Should parks be for kids to run around freely or for two lanes of speeding traffic? Lake Washington Boulevard is owned by the Seattle Parks Department (including the roadway), so why do we treat it like a speedway most of the time? #AccessibleLWB

RT @GordonOfSeattle
95% of people driving on Lake Washington Boulevard speed! This street is owned by @SeattleParks, let’s treat it like a park not a speedway.

LA, DC, and SF have all converted park streets into places for people. Why not Seattle? https://www.seattlegreenways.org/AccessibleLWB #AccessibleLWB https://twitter.com/RVGreenways/status/1631775821525573633

The latent demand for #accessibleLWB is massive. If we dedicated just half of the street to an accessible and family-friendly trail, this PARK would be the Alki, Burke Gilman, or Green Lake of the south end. https://seattlegreenways.org/our-priorities/current-priorities/stayhealthystreets/lake-washington-boulevard/?q=Lake%20Washington%20boulevard

95% of people driving on Lake Washington Boulevard speed! This street is owned by @SeattleParks, let’s treat it like a park not a speedway.

LA, DC, and SF have all converted park streets into places for people. Why not Seattle? https://www.seattlegreenways.org/AccessibleLWB #AccessibleLWB
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RT @RVGreenways
According to an SDOT's speed study done between December 13 and 19th the average speed on Lake Washington Boulevard at Horton i…
https://twitter.com/RVGreenways/status/1631775821525573633

Fun fact: #AccessibleLWB was originally envisioned a few years ago by Franklin High School students

RT @UrbanBetter@twitter.com

“Just as a growing retired population will rely more on younger working people to support it, so a largely older generation of decision makers will have to heed, and give more power to, the youthful voices on whom they will depend.” WE AGREE!
https://www.ft.com/content/74908c68-af8d-41a2-9ebe-d028f2f37148

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/UrbanBetter/status/1605853848781955073

DC, San Francisco, & LA have all converted roads through parks to spaces for people this year. No one wants to put cars back on the Seward Park loop or Lincoln Park path. Let's make Lake Washington Boulevard into the accessible and family-friendly park it can be. #AccessibleLWB.

RT @typewriteralley@twitter.com

Until 1971 this segment of the Seward Park loop was accessible to people in cars.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/typewriteralley/status/1603522030024155140

.@CathyTuttle@twitter.com asked me on Mastodon which five Seattle streets I love. Here are my picks — what are yours?
Franklin Ave E #SchoolStreet
Lake Washington Boulevard as #AccessibleLWB
Occidental Ave #PedestrianStreet
42nd Ave S P-Patch diverter #HealthyStreets
Ballard Ave #CafeStreet

.@CathyTuttle@twitter.com asked me on Mastodon which five Seattle streets I love. Here are my picks — what are yours?

Fairview Ave #SchoolStreet
Lake Washington Boulevard as #AccessibleLWB
Occidental Ave #PedestrianStreet
42nd Ave S P-Patch diverter #HealthyStreets
Ballard Ave #CafeStreet

@CathyTuttle five streets that inspire me in Seattle:

Fairview Ave: school street in Eastlake. #SchoolStreets
Lake Washington Boulevard: from Mt Baker-Seward Park when it is an Open Street. #AccessibleLWB
Occidental Ave: Seattle's historic pedestrian-only street. #PedestrianStreets
42nd Ave S: A p-patch diverter in South Seattle. #HealthyStreets
Ballard Ave: since it became Seattle's most successful #cafestreet

RT @SNGreenways@twitter.com

Streets in parks should be places for people to play, walk, bike, run, stroll, relax, skate etc — not dangerous speedways. #AccessibleLWB https://twitter.com/typewriteralley/status/1599114815985029120

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SNGreenways/status/1599123528657567745

Congrats San Francisco! You showed the country there is strong support for the idea that streets in parks should be for people to walk, bike, run, skate, roll, and play — not speed through in a car.

Seattle, let’s make #AccessibleLWB a reality (even though it won’t be easy)!

Congrats San Francisco! You showed the country there is strong support for the ideas that streets in parks should be for people to walk, bike, run, skate, roll, and play — not speed through in a car.

Seattle, let’s make #AccessibleLWB a reality (even though it won’t be easy)!