Speaking of Safety, How About Traffic?

If you are on Facebook, please remind friends and relatives that school starts tomorrow. Everyone needs to drive safely with more kids out there. And, don't go speeding through a school zone or you will get a ticket. 

From the Seattle Department of Transportation:

Before & After (and a note about heading back to school):
 
SDOT crews recently installed speed cushions, more marked crosswalks, signs, new street paint, and paint-and-post curb bulbs on 3rd Ave NW between NW 83rd St and NW 67th St.

 

This project was led by our Safe Routes to School program, which has built dozens of improvements around Seattle to make it easier to walk, roll, and ride bikes to school. Seattle's school children walk and bike to school at nearly 3x the national average.
 
With school starting on September 4th, we wanted to highlight some of the projects that we've completed for Safe Routes to School - and share how you can get involved.
 
We built speed cushions and speed humps this year near Viewlands Elementary, Sacajawea Elementary, Greenwood Elementary, and McGilvra Elementary. We added all-way stop signs and marked crosswalks near John Stanford Elementary, Sand Point Elementary, and Gatewood Elementary. By the end of the year, we expect to install traffic calming near Orca K-8, Gatewood Elementary, Olympic View Elementary, and Chief Sealth High School/Denny Middle School.
 
We’ve seen consistent reductions in speed with speed humps and speed cushions – they are an important tool in our toolkit to make it safer and more comfortable to walk and bike to school. They reduce speeding and make driving more predictable, while alerting drivers to when they might encounter people crossing the street.
 
Thank you for helping us encourage walking, rolling, biking, and safe travel for our children. It builds independence and resilience, helps them arrive ready to learn, and develops positive life-long habits - plus it's just a ton of fun. 
 
We hope everyone has a great first day of school and a wonderful 2024-2025 school year!
 
 
My sad editor's note - Some of the schools that saw these street improvements might be schools that will be closed by next year. 

Comments

Benjamin Lukoff said…
Good news: W. McGraw St. between 28th and 26th Aves. W. is now going to be a School Street! It was chaos during pickup and dropoff before. (Magnolia Elementary) https://seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/safety-first/safe-routes-to-school/school-streets
9/10/24, 10:00 AM
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