Feet First

Feet First promotes walkable communities, and empowers people throughout Washington to walk to connect with people and places.

[Andrew J. Lewis @LewisforSeattle]

1/ This is infuriating. We have the time and money, apparently, to expediently REMOVE a crosswalk, but it takes years to get around to actually painting one. No wonder neighbors took it upon themselves to act. @SeattleDOTr @KromanDavid

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[Transportation for America @T4America]

https://t.co/0OWbJIoZFX

[Transportation Choices Coalition @TranspoChoices]

In the 1920s car companies introduced the term "jaywalking" as part of their attempt to shift blame for pedestrian deaths.

Jaywalking laws today are over-enforced in BIPOC communities and do little to make pedestrians safer. It's time for them to go.
https://t.co/L5qv0AfH3k

[Feet First @FEETFIRST_WA]

@FEETFIRST_WA partners with @WaDeptHealth and @ArthritisFdn to bring Walk With Ease to communities across Washington! Helping people with arthritis through walking!

Please help us reach our annual funding goal at https://t.co/AkUprQIwfd

[Feet First @FEETFIRST_WA]

In 2021 @FEETFIRST_WA celebrated the John Lewis Memorial Bridge, culminating a decade-long effort to provide access for people who walk and roll across I-5 to and from Northgate's light rail station. Help us keep working by donating to our annual appeal - https://t.co/BUZpgXWWZy

[TraeAnna Holiday @HolidayTraeanna]

Join me as I moderate a screening of Ramps to Nowhere: a film about the successful fight against highway expansion!

November 15, 2021 - 6pm
RSVP (free) for tickets: https://t.co/GmLpIEk35J
@frontandcenterd @disrightswa @350_Seattle @SNGreenways @SocJustFilmFest #justtransition

[Feet First @FEETFIRST_WA]

Check out this walk and talk on the Eastside!

[Dongho Chang @dongho_chang]

Walking is the most basic and fundamental mode of transportation. We have to prioritize it much more as a society.

[Feet First @FEETFIRST_WA]

We especially encourage nondrivers to apply!
Find the posting & learn more about Feet First at: https://t.co/8lSxC3bC8U

[Feet First @FEETFIRST_WA]

Thanks to all who pointed out the inconsistency between our job posting & our values. The posting now reflects that it does not require a driver's license or access to a car.

Feet First is looking for people who want to make WA accessible for all. No license or car required

[America Walks @americawalks]

Community Change Grants open in Sept! Please share. We'll award $1,500 to projects that center equitable, active, inclusive places to live, work & play. Thank you @CDCgov Active People, Healthy Nation! More info👉https://t.co/sabV9BM4n5 #ActivePeopleHealthyNation #grants

[Disability Mobility Initiative @non_drivers]

Join us Aug 25 as we launch our research paper - #MobilizeWA Transportation Access for Everyone!
Register now: https://t.co/uOy62m5K60

[Transportation Choices Coalition @TranspoChoices]

Meeting the Transportation Needs of Diverse Older Adults and People with Disabilities⬇️⬇️⬇️

[Feet First @FEETFIRST_WA]

It's like we tweeted yesterday - young people have so much to offer in improving our transportation systems and we need to be investing in them more!

[King County Metro 🚏 @KingCountyMetro]

Special thank you to both MXT Visuals, who produced the photographs and video, and to the Black, Indigenous and other young leaders of color with Y.E.S. who crafted and executed the vision for this project.

📽️Watch the full video here. https://t.co/40GTKw8fo2

[Feet First @FEETFIRST_WA]

There is absolutely space to center youth experiences navigating our streets, and they're likely equipped with all the tools our leaders are too afraid to use #TheKidsAreAlright

[Feet First @FEETFIRST_WA]

Just presented to the @HIPRC Summer INSIGHT program where high schoolers are analyzing ped injuries/fatality data according to street design. Super impressed with the depth of their questions re: how and why are streets are designed for speed!

[Feet First @FEETFIRST_WA]

We'll be there tomorrow! Hope you can join for @MoveRedmond's Walk and Talk in Overlake at 5pm.

RSVP at https://t.co/wNvJU8q8fC

[Feet First @FEETFIRST_WA]

Scramble crossings - better for walkability. Good for Issaquah! (though the size of that intersection still leaves much to be desired)

[Mayor Mary Lou Pauly @MayorMaryLou]

Our new intersection at Three Trails Crossing, on Gilman Boulevard, is now open. This is Issaquah’s first scramble crossing, which means pedestrians and cyclists will now have their own dedicated light cycle to cross in any direction! 🚲🚶

[Feet First @FEETFIRST_WA]

Slip lanes are terrible for walkability. Glad to see Seattle has been closing some of them recently - anywhere else in WA doing this?

[Brent Bellamy @brent_bellamy]

Let’s talk about slip lanes, those right turn lanes that prioritize vehicle speed over safety. As drivers enter slip lanes their eyes are most often looking down the street, searching for an opening in traffic not straight ahead where pedestrians and cyclists may be crossing 1/12