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In the wake of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police and the resulting Black Lives Matter protests, the Seattle City Council is currently looking at dramatic reductions in police budgets, reallocating funding to alternative public safety efforts that do not rely so heavily on uniformed and armed police officers. Other cities across the […]
Feet First’s Neighborhood Walking Ambassadors in Kent continue to show how to do socially distanced walks, self-guided, with style! They walked the Soos Creek Trail north from Gary Grant Park on Wednesday, July 29th. Walks are open to all! Please see Feet First’s Meetup group for more details. The upcoming walks are:
Announced Friday, Feet First’s Statewide Advocacy Network director Mike McGinn will be the new director of America Walks. The Feet First board congratulates Mike McGinn on the new position and celebrates his achievements in launching and leading the Statewide Advocacy Network. Feet First’s Statewide Advocacy Network has brought together organizations from across Washington State who […]
At Feet First, we miss walking with you. Our group walks, from Jane’s Walks to Stairway Walks to our many Neighborhood Walking Ambassador walks, mean a lot to us, and we are bummed the pandemic has kept us from doing them. That said, Neighborhood Walking Ambassador Chris Ensor, in Kent, has done a fantastic job with walks that meet the King […]
Cities and towns across Washington have instituted curfews that needlessly impinge on people’s freedom of mobility, particularly for those whose primary means of transportation are walking, cycling, and public transportation. We understand the intentions behind instating a curfew. However experience so far shows that curfews are not achieving their objectives, can be selectively enforced (with […]
Feet First is a statewide organization that promotes walkable communities in Washington. In the last few weeks we have seen again and again that our black neighbors are denied the fundamental human right to move about one’s community on public streets and trails without fear. Ahmaud Arbery was accosted and killed while jogging by white […]
Each year, Feet First participates in Jane’s Walks, an annual worldwide celebration of community-led walking in honor of Jane Jacobs. While the coronavirus prevents us from hosting our regular group walks this year, it does not stop us from being able to share our favorite spaces in our neighborhoods. Our communities are looking out for each […]
The Northgate Bike and Pedestrian Bridge – which will connect the future Northgate Link light rail station and North Seattle College (NSC) – passed a major milestone as construction officially began at a groundbreaking ceremony this past February 5th. For the last eight years, Feet First has spearheaded a coalition effort to build the Northgate […]
If you’ve ever walked or rolled on Rainier Avenue in Seattle near the I-90 ramps, you know how terrifying it can be. Cars enter and exit the ramps at high speeds, with little to no visibility coming around the curves, and the pedestrian crossing signs do little to slow traffic. And yet, Rainier Avenue is […]
Feet First believes in walkable places to improve our quality of life – communities with safe walking conditions, nearby jobs, stores, services, parks and gathering places, all connected to each other by frequent and reliable transit. We know we have far to go to reach that vision, and the passage of I-976 dramatically increases the […]
