Re: “Lawmakers should intervene to scale back deaths on roads” [Dec. 22, Opinion]:
The editorial is correct to name on all ranges of presidency to behave urgently to handle the protection disaster on our streets. It nevertheless misses the chance for governments to implement fast, efficient and cost-efficient avenue designs.
Constructing bodily security enhancements like velocity cushions, no-right-on-red indicators, pedestrian head begin sign timing, and bettering visibility at intersections with painted curb bulbs are confirmed to be efficient and may be constructed over a weekend. Certainly, the Seattle Division of Transportation did simply that after they constructed velocity cushions on fifteenth Avenue South in Beacon Hill this summer time to handle the continual dashing drawback there — upfront of a bigger security venture that may break floor in 2024.
Sure, dangerously flawed streets like Aurora Avenue North and Martin Luther King Jr. Manner South will want main redesigns to really result in security for all, and that may take time. However we must always not low cost the chance for fast and efficient options that may assist urgently handle the unsafe circumstances taking part in out on our streets.
Gordon Padelford, govt director, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways
