Feet First’s look at pedestrian news for the week of April 22, 2011. Weekly Walk Around the News Posted by Derrick Van KirkApril 22, 2011  Local In his Crosscut.com article, Roger

Temporary detour for people going by foot and bike in the Seattle, Pioneer Square Neighborhood. Beginning at 7 a.m., Monday, April 18 through 7 p.m., Friday, April 22, the crosswalk

The first in a series discussing road diets, their benefits and drawbacks – starting with a discussion of the use of road diets, followed, in a second post by ‘case

Road diets on Stone Way and Nickerson are greatly benefiting the surrounding community – driver and walker alike. It is because of these successes that Seattle should be considering a

Weekly Walk Around the News Posted by Derrick Van Kirk April 16, 2011 This new weekly segment, ‘Walk Around the News’ is inspired by Where the Sidewalk Starts and StreetsBlog, both

The road diet consideration for NE 125th in Seattle is quite the discussion. Hear Feet First’s stance on the construction of a road diet in that area, and how it

Posted recently as an AppleCorps blog entry, this story highlights the positive community feedback from Feet First’s “Little Bridge” project that helped renovate a critical linking route in the South

Walking Amidst a Sea of Buses Giving Pedestrian Advocacy a Voice Among Transportation Advocates Posted by Derrick Van KirkMarch 31, 2011 Transportation for Washington Campaign: A Vision for Washington State

The Seattle Design Commission’s rejects plans of the team working on the viaduct replacement project for reasons congruent with walkability and sustainability. With the latest horror stories from our friends

Seattle – it’s people, it’s budget, it’s landscape – is making a place for the staircase. Read about how, and why all this is important for walkability. From Westlake to

Part of a brief overview of the DEIS (draft of environmental impact statement), and how its proposals are insufficient to address the concerns Feet First has for walkability with specific

Obesity Epidemic Curtailed by Walking Audits?  We Think So. Posted by Lisa Quinn and Derrick Van KirkMarch 2, 2011 Obesity is a national epidemic.  According to the Centers for Disease