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Public speakers urge urgent action after two pedestrian deaths; council hears Safe Streets resolution
Summary
After two pedestrian fatalities in a week, advocates urged the council to require rapid adaptive traffic controls; city council and staff discussed seven adaptive projects in the Safe Streets fund but no final vote on the proposed rapid-action resolution appears in the meeting record.
Public comment at the March 3 Spokane City Council meeting turned to street safety after two pedestrian fatalities in the city within days of each other, prompting advocates to press the council to require faster, temporary traffic controls while permanent fixes are studied.
Eric Lowe told the council the recent deaths — including a 72-year-old woman struck crossing a multilaned road near Spokane Falls Community College — showed the city was moving “much too slowly” on implementing the Safe Streets for All work. Lowe said adaptive projects were intended to be quick and inexpensive, and warned that at the current rate “we should reach Vision Zero in approximately never.”
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