Seattle community calls for urgent action on ‘chaotic’ stretch of road

Safety advocates urge the City of Seattle to implement traffic-calming measures on Rainier Avenue South.

SEATTLE — Community members and safety advocates gathered Tuesday to demand the city do more to protect people along one of Seattle’s most dangerous streets: Rainier Avenue South.

At the intersection of Rainier and South Charles Street, advocates left behind a mirror and a shovel, symbols they say are meant to send a chilling message, that anyone could be the next victim.

Earlier in the day, members of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways carried a white coffin filled with flowers through the intersection, calling it a “memorial for future victims.” The

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