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More funding for safe streets in City Budget. Thank you!

Here’s something to be thankful for today: Seattle City Council passed the final version of the 2017 budget with some fantastic improvements thanks to your support!

Exciting budget additions include

  • $1 million to fix Rainier Ave S - the most dangerous street in the city, and an acceleration of funding for the exciting Accessible Mt Baker project.
  • Funding to create a North Beacon Hill Multimodal Transportation Study to allow much …

Tactical Urbanism Creates Permanent Places

August 25, 2016

PARKing Day Plus 2015 project leads to new Burke Gilman Trail design from SDOT Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has stepped out of their box, and into an intersection full of psychedelic circles. A recent article at The Urbanist highlights SDOT plans to construct an exciting new protected intersection at the Burke Gilman Trail crossing of 40th Ave NE. The safety design for 40th Ave NE is …

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 …

Campaign to Fix Seattle's Most Dangerous Street

Gordon Padelford October 1, 2015 Safety Over Speeding Campaign for Rainier Ave S

Rainier Avenue South was the most dangerous street in Seattle, tearing apart many families, keeping people from walking in their neighborhood to visit friends, families, schools, and businesses.

It was a hazardous barrier, physically dividing the Rainier Valley community.

With one crash every day causing 630 injuries and two fatalities in the last three years, the …