Tag: blake trask

August 28, 2014

Poll: Nearly every resident wants safe routes to Washington schools

If you think it’s a bad idea to make walking and biking routes around schools in Washington State safer, congratulations! You are a rare find. A statewide phone poll commissioned by the Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition found that a nearly unanimous 88 percent of state residents believes we should be planning our communities so that…
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tagged: barb chamberlain, blake trask, cascade bicycle club, childhood obesity prevention coalition, elizabeth kiker, safe routes to school, washington bikes
April 3, 2014

Failed transportation revenue package puts statewide bike funding at risk

On March 13, the Washington State Legislature adjourned with the passage of an 11th-hour supplemental spending plan. The supplemental budget maintains the status quo for statewide bicycle and pedestrian funding for the remainder of this biennium. But, thanks in large part to the failed passage of a transportation revenue package, a potential significant drop in…
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tagged: 2014 legislature, blake trask, josh cohen, washington bikes, wsdot
March 13, 2014

Supreme Court decision could impact several WA trails, but most should be safe

The US Supreme Court handed down a nearly-unanimous decision this week that could spell trouble for some Washington State rail-trails, including parts of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail and the Foothills Trail. But contrary to some early reports, the reach of the decision is limited to only certain federally-granted rail corridors. Most of the state…
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tagged: blake trask, foothills trail, john wayne pioneer trail, rails to trails, us supreme court, washington bikes
December 19, 2013

Washington becomes first state to endorse the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide

Washington State is the first state to officially back the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide, which provides best practice guidelines for designing complete streets that consider the needs and benefits of all road users, whether they are walking, biking, driving or riding transit. This is a huge step for the state, which owns and maintains…
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tagged: blake trask, lynn peterson, nacto, urban street design guide, washington bikes, wsdot
June 7, 2013

Blake Trask: End days in Olympia – What’s at stake for biking and walking? A lot.

Editor’s Note: Blake has been in Olympia all session working with the legislature to make the state safer and more accessible for people on bikes. In this guest post, he makes the case for why urgent action is needed to make sure vital funding for biking and walking projects secures its rightful place in the…
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tagged: 2013 legislature, bicycle alliance of washington, blake trask
June 5, 2012

KUOW discusses the importance of more inviting bike infrastructure

KUOW’s Weekday today discussed the city’s changing focus on more inviting bicycle infrastructure, such as cycle tracks and neighborhood greenways. The segment was excellent (listen online here), and it demonstrated even further how the conversation about biking in Seattle is shifting. The Bicycle Alliance of Washington’s Blake Trask did an excellent job explaining cycle tracks…
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tagged: blake trask, kuow, michael ennis, sdot, steve scher, washington policy center