Greenwood Healthy Street
Creating space for people to walk, bike, and play
This project is complete!
This project was completed in October 2023.
Permanent Fixtures and Safety Features
Traffic Calming
We installed traffic calming features along NW 73rd, between Palatine Ave N and 3rd Ave NW.
Painted curb bulbs on NW 73rd and Sycamore
All way stop on NW 73rd and 1st Ave NW
Project Map
Background
April 4, 2020, SDOT responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by upgrading 26 miles of Neighborhood Greenways to Stay Healthy Streets throughout the city as a pilot program to allow for socially distanced transportation, recreation, and socialization.
- Neighborhood Greenways are designated walking, rolling, and biking routes along residential streets with enhanced safety features (such as speed humps, stop signs, and crossing improvements at major intersections) to limit the number and speed of through vehicle. While these are intended for those walking, in wheelchairs, riding bikes and similar, local access, deliveries, waste pickup and emergency vehicles are always allowed. Neighborhood Greenways throughout Seattle were identified through past community engagement processes.
- Stay Healthy Streets build on the investments in the Neighborhood Greenway network by enhancing signage which closes the street to enable those on foot and bike to be the primary users of the street to allow for social distancing. As with Neighborhood Greenways, local access, deliveries, waste pickup and emergency vehicles are always allowed but drivers must yield to other users.
The Greenwood Neighborhood Greenway opened summer 2017 and was originally part of Greenwood Elementary School Safe Routes to School and the North Seattle Neighborhood Greenway. It is 1.4 miles long and runs on 1st Ave NW from NW 73rd St to NW 100th St.
Outreach Activities
Winter 2021
- Sent a postcard to nearby addresses providing an update and include an invitation to participate in an online survey
- Collected input from community members via online survey on improvements
- Hosted an online open house to provide an update, understand concerns, learn about preferences, and answer questions
- Attended the Greenwood Community Council meeting to provide an update, learn about preferences, and answer questions
- Reached out to impacted properties
- Analyzed results from the online survey and other feedback received
- Based on best practices and community input, identified materials for installation
Spring 2021
- Provided an update to community members on next steps
- Upgraded arterial crossings with larger barricades
Summer/Fall 2021
- Installed enhancements (such as traffic calming)
- Collected feedback on additional enhancements (such as art)