Summer break has begun and we wanted to remind everyone to travel safely and to be mindful that most kids are out of school.
SDOT Director Scott Kubly, SDOT staffers joined Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers at Arbor Heights/K-5 STEM School in West Seattle last week to educate and reinforce safe travel habits as everyone prepared for summer break. Healthy habits developed as children can become lifelong habits that can be shared with others.
Please checkout our latest Blog Video featuring our friends at Arbor Heights/K-5 STEM, Seattle Police and Scott Kubly:
To make our streets safer for all, Seattle’s Vision Zero 2015 efforts include:
- Reducing the speed limit in the downtown core to 25 m.p.h. by the end of 2015
- Improving safety at 10 high-crash intersections downtown by eliminating turns on red lights, installing leading pedestrian intervals to give walkers a head start, eliminating dual turn lanes, and other engineering improvements
- Installing 20 m.p.h. zones on residential streets in up to ten areas near parks and schools with documented collision histories
- Enhancing safety on arterials (where 90 percent of serious and fatal collisions occur), like Rainier Avenue S, 35th Avenue SW, Fauntleroy Way SW and Fifth Avenue NE, by enhancing street designs, lowering speed limits and installing radar speed signs
- Adding 12 new school zone safety cameras in six school zones to improve safety for children as they make their way to and from school
- Adding seven miles of protected bike lanes, more than 40 crossing improvements, and 14 blocks of new sidewalk to make travel safer across all modes
- Conducting targeted enforcement throughout the city for school, pedestrian and bike safety, along with enhanced DUI enforcement. SDOT and SPD will work together to educate people in advance of these patrols, so everyone will expect enforcement and better understand the rules of the road.For more information on Vision Zero, visit www.seattle.gov/visionzero. #VisionZeroSEA
