Walking

Fridaygram: Japanese Shotengai

Shotengai are a type of shopping arcade found in Japan. Their varied layouts provide both a safe pedestrian experience and true mixed shopping capabilities...

Put Your Feet First and Move Seattle: Vote YES on Prop 1

This November, Seattle voters will have the opportunity to vote YES on ballot Proposition 1, a nine-year transportation levy. Proposition 1 would replace the...

Map(s) of the Week: Safe Routes to School Maps

For many parents, getting their children to and from school safely is an issue of deep concern. Now parents have a new tool at...

Pass Prop 1 and Never Take Transportation Advice from the Seattle Times

Last week, The Seattle Times came out against Proposition 1 (a.k.a Move Seattle). Tom Fucoloro with the Seattle Bike Blog ripped The Seattle Times editorial board...

Sunday Video: The Real Reason Jaywalking Is A Crime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxopfjXkArM Adam Ruins Everything at College Humor puts together a cynical and accurate look at how our cities' laws shifted from prioritizing people to prioritizing cars.

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray Reveals Low-Cost Sidewalk Program

Walking is getting a lot of attention in Seattle recently, and unsurprisingly, much of that has to do with rapid growth and changing expectations...

Solutions Coming for Missing Sidewalks in Seattle

There may be solutions soon for one of Seattle's longest-lasting infrastructure problems. Since the middle of last century when the City annexed land in...

ICYMI: Seattle Gets Six New School Safety Zones With Speed Cameras

Seattle is going all in on Vision Zero, the City's campaign to eliminate serious injury and traffic deaths on City streets by 2030, with...