Tag: seattle pi

April 9, 2014

Seattle PI: Man charged with vehicular homicide for killing Darren Fouquette on Airport Way

Michael Jordan, 22, was going 73 in a 45 and possibly chatting on a cell phone when he moved into the right lane to pass a semi on Airport Way near Boeing Field in the morning of May 30, 2013. But the semi had changed into the left lane to pass Darren Fouquette, 46, who…
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tagged: airport way, crime, darren fouquette, deaths, michael jordan, seattle pi, vehicular homicide
December 19, 2011

Bill would mandate child support in drunk driving deaths

A parent is killed on the roadway by someone who made the choice to drive while intoxicated. The person responsible cannot replace the loss of a loved one, but they can at least take care of some of the dead parent’s financial dependents. That’s what a bill proposed by Rep. Roger Goodman of Kirkland aims…
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tagged: 2012 legislature, drunk driving, roger goodman, seattle pi
November 23, 2011

Why some trail crossings have stop signs

A few months ago, Scott Gutierrez at the PI got a question from a reader asking whether people biking are required to stop at stop signs along the Burke-Gilman Trail (specifically, near U Village). The answer, of course, is yes. All road (and trail) users are legally required to obey traffic control signs. I responded,…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, sdot, seattle pi, trail crossings
October 21, 2011

Biking in Seattle is not declining

A recent story in the PI shows that Seattle’s city-wide bike count showed a 15 percent decline in the number of people biking in 2010 compared to 2008, according to SDOT’s city-wide bike count data. But, as Scott Gutierrez points out in the story, the numbers from that particular count tell a rather murky story.…
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tagged: bicycle count, commuting, scott gutierrez, seattle pi