Reminder: Two Great Seattle Neighborhood Greenway Events March 12 & 18 about Safe Healthy Equitable Streets

[Cathy Tuttle]

Reminder Equity, Public Health and Active Transportation Tuesday March 12 6:30pm

We're excited to share two great Greenways events in March about safe healthy streets!  You can learn even more @ http://seattlegreenways.org/events/

Cathy Tuttle, Director 

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways  Join us!

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What: Equity, Public Health and Active Transportation  https://www.facebook.com/events/331828520270723/

Where: UW Health Sciences Room T-435

When: Tuesday, March 12 6:30-8pm

More: a presentation by Master of Public Health students in UW Community-Oriented Public Health Practice supported by Rainier Valley Greenways and Lake City Greenways. 

• Outreach to Little Brook in Lake City
• Signal timing, safety, and pedestrian perceptions on Rainier Avenue S and NW Market St.

Park in lot S1. Tell garage you are going to this talk and get free parking -- or bus, bike or walk! 

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What: More Confessions of a Traffic Engineer www.seattlegreenways.org/events/featured-event/

Who: Peter Koonce, PBOT Signals Manager 

When: Monday March 18, 6:30 P.M. (doors open at 6 P.M.) 

Where:  Mosaic Wallingford 4401 2nd Avenue NE

What will you learn?: Why traffic signals, lighting, and Level of Service have a huge impact on safe healthy streets for people -- and how we can work with existing codes to make our streets even safer!

Childcare available. RSVP www.facebook.com/events/312243118879458/

More: Peter Koonce, P.E. is PBOTs (Portland Bureau of Transportation) Division Manager for Signals, Street Lighting & Intelligent Transportation Systems http://koonceportland.blogspot.com/. He will be giving a NACTO (National Association of City Transportation Officials) Pedestrian Bicycle workshop earlier during the day in Seattle.  Brilliant, creative, and unafraid -- we're really looking forward to Koonce's insights in Seattle!  See Koonce's recent University of Oregon talk: "Confessions of a Traffic Engineer: the Misuse of Level of Service and its Impact on Active Transportation" http://vimeo.com/52765087

 

www.SeattleGreenways.org Join us!