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The title quote is from David Engwicht, an original thinker in the realm of traffic issues. http://www.mentalspeedbumps.com/ What if you began to try this on your streets? From Engwicht’s book: Let me tell one other story that underlines the power of intrigue to tame drivers subconsciously. When I first started doing Instant Street Reclaiming events, [...] If you missed the discussion about the Pedestrian Master Plan at the Pinehurst Community Meeting this week, you may be interested in the Great City brownbag on the topic next week: Pedestrian Master Plan Brownbag LunchThursday, May 14th12:00 – 1:30 pmGGLO Space at the Steps (enter through door located about ¼ of the way down [...] The Pedestrian Master Plan is now available on-line here. The plan establishes the policies, programs, design criteria, and projects that will further enhance pedestrian safety, comfort, and access in all of Seattle’s neighborhoods. Take time to read the draft plan and make comments by June 15, 2009. The image below (click to enlarge) [...] Photo: Joshua Trujillo/seattlepi.com Casey McNerthney and Josh Trujillo have a piece in the PI today about pedestrian safety and the Pedestrian Master Plan. Read it here. The Pedestrian Master Plan should be available on-line any day now. There were some technical issues that have delayed the official release that had been planned for May 1st. [...] More from Jodi: Today, “no parking” signs are being put on both sides of the street in preparation for the sidewalk construction work to start next week. SDOT expects that the project will take about three weeks to complete. Next week, they will start working on the sidewalk on the north side of the street [...] The draft Pedestrian Master Plan is scheduled to be released this coming Monday, May 4th. The plan that was developed over the past two years, lays the framework for future pedestrian investment in Seattle. (Representatives from the Pedestrian Master Plan will be presenting about the Plan to the Pinehurst community on Monday , May 4th [...] Thanks to Jodi and Karla and Rebecca in Pinehurst, Shauna Walgren at Seattle Department of Transportation and North District Council – here is the design for the 125th sidewalk between 5th Ave NE and Roosevelt Way NE. The sidewalk will be built on the north side of the street and will incorporate natural drainage. I [...] These are the Neighborhood Street Fund/Cumulative Reserve Fund projects that were chosen last night for further consideration and cost analysis are: Top 52008-346 (Victory Heights/Maple Leaf) Sacajawea sidewalk2008-367 (Meadowbrook) striping of at grade sidewalk NE 105th2009-003 (Maple Leaf) crosswalk on 15th NE at NE 88th2009-061 (Pinehurst) speed bumps on 14th NE and NE 127th2009-129 (Lake [...] I posted the complete list of projects submitted for Neighborhood Street Fund/Cumulative Reserve Fund at the Safe Walks blog here. The bottom line is that there are far more project ideas than there is funding. between 5th Ave NE and Roosevelt Way NE. Actually, the first part is not so bad, especially since it is light in the evening now. The south side of the street is clearly much easier to walk on – at least on the west end of the block.This is my favorite property. The developer for [...] |
 
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