lanes everywhere, we have ice and snow at least 4 months of the year, why is this a priority over other options that would actually improve traffic??

anonymous 3 Dec 2 2025 at 10:57PM on page 1

Concern

synchronizing lights only work if the traffic can move at the speed limit. Taking a lane away from cars for the busses is only going to make maintaining speed that much harder.

anonymous 3 Dec 2 2025 at 10:55PM on page 1

Concern

The idea is that they will be taking from the sidewalks to expand and keep the bus stop facilities covered, etc. so you can't also expand the sidewalk unless you require businesses to move back... and adding crosswalks will only further slow down traffic.

anonymous 3 Dec 2 2025 at 10:51PM on page 1

Concern

bikes don't belong on Division with 50,000 cars (and trucks and busses too).

anonymous 3 Dec 2 2025 at 10:45PM on page 1

Concern

With a population of almost 240,000 I don't think that 196 respondents is a very true sample. Likely those who like to walk and ride bikes as often as possible are excited about this for themselves, but likely don't assume as the STA seems to think that this project is going to get enough people to give up their cars to make this project worth funding.

Jerry Dec 2 2025 at 8:21PM on page 1

Concern

The least popular response.

Jerry Dec 2 2025 at 8:19PM on page 1

Concern

Nothing is safe if you don't pull you head out and start enforcing the laws.

Jerry Dec 2 2025 at 8:19PM on page 1

Concern

I'm a fan of new urbanism, but we need to be honest. NOBODY is using the existing bycicle lanes. The only time i have ever seen anybody on street bike paths is when the Mayor is promoting it. Wasted dollars on something that will not be used or have any benefit for the vast majority of people.

Jerry Dec 2 2025 at 8:17PM on page 1

Concern

Businesses - particularly brick and mortar - are leaving Spokane and Washington State. What sort of 'mixed use' is it going to be if there are not business or not enough? There are lot of empty mixed use developments in Spokane already and most are empty. This sort of development must be organic. By all means, change the zoning, but don't interefere.

Beth Dec 1 2025 at 3:05PM on page 1

Support

I also support the use of trees to keep sidewalks shaded and cool.

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Division Street Transit Oriented Development

Division Street Transit Oriented Development

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