Tag: pedestrian master plan

October 2, 2023

Pause the Denny Way repaving project until it is safe and aligns with Seattle’s transportation policy

People are injured and killed in preventable traffic collisions on Denny Way every year, yet Seattle is planning to invest more than $5 million in the street without addressing its dangerous street design. Instead, the project is moving forward without regard for the city’s Vision Zero goals and without addressing needs specifically called for in…
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tagged: complete streets, denny way, pedestrian master plan, ryan packer, sdot, traffic operations division, transit master plan, vision zero
October 30, 2015

What do you think of Seattle’s low-cost sidewalk plans?

Building neighborhoods without sidewalks was a truly terrible idea. I mean, seriously. What the hell? If you’re building a place for people to live, how can you leave out the space for people to walk? It’s absolute insanity, and it happened in suburbs all over the nation (and no, it wasn’t an accident). And the…
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tagged: pedestrian master plan, sidewalks
July 15, 2010

Funding SDOT: Tax parking and car licensing

Like every other department in the city, SDOT is facing serious budget shortfalls. Amid a re-stoked tunnel debate (if you haven’t read Dominic Holden’s piece last week about what could go wrong with the tunnel, do so), SDOT is struggling to figure out how to fill potholes with a shrinking budget. And the bike and…
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tagged: bicycle master plan, parking, pedestrian master plan, potholes, sdot, vehicle licenses, walking