Year: 2013

August 9, 2013

Seattle will get its first ‘pop-up greenway’ in Phinney/Greenwood Friday

Here’s a brilliant idea: A reusable kit full of neighborhood greenway-like tools that can be installed on neighborhood streets to turn them into something like temporary greenways. What exactly is involved in a “pop-up greenway?” The plan involves education materials at the start and end points (in this case, on 1st Ave NW between 65th…
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tagged: greenwood, phinney ridge, pop-up greenway, seattle neighborhood greenways, summer streets
August 8, 2013

Man charged with hitting Jimmy John’s delivery person and fleeing the scene

A man who allegedly struck and injured a person making deliveries for Jimmy John’s in the U District has been charged with felony hit and run, KIRO TV reports. The collision occurred on the Ave at Campus Parkway, the same intersection where Robert Townsend died in a 2011 collision while delivering for Jimmy John’s. Malcolm…
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tagged: hit and run, injuries, malcolm beaver, robert townsend, university way
August 8, 2013

Seattle Times Editorial Board: Seattle should be ‘vanguard’ of safe bike infrastructure

The Seattle Times Editorial Board wrote a Wednesday editorial urging the city to be on the forefront of safe, quality bike infrastructure like cycle tracks and neighborhood greenways. As we noted in July, there has been a clear shift in the board’s language around cycling issues. Once often used as some kind of political weapon…
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tagged: seattle times, seattle times editorial board
August 7, 2013

Man who struck and killed Bradley Nakatani pleads guilty to vehicular homicide

Nathan Godwin faces 15-20 months in prison after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide and reckless endangerment after he struck and killed Bradley Nakatani in 2011. Nakatani was 36. Godwin admitted to police that he had been drinking before getting behind the wheel and striking Nakatani as he biked through the intersection of NE 123rd Street…
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tagged: bradley nakatani, deaths, nathan godwin
August 7, 2013

Still time to register for the inaugural Obliteride to raise money for the Hutch

The inaugural Obliteride is this weekend. Featuring rides varying in length from 25 to 180 miles, the ride hopes to raise millions for cancer research at Fred Hutchinson. You still have time to register if you have not already (you will have until October 1 to raise the funds you pledge). In fact, you can…
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tagged: fred hutchinson, fundraisers, obliteride 2013
August 7, 2013

Parks Levy and O’Brien way ahead, McGinn looks strong in early returns

King County voters overwhelmingly passed the county parks levy, which among many other parks projects could help accelerate development and planning of high profile regional trails like the Eastside Rail Corridor trail, missing trail connections near Snoqualmie, work on the Green River Trail near South Park and work on the Sammamish River Trail. It’s great…
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tagged: 2013 primary, king county parks levy, mike mcginn, mike o’brien