​Demand a Safe Crossing Over I-5 on NE 45th Street

Sign the online petition to demand a safe crossing over I-5 on NE 45th Street for pedestrians and bicyclists. The list of names and anonymous supporters will be presented to SDOT & WSDOT to demonstrate broad support for this urgent issue.

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For a concise summary of the issue and what needs to be done to make this crossing safe for all modes and all abilities, click here:

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​Nicole:
Giving up safety of the people who walk and bike in favor of throughput of single occupancy vehicles is a terrible choice.
Thomas:
I have been hit at 45th/I-5 as a pedestrian…I avoid 45th as a cyclist - it's too dangerous.
​Kelli:
I have a young child and this is the most dangerous part of most trips we take.
Dan:
It is time to prioritize local residents traveling in their own neighborhood, rather than solely catering to drivers traveling elsewhere on the freeway.
Jessica:
This overpass is unsafe and the cars are aggressive.
Eric:
Surely cyclist safety is at least as important as vehicle throughput.
Sophie:
This is a major disconnect between two very livable neighborhoods.
Ari:
We need to prioritize the movement of people, not just cars.
Justin:
My family, including my 6 year old son need a safe way to cross I-5 by bike and walking.
Barbara:
A safe crossing at 45th is long overdue!
Paul:
Build for tomorrow, not yesterday.
Dayne:
I ride through despite my fear because it is the only reasonable way.
Sagar:
This is…important in the larger context of reducing emissions from transportation and achieving the City's Vision Zero goals.
Chris:
It makes me actively avoid the area and feel “stuck” in Wallingford.
Laura:
Hoping for a safe way to take my daughter to daycare.
Michael:
I don't want to die here. Improve the bike and pedestrian safety.
Braeden:
Don’t let the new station go to waste.
Caleb:
I asked SDOT for this a decade ago and was politely told to "piss off".
Julia:
It is long past time to invest in safety for bikers in the district.
William:
Let's revisit this crossing one year from #WeekWithoutDriving to experience a safer way to walk and bike between Wallingford and the U District.
Ron:
[By dropping bike lane], it makes a mockery of the taxpayers who voted for link, and Move Seattle, and the mythology of Seattle as a progressive city.
Christian:
We...have 2 young kids that we would love to be able to walk or bike with to the new light rail station and access other great amenities in the U-District, but right now there is no safe way for us to that with the crossing over I-5.
Skye:
[Improve crossing] so that Vision Zero doesn’t remain an empty promise.
Michael:
The benefits of investments like light rail are best realized by making them more accessible to those not already using powered transport.
Kimberly:
My six grader often walks over this crossing to visit friends east of I-5 and it's incredibly unsafe. Please put up the railing and a proper bike lane.
Jeff:
Enhancing bike and pedestrian safety on the 45th street overpass can only help make light rail even more successful. 
Michelle:
The current intersections at both 45th & 5th and 7th are two locations preventing neighbors from using light rail at U-District station from Wallingford.
Nicole:
Having a safe crossing would be a benefit to our family and reduce our need to drive to gain access to downtown. 
Nancy:
As a cyclist I frequently find myself weighing the choice between using this unsafe crossing at 45th or riding more than a mile out of my way to cross at 40th or 65th. We need a safe crossing at 45th. 
Aidan:
​I bike here regularly and always notice the lack of safety.
Eric:
I can replace all types of car trips if I can safely get my bike across I-5 to the Udistrict light rail station.
Anonymous:
The only reason people aren't getting injured at this crossing right now is because we all avoid it because we can see how dangerous it is.
David:
A safe way to cross I-5 by bike is essential!
Kimberly:
The safety concerns are hurting the ability for these communities to connect.
Anonymous:
This would make such a big difference, and long overdue!
Sarah:
Please make these cycling and pedestrian improvements so that people can move safely in our community. 

600+ Signers and counting...

Tuesday, October 26, 2021
​(54 signers):
​Robbie Cunningham Adams
Xiomara Alvarez
​Scott Bonjukian
Lee Bruch
Ethan Campbell​
Lexi Chin
Cory Crocker
Alex Darrow
Evan Derickson
M. Angel Diaz
Drew Dresman
Michael Eliason
​Emily Friedman 
Thomas Fucoloro
Arun Ganti
Carol Haffar
Travis Hayes
Nancy Helm
Daniel Heppner
Kirk Hovenkotter
Max Kauffman
Marylynn King
Patrick King
Elowen Loom
Tracy McCarthy
Garland McQuinn
​William Merrill
Philip Neff
​Kiva Oken
Chelsea Otakan
Andre Pegeron
Grant Peltier
Alex Piet
Kelli Refer
Gus Salloum
Robert Smith
Skye Stewart
Nick Walker
Alexander Wallace
Lindsey Wallace
Stacey Wedlake
​Benjamin Wright
Robert Yates​
plus 11 anonymous supporters
Thursday, October 28, 2021
(137 signers):
Sophia Anderson
Mattias Bailey
Karen Barrett
​Kadie Bell
James Berg
Margaret Berger
Ari Brown
Marjorie Cogan
Johnathon Davis
Elizabeth Day
Ben Demar
Noah Devereaux
Derek Dexheimer
Ian Dotson
​Jeff Dubrule
Jon Ehrenfeld
​Dan Eisenberg
​Sarah Eklund
Aaron Epstein
Jack Evans
Emily Ford
Nadine Foster
Maynard Garritty
Nicholas Gellert
Ann Giesel
Mike Groenewegen
Phredd Groves
Jon Gunther 
​Raphael Hagen
Andrea Hale
Tyler Hartley
Nicole Harvey
Alicia Harvie
​Dylan Jones
Sam Knight
David Kunselman
Hoi Lam
Nicole Larson
Kevin Ledoux
John Lestina
​Susanna Lin
John Madison
Jessica Manzey
Tom Maxson
​Kathleen McCorkell
Susan McDowell
EB Meyer
Glen Mitchell
Tim Mitchell
​Jessica Mogk
David Newman
Brice Nichols
Jennifer Nickerson
Takashi Olds
Ryan Paul
Sarah Peters
Mark Philips
​Aaron Piper
Conor Poull
​Chris Priest
Reid Priewe
​Robin Randels
Caitlin Reed
John Renehan
Katherine Reyes
John Reynders
Clayton Richenberg
Ben Ritter
Al Robertson
Erica Robinson
Andrew Sang
Matthew Saunders
Christina Sears
Tyler Shannon
Tamar Shuhendler
​David Schuldt
Kyle Smith
Justin Sonntag
Kevin Spitzer
​Troy Sterk
Ian Strader
Ahren Stroming
Jesse Swingle
Ott Toomet
​Maria Tursi
​Braeden Van Deynze
Atle Veka
Aimee Verrall
Sarah Vershon
Jeff W
Tom Walsh
Curtis Walton
Jason Wax
Sasha West
​Kristina Westbrook
William White
Alison Wilbur
Robin Wilkes​
Lydia Wilson
Benjamin Wippel
plus 38 anonymous supporters
Friday, October 29, 2021
(18 signers):
Brian Allen
Abby Coffenberry
​Kimberly Decker
​Alison Driver
Michael Fromberger
​Markus Glunz
Nell Gross
​Sam Keller
​Reagan Middlebrook
Brenna O'Neill
​Julian Perry
Sarah Wandler​
​plus 6 anonymous supporters
Saturday, October 30, 2021
(7 signers):
Rose Bender
Corey Ford
Ben Jensen
Alexander Lew
​​plus 3 anonymous supporters
Sunday, October 31, 2021
(5 signers):
McKenna Cowart
​Erik Nielsen
Sylvia Salget
Sarah Udelhofen
​​plus 1 anonymous supporter
November & December 2021
(23 signers):
Devin Ben-Hur
Simone Bovan
Ian Crozier
Andrew Freeling
​Jeffrey Linn
​Megan Lopez
Jeffery Meyer
Amara Monillas
​Ben Mullican
​Shirley Nelsen
Lisa Pfeiffer
​Meredith Rawls
​Elizabeth Rosenman
Alicia Schofield
Tye Simpson
John Smart
Jeff West
​​Aaron Wheeler
​​plus 5 anonymous supporters
2022
(61 signers):
Jean G Amick
​Lux Betancourt
Liam Bradshaw
Daniel Breslin
​Aidan Carroll
Rob Chambers
Thomas Coffee
Ronna Dansky
James Davis
Kimberly Decker
Evan Derickson
Derek Dexheimer
Aaron Epstein
​Jonathan Freedman
David Gibbs
Lio Hal
​Nancy Helm
Oralea Howard
Chuck Kettle
Tom Lang
Toni Long
Toni Lont
Kevin Marshall
Dennis McCarthy
Ben Mullican
Douglas Nellis
Eric Nunn
Brian O'Sullivan
Barbara Quinn
​Nicole Rule
Dennis Shaw
Frederick Slater
Christoph Strouse
Alexandra Struzik
Karen Taylor
Aaron Wheeler
Annabel Wrightsman
​​plus 25 anonymous supporters
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
​(301 signers):
Katie Adamsky
​Eric Aderhold
Lisa Alado
Tariku Allen
​Jean Amick
Brett Anderson
Josh Apata
Vairoj Arunyaangkul 
Oren Ashkenazi
Erin Bailie
David Bair
Max Baker
Jonathan Balraj 
Elly Bangs
Gregory Barnes
Lisa Barnes
Michaela Barrett
Christopher Bartlett 
Brian Beck
Miranda Berner
Rachel Berney
Erin Bernau
Daniel Birman
Dick Birnbaum
Sarah Bloch
Liam Bradshaw
Emma Bright
Zachary Burton
Rob Chambers
Michelle Chamberlin
Brenton Clark
Abram Clark
Chad Collins
Elizabeth Connolly
Kaiden Cook
Scott Cooper
Benjamin Courts
Jane Cover
Chris Covert-Bowlds
Tyler Coyle
Michael Crye
Marty Curry
James Davis
Ron Davis
Michelle DeLappe
Jamie Demers
Travis DePrato
Alicia DeSantola
Al Dimond
Emily Dinges
Luke Distelhorst
Sean Donovan
Emily Drake
Jared Drake
Jonathan Dubman
Phillip Duggan
Reuben Dunnington
Sara Early
Jean Edelhertz 
Thaminda Edirisooriya
Cory Ehrlicher
Jeremy Elbourn
Benjamin Fecher
Mary Fielder
Cynthia Fitzsimmons
Stephen Fesler
Eric Fisk
Barb Frances
Ellen Frierson
Alexander Froehlich
Alfred Fung
David Gibbs
Michael Gillenwater
Isaac Gloor
Jennifer Goldman
Alejandro Gonzalez
Barbara Gordon
Caleb Gostnell
Tim Gould
Michael Grazewski
​Susan Gulick
Tiffany Ha
Justin Hansen
Matthew Haven
​Melissa Hayes
Emma Hellthaler
Derek Herman
Jennifer Hickey
Matthew Higgins
Adam Hinz
Andrea Hirsch
Ari Hock
Chris Holstrom
Nils Hostage
Lauren Howell
Andrew Hu
Joe Inglish
Alison Iser
​Miguel Jaime
Owain James
Hadeel Jeanne
Mia Jenssen
Rebeckah Johnson
Thomas Johnson
Mary Johnstone
Calvin Jones
Donald Kiesling
Matthew Kirk
Patricia Kiyono
Rich Knox
Stephanie Kornfeld
Simon Krauter
Ian Kuehne
Tom Lang
Joseph Lavy 
Eric Lee
Claudia Levi
Julia Lewin
​Ref Lindmark
Toni Long
Nelson Lowhim
Diane Machatka
John Mackay
Meghan MacKrell
Charlotte Malone
Shannon Mangan
Anthony Marcheselli
Catherine Maxson
Michael Mayfield
Nicole Mazzuca
Dan McCabe
Margaret McCauley
Patrick McGrath
Robert Meyer
Rachel Miller
David Moise
Diane Moore
​Aiden Moreno
Cliff Mountjoy-Venning
​Doug Nellis 
Kathleen Nelson
Nathanael Ness
Jonathan Newman
Mark Newman
Ryan Niemocienski
Eric Nunn
Andrew Oberdeck
Brian O'Sullivan
Adrian Ozinsky
Chris Pa
Luke Pendergrass
Claire Petersky
Erik Peterson
Geoffrey Phipps
Zach Porteous
Mary Ann Proctor 
Shawn Rabsky
​Sagar Ramachandra
Jeremy Rees
Jed Reinitz
Ruedi Risler
​Morgan Robart
Brian Roberts
Peter Robson
Jason Rock
Christie Rodgers
Benjamin Rogers
Jack Rouse
Sarah Rubin
Mary Ellen Russell
April Schachtel
Sierra Seeborn
Troy Seeborn
Elicia Shotland
Christian Silk
Jeremy Simants
Charlie Simpson
Simar Singh
Alexander Sizemin
Frederick Slater
Jason Steinberg
Dean Stevens
Brandon Stilson
Elli Stricklin 
Matthew Sumi
Abby Swann
Dave Tamasi
Karen Taylor
Patrick Taylor
Kenneth Tham
Ben Thompson
Svetlana Titova
Steven Toff
Greg Traxler
​Louisa Turner
Nick van den Heuvel
Richard Vogt
Dayne Wagner
​Roger Wagoner
Keith Ward
Matt Welsh
Jessica Westgren
Dave Wilkinson
​Devin Wilkinson
​Sharon Wilson
Paul Wirsing
Thomas Wittmann
Annabel Wrightsman
Ryan Young
Michael Zawacki
Julia Zelman
Yurii Zubrytskyi
Brian Zumeta​
plus 88 anonymous supporters