Entries for date "October 2016"

Want Safer Streets? Ask for them this week!

October 16, 2016se-seattle-paving-projects Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) hosts "Paving Open Houses" in Northeast and Southeast Seattle next week. The Open Houses are a perfect opportunity for you to ask SDOT to improve safety, revise speed limits, include bicycle facilities, and improve or add sidewalks. Seattle Neighborhood Greenways worked proactively with local groups and SDOT to incorporate protected bicycle lanes along Roosevelt Way NE in 2014-2015. The entire length of …

Fund Safe Streets for All Neighborhoods

Community Coalition Launches Seattle Neighbors for Vision Zero www.VisionZeroSeaAll of our streets should be safe and comfortable places where all people can walk, bike, run, walk dogs, and push strollers. Unfortunately, we have not reached that vision yet. Every year 150 people in Seattle suffer life altering injuries and 20 people are killed in traffic collisions. But it doesn't have to be that way. A budget increase of $3 million will allow the underfunded Vision Zero program to …