Tag: brie gyncild

November 30, 2022

Bike League: Inside Seattle’s community movement for slower streets

The League of American Bicyclists interviewed two wonderful friends of the blog for a story about how safe streets advocates won slower speed limits in Seattle. Brie Gyncild, who you may remember from this Pike Street bike lanes video, and Merlin Rainwater, the creator of Senior Ladies on Wheels, spoke about the community work it…
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tagged: brie gyncild, merlin rainwater, seattle neighborhood greenways, speed limits, vision zero
September 20, 2019

Watch: The new Pike Street bike lanes are just a glimpse into the community-led vision for Pike/Pine

[video transcript] There’s something very different about the new protected bike lanes on Pike Street on Capitol Hill: Community groups led the process every step of the way. When former mayor Ed Murray slammed the brakes on the Center City Bike Network in 2016, which included bike lanes on Pike and/or Pine streets between downtown…
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tagged: brie gyncild, central seattle greenways, pike/pine, sdot, video