One simple way to help make it safer to walk in Seattle

About 500 green survey forms for the city’s Pedestrian Master Plan are in circulation in West Seattle – but only about 100 have been returned. Now’s the time: If you got one, fill it out and send it in; it won’t cost you a cent, since it’s already addressed and stamped. As West Seattle walking advocate Chas Redmond says, “West Seattle has a lot of issues with sidewalks and connections and no-crosswalk streets so it really behooves residents to fill the questionnaire out and simply drop it in a mailbox – post-paid and addressed already.” If you didn’t get one, you can still help; an online version of the survey is linked from this page.

Michael August 12, 2008 (10:46 am)

One way to encourage people to walk more is to keep sidewalks free of overgrowth and report people who have sidewalks that are overgrown. There is an online reporting site: http://web1.seattle.gov/dpd/complaintform/
I would like to encourage all walkers to use this form as often as I do. I have gotten good results usung this site.

S Day August 14, 2008 (8:29 am)

Great! I did the online survey. Most of my walk is fine, but there are places that need help. I couldn’t help but mention Westwood Village, though I’m not sure they can do much for it.

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