Tag: seattle neighborhood greenways

July 1, 2020

What could traffic enforcement look like with no or fewer armed police? SNG task force wants to find out

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has created a “Re-Imagining Traffic Enforcement Task Force” to research best practices and organize with community to develop ways to enforce traffic safety without or with fewer police and to rethink which traffic laws are keeping people safe in first place. As Yes Segura reported on Seattle Bike Blog last week, police…
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tagged: black lives matter, cathy tuttle, kl shannon, seattle neighborhood greenways
June 17, 2020

Protest statements from local transportation orgs

As massive protests against racist and brutal policing pass the half-month mark, the City Council has passed some significant limits on police weaponry and use of chokeholds. The Council is also developing major changes to the city budget through new revenue from a potential new tax on large businesses and through cuts to the existing…
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tagged: bike works, black lives matter, cascade bicycle club, feet first, seattle neighborhood greenways, transportation choices coalition
May 12, 2020

Car driving is down 91% from pre-outbreak levels on the city’s new Stay Healthy Streets

It made national news last week when Seattle announced that the Stay Healthy Streets (“SHS”) program would be transitioning from an emergency program to a permanent program. For example, a CNN headline read: “Seattle to permanently close 20 miles of streets to traffic so residents can exercise and bike on them.” And yes, the Stay…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, jenny durkan, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways, stay healthy streets
May 5, 2020

Crowdsourced map highlights 130 miles of potential Stay Healthy Streets

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has been collecting people’s ideas for street improvements the city could make to help more people get outside and get around safely during the outbreak. They received 250 ideas, which they condensed into a map of 130 miles of car-light Stay Healthy Streets and temporary on-street walk/bike paths designed to relieve crowded…
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tagged: clara cantor, covid-19, gordon padelford, kl shannon, seattle neighborhood greenways, stay healthy streets
April 23, 2020

City announces new and expanded Stay Healthy Streets in the CD, Beacon Hill, Greenwood and Rainier Beach

Seattle has added six more miles of what the city is calling “Stay Healthy Streets,” car-light streets where through-traffic is banned and people are allowed to walk in the street 24/7. They are part of an effort to create more space so people can stay socially distant from others while still getting outside. People are…
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tagged: sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways, stay healthy streets
April 17, 2020

Watch: Talking open streets during COVID-19 with Gordon and Clara from SNG

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has been working with local advocates to develop ideas for open streets as a way to relieve crowding on sidewalks, paths and major parks during the outbreak. We previously reported about some of their ideas, and the organization is still accepting open streets ideas via their online survey. Since taping this interview…
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tagged: clara cantor, gordon padelford, open streets, seattle neighborhood greenways, stay healthy streets, video