Tag: bike bellevue

March 29, 2024

Bellevue Council torches their Vision Zero plan, refuses to stand against unfounded attacks on city staff

The news out of the Bellevue City Council this week was extremely disappointing. The council decided to backtrack on their Vision Zero commitment and all but toss out most of the Bike Bellevue network that was developed over a period of years following significant public outreach and study. In the process, they also left their…
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tagged: bellevue, bellevue city council, bike bellevue, conrad lee, dave hamilton, janice zahn, jared nieuwenhuis, john stokes, lynne robinson, mo malakoutian, vision zero bellevue
February 21, 2024

Investigation fully rejects all ethics allegations against Bike Bellevue staffer

Not only did the City of Bellevue’s investigation find no ethics violations, but their full report (PDF) shows that the work of Mobility Planning and Solutions Manager Franz Loewenherz and the outreach process for Bike Bellevue were remarkably squeaky clean and professional. Ryan Packer at The Urbanist received the report after making a public records…
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tagged: bellevue, bike bellevue, Franz Loewenherz
February 12, 2024

Urbanist: Bike Bellevue effort paused due to ethics complaint involving Seattle Bike Blog? – UPDATED

There I was, fresh coffee in hand, reading through my morning news when I saw my own site mentioned in a story by Ryan Packer at The Urbanist regarding an ethics complaint against the City of Bellevue’s friendly and hard-working Mobility Planning and Solutions Manager Franz Loewenherz. Surely this must be some kind of mistake,…
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tagged: bellevue, bike bellevue, Franz Loewenherz
September 20, 2023

Bellevue seeks feedback on 11 bike projects, part of a less incremental approach to making bike improvements

Rather than going project-by-project to build one-off bike projects, Bellevue is currently planning a more comprehensive and less incremental approach. The Eastside city is currently seeking feedback on what they are calling “Bike Bellevue,” a network of 11 projects that will build on existing work to create a connected network of bike routes in and…
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tagged: bellevue, bike bellevue