# Within 18 months, the posted maximum speed limit on nearly every single arterial street in the city of Seattle will be 25 miles per hour. That was the boldest action on the list of safety improvements announced by Mayor Jenny Durkan yesterday, in response to a big uptick in traffic violence. More than two years| The Urbanist » Advocacy journalism for better cities.
# When Greg Spotts took over as the new director of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), he ordered a 90-day review of the city's Vision Zero efforts. The Vision Zero department within SDOT is tasked with achieving the city's pledge to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. Unfortunately, the city isn't making much| The Urbanist » Advocacy journalism for better cities.
# In the final weeks of 2019, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) was facing down the fact that the city would end the year with the most traffic fatalities in more than a decade. The department’s Vision Zero coordinator appeared in front of a city council committee that December along with SDOT Director Sam Zimbabwe| The Urbanist » Advocacy journalism for better cities.