Streetcrafting
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Working to craft vibrant, safe, and resilient places for all. Living everyday by foot, bike, rail, and transit. #VisionZero #StreetsForPeople
Walking or biking somewhere like this makes me furious. The lack of dignity and respect baked into our infrastructure and driver behavior is fucked up.
Jen Mapes@mapesgeog.bsky.social · 3d agoAmazing how a little rain makes the speeding and narrow sidewalk issues visible and...tangible as in I am now soaking wet after walking my kid to school in what is otherwise just light rain. This is what makes routes to school feel unsafe and walking feel untenable.
What would your life be like if you couldn't drive? This week is #WeekWithoutDriving which is all about understanding what it's like to be a nondriver. @devinsilvernail.bsky.social & I launched @nondriverpodcast.bsky.social to share these stories. Search for 'nondriver' wherever you watch/listen
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30% of people in the US & Canada can't or don't drive. nondriver is a podcast about the lives and stories of those people, hosted by Anna Zivarts and Devin Silvernail. Every episode, we talk to peopl...
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Angry neighbors may have accomplished something that years of advocacy could not: Reducing the minimum fire lane from 20 feet to 12 feet. This has been approved by the fire department and SDOT's Transportation Operations Division. My source at SDOT says this is a precedent.
Qagggy!@qagggy.bsky.social · 3w agoSDOT caved to the angry neighbors.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
L. Harrison Jerome@lhjseattle.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Ave For All: A Car-Free University Way on 10/10 and 10/17! We believe Seattle deserves a car-free street in the heart of every neighborhood for kids to play and community to gather. Come see for yourself what The Ave could be and bring friends! Follow @udistrict.org for updates
Join us today to help shape streets, support local businesses, & pilot new innovations in Capitol Hill! Where: Cathy Hillenbrand Community Room, 10th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102 When: Anytime between 1-4pm FREE food! Registration optional RSVP: seattle.gov/transportation/low-pollution-neighborhoods
It's a perfect day to tell SDOT to pedestrianize Barbara Bailey Way (were the Sunday farmers market sets up in Capitol Hill). Come get your market goods and then pop into the open house just around the corner.
Sam@sluikens.bsky.social · 2w agoTell your friend’s friend.
Seattle bike ridership had a record-breaking summer. 🚲 That is why ungapping the map matters: every new connection makes the entire bike network more useful, comfortable, & accessible. The numbers show people want to bike. Let’s keep removing the gaps in our network & make it possible citywide.
Seattle had record-breaking bike traffic over the summer. What’s behind the numbers?
More people than ever biked around Seattle this summer — and one cycling advocate says this could be just the beginning of a new normal in the city.
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Pike Place after dark 🌙🎶 Tonight, The Night Shift brings live music, art, food & more to the Market from 3:00–9:00 PM. Come see what happens when we make space for people to gather, linger & enjoy one of Seattle’s most iconic streets. Event Info: www.pikeplacemarket.org/events-calen...
We live in an incredible place. I am proud that our city was recently named one of the top five in the world by Oxford Economics using the five criteria of Economics, Human Capital, Quality of Life, Environment, and Governance.
Correction: the deadline to take this survey is Sunday, September 27.
Lives don't happen just between 9 and 5. Hear how King County Metro and elected leaders across our region are working to create the all-day network riders dream of and how #WeekWithoutDriving can help us understand the needs of those of us who rely on transit.
Autobesity [noun]: the alarming growth of private cars in height, width, length and weight at the expense of public space, the environment and overall safety. (video maker #unknown) - Marco Te Brömmelstroet Cc: @tomflood.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @ffsafestreets.bsky.social
Not an issue that I hear being talked about much, but it makes a difference where you place the stop sign
More people than ever biked around Seattle this summer — and one cycling advocate says this could be just the beginning of a new normal in the city.
Seattle had record-breaking bike traffic this summer. What’s behind the numbers?
More people than ever biked around Seattle this summer — and one cycling advocate says this could be just the beginning of a new normal in the city.
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looks like there's a little more time for last minute submissions! drop off your form and donation to the Pike Place Constituency office at 1501 Pike Place #328 between 1 and 5 pm tomorrow. that's on the north end of the third floor of the large building filled with shops
Brook der Blätter@intcreator.com · 2w agoupset that Pike Place will be open to random cars over half the days in winter? make your voice known! join the Pike Place Constituency here and get your application in the dropbox before tomorrow night in order to vote on a declaration asking for no more random cars
People can be made so completely dependent on drugs, that they perceive those drugs to represent “freedom” for them. But can anything you’re that dependent on really make you “free?” That seems like a really warped defination of freedom. Now replace “drugs” with “cars.” Discuss. #CarDependency
The WAR ON WALKING has taken many forms around the world. It’s often as simple as how we signal who space is and isn’t for. Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it. Frustrating photo contributed by @stadsplanering.bsky.social. #WarOnWalking
Safe Routes to School has been so successful. Super obvious next step is Safe Routes to Libraries, Parks, and Community Centers.
Death Knight of the Cedar Grave 🏳️⚧️@io-est.bsky.social · 2w agothis project zone covers a library 👀 More bike lanes by libraries!
upset that Pike Place will be open to random cars over half the days in winter? make your voice known! join the Pike Place Constituency here and get your application in the dropbox before tomorrow night in order to vote on a declaration asking for no more random cars
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Why did Seattle's former City Traffic Engineer sigh with exasperation in this tweet from 2019? 🧵
It’s time to undo the damage of the Durkan administration and put the bike lanes on 35th NE. The plans are still ready to go, let’s do it! @mayor.seattle.gov @transportation.seattle.gov
Mayor Durkan Cancels 35th Ave NE Bike Lanes, Caves To Anti-Safe Streets Advocates » The Urbanist
# Behind closed doors earlier today, recently appointed director of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), Samuel Zimbabwe, interim transportation advisor to Mayor Jenny Durkan, Elliot Helmb...
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Its been a rough time for the small businesses of Capitol Hill. Lets support them this Thursday. Come for free popsicles, stay for takeout, a band, a nice time shopping!
If this were designated a shared street, the paint would be entirely appropriate and not a problem. Drop a few boulders and planters in the road for safety. Just sayin'.
35 circles and 5 thick white lines are painted on this downtown street. It won’t come off
A block of Ninth Avenue can’t reopen until the colorful design is gone. The center has tried graffiti remover and pressure washers, but the work is ongoing.
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Who do you want to have the final say on street safety projects in historic districts: 1) The Seattle Department of Transportation’s Chief Transportation Safety Officer Or 2) Historic boards SDOT could consult historic boards to ensure a continuity of character without giving them a veto on safety
Seattle Streets Alliance@streetsalliance.bsky.social · 3w agoJust this year, the Pioneer Square Preservation Board blocked SDOT's proposal to prevent illegal car parking and improve safety and accessibility at 18 intersections in Pioneer Square. These intersections have a history of crashes, and SDOT knew how to make them safer, but were not allowed to.
What should Capitol Hill’s new ‘Low Pollution Neighborhood’ streets look like?
What should Capitol Hill’s new ‘Low Pollution Neighborhood’ streets look like?
Capitol Hill residents and business owners will have their first chance this month to shape the future of their streets and public spaces as Seattle kicks off community outreach for its $9.2 million Low-Pollution Neighborhoods pilot program. The Seattle Department … Continue reading →
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🧵 Solutions to keep people safe while traveling on our streets are known. @transportation.seattle.gov has the expertise to fix dangerous streets, but they are often hobbled by red tape and "the Seattle Process." Example: unelected historic districts board can veto proposed safety projects.
Pedestrianizing Barbara Bailey Way, that stretch bordering the north end of Cal Anderson park where the Sunday Famers Market sets up, would be an easy way to improve the neighborhood. If you’re already there for your market goods on 9/27, stop in and tell @transportation.seattle.gov we want this.
@transportation.seattle.gov is there anything in @mayor.seattle.gov’s Vision Zero Executive Order that helps track crashes that are not reported to SPD? If not, let’s work on developing a mechanism to get you more complete data.
Mike Eliason@holz-bau.bsky.social · 3w agoi was told by SDOT that they don't track near misses, dangerous designs, or accidents unless reported to the police
