A new parklet is scheduled to open next month in Uptown near the SIFF Theater on Queen Anne Avenue North.
VIA’s Community Design Studio has crafted a beautiful pro bono design, allowing another active street to have a tiny but mighty space dedicated to people.
The Seattle Parklet Program is invigorating already active commercial streets with new public places for people to gather and sit a while.
The newest parklet …
Courtesy of PeopleForBikes
"Every new bike project should strive to be usable by a 12-year-old." That's the simple takeaway of PeopleForBikes' new "Build It for Isabella" campaign. The reasoning goes, if it works for Isabella, a 12-year-old eager to explore her neighborhood by bike, then it will probably work pretty well for the rest of us. The idea is one legacy of Roger Geller's groundbreaking theory that there …
Example of a shared street in Boston.
Dongho Chang, Chief Traffic Engineer for the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) visited Ballard Greenways for their monthly meeting to discuss the idea of making 22nd Ave NW a pedestrian prioritized street, or shared street. Shared streets, where "pedestrian activity is high and vehicle volumes are either low or discouraged," can increase commercial activity as well as make people aware of slow-moving …