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Dongho Chang
@dongho_chang
Personal account. Serving as State Traffic Engineer, former City Traffic Engineer for Seattle and City of Everett, & Zamboni driver. Tweets & views are my own.
SeattleJoined August 2013
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"Robust public transit service is essential for thriving cities and regions where everyone can reach opportunities." transitcenter.org/transits-fisca #TransitCenter
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Europe has a much lower traffic death rate than America. It’s not because Europeans are simply less-error prone.
It’s due to decades of policy choices to make unsafe roads that prioritize speed over safety, combined with the danger posed by large SUVs and trucks
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Calling all my #Seattle Teriyaki fans 🚨 the owner of Rainier Teriyaki, Hansoo Kim, was murdered three months ago at his family business, the restaurant has been closed since. This week, the family reopened the business and I hope we can give them a big community hug by visiting
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Temporary space for people walking and rolling at intersection/curb ramp construction on 1st Ave instagr.am/p/CqqrP45vpBM/
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Temporary space for people walking and rolling next to a construction site on Dexter instagr.am/p/CqoRqD1v9GU/
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Temporary space for people walking and rolling next to a construction site on Dexter
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Seattle is the 2nd healthiest city in America, study finds
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Currently 54% of Seattle’s signalized intersections include a Leading Pedestrian Interval: we are excited to install more LPI’s as one of our 5 Vision Zero Early Momentum Actions
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35% reduction in fatal and serious injuries for people walking when head start is used at crosswalk signals. @seattledot safety lead, Bradley Topol sharing at livesavers conference
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"We know how to improve safety on our streets. We just need to take action with urgency."
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35% reduction in fatal and serious injuries for people walking when head start is used at crosswalk signals. safety lead, Bradley Topol sharing at livesavers conference
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A new study from finds that crashes in Seattle were less like to cause injuries after the city lowered the speed limit. Safer speeds are a core tenant of a #SafeSystem and protect people outside of vehicles.
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"...the really annoying thing about speed cameras: They work" 200% increase in compliance with posted speed and 72% drop in high-end speeders
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Lowering speed limits improves safety: "Seattle’s speed limit reduction was associated with a statistically significant 17 percent drop in the odds of an injury crash downtown and a nonsignificant 7 percent drop outside the city center."
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Across every demographic group, Americans die at younger ages than their counterparts in other wealthy nations. How could this happen? One group of researchers isn't surprised at all.
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Fun..ctional Street furniture/car barrier on Union St people pathway at Western instagr.am/p/CqQeaAALVO1/
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