Have you noticed an increase in cut-through traffic between Aurora and Greenwood? Some people are driving at very high and unsafe speeds. As neighbors in a residential area with no sidewalks, we need to do something about this!
Would you like to see strategically-placed planters that will slow cars and discourage cut-through traffic?
A group of neighbors has secured a Community Partnership Grant through the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods to install barrel-planters along key streets and at corners to slow traffic and make our streets safer for pedestrians, cyclists, and children.
Help build the barrels on August 13th!
We will be building 88 half-barrel planters for the NE Greenwood and Bitter Lake Homezones.
We’re planning to close down the block on Evanston Ave N between 101st and 102nd Streets in order to have space to assemble the barrels. We’ll provide lunch, drinks, music, and make the building party as fun as possible. Please join the Barrel Building Block Party on August 13 at 10am and invite everyone you know!
Join the street mural party on August 14th!
POSTPONED – due to planned road paving in the neighborhood, we will paint the street murals later in the month. Leave your contact info in the RSVP form above to stay up to date on when it will be happening.
In a further effort to slow down unsafe drivers, we’ll be painting intersection murals at 101st and 102nd & Evanston. We’ve created a garden-themed design for the two intersections and block in between. Come for 30 minutes to help paint, or stay the whole afternoon!
What is a Homezone?
No safe walkways in our neighborhood currently. 
Strategic interventions will re-route traffic to arterial streets.
A Home Zone is an area that is protected from lots of fast moving traffic so that streets are safe enough to walk on. Home Zones keep local access for residents, emergency access, and deliveries while discouraging cut-through traffic. Home Zones can use a variety of design improvements such as diverters, speed humps, and other elements, but focus on improvements that have the best “bang for our buck”, recognizing that Seattle’s pedestrian budget is stretched very thin. In essence, Home Zones direct thru-traffic to arterial streets that surround a neighborhood, while allowing local traffic within a neighborhood. Read more on the Seattle Neighborhood Greenways website.
Where will these barrels go?
Per the Department of Transportation’s requirements, these barrels will be installed in triplets with temporary Street-Use permits at locations along N 101st and N 102nd Streets.
*Installation map coming
Help Build the Homezone
Join the NE Greenwood Homezone project. Click the button below to sign up to help make the Homezone a reality. Leave as much contact information as you are comfortable with if you would like to get involved.
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