Tag: cathy tuttle

September 15, 2015

The first ever Seattle Summer Parkways was fun, but let’s go bigger in Ballard

Seattle held its first ever Summer Parkways last weekend in the Central District. Three miles of residential streets linked several neighborhood parks in a car-light loop, encouraging people to bike, walk, scooter or use any other people-powered method to explore and have fun. Parks were packed with programming, from free zumba classes to music to…
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tagged: ballard, brake the cycle, cascade bicycle club, cathy tuttle, ed murray, eli goldberg, sally bagshaw, seattle neighborhood greenways, summer parkways
September 4, 2015

Toward Zero: Honoring the 150 people killed or badly injured in Seattle traffic since Sher Kung

A crowd gathered on the steps of the Garden of Remembrance downtown Friday listened to 150 bell rings, one for every person seriously injured or killed in Seattle traffic in just one year. They also heard ten names, all people who were killed in traffic in the same year. “We are honoring today — not…
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tagged: bob anderton, cascade bicycle club, cathy tuttle, move seattle, move seattle levy, seattle neighborhood greenways, sher kung, vision zero
June 1, 2015

Support safe streets at Move Seattle public hearing Tuesday

The Move Seattle transportation levy puts a pretty strong emphasis on safety, but there’s one key piece that many safe streets advocates in the city think is far too low: Safe Routes to School. You can tell the City Council what you think of Move Seattle (see our previous coverage here, here and here) and…
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tagged: anne fote, cathy tuttle, city council, move seattle, move seattle levy, safe routes to school
April 6, 2015

Monday Afternoon Theater: Seattle Channel feature on Move Seattle

Seattle Channel’s City Inside/Out took on the Move Seattle levy recently, and it was a pretty good 30-minute report and debate on the issue. There are legitimate concerns about housing affordability and a bigger transportation levy, but Suzie Burke and Bob Pishue didn’t make them. Their focus on cars really undercuts their positions. Driving will…
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tagged: bob pishue, cathy tuttle, move seattle, scott kubly, seattle channel, suzie burke
October 16, 2013

The women taking over Seattle’s bike advocacy

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways posted this photo to their Facebook page recently. It marks an interesting moment in Seattle bike history. As we reported last month, nearly every top leadership position in Seattle-based bike organizations is now held by a woman.* Since men still greatly outnumber women among bike commuters, programs and policies that make cycling…
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tagged: barb chamberlain, cathy tuttle, deb salls, elizabeth kiker
January 29, 2013

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways to host wonky discussion about Dutch bike facilities + Video!

The video above is from a presentation to the Washington Institute of Transportation Engineers earlier this month. In it, University Greenways organizer and thinker Eli Goldberg and Seattle Neighborhood Greenways leader Cathy Tuttle make a strong case for how the conversation around bicycling is changing dramatically, and why traffic engineers need to change with it.…
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tagged: cathy tuttle, eli goldberg, neighborhood greenways, washington institute of transportation engineers