Bike News Roundup: America’s pedestrian safety crisis

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January 2, 2020

It’s time for the final Bike News Roundup of news from the 2010s!

First up, if you didn’t catch Angie Schmitt’s recent talk about America’s pedestrian safety crisis, Rooted In Rights was there to record and stream it:

Pacific Northwest News

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A feat for the feet: A decade for Kitsap’s car-less | Kitsap Sun
A Week After Two Pedestrians Were Killed on Aurora Avenue, Mayor Durkan Orders a Reduction in Speed Limits – Slog – The Stranger
Arena’s Protected Bike Lane Component Features a Zigzag and a Dead End | The Urbanist
Big bike riding gains in 2019 – West Seattle Bike Connections
Burien crash victim recovers, leaves hospital; grandson needs extended care | KOMO
Car-sharing service Share Now, created in car2go merger, announces shutdown of Seattle, North America operations – The Seattle Times
Changing Freeway Names Offers Path to Removing I-5 from Downtown Seattle | The Urbanist
Cyclist sues Bellingham, says arrest violated rights | KIRO 7
Feds target Seattle transportation projects as part of criminal inquiry | Crosscut
Fix Aurora Avenue Now | The Urbanist
Fixing the Pedestrian Safety Crisis – Seattle Neighborhood Greenways
Gov. Brown calls for pause on I-5 Rose Quarter project – BikePortland.org
Hauling half a ton of food by bike – West Seattle Bike Connections
I-5 Seattle Mess: Don’t Just Lid It | Post Alley
Langley twins, just 4 years old, escape car crash and climb embankment to find help | The Seattle Times
Let us know – how are you impacted by broken Sound Transit elevators and escalators? – Rooted in Rights
Lid I-5 or Get Rid of I-5? – Features – The Stranger
Long road ahead as Washington transportation officials recommend per-mile charge to replace the state’s gas tax – The Seattle Times
Magnolia residents’ AI-powered surveillance camera tracks people, cars at entrance to neighborhood, experts caution bias – The Seattle Times
Majority of voters paying Sound Transit’s car-tab taxes opposed I-976 – The Seattle Times
New Mobility Action Plan for Getting Around North Downtown
New span completes missing link for Bainbridge trails | Bainbridge Island Review
Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail featured in Rails to Trails magazine – Biking Bis
Puyallup to pay millions to skateboarder badly hurt when hit by pickup in crosswalk – The Seattle Times
Scooters would be allowed in bike lanes, but not on sidewalks, under Seattle proposal – The Seattle Times
Seattle’s Newest Council Member, Alex Pedersen, In Three Meetings | THE C IS FOR CRANK
Skip the Ballot, Seattle Should Enact Congestion Pricing As a Pilot Program | The Urbanist
Sound Transit to Washington state Legislature: Let’s reduce car-tab taxes – The Seattle Times
State Commission: Replace Gas Tax with Road Usage Charge, but Keep Highways-Only Earmark | The Urbanist
Statement from the Puyallup Tribal Council regarding the LNG project
The $10 Million Plan for Adaptive Signals on Denny Way | The Urbanist
The decade in demographics: Top 5 changes in the Seattle area | The Seattle Times
The Top 2019 Wins for Bikes – Washington Bikes
Wheeling Season: Bike Advocacy Comes Full Circle | The Urbanist

All way walk intersections is not served well with the current law. You can't legally enter the intersection when the flashing don't walk begins. I think DC style countdown that begins with start of walk and continues on until the end of don't walk is a great system to explore. pic.twitter.com/xssG7UhASs

— Dongho Chang (@dongho_chang) December 12, 2019