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<loc>https://southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/07/13/opinion-neglected-traffic-medians-on-rainier-avenue-south-point-to-inequity-in-the-south-end</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Left: In Ballard, on 15th Avenue Northwest and Northwest Market Street, a recent median has a tree and is well-maintained. Right: In 2025, SDOT said it would install "landscaped" traffic medians with trees along Rainier Avenue South to reduce collisions. But as of May 2026, the traffic median on Rainier Avenue South and South Kenyon Street was full of overgrown weeds and didn't have any trees.

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