Year: 2013

August 16, 2013

Man who killed friend and almost killed two children sleeping in house still driving

Something in the system is broken. Let’s fix it. King 5 reports that in the months after Rodrigue Johnstone led police on a high-speed chase and crashed into a Lake Stevens house, killing his friend and nearly killing sleeping children inside, he has been arrested for extremely dangerous driving four more times. Four. There is…
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tagged: king 5, Rodrigue Johnstone
August 15, 2013

Librarian who powers Seattle Library’s now-famous Books-on-Bikes program has bike stolen

@gabrielspitzer Unfair on so many levels. And Jared has places to go, books to deliver! #Booksonbikes — Seattle Library (@SPLBuzz) August 15, 2013 Not cool, bike thief! Shortly after Jared Mills helped pedal Seattle Public Library to national acclaim for its Books on Bikes program, some awful person stole his bike from his home (don’t…
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tagged: bike thefts, books on bikes, jared mills, seattle public library
August 15, 2013

OMG, do we really need to say this again? Complete the Missing Link already!

Seriously, I’m not sure how many more ways we can say this. Complete the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail! Tomorrow is the deadline to comment on the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement the city is beginning to put together about the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link in Ballard. Yes, it’s true. A decade…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, missing link
August 15, 2013

Scigliano: Seattle’s bike investments have so far neglected equality

Equity is one of the key factors driving creation and prioritization of the Bike Master Plan update. And while that might seem like a no-brainer — everyone deserves safe streets — a story today by Eric Scigliano at Crosscut points out many of the ways that implementation of bike facilities since passage of the 2007…
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tagged: 2013 bike master plan update, rainier valley, rainier valley greenways
August 14, 2013

Council committee recommends rule changes to allow bike share

The city took another step towards the launch of Puget Sound Bike Share Tuesday. The City Council Transportation Committee unanimously approved rules changes creating a permitting process for bike share stations and helmet vending kiosks in city Urban villages, urban centers and major institutions. This move brings the bike share one small step closer to…
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tagged: city council, puget sound bike share, transportation committee
August 14, 2013

City now taking Park(ing) Day applications

Park(ing) Day is an annual celebration of the power and potential of public space. For one day, people turn an on-street parking space into a tiny park. Let your imagination run wild: What would you like to see in your city? The application for a spot is not the easiest thing in the world, but…
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tagged: park(ing) day