Tag: alex pedersen

January 8, 2024

What does Seattle’s new City Council mean for safe streets?

Seattle has a very new City Council, and the changes aren’t even complete yet. Five coucilmembers are new, and a sixth interim councilmember will be appointed soon. For a nine-person governing body, that’s a lot of turnover all at once. Washington Bikes asked all the candidates for their stances on various bike issues, and none…
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tagged: alex pedersen, bob kettle, city council, dan strauss, jenny durkan, joy hollingsworth, mike o’brien, publicola, rob saka, tammy morales, teresa mosqueda, the urbanist, tom rasmussen, transportation committee, washington bikes
January 4, 2023

Transportation Chair Pedersen will not run for reelection + What this means for the next levy and for the rest of 2023

Councilmember Alex Pedersen will not run for reelection to represent Seattle’s District 4, he announced this week. He joins Lisa Herbold in District 1 and Debra Juarez in District 5, who have also stated publicly that they will not run for reelection this fall when the seven Council District seats will be up for election.…
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tagged: alex pedersen, city council district 4
August 25, 2022

In response to Bike Board letter, CM Pedersen says he doesn’t see SDOT deleting Eastlake bike lanes

The Eastlake bike lane plans are still moving forward with the RapidRide J bus improvements project, but bike advocates in town are not taking their eye off the project until those bike lanes are on the ground. City Councilmember and Transportation Committee Chair Alex Pedersen (D4) made comments during an Eastlake Community Council meeting that…
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tagged: alex pedersen, eastlake, eastlake community council, rapidride j, seattle bicycle advisory board
February 14, 2022

Pedersen’s office throws out bicycle advisory board process for new member

On Tuesday morning the City Council’s Transportation and Seattle Public Utilities Committee will consider the nomination of a new member to the Bicycle Advisory Board. The appointment comes months after the board undertook a formal search and interview process to select three new members: two of those members went through Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office in…
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tagged: alex pedersen, city council, seattle bicycle advisory board
January 5, 2022

Pedersen remains City Council Transportation Chair – UPDATED

Councilmember Alex Pedersen (D4) will continue as Chair of the Transportation and Seattle Public Utilities Committee, the City Council voted Tuesday. Dan Strauss (D6) will remain as Vice-Chair, and Lisa Herbold (D1) and Tammy Morales (D2) will remain as committee members. Kshama Sawant (D3) will take former Councilmember Lorena González’s committee member seat, a role…
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tagged: alex pedersen, transportation committee
May 6, 2021

Council seeks project list to determine if a $100 million bond is necessary

A majority of the City Council, led by Councilmember Dan Strauss, voted Wednesday to defer their decision on issuing a large bond until they have more details on what it would fund and when the money would be needed. As we reported last week, the City Council is considering a 20-year, $100 million bond on…
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tagged: alex pedersen, city council, dan strauss, seattle neighborhood greenways, vehicle license fee