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2012 Spring | Education & Outreach, Policy & Regulation, Sustainability

How Seattle Learns to Stop Driving and Love Walking/Biking

Student(s):

Krystal Quijano

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Dawn Schellenberg

Partner(s):

  • Seattle Department of Transportation

Faculty advisor(s):

Qing Shen, Department of Urban Design & Planning, University of Washington

My project was to evaluate means of achieving sustainable transportation. I also analyzed whether our community members saw roads as more than mere routes but as destinations. Shifting views can better our community, and transportation methods. I worked with Seattle Department of Transportation’s Summer Streets to evaluate how the car-free event affected community and environmental behavior. I also compared the city’s goals to other large cities to look possible improvements. The goal of this study is to show how Seattle is a suitable city to become a leader in sustainable transportation and to create recommendations to achieve this.