The project team is working closely with the Ocean View community to determine where improvements need to be made. We will use this feedback to help shape our proposals.
During the first round of outreach in early 2022, our project team met with community members. We learned about their experiences with the M Ocean View and improvement priorities. Pop-up events were also conducted along the corridor, and a multilingual self-guided open house was available at the Ocean View Public Library for the community to learn about the project and share their feedback.
Multilingual rider and neighborhood surveys were also completed as part of the first round of outreach to gather feedback on improvement priorities. Results from both surveys showed reducing wait times to be the top priority, followed by reducing travel times and improving safety for people walking to stops.
The majority of those who took the neighborhood survey also indicated that they would support transit and safety improvements such as:
- wider sidewalks or or boarding islands at train stops,
- traffic signals that stay green longer for trains,
- dedicated transit lanes where there’s space for them, and
- safer crossings at intersections for people walking.