Tag: city council

May 12, 2015

Why the Move Seattle levy needs to fund bold action on walking and biking safety

The past decade has seen steep increases in safety for people inside cars in Seattle, but the city’s safe streets efforts have barely moved the dial on reducing the total number of people biking or walking who are seriously injured or killed every year. These safety improvements happened as motor vehicle traffic volumes have stalled,…
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tagged: city council, gordon padelford, move seattle, seattle neighborhood greenways
March 20, 2015

Cascade announces some early City Council endorsements, supports Godden opponent

As we reported earlier this week, Cascade Bicycle Club has wisely chosen not to ditch their political election work. We also reported that the club’s first political act after making that choice was to endorse Rob Johnson for Seattle City Council’s District 4. That means the club plans to help unseat longtime incumbent Councilmember Jean…
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tagged: bruce harrell, city council, city council district 2, city council district 4, city council district 5, city council district 6, city council district 7, halei watkins, mike o’brien, rob johnson, sally bagshaw
January 23, 2015

Longtime City Council Transportation Chair Tom Rasmussen will not seek reelection

For years, Tom Rasmussen has been the most influential member of the City Council when it comes to transportation issues. Through several Council committee shakeups, he has remained the Chair of the Transportation Committee, and nearly all big city transportation decisions have long been routed through his office. For example, he played a big role…
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tagged: city council, city council district 1, tom rasmussen
July 23, 2014

Cheasty Greenspace mountain bike trail clears Council committee vote

A community plan to build sustainable mountain bike and hiking trails in Cheasty Greenspace has barely cleared a key City Council committee vote, bringing it one step closer to winning the Neighborhood Matching Funds it needs to become reality, Publicola reports. The full City Council is scheduled to vote on the NMF list Monday, though more…
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tagged: beacon bike park, beacon hill, cheasty greenspace, cheasty greenspace mountain bike pilot project, city council, neighborhood matching fund
May 7, 2014

Three bike meetings tonight: Bike Share, Seattle transportation budget workshop + Bike Board

There are (at least) three important bikey meetings Wednesday evening (tonight!), all at the same time. If you have time, swing by one of them and give your input to make bicycling in Seattle better. City Council Transportation Budget Workshop A workshop at Garfield Community Center at 23rd and Cherry will give residents the chance…
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tagged: city council, garfield community center, pronto emerald city cycle share, sbab
April 14, 2014

City Council will vote on Bike Master Plan + Next step: How to realize its vision

UPDATE: The Council passed the bike plan unanimously. On the way to City Hall, I caught up with Davey Oil, Madi Carlson and their children. To get downtown from Capitol Hill, we biked down busy Broadway, and it was safe and comfortable. And that’s the whole point of this Bike Master Plan. This is a…
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tagged: 2013 bike master plan update, 2015 budget, city council, tom rasmussen