Fwd: We need safe streets now! take action
Gordon Padelford
From: Gordon Padelford <gor...@seattlegreenways.org>
Date: Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 11:28 AM
Subject: We need safe streets now! take action
By now you likely know that every year more and more people are being injured and killed traveling on our streets, and that these tragedies disproportionately impact communities of color. Vision Zero is the city's adopted goal that no one should be seriously injured or killed while traveling on our streets. In response, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has just released their highly anticipated "top to bottom" Vision Zero review.
While it contains much needed recommendations to reform SDOT's internal culture and practices, it fails to propose an action plan to create safe streets for all. We released our plan containing equitable and proven solutions to get Vision Zero back on track last November. Now we have released the following short video about the safety crisis on our streets, and we hope you will join us in calling on the city to act.
Take Action
Together we can hold the city accountable to getting Vision Zero back on track.
- Ask City Council to hold SDOT and the Mayor accountable to getting Vision Zero back on track. SDOT's report will be reviewed by the City Council on Tuesday, March 7th at 9:30 AM. If you can, please give public comment in person or online, or email cou...@seattle.gov.
- Email the mayor using our handy form, and ask him to direct SDOT to fix our most dangerous streets.
- Share our video on the Vision Zero crisis with your friends, family, and community members.
Thank you for taking action to make our streets safer for all.
Gordon Padelford
Executive Director
Seattle Neighborhood Greenways
P.S. If you're curious about how we can make automated enforcement a more equitable tool to keep people safe, check out the new Op-Ed by Ethan Campbell and Nura Ahmed with our Whose Streets Our Streets! workgroup.
