Tag: #GivePedsTheGreen

March 2, 2020

SNG: Report traffic signals that don’t give enough walk time or skip the walk unless you push a button

One of the most insidious ways our transportation infrastructure is designed to delay or harm people walking is mostly invisible: Traffic signals programmed to skip the walk signal unless someone pushes a button. Whenever a traffic signal skips a walk signal, anyone who shows up is faced with the choice to either wait an entire…
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tagged: #GivePedsTheGreen, seattle neighborhood greenways, your voice your choice parks & streets
December 10, 2019

As traffic deaths and injuries increase, Mayor will reduce speed limits to 25, add red light and speed cameras, and give walk signals a head start

Mayor Jenny Durkan made her boldest safe streets stand yet when she unveiled a 25 mph speed limit sign on Rainier Ave S, the first of several thousand sign changes coming in the next year and a half. But that’s just part of her effort to get Vision Zero back on track in the second…
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tagged: #GivePedsTheGreen, jenny durkan, leading pedestrian interval, major crash review task force, red light cameras, school zone speed cameras, sdot, speed limits
March 23, 2017

#GivePedsTheGreen petitions SDOT to program traffic lights so they stop skipping walk signals

A new petition under the hashtag #GivePedsTheGreen is calling on SDOT to make an essentially invisible and low-budget change to traffic signals that could have a big impact on walkability, safety and accessibility in all corners of Seattle. It wouldn’t require any new infrastructure at all, and people driving would likely not even notice the change. The…
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tagged: #GivePedsTheGreen, sdot, Troy Heerwagen