THE SHARED STREETS BILL JUST DROPPED!
SB 5595 legalizes a type of street (“woonerf” or “home zone”) common across Europe where cars, bikes, and pedestrians share the same space but speed limits are low and pedestrians are the priority. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5595.pdf
SB 5595 legalizes a type of street (“woonerf” or “home zone”) common across Europe where cars, bikes, and pedestrians share the same space but speed limits are low and pedestrians are the priority. https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5595.pdf
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Look up traffic calming
They're best when there are restrictions or diversion to reduce or restrict motor traffic.
(but maybe we could be happier if we tried a few of these things....?)
As our anti-One Seattle Plan neighbors have noted quite frequently, Queen Anne has some narrow streets. And, yet, the *School Zone* speed limit on residential streets surrounding St. Anne’s Elementary is 20 mph. That’s crazy.