Tag: data

January 19, 2023

State Routes lead Washington’s horrible increase in deaths of people walking, biking or rolling

The Washington Traffic Safety Commission has put together a new dashboard breaking down the conditions surrounding traffic deaths of people walking, biking or rolling. The data covers ten years from 2012 through 2021 (2022 data is not yet finalized), and there are some undeniable trends that point to the problems. First off, the worst chart…
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tagged: data, deaths, fatal crashes involving active transportation users, washington traffic safety commission, wsdot
January 24, 2011

SDOT’s 2009 traffic report shows drop in bicycle collision rate

Despite the fact that Seattle’s population is growing, traffic volumes and collisions both went down in 2009. The data was collected by SDOT for their 2009 Traffic Report, which was released last week. Flip through the presentation after the jump.
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tagged: 2009, collisions, data, sdot, wrecks
January 20, 2011

Nobody drives in Seattle anymore, it’s too congested

Get ready, traffic geeks, because there is lots of traffic data flying around the city the past couple days. First off, Seattle’s traffic is now ranked 10th worst in the country. Considering the city was once second worst, I’d say that we’re doing pretty good. Mike Lindblom at Seattle Times reports that in 2003, there…
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tagged: data, urban mobility