Tag: dongho chang

December 14, 2022

Governor Inslee’s proposed budget includes millions for safety efforts

Governor Jay Inslee’s proposed 2023–25 budget responds to rising traffic deaths across the state by accelerating safety projects, creating a $5 million fund for responding to “emergent safety needs,” and $3 million specifically for SR-7 in Pierce County. “Like other states throughout the nation, Washington is experiencing increased traffic accidents and incidents that often result…
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tagged: 2023 legislature, dongho chang, jay inslee, pacific ave, sr-7
December 1, 2022

Bloomberg: Olive Way crosswalk showed ‘how needlessly difficult it is to build safer streets’

There you go SDOT, something more in line with your policy pic.twitter.com/PBZibVAofZ — Hamza (@hummusqueso) November 20, 2022 The crosswalk at Harvard and Olive Way is gone, but it left an impression on more than just the roadway itself. The social media storm following SDOT’s decision to remove it (and their clumsy response explaining themselves)…
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tagged: bloomberg, david zipper, dongho chang, guerrilla crosswalks
July 26, 2021

Dongho Chang leaving SDOT to be State Traffic Engineer at WSDOT

Seattle is a better city because of Dongho Chang. There may not be another public servant working in our city in the past decade who has had a greater impact on so many people’s everyday lives. Since 2012, Chang has forever revolutionized what it means to be a traffic engineer in our city by bringing…
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tagged: dongho chang, sdot
February 8, 2019

People walk across street at crosswalk

There were zero pedestrians counted at this Ballard intersection on a Tuesday in January. It was built late last year as part of bus enhancement project. We counted again on Tuesday in January and usage meets the MUTCD threshold for a pedestrian signal per our Vision Zero Team. pic.twitter.com/C5THJUVkeU — Dongho Chang (@dongho_chang) January 30,…
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tagged: angie schmitt, dongho chang, sdot, streetsblog, traffic engineering
May 31, 2017

Spring Street bike lane is a big improvement, but it ends just short of First Hill

Downtown just got a new bike lane on Spring Street. It’s not the kind of bike route addition that’s going to start any biking revolutions, but it’s a major improvement over what was there before. And with just a few adjustments and a three-block extension, it could have a big impact on bike access to…
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tagged: basic bike network, dongho chang, downtown, first hill, spring
January 19, 2016

New 2nd Ave traffic signals clear up confusion

When the city finally upgraded the old skinny paint-only door zone bike lane on 2nd Ave in 2014, it was an incredible increase in biking comfort downtown. But almost immediately after opening one thing became clear: The array of signals hanging on just one street post was confusing people. Most of downtown Seattle has traffic…
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tagged: 2nd ave, dongho chang, protected bike lanes, protected intersections, sdot