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A Stay Healthy Street in Beacon Hill. (Photo by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways)

130 Miles of Open Streets Is Just What the Doctor Ordered

The Urbanist has been urging the City of Seattle to pedestrianize streets and create a safe biking network for years, but the pandemic has...

Seattle’s Densest Neighborhoods Need Open Streets Too

On Friday, when the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced its third set of streets open to people walking and rolling, calming them for...

Stay Healthy Streets Expands in Ballard, Lake City, Aurora, and Delridge for 20 Miles...

Walking, rolling, or biking through Seattle got a little easier thanks to another expansion of the Stay Healthy Streets program. The Seattle Department of...

Protected Bike Lane on MLK Way S Heads to Survey Phase

One of the final things that safe cycling advocate Mike O'Brien did before exiting the Seattle City Council at the end of last year...
Paths at Green Lake Park connect with the Stay Healthy Street at West Green Lake Way. (Photo by Doug Trumm)

City Rolls Out Stay Healthy Streets in Three More Neighborhoods

The City announced yesterday its new Stay Healthy Streets program would be expanding today. The streets being pedestrianized are in Beacon Hill, Greenwood, the...

SDOT Opens ‘Stay Healthy Streets’ to Pedestrians and Cyclists

Seattle is joining the list of cities using open streets to help weather the coronavirus pandemic by helping people walking, rolling, and biking safely...

Advocates Urge City to Open More Streets to Pedestrians and Cyclists During the COVID-19...

Last week Rainier Valley Greenways and Safe Streets (RVGSS) submitted a letter to the Seattle City Council and Mayor Jenny Durkan requesting that the...

Don’t Block the Box Bill Passes State Legislature

Safety advocates rejoiced today as the Washington State House passed House Bill 1793, which permits Seattle to use camera enforcement to dissuade motorists from...