While jaywalking is often given as the cause, less than 20 percent of all fatalities occur when a pedestrian is crossing a road outside of an available crosswalk. Sixty percent of pedestrian fatalities occur in places where there is no access to a crosswalk. Using an index that weighs pedestrian deaths and pedestrian activities, this area ranks 35th in the nation for most dangerous. Walking is becoming more dangerous here in the suburbs, which are principally designed for lifestyles that require cars. There are large parking lots where people are forced to thread their way through a maze of parked cars and traffic.
Crosswalks are often a half-mile apart.
The Eastside Journal too often reports on the tragic deaths or injuries of people being hit or run down. At 30 mph, that pedestrian's chances drop to 50-50. At 40 mph, only 15 percent of pedestrians will survive. Experience Music Project, the brainchild of Microsoft co-founder billionaire Paul Allen, opens at the Seattle Center with 30,000 fans and 1,500 journalists expected for the weekend inauguration. We take the view that the museum will provide another showcase for Seattle.