Tag: road safety summit
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City releases plan for zero traffic deaths
Traffic deaths are preventable. We have the tools and resources to make them stop. All we need is the will to make it happen. The city concluded nearly a year of outreach and work to create its first Road Safety Action Plan, which outlines the tools and necessary culture shifts we need in order reach…
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Seattle’s first Road Safety Action Plan launches Wednesday at Denny/Westlake
The city is ready to launch its Road Safety Action Plan, the product of last year’s Road Safety Summit and the work of a committee of advocates and city representatives. It will be unveiled at noon Wednesday at the corner of Westlake and Denny. Speakers will start at 1 p.m. The plan “lays out the…
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More details on the city’s upcoming Road Safety Summit
The mayor’s office has released more details about the upcoming Road Safety Summit. The first forum will be at 6 p.m. October 24 in the Bertha K. Landes room at City Hall. From the mayor’s office: Please join us for a Road Safety Summit First meeting: October 24th, 6pm We invite you to participate in…
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Mayor announces date of first road safety summit meeting
The first of three Road Safety Summit meetings will be October 24, Mayor Mike McGinn announced on his blog. The Summit was called after Robert Townsend became the third person killed while biking in Seattle this summer. “It’s time to stop finding fault with each other, and to start finding a remedy,” the mayor wrote…
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Mayor McGinn calls for road safety summit
Mayor Mike McGinn has called for “a summit of community leaders, experts and elected officials to determine how best we can encourage an attitude of responsibility and empathy on the roads, and make it safer for all users.” In a lengthy blog post, the mayor lays out the ways he plans to increase road safety.…
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