Tag: road safety corridor

March 19, 2015

After NE 75th St safety project: Speeding way down, safety way up, traffic delays … down?

The NE 75th Street Road Safety Corridor project (PDF) has been a huge success by every possible measure. The street is safer for everyone, it’s more comfortable for everyone, and everyone is moving more efficiently. When I say everyone, I mean everyone. According to a new city report, speeding is down 60 percent and high-end…
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tagged: dan schulte, judy and dennis schulte, ne 75th st, road safety corridor
March 12, 2015

Safety changes — but no bike lanes — planned for I-35

35th Ave SW is not an Interstate. It’s not even a state highway. So when neighbors refer to this city street as “I-35,” you know there’s a serious speeding and traffic safety problem. And those neighbors are not being as hyperbolic as it sounds. There is a collision every couple days on 35th Ave SW.…
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tagged: 35th ave sw, road safety corridor, west seattle, west seattle bike connections, west seattle blog
February 25, 2015

We need a safer Rainier Ave now. Meetings Thursday and Tuesday

Rainier Ave is Seattle’s most dangerous neighborhood street. There’s a collision every day. Somebody is injured in a traffic collision every two days. And it has been this way for a long time. The injury rate is so high in part because the speeding rate is so high. In fact, more than half of all…
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tagged: brighton, columbia city, hillman city, othello, rainier ave, rainier beach, rainier valley, road safety corridor, sdot