For many years, the Seattle Department of Transportation’s policy for justifying whether a crosswalk should be painted has been, counterintuitively, based on the number of people currently crossing the street there. It’s a practice that follows the national standard for justifying a marked crossing from the USDOT’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. In general, … Continue reading SDOT Adopts Policy Change to Allow More Marked Crosswalks Without Red Tape