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Kirkland staff present Safety Action Plan and draft speed‑limit approach calling for context‑based limits
Summary
City transportation staff and consultants presented a draft Kirkland Safety Action Plan using crash analysis, near‑miss video study and community input to recommend targeted countermeasures and a new expert‑based speed‑setting policy for arterials and collectors.
Council received an update on the Kirkland Safety Action Plan and a recommended method for setting speed limits on arterials and collectors during the July 1 study session.
Consultant DKS Associates and city transportation staff said the plan is informed by a citywide crash analysis, near‑miss video observations at selected intersections, and public engagement that produced more than 1,000 online comments. The analysis shows a roughly 40 percent drop in total reported crashes over time, but an outsized share of fatal and serious injury collisions involve vulnerable road users: consultants reported pedestrians and bicyclists made up about 6 percent of total reported collisions yet accounted for about 46 percent of fatal or serious injury collisions.…
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