Tag: walking

December 13, 2012

Dangerous Distraction: Why treating streets as highways & people on foot as criminals makes Seattle more dangerous

Like zombies, they walk among us, texting, checking emails, talking, selecting music — and, according to a study published Wednesday, oblivious to cars, trucks, lights, crosswalks and the concentration required to get through urban intersections alive. This is the actual lead sentence in a Seattle Times story that occupied the front page of the Seattle…
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tagged: carol ostrom, seattle times, walking
December 20, 2011

Cops mock West Seattle man struck by truck while jogging to work

“That’s why you drive a car!” said one Seattle Police officer responding to the scene of a man struck by a semi truck near the foot of West Seattle’s lower bridge while he was jogging to work during the October Viaduct shutdown. The city encouraged people to find other ways of getting to work during…
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tagged: injuries, komo, spd, tim nelson, walking, west seattle
December 7, 2011

Walking in Seattle: 1/3 of Seattle pedestrian deaths occur on state and federal roads

Almost all of Seattle’s streets are city-owned and operated. Yet one third of the people who die while walking in our city are killed on federal and state highways, Walking in Seattle reports: Of the 104 pedestrians that were killed in Seattle during that period, 31 were killed on state or federal highways. While these…
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tagged: aurora, deaths, lake city way, walking, walking in seattle, wsdot
November 28, 2011

KPLU: Seattleites notoriously unwilling to jaywalk

People in Seattle almost never jaywalk. In fact, the population’s firm adherence to the red crosswalk hand is the stuff of legends. For many, including myself, it’s one of the first things that stands out during an initial visit to the city. Rain or shine, heavy traffic or completely empty roadway, almost everyone simply waits…
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tagged: jaywalking, kplu, spd, walking
November 4, 2011

City will retime short Alaskan Way walk signal

During the viaduct walk event a couple weeks ago, I noticed the walk signal at Alaskan Way and King St near the waterfront seemed awfully fast. So I posted a video I shot and sent an email to SDOT. Turns out, SDOT also found the light to be too fast. They are lengthening the countdown…
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tagged: downtown, sdot, traffic signal, walking, waterfront
October 31, 2011

People walking bear disproportionate number of traffic deaths and tickets

Here is a look at the recently-released SDOT 2010 Traffic Report, in light of the city’s Road Safety Summit. This post focuses on data for people walking. We will dive into the data related to biking in a later post. Mayor Mike McGinn first got into local politics because he moved to one of the…
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tagged: road safety summit 2011, sdot, spd, walking