Tag: vision zero

May 18, 2022

Councilmember Morales: ‘No excuse’ for city failing to make streets safer

Another person was struck and killed by a car in SoDo last week. My deep condolences to their friends and family. These pedestrian and biking deaths are unacceptable because they're completely avoidable. There is no excuse for not creating safer streets and sidewalks. None. pic.twitter.com/F9UtryZ3Fn — Councilmember Tammy J. Morales (@CMTammyMorales) May 18, 2022 Councilmember…
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tagged: tammy morales, vision zero
February 1, 2022

KUOW: Larger vehicles on wide roads are at the center of Seattle’s rising traffic death toll

Traffic deaths, especially for people walking, are rising in communities all across the United States, and Seattle is no exception. We have known this increase in deaths is happening, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic changed traffic patterns. But why? There likely is no single answer to that question because the traffic system in a city…
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tagged: gracie todd, kuow, vision zero
March 16, 2021

Meet Shelly Baldwin, new Director of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission

The Washington Traffic Safety Commission is a public agency that flies under the radar. In February, the commission got a new leader when Shelly Baldwin, previously the Legislative and Media Relations division director at the WTSC, was appointed head of the commission by Governor Inslee. Last year, the previous Director, Darrin Grondel, who had been…
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tagged: vision zero
January 28, 2021

Seattle continues to stagnate on preventing traffic deaths even as total collisions plummet

Preliminary data on traffic collisions from last year shows that the total number of collisions involving people on bikes in Seattle was down by more than 50% compared to the average of the three previous years. This follows the trend in overall traffic crashes, which SDOT says went from 230 per week to 115 in…
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tagged: jenny durkan, speed limits, vision zero
January 13, 2021

92% of drivers speeding on Aurora points to need for urgent action

A speed study conducted by the Seattle Department of Transportation early last October showed that 92% of drivers using Aurora Ave N at N 112th Street, where the speed limit is 35 mph, were exceeding that speed limit, with 66% of drivers going 5 mph or more over the limit and more than one in…
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tagged: aurora, vision zero
December 29, 2020

Time to comment on the Washington State Active Transportation Plan

State law in Washington that dates from the 1990s requires that the Washington Department of Transportation complete a “bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways plan”. The last version of the plan was created in 2008, and is getting a brand new update. A draft of part one of the plan is available to read and comment…
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tagged: vision zero, wsdot, wsdot active transportation division