Seattle Mayor Orders 20 Intersection Upgrades and 10 New Cameras to Speed Vision Zero
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Updated · The Urbanist · Aug 22
Seattle Mayor Orders 20 Intersection Upgrades and 10 New Cameras to Speed Vision Zero
3 articles · Updated · The Urbanist · Aug 22
Summary
Mayor Katie Wilson's executive order tells Seattle departments to fast-track traffic safety work after the city fell behind its 2030 Vision Zero goal and recorded 27 road deaths in 2025.
SDOT must add an early-delivery phase to major corridor overhauls on Rainier, Aurora, Jackson, 4th and MLK, while targeting 19 other high-collision sites for changes by next fall.
By next summer, Seattle plans daylighting at 20 intersections and will expand automated enforcement from four new camera sites toward 10 by spring 2029, alongside signal-timing reviews focused on safety rather than speed.
The order also directs safer city and contractor fleets through smaller vehicles, retrofits such as side guards and visibility cameras, and a goal to lift school street participation to 40%.
State-law changes are part of the push: Seattle will seek relief from liability rules that can punish quick post-crash fixes, a higher bid threshold officials say can add six months and 30% to projects, and authority for citywide no-turn-on-red restrictions.