Entries for date "2023"

2023 Year-in-Review

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Seattleites overwhelmingly want to make our streets safer and more convenient for people walking, rolling, biking, and taking transit. Yet that public support can easily be ignored in favor of the status quo. That’s why our proven strategy of organizing supporters in neighborhoods around the city is more vital than ever.

As 2023 comes to a close, we are celebrating every victory, big and small, we’ve achieved with our volunteer-led …

200 Silhouettes Posted in Seattle as a Memorial to People Killed in Car Crashes

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Earlier this week we distributed over 200 orange silhouettes around Seattle to mark locations where car collisions have killed people since 2015. The installation is part of The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR), an international event on Sunday, November 19th that brings attention to the millions of people who have been killed and seriously injured on roads around the world and the impact these deaths have on our communities.

Shape the Next 20 years of Walking, Biking, and Rolling in Seattle

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The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has been busy crafting the Seattle Transportation Plan (STP) that will shape the next 20 years of our streets, sidewalks, bike lanes, trails, transit networks, and public spaces. During extensive community outreach, SDOT asked whether people wanted a plan that will “stay the course,” pursue “moderate pace,” or “rapid progress,” and Seattleites overwhelmingly (95%) support rapid progress towards transformational change