It's Simple: Neighborhood streets should be safe for bicycling

The biggest factor in whether a person on a bicycle is injured or killed in a collision with a motor vehicle is how fast that vehicle is traveling.

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Together, we have a chance to help slow traffic and make neighborhood streets across Washington State safer. That's because the state Senate – including your Senator – will soon be voting on a bill that will make it easier for communities to lower speed limits on neighborhood streets.

This bill has been in the works for a couple of years, and has received support from most legislators. The obstacle has been getting a final vote in the Senate. But that vote, at last, is expected to happen in the next few days – as early as tomorrow! Your Senator’s vote could make the difference.

Tell your Senator to vote YES for safe neighborhood streets >>

Under current law, if cities or towns want to change a speed limit, they must conduct an expensive traffic engineering study.  House Bill 1045¹ lets cities decide whether they need to conduct a traffic engineering study before lowering a speed limit to 20 miles per hour on a neighborhood street. It's that simple. It does not mandate any change; it simply provides cities and towns with local control and eliminates a bureaucratic hurdle. And it affects only neighborhood streets, not major streets.

Click here to tell your Senator to support the Neighborhood Safe Speeds Bill, SB 1045 >>

The House Transportation Committee has already passed this bill. The Senate Transportation Committee has passed the bill.

Now, for the last step, it needs to pass the full Senate. By encouraging your Senator to support it, you will support the efforts of people in local communities across Washington State working to make their neighborhood safer.