Tag: downtown
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SPD officer responding to call strikes man biking downtown
Yet again more evidence for need for separated bike paths. 3rd/pine. pic.twitter.com/5j5rxWxp5h — Marley Blonsky (@MarleyBlonsky) September 1, 2015 A Seattle Police officer driving a cruiser was responding to a high-priority call Monday evening when she collided with someone biking at 3rd and Pine. The man was transported to the hospital, but SPD said his…
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Chatting with Q13 about downtown’s traffic violence emergency
Q13 News invited me on their morning news show today to talk about traffic violence downtown, which I described a few weeks ago as “a public health emergency we haven’t been treating.” We also talked about SW Admiral Way, where the city is currently working to make safety improvements and add bike lanes (here’s our…
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King 5: Seattle should follow Vancouver’s lead on downtown bike network
King 5’s Chris Daniels recently reported from our neighbor to the north on something Vancouver, BC, has to help people get around their downtown: A comfortable and protected network of bike lanes. As Seattle finally kicks off work on a network of protected bike lanes downtown, it’s wise to look to Vancouver to get a…
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Downtown traffic violence is a public health emergency we haven’t been treating
It’s not news that downtown streets are the scene of a huge number of serious traffic injuries and deaths. But this map at a recent open house still caught me completely off-guard. At first, I thought it was a map of the past ten years. How awful, so many lives ended or dramatically altered. Then…
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City kicks off development of downtown bike lane network, open house Tuesday
It’s really happening. Seattle is developing a connected network of bike lanes to and through the city center. This means connections to Uptown and Queen Anne, to South Lake Union, to Capitol Hill, to First Hill, to the International District, to Pioneer Square, to the I-90 Trail, to the Alaskan Way Trail and West Seattle,…
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Our latest look at plans for a new downtown waterfront
The draft Environmental Impact Statement for the redesigned Seattle downtown waterfront is out. You have until August 12 to submit comments, which you can do via this online survey or by emailing [email protected]. The final EIS should be out in late 2015 or early 2016, and construction should be ready to begin in 2017. There…
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