Tag: safety

January 14, 2021

Roger Millar: safety impacts cost Washington nearly $15 billion per year

The Washington State House of Representatives Transportation Committee convened for the first time this session on Tuesday and WSDOT head Roger Millar was there to lead the members through a presentation, which was titled “Return on Investment”. At the beginning of the talk, he made sure to emphasize that the legislature calls the shots and…
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tagged: 2021 legislature, roger millar, safety, wsdot
October 24, 2011

Dangerously short walk signal at Alaskan Way and King

When I went down to walk around on the Viaduct Saturday, I encountered this extremely short walk signal at Alaskan Way and King St. This intersection connects the old waterfront trail with the newly-opened Alaskan Way Trail, so it is a fairly important signal. According to my rudimentary measurements using Google Maps, this crosswalk is…
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tagged: alaskan way, king st, road safety summit 2011, safety, traffic signal
October 3, 2011

PI: Top five spots where people biking and driving collide

The Seattle PI has tracked down the five spots in Seattle where the most bicycle-car collisions have occurred in recent years. NE 45th Street in front of Dick’s took the top spot, which may surprise some. But I fear that wide intersection full of drunk and/or hungry people turning in and out of the drive-in…
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tagged: injuries, safety, wrecks
September 28, 2011

Roundup of recent calls for safer streets

There have been so many great calls for safer streets from people all over the city recently that I have had trouble keeping up. This is, of course, a great problem to have! Here’s a quick roundup of a few pieces that caught my eye. If you can think of others, leave links in the…
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tagged: safety, sally bagshaw
September 14, 2011

We have reached a turning point in Seattle bicycle safety

What started as a couple deaths after a long stretch with very few has turned into a devastating couple weeks on our city’s streets. After the third death on Seattle streets since July, one question has been on the minds of city residents and various media outlets this week: What the hell is going on?…
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tagged: bike master plan, brian fairbrother, deaths, proposition 1, safety, safety in numbers, tom rasmussen, vehicle lisense fee
February 21, 2011

Bike incident press from Bizarro World … I mean the Netherlands

Streetsfilms posted this video, which clearly leaked through a dimension split of some kind. It comes from a parallel universe where a moment of reckless driving that almost seriously injures some cyclists spurs public outrage and a series of angry opinions from the local media condemning the potentially harmful act. The driver’s license is suspended,…
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tagged: complete streets, netherlands, safety, videos