Tag: road diets

July 31, 2024

Study confirms that a safer street design doesn’t slow emergency vehicles

Making a street safer does not increase emergency response times, a recent study published in the peer-reviewed journal Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives found. It is the first significant study on the topic, according to the journal article. Specifically, the study looked at the actual change in emergency response times on streets in Cedar Rapids, Iowa,…
(read more…)

tagged: Cara J. Hamann, Joseph E. Cavanaugh, Michelle L. Reyes, Nicole Corcoran, road diets, Stephanie Jansson, vision zero
February 18, 2015

Infographic: Seattle’s low-cost safe streets projects work really well

A road diet, rechannelization, safe streets redesign, complete streets project or whatever you want to call it: It works. Troy Heerwagen has created an excellent interactive infographic over at his Walking in Seattle blog that shows how consistently effective Seattle’s long history with low-cost safe streets redesigns has been. Many of our city streets were…
(read more…)

tagged: road diets, Troy Heerwagen, vision zero
November 18, 2013

An archaeological dig on NE 125th Street, one of the final battles in the War on Cars

The lucky among you do not remember the vicious fight over a 2011 road diet on NE 125th Street, which pitted neighbors against neighbors in a drawn-out and ugly battle over ten feet of road space in North Seattle. Prompted by rampant speeding and a pattern of dangerous collisions, the city proposed changes that would…
(read more…)

tagged: lake city, mike mcginn, ne 125th, road diets, seattle neighborhood greenways, war on cars
November 15, 2013

Mostly-finished Green Lake Way project reconnects neighbors with their parks

While we here at Seattle Bike Blog spend a lot of time urging the city to invest in protected bike lanes, it’s important to remember that simply redesigning a street using paint can completely revolutionize a street. The city’s in-process remake of Green Lake Way between N 50th Street and Green Lake is a perfect…
(read more…)

tagged: green lake, green lake way, road diets, stone way, tangletown, wallingford
September 16, 2013

Times column: McGinn was right, road diets work. Now let’s fix Dexter

The Seattle Times’ Jonathan Martin said in a column today that the city’s low-budget street safety projects (AKA road diets) have worked really well. He suggests that the city should do more of them, including a project to address serious ongoing safety issues on Dexter Ave between Mercer and Denny. Martin cites this Seattle Bike…
(read more…)

tagged: dexter, jonathan martin, road diets, seattle times, seattle times editorial board
September 3, 2013

A closer look at the city’s plans for Green Lake Way

We wrote a couple weeks ago about plans to redesign Green Lake Way between 50th and the lake. Below are more details on the city’s plans, from an open house presentation. Beyond just the merits for this project, it also seems like SDOT is getting a lot better at making a clear case for road…
(read more…)

tagged: green lake, green lake way, road diets, sdot, wallingford