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crosswalks and street corners where residents cross to catch a bus, is essential to reduce accidents.


Understanding ADA requirements and knowing who maintains what is part of keeping residents safe.


Understanding ADA requirements and knowing who owns and maintains all your streetlights, traffic signs, crosswalks, and sidewalks is an important part of keeping residents safe. It’s rare that these various elements are maintained by the same entity, and it can take placing calls to multiple agencies and utility companies to fix one problem. Urban Planned Development (UPD) agreements and plot maps are helpful resources for understanding your association’s maintenance responsibilities.


Vandalism Problems & Solutions


Security and vandalism issues tend to increase where people congregate, which includes bus stops and shelters. Shelters are often vandalized by graffiti. Even if the city or county is responsible for cleanup, a vandalized bus shelter/stop can quickly become an eyesore in an otherwise harmonious neighborhood if frequently targeted.


Keep the maintenance number handy to report vandalism as soon as it is discovered.


Keep the maintenance reporting number handy and report vandalism as soon as it is discovered. If your association maintains the shelter/stop, clean the graffiti


as quickly as possible to dissuade other vandals from using it as their personal canvas.


Bus Stop Beautification


Look into beautification programs for these areas. For example, King County Metro offers a bus shelter mural program. The county will supply the paint and materials needed for the project and work with an artist to create murals at their bus shelter locations.


Look into beautification programs for these areas. Murals beautify the shelter and also minimize graffiti.


The murals not only beautify the shelter, but they also minimize graffiti—it’s a win, win! Work with an artist who understands the look and feel of your community to design a mural that fits your community’s aesthetics.


Your Community’s Transit Usage


Transit usage can change over time, so it’s a good idea to investigate how often public transit is being used in your community and adjust your maintenance needs accordingly. The RRROA maintains a commuter lot for our residents. While once popular among those using public transit and Microsoft’s Commuter services, the association saw a decline in its use as more people simply walked from their homes to these commuter sites.


Signage to stop this activity did little to persuade parents to use the safer drop-off/ pickup zone at the school.


Over the years, the lot became a congested and sometimes dangerous location for parents to drop off and pick up their kids at the elementary school next door. Drivers often


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