Because of its proximity to Seattle's downtown and freeways, cut-through traffic is a huge issue in Jackson Place, and has been the focus of over a decade of neighborhood activism.

In the Spring of 2007, the neighborhood worked with SvR Design Company to develop a neighborhood mobility plan and was recently awarded funding from the City of Seattle's "Bridging the Gap" program to help implement it.

On November 17, 2007, there was a neighborhood meeting at Cafe Vega to talk about traffic mitigation. Here are the notes from that meeting.

Proposed traffic calming measures