Here’s a roundup of news and links.
- Check out Walk.Bike.Schools! to connect with parents who are organizing bike trains and walk to school programs in the area.
- The new-to-us Walking Seattle Neighborhoods blog has photos and information from someone aspiring to walk every street in the city.
- SDOT has tips for creating a sidewalk garden.
- The West Thomas St ped & bike overpass will open in July.
- Feet First has published an open letter to Sound Transit to discourage construction of a $20 million parking garage at Northgate station and encourage better access for pedestrians.
- An Eastlake resident is looking for support for a pathway connection with Capitol Hill and is collecting petition signatures in the neighborhood.
- There was a 4 part series in Slate by Tom Vanderbilt about “The Crisis in American Walking” – Fort Worthology has some key excerpts.
- The Atlantic looks at the criminalization of walking in the street and The Invention of Jaywalking.
These blogs also have news summaries that might be of interest: Feet First, SDOT, Seattle Bike Blog, and Seattle Transit Blog.
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