According to The Seattle Times, the colorful pedestrian crossings "signal inclusiveness all year-round".

In 2015, eleven rainbow crossings were painted at six intersections on Capitol Hill,[2] on Pike and Pine streets between 11th Avenue and Broadway.

[4] The crossings were part of Mayor Ed Murray's action plan to improve safety for the LGBT community.

[10] The Federal Highway Administration and U.S. Department of Transportation said the crosswalks were potentially unsafe.

Engineer Dongho Chang from the Seattle Department of Transportation said the crosswalks "are statistically far safer than the ones mandated by the federal government".