Entries for date "January 2016"

Good Reflections on Safe Lights to School

January 31, 2015 by Cathy Tuttle
Monica Sweet showing off reflector lights at Safe Routes to School assembly
Monica Sweet showing off reflector lights at Safe Routes to School assembly
Two Lake City Greenways leaders teamed up with Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and made a glowing impression on children who walk to school in a neighborhood with high needs for safety improvements. Recently at Cedar Park Elementary (Olympic Hills Interim) parent Karoliina Kuisma and Monica Sweet of Lake City Greenways presented …

20 MPH Streets Start With Schools

January 31, 2016 by Cathy Tuttle
Overwhelming Evidence of Speed Hump Effectiveness
Overwhelming Evidence of Speed Hump Effectiveness
It's official. Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will engineer safe streets around ALL Seattle schools! Speed humps are highly effective, inexpensive, and quick to install. Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has been working closely with SDOT on a policy of engineered speed bumps around all schools, based on the Vancouver BC model of traffic calming on non-arterial streets in all …

Seattle ♥s Humps

by Cathy Tuttle January 24, 2016 SNG Speed Hump Study On Lake City Greenway SNG Speed Hump Study On Lake City Greenway Let's hear it for the lowly speed hump! Seattle is poised to soon get thousands of these amazingly effective speed control devices near our schools and parks! Speed humps, often called speed bumps**, are quick and inexpensive to install, and when installed correctly, force drivers to slow down.

Do speed humps work?

Seattle Department of …

Greenways UW Capstone for Licton Haller 1/14/16

January 12, 2016 UW Capstone Class Plans with Community! UW Capstone Class Plans with Community in Mind!

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY and a A FACT-FINDING MEETING

If you care about the Licton Springs and Haller Lake neighborhoods

Change is happening in our neighborhood: Growth, traffic, the 3 new schools on 90th, a new bridge to the new Sound Transit station at Northgate, future Sound Transit Stations at 130th and 145th. Here is an opportunity to help the …

Welcome @SEA_DOTr!

January 9, 2016 by Cathy Tuttle For weeks now, a poorly managed building site and less than stellar City oversight has forced Roosevelt High School children to walk in traffic -- just a few feet away from last year's DUI death of Andres Hulslander. Seattle's Transformation Department fixed the problem using entirely upcycled, leftover, and on-site materials to create a five-foot walkway and 11-foot driving lane. People drive slower past …