Tag: vision zero
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Study: Seattle Vision Zero projects do not harm local businesses
Seattle’s Vision Zero road safety redesign projects have not had a negative impact on local businesses, according to a study by University of Washington researchers published in the peer-reviewed journal Injury Prevention (PDF) earlier this year. “Results suggest that road safety improvement projects such as those in Vision Zero plans are not associated with adverse…
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Greenways: 6 people killed in Seattle traffic in a single week as Council considers street safety funding
Traffic deaths in Washington State reached a high in 2023 that the state has not seen in 33 years. That number of deaths in 2023 increased 10% over 2022. King County leads the way with 167 people killed in traffic, more than double the number in 2014. These are all the big numbers on a…
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A transportation funding ballot measure that inspires
Over the next 8 years, Seattle will improve safety on every high-injury street in the city. That’s the kind statement I would love to see Seattle make when selling the transportation funding measure it will send to voters later this year. This is a high-turnout Presidential election year, and higher turnout should make it easier…
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‘Your neighbor was killed in a car crash here.’ 200+ yellow memorial silhouettes installed around Seattle
If you see a yellow silhouette attached to a pole or sign around town, it’s there because a person was killed in a traffic collision near that spot in the nearly nine years since Seattle first approved it’s Vision Zero goal in 2015. The sheer number of these yellow memorials, numbering over 200, provides a…
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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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Watch: We know this street design is deadly, so why do we keep building them this way?
Seattle’s recent Vision Zero review noted that 80% of people killed while walking on Seattle streets are killed on streets with multiple lanes in the same direction. So why are we on the verge of opening a brand new streets through Belltown near Pike Place Market with multiple lanes in the same direction? I ride…
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