Rainier Valley Safe Streets

Green and white logo with text on the side reading Rainier Valley Safe Streets

Green and white shield shaped logo with Mount Rainier & Lake Washington sticking out from the top as squares depicting road sign style abstractions of a light rail train, person biking, person using a wheelchair, and parent pedestrian holding a kid’s hand

Seattle Streets Alliance logo & title in green and white with a circle logo depicting silhouettes of people walking across a crosswalk, person riding a bicycle, and person using a wheelchair in front of houses, apartments, and trees

It’s official! We have changed our name to Rainier Valley Safe Streets as part of the rebranding of now Seattle Streets Alliance @sngreenways.bsky.social

This helps with past confusion (we don’t manage the city’s greenways program)

With a new name, our advocacy for safer streets for all continues

Seattle Streets Alliance logo. Featuring three people and a Seattle-style crosswalk with trees and multifamily housing in the background. Logo by Francesca Oaksford.

NEW! Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is now Seattle Streets Alliance. streetsalliance.org

Join us tomorrow (Saturday January 17) from 4:00-5:30 pm and share your thoughts on what we can support to make SE Seattle safer for people to walk, bike, roll, drive, & take public transit!

Community Visioning Meeting Agenda Learn about the $2M Seattle Transportation Levy District Funds Understand how Seattle designs and builds our streets Identify problems with streets in your neighborhood! Imagine how the district funds can be used in our neighborhoods! Drop in meeting January 17th 4-5:50pm Community Room Columbia City Library 4721 Rainier Ave S Host By RVGSS Staff from CM Lin's office will be Available

@rvgreenways.bsky.social is hosting a drop-in visioning session at the Columbia City Library Saturday January 17th from 4-5:30pm, if you live in D2 you should stop by!

It’s clear that the city does not value the Bicycle Weekends program, and this is a slap in the face to everyone trying to enjoy one of Southeast Seattle’s best parks through walking, biking, and rolling. We’re trying to get to the bottom of this, but it stinks really bad

Car with major front end damage from a collision at MLK Blvd and S Alaska St in Seattle. A police vehicle with lights flashing off to the side.

What I woke up to this morning. @cmsaranelson.bsky.social @councilmember-amr.bsky.social @cmmarksolomon.bsky.social how many collisions, injuries, and deaths are necessary before Seattle gets serious about excessive speed on MLK? We need urgent action to slow drivers.

I was going to post about how amazing it was that I can now ride from Beacon Hill to South Park to Georgetown to downtown almost entirely in PBLs. But instead I’ll post this picture of a guy who smashed into the bike lane seconds after I rolled through:

Friday morning we lost a neighbor & 2 people were injured, all due to traffic violence & probably speeding.

MLK Way here is signed 25 mph speed limit, so a driver-pedestrian crash shouldn’t be so deadly, & a secondary driver-driver crash shouldn’t happen.

Speed kills.
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This is the consequence of not following through on traffic safety. We hope that Bradley recovers fully and that the driver comes forward and takes responsibility for their actions.

six people standing in front of a white coffin on a table with flowers inside. people are dressed in black and holding shovels. tv camera takes video. Rainier Ave in the background

what is a pothole presentation

This morning community members with @rvgreenways.bsky.social hosted a vigil surrounding a coffin filled with flowers for the people who are killed or injured every 2.5 days on Rainier Ave S on average.
Meanwhile the City Council Transportation Committee got a presentation on "what is a pothole?"

Seattle community calls for urgent action on 'chaotic' stretch of road Safety advocates urge the City of Seattle to implement traffic-calming measures on Rainier Avenue South.

More good coverage of the dangerous streets in South Seattle on King5 tonight. Great work @sngreenways.bsky.social @rvgreenways.bsky.social bringing attention to this dangerous intersection in a busy neighborhood.

Throwing away years of outreach and expert advice from SDOT is a huge mistake for creating a safe park environment on Lake Washington Blvd. We’re mad, and we’re going to continue to fight for a safer Lake Washington Blvd

Fired up about Lake Washington Boulevard? Join your neighbors with @rvgreenways.bsky.social Tuesday evening at 6 PM on Zoom to talk about how to respond. If you don't already get their meeting invites sign up at seattlegreenways.org/volunteer

Following 5 years of process and some scary collisions, Mayor Harrell removes safety improvements from already-watered-down Lake Washington Blvd project Great news for people who like to speed on Lake Washington Boulevard! Seattle Parks will not be installing more speed humps or stop signs, so you're free to continue scaring the crap out of anyone biking along or walking across our city's most beautiful park boulevard. Not even recent news of a person striking a teen on the street and then fleeing the scene will change city leaders' determination to protect the park boulevard from new traffic safety improvements.

Following 5 years of process and some scary collisions, Mayor Harrell removes safety improvements from already-watered-down Lake Washington Blvd project

#SEAbikes #Seattle

Lots of opportunities to emphasize the need for a safer MLK Way (bring it down to one lane each direction!) and better people spaces in the Graham/Brighton/Hillman City area in this survey! @rvgreenways.bsky.social @sngreenways.bsky.social

This change in plans without transparency or explanation is a slap in the face to neighbors who advocated for safety improvements over 5+ years. We will get to the bottom of this.

In the meantime, please contact our city reps & tell them we need safer Lake WA Blvd:
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It’s painful to see this happen once but infuriating to see this continue to happen. We have so many neighbors present & future who need this road to be safe!

Thank you everyone who braved the heavier-than-expected rain to enjoy a bike ride on car-free Lake Washington Blvd, eat some ice cream, & ride to HONK! Fest West with us!
Photo taken by @bobco85.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who joined us Friday evening to walk and talk about safety along MLK Way corridor as we navigated sidewalks, crosswalks, & trails surrounding the Rainier Beach light rail station.

From @bobco85.bsky.social: We’re putting together the notes, will start creating design guides

Flyer for a community bike ride on Lake Washington Boulevard with details on schedule meeting at noon at Mt Baker Park playground, riding at 12:15 pm, and having ice cream and treats at Seward Park

2/2 Saturday, May 31 at noon join us and @bhsafestreets.org for a fun community bike ride where we’ll ride from the Mount Baker Park playground to Seward Park on a car-free Lake Washington Blvd with some delicious treats! See flyer for more details. #SEAbikes

1/2 We’ve got a pair of advocacy events:
Friday, May 30 at 5:30 pm we’re hosting a walk audit on MLK Way around Rainier Beach light rail station. Join us to observe traffic, discuss safety solutions, & share personal experiences.
Meet: NE corner of MLK/Henderson
@sngreenways.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to chat with us about safe streets advocacy & biking in South Seattle! Remember to check out the plethora of activities coming up this weekend & beyond on our newsletter (quoted msg)
@bestsidecycling.com @sngreenways.bsky.social @bobco85.bsky.social #SEAbikes

I’m excited for all the news happening in South Seattle!

Of course, I had the newsletter all ready to send until I saw 2 brand new announcements that arrived in my inbox this morning 😅

South Seattle Safe Streets Coalition May 2025 Newsletter Learn more about safe streets advocacy in South Seattle and get involved! Our next coalition meeting is Tuesday, May 20 at 6 pm.

Happy Bike Everywhere Day! We’re running a celebration station this afternoon at I-90 Trail/MLK Way, & our next joint monthly meeting with Beacon Hill Safe Streets is Tues May 20 at 6 pm via Zoom.

Lots of stuff happening, more in our newsletter:
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We now have a schedule for this year’s edition of the popular car-free program on Lake Washington Blvd!

Cc: @rvgreenways.bsky.social @bvd100.bsky.social @seattlebikeblog.com @r343l.bsky.social #SEAbikes

Shout out to @jrock08.bsky.social for his quick and effective organizing on this! @rvgreenways.bsky.social

I appreciate everyone who was able to show up to this walk audit today; we will do our next walk audit around Rainier Beach in May (details tbd)

Thank you everyone including D2 candidates @linforseattle.bsky.social @jamieforseattle.bsky.social who showed up today to talk traffic safety, share experiences, & discuss solutions on our walk audit around Columbia City lt rail station

@bobco85.bsky.social @jrock08.bsky.social @bvd100.bsky.social

South Seattle Safe Streets Coalition April 2025 Newsletter Learn more about safe streets advocacy in South Seattle and get involved! Our coalition meets bimonthly with individual committees meeting more often.

Learn about local advocacy events happening in South Seattle in our April monthly newsletter with @bhsafestreets.org
@sngreenways.bsky.social

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Sickening and heartbreaking. My thoughts are with this person and their friends, family, and communities.

SE Seattle deserves safe streets. MLK Way is one of the top five most dangerous streets in the city, and must be made safer.