Safe Streets for All
We are building neighborhood-scale safety upgrades at over 80 locations by 2030. These Safe Streets for All projects will provide safer options for you to walk, bike, roll, or get to transit.
- They will improve safety for people with disabilities or other mobility needs.
- They also give you more space when you’re walking or riding a bike and help you cross the street more safely.
Building these projects supports our Vision Zero goal to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030.
Here's what we're doing
In the next few years, we will build more than 80 Safe Streets for All projects across Seattle:
- New sidewalks
- Speed humps that encourage you to drive the speed limit while driving
- Flashing lights at crosswalks that help you more easily see people crossing the street
- Signals that let you enter an intersection first when you’re walking, so that people driving can see you more easily
- Pedestrian ramps at street corners
- Walk signals with push buttons that use sound and vibration to help people who are blind cross the street
- Concrete islands that give you a safe place to pause while crossing the street
- Lines painted on the street, signs, and flexible posts at intersections to create more open space so you can see others travelling through the intersection better
- An upgraded bike path to better protect you and other people using the path while riding your bike
Examples of Safe Streets for All Upgrades
Crosswalks, push buttons, flashing lights, and median islands help people cross the street safely and easily. These are the types of upgrades we’re making on Safe Streets for All projects.
Crosswalks with signs and flashing lights help people cross the street more safely and concrete pedestrian islands give people crossing more space.
Example of markings on the street and flexible posts that help improve visibility at an intersection
Example of lines on the street that help prevent you from parking too close to an intersection and making it hard for others to see.
Example of a speed hump that helps you drive the speed limit. It has breaks in the center and edges so that emergency vehicles don’t have to slow down.
An example of a shared use path that can be used by people biking and walking.
Examples of Safe Streets for All Upgrades
Crosswalks, push buttons, flashing lights, and median islands help people cross the street safely and easily. These are the types of upgrades we’re making on Safe Streets for All projects.
Crosswalks with signs and flashing lights help people cross the street more safely and concrete pedestrian islands give people crossing more space.
Example of markings on the street and flexible posts that help improve visibility at an intersection
Example of lines on the street that help prevent you from parking too close to an intersection and making it hard for others to see.
Example of a speed hump that helps you drive the speed limit. It has breaks in the center and edges so that emergency vehicles don’t have to slow down.
An example of a shared use path that can be used by people biking and walking.
Neighborhood Projects
Pedestrian walk signal upgrades and ramps:
- Greenwood Ave N and N 145th St
- Linden Ave N and N 145th St
- 30th Ave NE and NE 145th St
- Lake City Way NE and NE 127th St
- 1st Ave NE and NE Northgate Way
*Project uses money from voter-approved Seattle Transit Measure
Near-term projects
Wider sidewalks and improved visibility at intersections, and new crosswalks:
1. 8th Ave NE and NE 42nd St*
Pedestrian walk signal upgrades and ramps:
2. Brooklyn Ave NE and NE 50th St*
3. University Way NE and NE 42nd St*
Remaining projects
Pedestrian walk signal upgrades:
7. 25th Ave NE and NE 44th St
Pedestrian walk signal upgrades and ramps built:
4. University Way NE and NE 50th St*
5. University Way NE and NE 47th St*
6. University Way NE and NE Campus Parkway*
8. Roosevelt Way NE and NE 50th St
9. Latona Ave NE and NE 45th St
10. 17th Ave NE and NE 45th St
11. 18th Ave NE and NE 45th St
12. 19th Ave NE and NE 45th St
13.7th Ave NE and NE 42nd St
14. Brooklyn Ave NE and NE Pacific St
15. University Way NE and NE Pacific St
16. 15th Ave NE and NE Pacific St
*Project uses money from voter-approved Seattle Transit Measure
Near-term projects
Crosswalks, flashing lights at crosswalks, wider sidewalks at intersection, and improved visibility at intersection:
1. Harvard Ave E and E Olive Way*
Pedestrian islands:
2. 10th Ave and E Pike St*
Pedestrian ramps and flashing lights at crosswalks:
3. Harvard Ave E and E Seneca St*
Pedestrian walk signal upgrades and ramps:
4. 3rd Ave and James St*
5. Broadway and Jefferson St*
Pedestrian walk signal upgrades:
6. 5th Ave and Olive Way*
7. 5th Ave and Union St*
8. 1st Ave S and S Washington St*
9. 1st Ave S and S Jackson St*
Remaining Projects
Pedestrian ramps:
12. Belmont Ave and E Pike St
Pedestrian walk signal upgrades:
13. Pike St and Convention Pl
14. 3rd Ave and Pine St
15. 3rd Ave and Pike St
Pedestrian walk signal upgrades and ramps:
10. 3rd Ave and Seneca St*
11. 4th Ave and Columbia St*
16. Lenora St and Western Ave
17. Boren Ave and Pike St
18. 5th Ave and Pike St
19. Boren Ave and Seneca St
20. 3rd Ave and University St
21. Spring St and Western Ave
22. Broadway and Cherry St
23. 5th Ave and Columbia St
24. 5th Ave and Cherry St
25. 6th Ave and Cherry St
26. 8th Ave and James St
27. 5th Ave and James St
28. 18th Ave and E Union St
29. 14th Ave and E Cherry St
*Project uses money from voter-approved Seattle Transit Measure
Near-term projects
Wider sidewalks at intersections:
1. Rainier Ave S and S Dearborn St*
Pedestrian walk signal upgrades and ramps:
2. 6th Ave S and S Royal Brougham Way*
3. Rainier Ave S and S Massachusetts St*
Remaining Projects
Pedestrian walk signal upgrades and ramps:
4. Airport Way S and S Royal Brougham Way*
5. Rainier Ave S and S Weller St*
6. 14th Ave and E Yesler Way
7. 15th Ave S and S College St
8. 17th Ave S and S College St
9. 18th Ave and E Yesler Way
10. 20th Ave and E Yesler Way
11. 23rd Ave S and S Hanford St
12. 23rd Ave S and S McClellan St
13. 7th Ave S and S Dearborn St
14. Dearborn St Off Ramp and S Dearborn St
15. Seattle Blvd S and S Dearborn St
Pedestrian walk signal upgrades and ramps:
1. Diagonal Ave S and E Marginal Way S
2. 4th Ave S and S Dawson St
3. 4th Ave S and S Fidalgo St
Pedestrian walk signal upgrades:
4. 4th Ave S and S Lucile St
Pedestrian ramps and new sidewalks:
- 1st Ave S (S Spokane St to S Andover St)
- 1st Ave S (S Alaska St to E Marginal Way)
*Project uses money from voter-approved Seattle Transit Measure
Near-term projects
Pedestrian walk signal upgrades and ramps:
1. Rainier Ave S and S Oregon St*
Pedestrian ramps:
2. Rainier Ave S and S Cloverdale St*
Remaining projects
Pedestrian ramps, raised crosswalk, and bike path:
- Beacon Ave S (S Myrtle St to 39th Ave S). This will be built as part of the Beacon Ave S Paving & Multimodal Project
Traffic calming:
- Seward Park Ave S (S Morgan St to Rainier Ave S)
Pedestrian walk signal upgrades and ramps:
1. California Ave SW and SW Oregon St
2. California Ave SW and SW Alaska St
3. 35th Ave SW and SW Raymond St
Pedestrian walk signal upgrades and ramps:
1. 1st Ave S and Olson Pl SW
2. 35th Ave SW and SW Roxbury
3. 17th Ave SW and SW Roxbury St
4. Delridge Way SW and SW Roxbury St
Schedule
We will start building the first projects in 2025 and we will complete all the Safe Streets for All projects by 2030.
When you'll hear from us
This is a big project that covers the entire city! Most of the work will happen near intersections and will have minimal impact to nearby businesses and residents. You will hear from us when we are getting ready to start construction at each project location.
Some of the Safe Streets for All project cover bigger areas. We’ll conduct more outreach on these projects so that you can tell us what is important to you. These projects include:
- Upgraded bike path on Beacon Ave: This project is part of an existing larger project called the Beacon Ave S & 15th Ave S Safety Project. You will hear from that project team when it’s time to share your thoughts.
- Seward Park Ave S traffic calming: There are lots of other projects happening in this area that are all designed to encourage people to drive the speed limit in Southeast Seattle neighborhoods. If you live on Seward Park Ave S anywhere between S Morgan St and Rainier Ave S, you will hear from us when we start planning traffic calming measures.
- 1st Ave S sidewalks in Georgetown: We’ll be adding sidewalks where they are missing in two areas along 1st Ave S in Georgetown (from S Spokane St to S Andover St and from S Alaska St to E Marginal Way). We’ll be reaching out to people who live, work, and travel in this area to learn about what is important to you as we work to fill these gaps in the sidewalk network.
You can call or email us if you have questions or want more information. You can also sign up to receive updates about other projects happening in your area.
Photo of 3rd Ave NW and NW 92nd St, showing new crosswalks with flashing signs, pedestrian ramps, and wider sidewalks at the intersection to give people more space and shorten the length of the crossing. These are the types of safety upgrades we're building with Safe Streets for All.
Here's how these upgrades make you safer
The top causes of crashes involving pedestrians are people driving at high speeds, drivers not yielding to pedestrians, and intersection size. The Safe Streets for All project upgrades make you safer by:
- Encouraging you to follow the speed limit. Slower speeds decrease the likelihood of a crash leading to a serious injury or death. Several Safe Streets for All project elements will encourage you to slow down and follow the speed limit.
- Helping you cross the street more safely. Pedestrian signals that talk will give you information about the street and when it is time to cross. These signals make crossing the street safer, especially for people with disabilities.
- Giving you more space when you’re walking, biking, and rolling. Bike lanes provide separate spaces for people biking and driving. Sidewalks also provide a separate place from the road for people walking and using mobility devices. This separation can reduce chances for collisions.
- Helping you more easily see people walking, biking, and rolling. Formalizing parking restrictions at the corners of an intersection help improve visibility so that you can see when someone wants to cross the street.
- Making intersections smaller and safer to cross. Extending the sidewalk into the road shortens the distance needed to cross the street. Extended sidewalks at intersections also help make you more visible so people driving can more easily see you.
The Safe Streets for All projects are part of how we’re making a safer transportation system. To learn more about how we’re working to end traffic deaths and serious injuries on city streets, including other safety projects, visit our Vision Zero webpage.