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From our Bike Events Calendar
Jul17Wed6:00 pm Ballard Greenways RideBallard Greenways RideJul 17 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmJoin us for the Ballard-Fremont Summer Greenway Ride! Rendezvous Time: 6:00 pm at Hale’s Ales Ride Start: 6:15 pm Distance: 10.5 miles Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30392421 This ride is a chance to follow the proposed 6th Ave greenway and also survey recently … Continue reading6:00 pm GET SPOKED! WOMXN, TRANS, GENDER... @ Bike Works WarehouseGET SPOKED! WOMXN, TRANS, GENDER... @ Bike Works WarehouseJul 17 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Every THIRD Wednesday of the month from 6 – 9 PM, we’re hosting a Volunteer Repair Party (VRP)/Open Shop specifically for folks who identify as women, trans, or gender non-binary to come together in an inclusive space to repair bikes … Continue readingJul18Thu4:00 pm Queen Anne Greenways Playstreet @ Queen Anne Community CenterQueen Anne Greenways Playstreet @ Queen Anne Community CenterJul 18 @ 4:00 pm – Jul 19 @ 7:00 pm
Queen Anne Greenways (QAG), a community organization that advocates for safe and healthy streets, is putting on their annual Playstreets event on Thursday, July 18 on 1st Ave W between Crockett St & Howe St.. It starts at 4pm. QAG … Continue reading Be a Seattle Bike Blog Supporter!
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Tag Archives: vision zero
Seattle Neighborhood Greenways letter opposes deportations due to traffic violations
Traffic enforcement is often cited as one of a community’s strategies for achieving Vision Zero. But a traffic violation should not lead to someone being deported. That’s the message of a letter signed by a coalition of groups working with Seattle Neighborhood … Continue reading
Rainier Ave safety project worked even better than planned, city will extend it south
A 2015 safe streets redesign on Rainier Ave is working even better than expected by nearly every measure. Just by repainting the lines on the major street, the city’s Vision Zero team was able to dramatically reduce the number of … Continue reading
Today, Seattle speed limits dropped to 25 downtown, 20 on every minor street
Did you feel it overnight? A strange feeling that even though the street outside your window looks the same as before, there’s something different about it? OK, probably not. But something did happen: The speed limit was lowered by five … Continue reading
City looks to extend NE 75th St safety project, open house Wednesday
Building on the success of the NE 75th Street safety project, the city is heading west to improve safety on more of NE 75th Street and Banner Way NE. The 2013 safety project on NE 75th cut speeding 60 percent … Continue reading
Seattle traffic deaths up in 2015, but serious injuries are down
Twenty people died in Seattle traffic last year, up from 2014’s total of 17 and above the trend the city needs to achieve zero traffic deaths by 2030, one of the city’s Vision Zero goals. Mayor Ed Murray did not mention … Continue reading
Bellevue endorses Vision Zero
The Bellevue City Council unanimously endorsed Vision Zero Monday, setting a goal of zero deaths and serious injuries on Bellevue streets by 2030. In fact, there was very little discussion or debate about the resolution (PDF), which sailed right through. … Continue reading
Banning turns-on-red is an exciting first step to taking back our crosswalks
We’ve all been there. You get the walk signal and step off the curb. But the person driving keeps inching towards you. You try to make eye contact, but they are looking left for a break in traffic, still inching … Continue reading
Toward Zero: Honoring the 150 people killed or badly injured in Seattle traffic since Sher Kung
A crowd gathered on the steps of the Garden of Remembrance downtown Friday listened to 150 bell rings, one for every person seriously injured or killed in Seattle traffic in just one year. They also heard ten names, all people … Continue reading
Chatting with Q13 about downtown’s traffic violence emergency
Q13 News invited me on their morning news show today to talk about traffic violence downtown, which I described a few weeks ago as “a public health emergency we haven’t been treating.” We also talked about SW Admiral Way, where … Continue reading
SDOT Director pens must-read Vision Zero op-ed for Seattle Times
Seattle’s Transportation Director penned a powerful op-ed about Vision Zero in the Seattle Times this week. I would paraphrase and analyze it, but reading it really just makes me want to stand up and applaud. Read it all here. Here’s … Continue reading
Seattle’s plummeting bike collision rate may have stalled
As more people bike in a city, the total number of bicycle-involved collisions often remains flat. Sometimes it rises a little, and sometimes it falls. But the “safety in numbers” bike safety phenomenon is surprisingly consistent: The more people bike, … Continue reading
Infographic: Seattle’s low-cost safe streets projects work really well
A road diet, rechannelization, safe streets redesign, complete streets project or whatever you want to call it: It works. Troy Heerwagen has created an excellent interactive infographic over at his Walking in Seattle blog that shows how consistently effective Seattle’s … Continue reading
Can Seattle end traffic violence by 2030?
Sandhya Khadka dreamed big. She believed in equality, especially equality for women, and she was dedicated to do something about it. “There are people you remember for long after they are gone. Sandhya was one of those,” said family friend … Continue reading
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Tagged ed murray, road safety action plan, sandhya khadka, scott kubly, vision zero, writu kakshapati
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Seattle will announce Vision Zero campaign to end traffic violence – UPDATED
Seattle leaders will announce Vision Zero today in Lake City, calling for an end to traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. Mayor Ed Murray, Councilmember Tom Rasmussen, and folks from SDOT and SPD will be at Lake City Library … Continue reading
Lucia: Seattle one of the safest cities to walk, but that’s not good enough
Seattle is one of the safest big cities in North America for people walking, but tell that to the 415 people hit by cars and trucks in 2013. For every 100,000 Seattle residents, 1.15 people will be killed in traffic … Continue reading
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Tagged bill lucia, crosscut, memorial walks, rebecca scollard, seattle neighborhood greenways, vision zero
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Neighbors, city and state launch traffic safety project on Lake City Way
The State of Washington, the City of Seattle and Lake City neighbors will launch a coordinated traffic safety project on Lake City Way this afternoon. Two community walks will start at 3:30 p.m. and converge at the Chase Plaza at … Continue reading
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Tagged janine blaeloch, lake city, lake city greenways, sdot, vision zero, wsdot
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On year anniversary of devastating DUI, community rallies in call for ‘vision zero’
Dan Schulte told a crowd of residents gathered in memory of his parents and in a call for safer streets that being a public figure feels “strange” to him. In fact, he wasn’t even sure he wanted to be at … Continue reading
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Tagged dan schulte, darrin grondel, david frockt, judy and dennis schulte, mothers against drunk driving, vision zero
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The ‘Vision Zero’ philosophy of traffic engineering puts safety above all else
Bike Portland published an interesting Q&A with Peter Jacobsen, a public health researcher who pushes a philosophy of traffic engineering that focuses on reducing traffic deaths first. This concept, “Vision Zero,” should not be a revolutionary idea, but it is … Continue reading
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Tagged peter jacobsen, safety, safety in numbers, vision zero
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