Tag: bruce harrell

November 5, 2021

Congratulations Mayor-Elect Bruce Harrell

Congratulations to Mayor-Elect Bruce Harrell on a convincing win. If past voting patterns hold true as the rest of the ballots are counted, Harrell is positioned to win the Mayoral race by a wider margin than Jenny Durkan did in 2017. Lorena González not only lost the election, but she also will no longer be…
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tagged: 2021 general election, bruce harrell
October 15, 2021

Endorsement: González for Mayor

Ballots are in the mail and the drop boxes are open. If you don’t receive your ballot or forgot to update your address, go the King County elections website to update your info or request a replacement. If you are new to town, you can register to vote online until October 25. After that, you…
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tagged: 2021 general election, bruce harrell, lorena gonzález
November 1, 2017

Support budgets for a Georgetown/South Park trail, SDOT Equity Program, Summer Parkways + more

It is long past time to build a comfortable and safe biking and walking connection between Georgetown and South Park. These communities are so close, yet the most direct way to walk between them involves a dirt path running behind an active rail line. Biking between the communities requires biking on skinny paint-only bike lanes…
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tagged: 2018 budget, bruce harrell, cascade bicycle club, georgetown, mike o’brien, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways, south park
October 20, 2016

Council faces a choice: Kill Pronto now or make lemonade out of the existing stations?

Pronto Cycle Share turned two years old last week, but there hasn’t been a whole lot of celebration. At this point, the system has spent more time operating in a state of uncertainty and controversy than it has operating normally. And that uncertainty has had a huge impact on membership and ridership. After all, few…
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tagged: 2017 budget, andrew glass hastings, bruce harrell, Lisa herbold, mike o’brien, pronto emerald city cycle share, sally bagshaw, tim burgess
August 4, 2015

Right now, crews are making big fixes to Seattle’s most dangerous street

In an attempt to stop the flow of people from Rainier Ave to the emergency room, crews are finally out redesigning Seattle’s most dangerous street to be calmer, more efficient and more intuitive for everyone. The changes were announced last week at a packed (and swelteringly hot) community open house (see this South Seattle Emerald…
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tagged: bruce harrell, cascade bicycle club, ed murray, rainier ave, rainier valley greenways, road safety corridor
May 21, 2015

Harrell at Rainier Ave safety protest: We’re gonna take our street back

Business leaders, community leaders, residents, safe streets advocates, Councilmember Bruce Harrell and Zeytuna Edo’s family gathered in Columbia City Wednesday to protest dangerous conditions on Rainier Ave and pressure the city to take action to make the street safer. “What I have in back of me is basically a freeway,” Councilmember Bruce Harrell told the…
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tagged: bruce harrell, cascade bicycle club, columbia city, rainier ave, rainier valley, rainier valley greenways