Tag: dan strauss

October 6, 2023

Seattle Council, do not pass the resolution to add even more red tape to safety projects

Seattle needs to make it easier, not harder, for the Department of Transportation to improve safety on our streets. To that end, the City Council should not pass Resolution 32097, which is scheduled for a vote Tuesday. The resolution, which was passed unanimously out of the Land Use Committee rather than the Transportation Committee, contains…
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tagged: city council, dan strauss, freight, freight master plan, resolution 32097, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board
July 1, 2023

SDOT begins study of CM Strauss’s Leary Way concept for the Missing Link + Legal update on Shilshole

At the urging of Councilmember Dan Strauss and with Mayor Bruce Harrell’s support, SDOT is beginning early design work on a potential alternative for the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link in Ballard. Though the city has a design fully completed and ready for construction along Shilshole Ave NW, the construction permits are held up in court…
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tagged: ballard, bruce harrell, burke-gilman trail, dan strauss, missing link, sdot
March 10, 2023

CM Strauss asks mayor to study Market and Leary for Missing Link

Councilmember Dan Strauss sent a letter (PDF) to Mayor Bruce Harrell asking him to shift SDOT’s Missing Link efforts to focus on designing and building a Burke-Gilman Trail connection on Market Street and Leary Way in Ballard. “I see a lot of positive attributes to bringing this trail into our businesses and multi-use core,” said…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, cascade bicycle club, dan strauss, lee lambert, missing link
May 6, 2021

Council seeks project list to determine if a $100 million bond is necessary

A majority of the City Council, led by Councilmember Dan Strauss, voted Wednesday to defer their decision on issuing a large bond until they have more details on what it would fund and when the money would be needed. As we reported last week, the City Council is considering a 20-year, $100 million bond on…
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tagged: alex pedersen, city council, dan strauss, seattle neighborhood greenways, vehicle license fee
October 21, 2019

District 6 Endorsement: Dan Strauss

District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Register to vote in King County District 6 should have been an easy call if not for the damn Ballard Missing Link. Dan Strauss says all the right things about biking policy except for the Missing Link. But that’s a big…
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tagged: 2019 general election, city council district 6, dan strauss, heidi wills
July 25, 2019

Who’s the best District 6 candidate for biking and safe streets? – UPDATED

District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 As noted in our previous posts, Seattle Bike Blog is not doing official endorsements this primary. Instead, I’ll be going district-by-district, posting videos from the MASS Coalition’s transportation forums along with a roundup of transportation-related endorsements and other notable news items and thoughts. Oh,…
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tagged: 2019 primary, city council district 6, dan strauss, heidi wills, jay fathi, melissa hall