Seattle Department of Neighborhoods East District

This intersection is frustrating for everyone who passes through it.

Drivers hate it because left and right turning vehicles often jam up the whole intersection waiting for pedestrians to cross. Getting through this intersection, particularly going E/W, can often take 2-3 light cycles during peak periods - largely due to just a handful of turning cars blocked by oncoming traffic and/or pedestrians in the intersection.

Many pedestrians would like to make a "diagonal" cross in this intersection in one light cycle, rather than having to wait two light cycles to get where they are going. This likely contributes to the tendency of pedestrians at this intersection to attempt to cross against the signal (something that also makes driving through this intersection stressful). All-ways-cross is an arrangement that is so very underused in Seattle (It is only used near Pike Pl and in W Seattle) - this is an intersection that would clearly benefit - this would reduce pedestrian, vehicular and transit queuing and wait times as pedestrians and traffic would never be sharing the intersection.

This seems like it would really be a win-win-win arrangement.

Difficult for pedestrians to cross 12th Ave and scene of very serious accident in 2007: http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2010/01/06/seattle-times-county-pays-7-million-to-woman-hurt-in-capitol-hill-scooter-accident

Cars on Olive Way turning left, either north or south, on Bellevue, don't seem to know where to go to wait to turn. They need to have different light cycles for Olive, ie. west bound green, then east bound green, etc.

Someone ran over the curb at 16th E & E Republican and knocked down the post that held the street name signs, plus a no-parking sign a few feet north. Lucky they missed the hydrant!

A number of large cracks and a depression have formed at the corner of 42nd and E McGilvra Ave. As the concrete has settled into the depression, the corners of the cracked concrete have been raised above the grade of the pavement and could easily destroy a wheel unless you drive very slowly over it.

many feet of pavement missing in front of bus stop

Drivers heading west on Madison can turn right onto Pine (diagonally), and they often don't seem to look for peds crossing 16th in the crosswalk who have the right of way. Especially at night, I've either had to yell at drivers or jump out of the way - and I know there have been accidents there.

I wonder whether changing the timing of the lights and prohibiting right-on-red turns there might make a difference -- but there may be a more graceful solution.