Tag: smart growth america

July 25, 2022

Washington’s streets continue to fail kids like Mikey Weilert

Michael Weilert stopped, pushed the button to make the crosswalk lights start blinking, waited to see that cars were stopping, then rode his bike across busy Pacific Avenue S in Parkland last Tuesday. But even though other people had stopped their cars at the clearly marked crosswalk, a 27-year-old woman drove a Jeep straight through…
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tagged: active transportation plan, deaths, michael weilert, parkland, smart growth america, wsdot
May 21, 2014

National report on dangerous streets cites NE 125th redesign as an example of success

If you moved to the north end of Seattle after the summer of 2011, you may have no idea that there was an epic debate over city plans for a road safety project on NE 125th Street. That’s because the project, once completed, was a slam dunk. The street became safer for all users, easier…
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tagged: dangerous by design, ne 125th, smart growth america