Vision Zero

Planter Boxes in South Seattle Bike Lane Removed After Complaints

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has abruptly removed most of the planter boxes that it had placed on Wilson Ave S in the...

15th and Columbian Way Gets Another Chance at Redesign

We reported that community pushback had sunk a proposed redesign to a dangerous intersection next to Mercer Middle School in Beacon Hill and led...

SDOT Proposes a More Complete Bike Lane Connection on East Union Street

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has released updated plans for a protected bike lane it plans to install on E Union Street by...

Melrose Promenade’s First Phase to Bring Raised Intersection, Limited Protected Bike Lanes

Last month, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) released designs for street improvements on Melrose Avenue, on the very western edge of Capitol Hill...
A floating bus stop and protected bike lane on Dexter Avenue. (Photo by Adam Coppola)

Feet First: Stop Building New Highway Lanes, Fund Local Streets and Transit First

Feet First believes in walkable places to improve our quality of life--communities with safe walking conditions, nearby jobs, stores, services, parks and gathering places,...
Cycling was all this rage near the turn of the 20th century, as this photo of a cycling club show. H/t to Paul Dorpat for tracking down the photo. (Credit: Puget Sound Cycle Club)

Wheeling Season: Bike Advocacy Comes Full Circle

Twenty years ago, I learned how to ride a bike in an abandoned South Lake Union parking lot. Today, the lot is home to...

Bellevue’s Downtown Signal Policy Discourages Walking

On Tuesday, KOMO TV reporter Steve McCarron tweeted about Bellevue police stopping pedestrians who tried to enter the crosswalk on the blinking red hand...
Two teens walk along the edge of Aurora with no sidewalk and streams of cars going by.

Fix Aurora Avenue Now

On Black Friday, a motorist attempting a turn from Aurora Avenue to N 39th St careened over the curb and plowed into a family...