Tag: cycle tracks

December 4, 2012

Seattle, cycle tracks can be built easily and quickly

Chicago is currently installing some of the last miles of new bike lanes the city has planned for 2012: A two-way cycle track on N Dearborn Street through the incredibly dense and busy downtown Loop. The downtown project is part of a protected bike lane push by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who was elected in early…
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tagged: chicago, cycle tracks, downtown, rahm emanuel
November 13, 2012

Bike Master Plan: Neighborhood greenways are much more than ‘alternatives’ to bike lanes

This is the first post in a series analyzing the draft Bicycle Master Plan update, which is currently taking public comments. There is a meeting tonight (Tuesday) 5:30–7:30 at UW’s Gould Hall and a November 15 online lunchtime meeting. Neighborhood greenways have huge potential in Seattle, and the idea has captured the hearts of neighborhood…
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tagged: 2012 bicycle master plan update, cycle tracks, neighborhood greenways
November 12, 2012

Council adds neighborhood greenways, downtown cycle track to 2013-14 budget

The City Council Budget Committee voted Friday on a series of changes to Mayor McGinn’s proposed 2013-14 budget, electing to add funding to accelerate neighborhood greenways and the downtown cycle track network. The Council will vote on a final budget November 19. The Council added about $2.75 million to accelerate implementation of neighborhood greenways in…
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tagged: ballard, cycle tracks, downtown, neighborhood greenways, north delridge, west seattle
October 26, 2012

Council considers increases to bike/walk plans, transit funding could face cuts

The City Council is in the midst of hearings and meetings to discuss which parts of Mayor McGinn’s proposed 2013-14 budget to keep and which parts to scrap. It’s possible that biking and walking projects could get a boost beyond the mayor’s proposed budget, but that could come in part at the expense of high…
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tagged: city council, cycle tracks, neighborhood greenways, streetcars
October 26, 2012

King 5 looks at Seattle’s move from bike lanes to cycle tracks

King 5 recently reported about the city’s shifting focus from bike lanes to cycle tracks. Linda Brill spoke with Cascade Bicycle Club’s policy staffers Craig Benjamin and Evan Manvel (hired recently) about why the shift is smart. Unlike bike lanes, which still look too dangerous to use for most people, cycle tracks have a more…
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tagged: cycle tracks, king 5, linda brill
September 24, 2012

Mayor’s budget includes downtown bike facility plan, boosts Safe Routes to School, neighborhood greenways

Mayor McGinn announced details of his 2013-14 transportation budget today, which includes funds for a “Center City Mobility Plan,” which includes planning for a downtown bicycle network (read: protected cycle tracks). The $325,000 plan “will review how all modes of transportation interconnect downtown.” We have written several times that safe bike facilities downtown have the…
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tagged: 2013 budget, cycle tracks, downtown, mike mcginn