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 …
Rainier Valley Greenway's Phyllis Porter has jumped into the Southeast Seattle "Find It, Fix It Community Walks" in a big way. Here are her notes about a recent Walk along Orcas St. and Martin Luther King Jr. Way: Seattle Police Captain John F. Hayes and Rainier Valley Greenways Outreach Advocate Phyllis Porter.
I along with community residents, police, and city officials walked together last evening to identify physical …
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