Calling all parents! Students, too! Have an idea for getting more kids to walk and bike to school? Maybe it’s getting crosswalk flags, starting a student safety patrol program, pulling together a Walk to School Day event (which you now have 7 months to plan ?), painting an intersection, or organizing a… [ Keep reading ]
✨New✨ designated bike share parking areas in Ballard! To help better organize bike share bikes where we’ve seen lots of use in the city, we’re experimenting with designated bike share bike parking areas. We’ve selected five “sidewalk furniture zone” locations along NW Market St in Ballard where we’re encouraging bike… [ Keep reading ]
Driving while texting is as dangerous as drunk driving. Yeah. Read that one more time: driving while texting is as dangerous as drunk driving. So, it’s no wonder that in these days of cell phone-philia (ahem, Merriam-Webster, 2018 word of the year?), fatalities from distracted driving are rising sharply…. [ Keep reading ]
Why did the chicken cross the road? Winter break has come and gone ? and we’re getting settled back into our routines. Kids are back in school, and now is the perfect time to bring up some very important chickens. Bright and early on a winter’s morn, Madrona Elementary school parents… [ Keep reading ]
Cold weather is here! Many of us rely on our most basic form of transportation: WALKING. It’s a classic mode! We want to make sure you have a fun and safe winter season. No matter what time of the year it is, our downloadable walking maps are always available to… [ Keep reading ]
Between 2015 and 2016 Seattle’s population increased by 2.9% – from 684,451 to 704,352 people. That means we added nearly 20,000 new neighbors, making Seattle the fastest growing city in the U.S. The annual 2017 Seattle Traffic Report is a review of our core data sets including traffic volumes, speeds, and reported… [ Keep reading ]
Magnolia will soon be better connected to the citywide bike network with a new protected bike lane (PBL) along Gilman Avenue W, but not without a few bumps (pun intended) along the way. We’ve heard you Magnolia, and we recognize your concerns about the project. Some residents feel the community input process wasn’t thorough. We take… [ Keep reading ]
Have you ever seen a bike rider who can balance at a red light without putting a foot down? Well, you don’t have to worry that you’re not that cool – just use a bike lean rail! Seattle is one of the first cities in the US (along with… [ Keep reading ]
We’re one week into Seattle’s Safest Driver, our 8-week app-based safe driving competition. So far, more than 1,900 people have downloaded the app! If you haven’t jumped in yet, download the Seattle’s Safest Driver app in the App Store or Google Play. You can compete for prizes every 2 weeks… [ Keep reading ]
This week, the public has been asking us if the new Adaptive System we adopted on Mercer Avenue last Spring has helped ease traffic backups. The new smart technology system collects traffic data in real time, coordinating traffic signals along the corridor to move cars onto I-5 as quickly as… [ Keep reading ]
