Washington's first-in-the-nation shared streets bill, allowing local governments to lower speed limits to 10 mph on specific streets where vehicle traffic must yield to pedestrian, bike, and scooter traffic, is now law.
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5595&Year=2025&Initiative=false
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5595&Year=2025&Initiative=false
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TBF we've had shared streets for decades in many cities in Asia and Africa, where vehicles must yield to pedestrians, bikes etc. Even cows and goats.
Though admittedly not by choice, or through legislation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woonerf
"The woonerf was created by residents of Delft who tore up pavement late at night to make it so cars had to drive slower to avoid the obstacles."
or they will just keep yeeting themselves into the oncoming traffic, as they currently do