Tag: world day of remembrance
‘Your neighbor was killed in a car crash here.’ 200+ yellow memorial silhouettes installed around Seattle
If you see a yellow silhouette attached to a pole or sign around town, it’s there because a person was killed in a traffic collision near that spot in the nearly nine years since Seattle first approved it’s Vision Zero goal in 2015. The sheer number of these yellow memorials, numbering over 200, provides a…
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Remembering the victims of traffic violence across our region – UPDATED
People held a series of actions and press conferences across the Puget Sound region to remember the victims of traffic violence and call for action to prevent more of them. A Rainier Valley Greenways action at Seattle City Hall set out 189 pairs of shoes to represent the people killed on Seattle streets since announcing…
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Sunday: World Day of Remembrance will be a healing space for those impacted by traffic violence
Every year, about 20 people die in traffic collisions in Seattle. Another 150 people are seriously injured, often resulting in life-changing health issues. And for every one of these victims and survivors, there is a community of loved ones whose lives are changed, too. That’s why Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is hosting Seattle’s memorial for World…
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Vigil for World Day of Remembrance is Sunday, street safety panel Friday
A year ago, hundreds of silhouettes of people started showing up along Seattle streets. Each of the 212 figures represented a devastating truth: A person died in traffic here. The demonstration — organized by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways in partnership with Cascade Bicycle Club, SDOT, Washington Bike Law and more — was a local effort as…
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‘I hope that others who have gone through tragedy or will in the future will never feel alone’
Loved ones of just a couple of the 240 people killed in Seattle traffic in the past decade spoke to a gathering of friends, first responders, city officials, safe streets advocates and neighbors Thursday at City Hall. Neighbors then took their area’s share of the 212 silhouette figures event planners made (“There were actually 240…
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Neighbors for safe streets unite at City Hall for World Day of Remembrance Thursday
Two hundred forty people have been killed in Seattle traffic in the past decade. Ten times that many have been seriously injured. Thursday, in solidarity with similar events across the world, neighbors from all over Seattle will converge on City Hall to remember those who have been killed or injured and call for transportation leaders…
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