April News from District 5
- gordon
- April 24, 2015
Lake City Greenways received a matching fund grant for 30% design and construction drawings for the …
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Exciting projects pass East District Council
- gordon
- April 24, 2015
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Wow! Of the seven grants submitted by neighborhood greenway groups or their allies to Seattle's Neighborhood Park and Street Fund six were prioritized by the East District Council for further review. Here they are in order or priority:
- Lake Washington Loop Greenway segment design was requested by Jerry Fulks of Arboretum for Safer Streets, a group affiliated with Madison Park Greenways.
- E Denny Way …
Safe Crossings for Kids
- gordon
- April 24, 2015
Editors Note: University Of Washington students Qiren Lu & Ranju Uezono studied four intersections in Seattle School Walk Zones to see if drivers stopped for people crossing at crosswalks.
Their findings were alarming. Motorist compliance rate ranged from 15% to 34%, low figures compared to the national average.
In other words, in marked crosswalks in school zones, only 3 in 10 people driving cars fully stopped for people walking …
Small Fixes, Big Wins In Ballard
- April 23, 2015
Newly installed Leary & NW 43rd Bike Signal
Small fixes can mean big wins!
Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) just added a new, safer connection across Leary Way near the 6th Ave NW corridor.
Connecting 6th Ave NW to the Burke Gilman Trail and to the existing Ballard Greenway is the top priority for Greenways groups in City Council District 6 that covers Fremont and …
Ryan's Roosevelt Story
- gordon
- April 23, 2015
Click here to send a message to make Roosevelt Way NE Safer
What I thought was: “Ugh – this is going to be unpleasant.”
It was. I just sat in the roadway for a few minutes, stunned, bleeding all over myself. I live in Seattle’s University District because I go to school at the University of Washington – I’m in the final year of a …