We know this street design is deadly, so why do we keep building them like this? https://urbanists.video/videos/watch/8fe20dca-f8c0-4c47-847c-898574416f67 80% of pedestrian deaths in Seattle happen on streets with multiple lanes in the same direction. So why is WSDOT building a brand new street on Western Ave with this dangerous design? https://www.SeattleBikeBlog.com Follow: Mastodon: @seabikeblog@social.ridetrans.it https://social.ridetrans.it/@seabikeblog Twitter @seabikeblog https://twitter.com/seabikeblog Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeaBikeBlog/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:57:51 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://urbanists.video We know this street design is deadly, so why do we keep building them like this? https://urbanists.video/lazy-static/avatars/5e1b0dd4-c5ba-4867-a44e-929495166d35.png https://urbanists.video/videos/watch/8fe20dca-f8c0-4c47-847c-898574416f67 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://urbanists.video/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. <![CDATA[We know this street design is deadly, so why do we keep building them like this? - Alexander Harding]]> https://urbanists.video/w/iLvaiPKjyfR9Kast31bGCg;threadId=3622 https://urbanists.video/w/iLvaiPKjyfR9Kast31bGCg;threadId=3622 Thu, 20 Apr 2023 21:54:34 GMT Good points about trying things out (like closing a lane) and seeing what happens. Too often construction projects where I live close a lane (or three) and everything's... fine? Sometimes I wish we could leave constructions projects halfway done 😉

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