Year: 2013

September 16, 2013

Times column: McGinn was right, road diets work. Now let’s fix Dexter

The Seattle Times’ Jonathan Martin said in a column today that the city’s low-budget street safety projects (AKA road diets) have worked really well. He suggests that the city should do more of them, including a project to address serious ongoing safety issues on Dexter Ave between Mercer and Denny. Martin cites this Seattle Bike…
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tagged: dexter, jonathan martin, road diets, seattle times, seattle times editorial board
September 13, 2013

Is the I-5 Express Trail one step closer to reality?

With the Washington State Supreme Court smacking down a lawsuit by Bellevue developer and light rail hater Kemper Freeman to stop light rail on the I-90 Bridge, the question on everyone’s mind is: Does this mean the I-5 Express Trail is closer to reality? … OK, fine, maybe Seattle Bike Blog is the ONLY place…
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tagged: courts, i-5, i-5 express trail, kemper freeman
September 13, 2013

Mayor announces $14M in neighborhood transportation, sidewalks and neighborhood greenways could get boost

Mayor McGinn announced Wednesday nearly $14 million in additional neighborhood transportation investments as part of his proposed 2014 budget. The bulk of of the funds go toward what McGinn’s office calls “basics,” which means bridge rehab planning, new sidewalks, repaving of both arterial and residential streets and some added funds for biking and walking enhancements…
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tagged: 2014 budget, mike mcginn, neighborhood street fund
September 12, 2013

SPD’s new Get Your Bike Back effort works!

Get Your Bike Back works! Just now from SPD: Just got our 1st bike back to its owner w/ @GetYourBikeBack ! We've added more bikes to the feed, so check it out! pic.twitter.com/PjBk0VL3Y4 — Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) September 12, 2013 As we reported recently, SPD has launched a new Twitter account that hopes to…
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tagged: bike thefts, get your bike back, spd
September 12, 2013

City Attorney to police: Don’t write a ticket at scene when someone walking or biking is injured

Sometimes it feels like salt in a wound. Somebody walking or biking in town is seriously injured by someone behind the wheel, and the person driving—even if they did something wrong—does not even get a ticket at the scene. But the Seattle City Attorney’s Office (“SCAO”) sent a memo to SPD recently explaining that this…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, city attorney, spd, vulnerable user law
September 11, 2013

Lessons from my PNW bike tour, part 1: OMG we live in a beautiful place

For those who are not aware, I just returned to Seattle from a two-week multimodal bike tour around the Pacific Northwest promoting my partner Kelli’s book Pedal, Stretch, Breathe. I am still trying to figure out how to condense everything I saw and learned into useful posts here, but I figured I should simply begin…
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tagged: lesson from my pnw bike tour, pedal stretch breathe