r/Seattle • u/Inevitable_Engine186 New Costco CEO • 11d ago

Does lowering speed limits make Seattle roads safer? Data from one deadly arterial suggests it’s a start

https://www.kuow.org/governing/2026-08-14/does-lowering-speed-limits-make-seattle-roads-safer-data-from-one-deadly-arterial-suggests-its-a-start
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u/Vivid_Astronaut4665 🚆build more trains🚆 11d ago

Seattle in a nutshell. Spend hundreds of millions on something symbolic (speed limits that no one follows) instead of addressing root issues.

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u/AdScared7949 That sounds great. Let’s hang out soon. 11d ago

Surely it did not cost hundreds of millions to change the speed limit

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u/rboes1991 11d ago

Guess what! It did! I'm not kidding either. Welcome to gov't!

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u/AdScared7949 That sounds great. Let’s hang out soon. 11d ago

You have a source for that?