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Summer Blockbuster Alert: Watch Feds analyze bike/truck interactions in SODO
Watch your back Jurassic World, because USDOT just dropped a pair of videos analyzing truck and bike interactions in SODO that will make your box office numbers look like that goat in the T-Rex habitat. As we reported in May, people from USDOT, SDOT, King County Metro, freight companies and bicycle advocacy groups got together…
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One year after Kung was killed, join a vigil and call for Vision Zero Friday
Traffic injuries and deaths are preventable, and we have the cure. We’ve already planned Seattle’s safe streets upgrades corridor-by-corridor and neighborhood-by-neighborhood. The city’s traffic engineers have studied proven best practices from in town and around the world. The city is essentially holding the traffic violence vaccine in its hands, but we’re still scared to take…
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What’s your idea for an easy street fix? Try it out on Park(ing) Day!
Have you ever said something like this to yourself while biking or walking around town? “If only this bike lane went a little further, I could make this connection safely.” “There are always people running across the street here, why not create a safe crosswalk?” “It would be so cool if this area had a…
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Right now, crews are making big fixes to Seattle’s most dangerous street
In an attempt to stop the flow of people from Rainier Ave to the emergency room, crews are finally out redesigning Seattle’s most dangerous street to be calmer, more efficient and more intuitive for everyone. The changes were announced last week at a packed (and swelteringly hot) community open house (see this South Seattle Emerald…
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Gov. Inslee tries to save face on climate change by spending bike/walk money on highways
Governor Jay Inslee dug one hell of a climate change hole by pushing a highway-filled transportation package through the legislature a couple weeks ago. And now he’s trying to save face by digging deeper. The Governor is currently mulling an idea that would trade hundreds of millions of dollars in bike/walk safety and trails funding…
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