Thread by @CathyTuttle

1/? The rebuttal was excellent! 😀
"It's frustrating to see the times use their platform to promote the mis-informed opinions of someone who didn't even bother to google it. There is a huge amount of data on these projects,

2/ "& it is important to remember that the primary motivation is usually safety, but often times even mean that traffic moves FASTER. The author of the letter likely only remembers the worst days after the project, but doesn't remember the many traffic jams they sat in beforehand

3/ "Here is the city's data on before/after traffic studies: seattle.gov/transportation…

"4/ and here is the data from the federal studies: fhwa.dot.gov/publications/r…

To save you the clicking, here are the results:

Stone Way: speeding down 85%, injury collisions down 33%, traffic volumes maintained, side street traffic down 12-34%, bicycle traffic increased 35%

5/ "NE 75th St: traffic volumes increased 3% (7% and 9% at rush hours), average speed INCREASED 1.2-1.9%, total collisions down 45%, top end speeding decreased 75% [#fix65th]

6/ Rainier Ave S: top end speeding down 75%, total collisions down 14%, serious injury collisions down 100%, peak rush hour additional delays: <2 min, Transit travel times: improved or unchanged. [#fixRainier #SafetyOverSpeeding]

7/end

"I imagine the Roosevelt corridor is still under study.
I could go on, but the data is out there and it is unanimous. These projects work. We don't need to keep killing people to keep our traffic moving."

[#WeCantWait]

Here's a @tableaupublic data viz of how Seattle road rechannelization projects Save Lives & Keep Traffic Moving made by @WalkingSeattle + @SNGreenways

public.tableau.com/en-us/s/galler…