Seattle’s War on Cars Fails, Again, to Achieve Predicted Nightmare Outcomes

Michael van Baker — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:31:12 +0000

On the safety side, the primary reason for the rechannelization that converted the four-lane road into two lanes, collisions were down 23 percent compared to a five-year average, the speeding population dropped 60 percent, and the number of people doing 10 or more miles over the speed limit was down 90 percent. The $242,000 project included pedestrian crossing improvements at three locations, smoothing a sharp curve, a two-way left turn lane in the middle, and an uphill bicycle lane.

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Seattle’s War on Cars Fails, Again, to Achieve Predicted Nightmare Outcomes